Half Moon Bay’s World Heavyweight Championship Of Goliath Gourds Is Monday, October 14World’s Biggest Top Prize of $7/Pound and $30k Total Mega-Prize At Stake For A New World Record PumpkinWill The World Record Be Squashed at the Super Bowl of Weigh-Offs This Year?Half Moon Bay Named Winner of the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth’s World's Top Weigh-Off Site Award
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (October 10, 2019) –– Bring it on beefy, brawny, burly behemoths! Will the heavyweight pumpkin world record go down in Half Moon Bay, CA. Veterans weekend (November 8, 9, and 10th) will bring the National Civil War Association to the historic Johnston House on Higgins Canyon road. This historical re-enactment society specializes in bringing an important part of United States history alive for students and the public. The encampment, at the Johnston House, who hosted this group from 1995-1997, is completely authentic to the period; the camps, cooking utensils, medical instruments, dress, children’s toys, weapons, etc. are a HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (October 2, 2019) –– Bring it on beefy, brawny, burly behemoths! Will the heavyweight pumpkin world record go down in Half Moon Bay this year? No weigh? Weigh! The excitement is building in Pumpkintown as the World’s Greatest Gourd Growers and their humongous, mind-blowing, Volkswagen-sized orange orbs hope to crush the world record on the morning of Monday, October 14 at the 46th Annual Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off –– in the World Pumpkin Capital of Half Moon Bay, We are pleased to introduce our new associate attorney, Max J. Neiman , at Corey, Luzaich, de Ghetaldi & Riddle LLP. Mr. Neiman is a member of the firm’s litigation team. Mr. Neiman earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from San Francisco State University. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. During law school, Mr. Neiman served as a Senior Production Editor on the Hastings Business and Law Journal. He was also a member of the Hastings’ MEDIA ALERT – Sept. 19, 2019
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Hamilton Dean & John L. Balderston’s Dracula
Coastal Repertory Theatre Presents the classic “Dracula” in Half Moon Bay
OPENS OCTOBER 4th, 2019, 8PM - RUNS THROUGH NOV 3rd, 2019 2PM
HALF MOON BAY (September 15). Gothic horror story with thrills, chills, frights Coastal Arts League
300 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019Contacts
Steve Renwick, Curator, steverenwick@att.net, 650-678-4235
Barbara Masek, Curator, sealcove@comcast.net, 650-740-2177
Kathy Miller, Communications, katbmill@gmail.com, 516-721-2661
Abigail Murthy, Exhibition Coordinator, admurthy88@gmail.com, 510-708-7362
2019 Photography Show: September 12 - October 6
September is Photography month in the Bay Area. Museums, galleries and cultural institutions throughout the San Francisco Bay Area Housed in an early-1900s caboose, Dad’s Luncheonette delivers on a tiny but hearty menu of comfort food standards slightly gussied up by chef Scott Clark, who used to be the chef de cuisine at the Michelin-three-star Saison in San Fran. Among the handful of dishes Clark cooks up, the hamburger and wild mushroom sandwiches are standbys, as is the $5.50 mac ‘n’ cheese; while finer offerings like a smoked and braised lamb with asparagus (served in a lo-fi, road-friendly cardboard box) show up as weekend In June, we celebrated the One Year Re-opening of Half Moon Bay’s historic jail as a small history museum. We also celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the building of the jail. The jail is our first endeavor to bring the Coastside’s history to visitors far and wide.
Hundreds of people attended the festivities. Music was provided by the Lighthouse String Band who generously donated their time. An array of special foods were offered, including root beer floats, popcorn, tacos and paella. Children enjoyed
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA (August 8, 2019) –– Summer may be winding down, but festival season in the San Francisco Bay Area is just starting to hit its stride with many of the most popular events still to come. Miramar Events, producer of several popular, large-scale festivals, events and celebrations in the Bay Area, announced its 2019 calendar of Indian summer and fall festivals. For information and photos (many photos are attached below), visit http://www.miramarevents.com/
MIRAMAR EVENTS Cameron Palmer, Chairman of the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee and Pumpkin Festival, issued the following statement today regarding yesterday’s tragic events at the Gilroy Garlic Festival: "First of all, our hearts, our strength and our prayers go out to the close-knit Gilroy community, the families and friends of loved ones that have been lost and all those that have been affected by yesterday's senseless tragedy at the Garlic Festival.” "At times like this, we recognize the general public is Puente is proud to announce that they have met 100% of their Back to School Backpack Drive! Thanks to everyone that donated, 250 students are going to have a great start of school.
Puente wants to thank the following individual and partners that organized drives for this campaign:Broadmoor Presbyterian Church
Coastside Mothers' Club
Coastside Farmers Market
Congregational Church of San Mateo
Congregational Church of Benicia
Curves Los Altos
First Congregational Church of Redwood City
Highway 1 The City's 60th birthday is an opportunity to reflect on the community's many successes and rededicate efforts toward a promising and exciting future. A special reception is scheduled to commemorate 60 wonderful years since the City's incorporation, and the community is invited to join in: Tuesday, July 16, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Half Moon Bay Library, 620 Correas Street
"Throughout the years, Half Moon Bay has gone through many changes and met many challenges, but one thing that's stayed the same is our
In November 2017, the City Council, together with the community, identified litter cleanup - primarily at Poplar Beach and along the Coastal Trail - as a critical community need. To help address this priority, the City then partnered with nonprofit Abundant Grace Coastside Worker (AGCW) to fund a program which not only focuses on cleaning the coastline, but also assists homeless and low-income individuals by providing paid work.
As part of its mission of workforce development and employment, AGCW
Made on the Coast Locals’ Block has announced the Call for Entries for the 2019 Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, sponsored by the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee.Deadline for entries is Friday, July 12, 2019.
Local artists will be displaying their work on the first block of Main Street on Sunday October 20th, creating a one-day pop-up of great local art during the annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Sunday, October 20, 2019.
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Aiming to elevate the service that his clients have come to depend on, top producer and 2018’s No. 1 independent agent on the coast, David Oliphant is proud to announce the launch of Ocean Blue Real Estate. The firm will continue to specialize in coastal residential and commercial real estate, building upon his track record of success.
Committed to creating a balanced experience that gets his clients the results they desire and deserve, David has been helping buyers and sellers make solid real estate We are excited to announce that the readers of SUNSET MAGAZINE have nominated Sam's ChowderMobile as the Bay Area choice for "BEST FOOD TRUCK" in their 2019 Reader's Choice Travel Awards!
Sam’s is truly honored to represent the SF Bay Area in this prestigious contest. Let’s help them win the West Coast title, as they are now competing against food trucks in other cities including Seattle, LA, Bozeman, and even Oahu!
Please VOTE and spread the word…. it's fast and easy - just fill out the ballot The Heal Project is taking up a collection to have a bench installed at the CUSD office in memory of John Corry. John served as Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Pupil Services at CUSD for over eleven years. He positively impacted many students and adults at CUSD and he left us too soon in January of 2018.
Donations can be made now through June 21, 2019 in John’s honor to purchase his bench.
Friends of John can make donations one of two ways:Checks - made out to The HEAL Project with “in This year, di Amorosa Photography, a studio in El Granada run by Laura & Mark Squire, won bronze awards in the teen, senior and contemporary categories for the 2019 Portrait Masters International Photo Competition.
The annual Portrait Masters Competition is hosted by the Sue Bryce Education program. This year there were 8609 photos submitted by photographers all over the world to eight categories: creative, family, newborn, children’s, contemporary, teen and senior, and boudoir. These photographs were The City of Half Moon Bay is introducing a new program designed to offer our community's youth the opportunity to experience and learn about the City's operations and functions. The new Future Leaders Civics Academy program is for students in grades 8 - 12 who have an interest in getting great experience in how government works together with the community to provide services and programs which residents depend on. More information and the program application are online at www.hmbcity.com/youthcivics. "This Lyonessa Collectibles is proud to announce their Summer Half Moon Bay Antiques & Collectibles Show and Sale on June 22-23, 2019 at the I.D.E.S. Society Hall in downtown Half Moon Bay. If you’re a treasure hunter, decorator, collector or simply enjoy finding special pieces from your past, this event is for you!
Featuring a variety of dealers, the Half Moon Bay Summer Antiques Show provides a diverse spectrum of interesting merchandise. A stroll through the aisles (indoor and outdoor) offers you the
The Half Moon Bay Review received several awards from its peers in the news industry on Saturday during the California News Publishers Association’s journalism awards gala, held in Long Beach.
The Review took the top prize among small weekly newspapers in the Enterprise News category for a series of stories aimed at helping voters understand cannabis ballot measures in the run-up to the 2018 election. The award went to Review reporters Alex Orlando and Carina Woudenberg.
“We were particularly proud of FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Virginia Perry (650) 712-9710
The Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside is pleased to introduce our new Executive Director, Jill Jacobson. Jill, an educator and experienced fundraiser, brings to the organization a background in non-profit and small business management.
Jill has lived on the Coast with her husband Greg for over 25 years; they have twin boys, Christopher and Steven, who are alumni of the local Half Moon Bay public schools. She earned
a Bachelor of Arts We are honored to be featured on an episode of Check, Please! Bay Area on KQED! Check the KQED website to stream the episode! Thank you to all our awesome guests and host @lesliesbrocco and of course @kqed! ❤️Click here to watch the video! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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(650) 549-5336coastsidegives@gmail.com
COMMUNITY BANDS TOGETHER TO SUPPORT LOCAL NONPROFITS THROUGH COASTSIDE GIVES
24-hour fundraiser with 43 nonprofits from Montara to Pescadero will fund vital programsApril 11th, 2019 - Half Moon Bay, CA - Mavericks Community Foundation (MCF) announces their annual Coastside Gives online fundraiser, to be held on May 2nd, 2019. Coastside Gives hopes to generate more than $500,000 in funds that will go directly to the 43 Contact:
Mitch Williams, Home Helpers San Mateo
650.532.3122Mwilliams@homehelpershomecare.comFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESan Mateo Business Owners Continue to Collect Industry, Business Awards
SAN MATEO, Calif. – March 19, 2019 – Peggy Milne and Mitch Williams, owners of Home Helpers of San Mateo, have received the Leader in Excellence Award from Home Care Pulse for the fourth year in a row. They are the only Agency in the Bay Area to receive this honor four years in a row, The agency also was named an Employer.jpg)
Godzilla Gourds Vie For World Record in Half Moon Bay CA on Monday, October 14!
History Comes Alive for Students and Public
Half Moon Bay’s World Heavyweight Championship Of Goliath Gourds Is Monday, October 14
Introducing Our New Associate Attorney
World Pumpkin Capital Celebrates the Great and Almighty Gourd!
Coastal Repertory Theatre Presents the classic “Dracula” in Half Moon Bay
2019 Photography Show: September 12 - October 6
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Fast and Frugal Road Food Along the Pacific Coast Highway
Jail Museum Celebration A Success!
Miramar Events 2019 Annual Calendar of Indian Summer and Fall Festivals in the San Francisco Bay Area
A Statement from the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival
Puente Back to School Backpack Drive Reaches Goal
Half Moon Bay Turns 60! City Invites Community to Special Reception
City Renews Partnership with Abundant Grace for Coastal Cleanup Program
Pumpkin Festival 2019 : Local Artist Call for Entries!
Ocean Blue Real Estate Launches
Sam's ChowderMobile Nominated for ''BEST FOOD TRUCK'' in Sunset Magazine Travel Awards!
Heal Project Looking for Donations for Memorial Bench for John Corry
di Amorosa Photography Wins Bronze in the 2019 Portrait Masters International Photo Competition
City Invites Students to Join ''Future Leaders Civics Academy''
Half Moon Bay Show & Sale Offers Collectors a Unique Weekend Antiquing Experience
Review Honored at Industry Awards Gala
Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside announces new Executive Director
Dad's Luncheonette Featured on Check Please! Bay Area
Community Bands Together to Support Local Nonprofits Through Coastside Gives
San Mateo Business Owners Continue to Collect Industry, Business Awards
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