PRESS RELEASE. From the San Mateo County Fire Department Wednesday, November 17th, 2021. Presented by Jonathan Cox, Deputy Fire Chief, San Mateo County Division. We are marking 100 years of […]
Half Moon Bay Coastsider History
Coastside Buzz works with Dave Cresson and the Half Moon Bay History Association to bring Coastsiders stories from the past. Here we see the restaurant The Reefs which is sitting right where Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is today!
Peninsula Open Space Trust Presents Half Moon Bay’s Cowell-Purisima Trail: A Look Back in Time
ARTICLE. From Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) Update: As of February 25, 2021, we’re excited to share that the Cowell-Purisima Trail is open seven days a week. This POST-protected trail is […]
Half Moon Bay History Association’s ~ Our New Coastside Museum is now Framed
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
1913 Raker Act for Hetch-Hetchy and Crystal Springs
VIDEO. From Wikipedia ~ The Raker Act “The interests of the Spring Valley Water Company (we know it today as Crystal Springs Reservoir) were strictly profit based because they held […]
Book Recommendation: “The Portuguese Shore Whalers of California 1854-1904”
RECOMMENDATION. As a Half Moon Bay Coastside History docent I am always looking for books that expand my knowledge. This book does that. Great gift. It costs only $15, plus […]
John and Eda Muller Step Back From Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm Handing Reins to Locals Danny Lopes and Danny Bretao
PRESS RELEASE. From Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm Facebook feed. Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm After starting Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm over 30 years ago, and sharing our lives and our pumpkin […]
How Did We Take Care of the Poor Then? San Mateo County “Poor Farm” History 1876-1907
ESSAY. From the Open the S.F. Watershed Facebook feed. Written by Andy Howse. Unbeknownst to most travelers of highway 92 in San Mateo County, as they pass under the […]
I.D.E.S Half Moon Bay Celebrates 150 Year Anniversary of the Portuguese Pentecost Festival
ESSAY. By Half Moon Bay Coastside History’s May/June 2021 Coastside Chronicles. —Ellen Chiri, with thanks to Bob Fernandez In 1871, The Brotherhood of the I.D.E.S. Society, a Portuguese fraternal organization, […]
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