NEWSLETTER. From the Half Moon Bay History Association Autumn 2021 newsletter ~ “Coastside Chronicles”. We have exciting updates for you this month. Our local contractor, Jamie Verdura, began the challenge of building our beautiful new museum out of the historic barn/garage in July, and has made significant progress. His team has found some great examples […]
Before and After: Prescribed Burn at TomKat Ranch South of Pescadero is a Success
PRESS RELEASE. If you saw or smelled smoke on Friday, October 1st, 2021, midday, note that it was a prescribed burn at TomKat Ranch. Before After You can watch the burn LIVE by going to ALERT WILDFIRE and South and East Bay Cameras and then Lane Hill. You can see the helicopter and […]
Zipline at HMB Airport: Can Now Drop Blood, Vaccines and Anit-Venom Anywhere at 100km/hour
VIDEO. Zipline has designed 7 generations of drones in 5 years: “Instantly anywhere. Zipline delivers vital shipments via the fastest, most reliable autonomous aircraft delivery service in the world.” Video from Seeker You Tube channel. Thanks to Coastside Buzz follower, Celina Lopez, for the link. Zipline engineers designed a fleet of autonomous drones that […]
HMB History Association Presents: “Who is That Hovering Above Miramar Beach?”
ARTICLE. It seems ready to take flight, the ghostly figure surmounting the distinctive A-frame located above Miramar Beach where the Arroyo de la Medio spills into the Pacific. Most people see an angel, but it is actually someone with a higher celestial rank. The apparition with his arms outstretched is Odin, king of the Viking […]
Coastside Chronicles ~ “Half Moon Bay, the Mob, and the Artichoke Wars”
COASTSIDE CHRONICLES. From the Half Moon Bay Coastside History Association, written by Marc Strohlein. Gangsters, the mob, violence, intimidation–it sounds like big-city drama, except that the star attraction was the humble artichoke, and the setting was Half Moon Bay! The edible thistle was first commercially farmed in El Granada by Dante Dianda in the 1860s. […]
Rise of the Fisherman ~ 1913 Raker Act for Hetch-Hetchy and Crystal Springs
ESSAY/PODCAST. From Open the S.F. Watershed website, written and curated by Andy Howse. RISE OF THE FISHERMEN The Raker Act of Crystal Springs ~ Part 6 From Open the S.F. Watershed website, written and curated by Andy Howse. From Wikipedia ~ The Raker Act “The interests of the Spring Valley Water Company (we know it today as […]
Coastside CERT Presents: Finding Fire Locations with the “Smoke Point” App
ZOOM VIDEO LINK w/CHAT NOTES. ZOOM Video Link Coastside CERT Presents “Finding Fire Locations with the Smoke Point App” Wed July 28 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Join us on Wednesday July 28, 6:30pm-7:45pm PDT, Coastside CERT Hosts Gabe Schine from the La Honda Fire Brigade and creator of the Smoke Point App. The Smoke Point […]
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