ARTICLE. Authored by Andy Howse from the Open the SF Watershed website The Road to El Granada. Hmmmm. As the crow flies, Millbrae, California, which sits on the bay side of the northern San Francisco Peninsula, is roughly eight miles from the town of El Granada, which sits on the Pacific. To drive from Millbrae […]
State of Coastside CERT by HMB Batallion Chief David Cosgrave
ARTICLE. Full Coastside CERT newsletter at bottom of post. Happy New Year! We begin this year with more than a thousand people participating in Coastside CERT, which along the way has become the fastest growing volunteer emergency preparation organization in the region. Continuing growth calls for scaling up our volunteer leadership to stay responsive to […]
InPerspective: How Development Will Undermine Your Water, Sewer and Fire Security
ARTICLE. Insights, Infrastructure, and In General topics on Sustainability by Gregg Dieguez (Speech given at the 1/8/2020 Midcoast Community Council Meeting). I speak to you tonight about the lack of sustainability on our mid-coast, and what it means to you: the residents, ratepayers, and taxpayers. You are aware that the Big Wave development, placed on […]
Wrecks at Franklin Point and the Shipwreck Cemetary ~ HMB History Lecture
VIDEO. “Perils of a Leeward Shore”; Franklin Point Historic Shipwreck Cemetery at Año Nuevo State Park, presented Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at the Portuguese Culture Center The public was welcome. HMB Coastside History Association presents maritime history event with Mark Hylkema, Cultural Resources Program Manager & Tribal Liaison/Archaeologist, Santa Cruz District, California State Parks. Mark […]
HMB Coastside History Association Asks City for 25 Year Lease to Build Museum
VIDEO. Half Moon Bay Coastside History Association’s, Juliette Applewhite, answers questions for the City Council. Visitors from 81 countries have visited the jail in the last year. The capital campaign to turn the Johnston Barn/Garage has raised $1.28 million, needing $1.6 . DONATE Half Moon Bay Jail Museum Remote Tour APRIL 4, 2019 BY MICHELLE (EDIT) […]
Are Eucalyptus Trees Flammable?
ARTICLE. California hillsides were ablaze last year and it looks like a similar disaster may occur again this season. Eucalyptus trees are common in California and the warmer states of the United States. They are also found in Australia, of which many are native. The blue gum variety were introduced around the 1850s as ornamental […]
Primary Record of History of the Ohlone-Portola SF Bay Discovery Trail
ARTICLE/ PRIMARY RECORD. The uniqueness of the Heritage Trail is that it is based on two cultures, the Ohlone and the Spanish, that were unknown to each other until 1769. This is the story of two peoples—the indigenous population and their culture, and the coming of the Spanish and European colonization. This trail contains historic […]
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