Once Declared ‘Extinct,’ the San Francisco Bay Area’s Ohlone Tribe Seeks Federal Recognition Through DNA Link
ARTICLE. From SFGATE, Written By Andrew Chamings. SFGATE Deputy Managing Editor Andrew Chamings was formerly Senior Editor at The Bold…
Category: Coastside History
HMB History’s Coastside Chronicles ~ The Talented Sam McDonald (as in Sam McDonald Park) and His La Honda Sanctuary
Sam McDonald and His La Honda Sanctuary was written by Half Moon Bay Coastside History Docent and Coastside Chronicler, Ellen…
Lawsuit Kills HMB Main Street Bridge Remodel as Caltran Design Caused Costs to Go from $7M to $12M
VIDEO. From the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday, March 1st, 2022 by Zoom. HMB Public Works Director,…
Coastsider Portrait: Aldo Giusti—Brussel Sprouts Farmer, Inventor, Renaissance Man
NEWSLETTER. From the Half Moon Bay History Association Winter 2021 “Coastside Chronicles” by Marc Strohlein. Perhaps the best quote about…
San Mateo County Fire Department Evolves with Fire Science Over 100 Years of Service
PRESS RELEASE. From the San Mateo County Fire Department Wednesday, November 17th, 2021. Presented by Jonathan Cox, Deputy Fire Chief,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…