HMB Planned Developments Haven’t Been Updated in over 25 years
VIDEO. Affordable housing? Downtown development? Viable agriculture? Watch (or listen) as the Planning Commission discusses Local Coastal Land Use Plan…
Category: The Coastal Butterfly
Want to Know Where City of Half Moon Bay Makes its Money?
ARTICLE. City of HMB Fiscal Year 2018/19 Second Quarter Financial Report. The purpose of this report is to provide the…
Hwy 1/Kelly Ave. Storm Drainage Improvement Project
ARTICLE / VIDEO. This project involves improvements to the drainage at the intersection of Highway 1 and Kelly Avenue,  diverting stormwater to flow along the east side of Highway 1, to the north of the intersection adjacent to Shoreline Station. They will direct water to the existing bio swales along Shoreline. There is an existing storm drain culvert beneath Highway 1 that conveys storm drainage from the east to west of Highway 1. Due to the lack of adequate drainage capacity west of …
Want to Grow Hemp? HMB City Staff and Council are Thumbs Up.
ARTICLE / VIDEO. The 2018 Farm Bill, which includes language that legalizes hemp across the U.S., was signed into law…
Learning from the 1989 SF EARTHQUAKE ~Â by Stewart Brand (Spring 1990)Â
PHOTO-ESSAY. This article—which first appeared in much briefer form in the Chronicle—is an attempt to reconstruct the confused events of that…
Banana Slugs ~ The Secret of Slime!
VIDEO. Beneath the towering redwoods lives one of the most peculiar creatures in California: the banana slug. They’re coated with…
Sabrina Brennan and CEWS Aim for Equal Pay Regardless of Gender
LETTER from Sabrina. I have big news!  Bill for equal pay for all athletes regardless of gender as a condition for approving…
Lost Car Found at Montara State Beach After Valentine’s Storms
PHOTOS by Dan Stegnik. Yesterday, Dan took these pictures. In 2017, locals Dan and Thu-ha Nguyen spent a lot of time…
Is this Paw Print from a Mountain Lion or a Big Dog?
VIDEO/ PHOTO. Print found by Jose Tamez, in his backyard, on the south perimeter of the Pillar Ridge Manufactured Home…
Elephant Seals Fighting for Their Valentine ;-)
VIDEO / PHOTO. Call me Mirounga! Northern elephant seal bull daddios fighting for a harem. A one minute edit of…