ARTICLE. From Coastside Chronicles, a publication of the Half Moon Bay History Association, Spring 2023. Galen Wolf, Coastside Artist by Ellen Chiri Galen Wolf was born in San Francisco in 1889 and grew up in the city. His grandparents, Mary and William Griffith, lived in Half Moon Bay and he spent summer vacations with them. […]
Coastside Chronicles Presents the History of the Ken Kesey House in La Honda by Marc Strohlein
ARTICLE. From Coastside Chronicles, a publication of the Half Moon Bay History Association, Spring 2023. Many people know of author Ken Kesey, famous for writing One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, but fewer know that he spent a significant period in his life in La Honda. His house and property, nestled in the redwoods on […]
HMB History’s Coastside Chronicles ~ Rancho Corral de Tierra: The Francisco Guerrero y Palomares Years
ARTICLE. From the Half Moon Bay History Association’s Coastside Chronicles, January 2023, by —Marc Strohlein. Many Coastside residents know Rancho Corral de Tierra as a scenic part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and a great place for hiking, with many scenic views. Yet the former rancho has a rich history, including that […]
HMB History Coastside Chronicles Presents ~ “The April Fool’s Day Tsunami of 1946”
ARTICLE. From the Half moon Bay History Association’s Coastside Chronicles, January 2023, by Siena Hinshelsood, with special thanks to Barbara Healy Stickel As winter storms sweep through the Coastside and cause large waves and flooding, we can cast our minds back to another event that resulted in flooding and big waves, but from a very […]
Pescadero KPDO Interviews Catalina Gomes a Ramaytush Ohlone Indigenous Elder and Founder of the Muchia Te’ Indigenous Land Trust (San Gregorio)
PODCAST. From KPDO‘s (Pescadero) Coastside Conversation. Catherine Peery interviews Catalina “Cata” Gomes. Catalina Gomes is a Ramaytush Ohlone Indigenous Elder. Founder of the Muchia Te’ Indigenous Land Trust. The Muchia Te’ Indigenous Land Trust (MTILT) is an Indigenous women-led organization committed to advancing Indigenous stewardship, sovereignty and restoration of natural and cultural resources […]
Coastside Chronicles Presents ~ “Princeton-by-the-Sea: The Rumrunner Years” by Marc Strohlein
ARTICLE. Half Moon Bay History Association’s ~ Coastside Chronicles . “Princeton-by-the-Sea: The Rumrunner Years” by Marc Strohlein. Walking through Princeton today, it’s hard to visualize a scene of illicit liquor smuggling, speakeasies, and bordellos, but from the early 1920s till 1933, the town was a hotbed of rumrunning and unlawful nightlife. Princeton-by-the-Sea’s heyday as an up-and-coming beach community […]
KQED’s Rachel Myrow Visits the Purissima Green Burial Cemetery ~ “The Ghost Town Hidden Near Half Moon Bay”
PODCAST/TRANSCRIPT. From KQED’s BAY CURIOUS. Purissima: The Ghost Town Hidden Near Half Moon Bay (listen) By Rachael Myrow, Senior Editor of KQED’s Silicon Valley News Desk, Sep 8, 2022. NOTE from Michelle Dragony, Chief Buzz Officer. From Rachael: “I found Coastside Buzz while I was looking for information about Purissima and came across a […]
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