To fashion a contrast between perpetually evolving technology and the timeless expression of love in her upcoming film, Bernadette McCarthy needed the perfect ocean locale. She happily settled on the Coastside. Full Story »
Photos and story by Lars Howlett Hunkered down at 16,000 feet above sea level, in the modest village of Lobuche, trekkers on the KarmaQuest expedition to Nepal were quick to bed but slow to sleep. By 7 p.m., almost all were zipped up in their sleeping bags, with only one or two remaining members still huddling in the common room around the faint warmth of a stove burning yak dung. Full Story »
Fire officials performed a full evacuation of the Beach House at Half Moon Bay after an early-morning fire erupted in the hotel’s laundry room. Full Story »
Black Friday was not so much a harbinger of a White Christmas as it was a gray day for Coastside shoppers and the merchants who serve them. Full Story »
Behind her family’s flower shop on Highway 92, Kathie Repetto maintains a small chain-link pen for keeping stray animals. Full Story »
A sailboat pushing north from Santa Cruz through high seas Friday evening capsized near Mavericks, about a half mile off Pillar Point, leaving one man dead. Full Story »
Coping with a shrunken workforce, Half Moon Bay is looking to reorganize City Hall and tighten procedures. City leaders say that strategy requires a couple new employees. Full Story »
What: a discussion of how to “repair” California, hosted by Jim Wunderman Full Story »
What: Discussion about innovative ways to teach and learn Full Story »
Story and PhotographsBy Lars Howlett Winded, but still managing to slowly put one foot in front of the other along the final, steep ascent toward Tengboche, Tim Sullivan of Half Moon Bay began to realize the commitment required for a group trek in the Himalayas. Full Story »
Horse-riding advocates are pleased they were able to thwart a city of Half Moon Bay proposal to restrict beach access, but they don’t expect to disassemble the cavalry anytime soon. More skirmishes are already being seen down the dusty trail. Full Story »
Investing in recycled water is the best means of ensuring a long-term, sustainable flow of potable water to Coastsiders during both wet and dry years, says Sewer Authority Mid-Coastside Manager Jack Foley. And a successful test project makes recycled water seem more likely than ever on the coast. Full Story »
Coastsiders have one last chance to speak to the county on pending changes to the Midcoast Local Coastal Program before the California Coastal Commission considers a series of proposed updates. At the same occasion, the county Board of Supervisors will take comments on a separate proposal to institute a potential two-year ban on new private ground wells in certain parts of Montara and Moss Beach. Full Story »
Several partygoers are being charged for attacking Half Moon Bay Police and trying to steal an officer’s gun while he was responding to a fight at a quinceañera party Saturday night at the I.D.E.S. Hall. Full Story »
Nearing the end of his first year on the California State Assembly, Jerry Hill is voluntarily reducing his salary — again. Full Story »
About 100 people, nearly all of them Coastsiders, voiced their opinions on the proposed Big Wave project at a jam-packed county Planning Commission hearing last week. With less than a month left to comment on the draft design of the largest mixed-use development ever proposed on the Coastside, critics and supporters are making their views known. Full Story »
Heavy swells kept crabbers docked at Pillar Point Harbor late last week, less than one week into the opening of the commercial season for Dungeness crab. Full Story »
Susan Alvaro and Jeffrey Wolf both overstayed the maximum term limits on the county Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission. And that’s indicative of their commitment to keeping kids out of trouble. Full Story »
It’s 1906, and San Francisco is reeling from the ravages of earthquake and subsequent fire that leveled California’s crown-jewel port city. Full Story »
Monday, Nov. 30 will be the last day that property owners in San Mateo County can file an assessment appeal on the valuation of their property for the calendar year 2009. Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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