ARTICLE. Authored by Andy Howse from the Open the SF Watershed website The Road to El Granada. Hmmmm. As the crow flies, Millbrae, California, which sits on the bay side […]
State of Coastside CERT by HMB Batallion Chief David Cosgrave
ARTICLE. Full Coastside CERT newsletter at bottom of post. Happy New Year! We begin this year with more than a thousand people participating in Coastside CERT, which along the way […]
Montara Water and Sanitary District Appoints Peter Dekker to Board of Directors
ARTICLE / VIDEO. Montara, CA – On November 21st, the Montara Water and Sanitary District (MWSD) selected Peter Dekker for appointment to the District’s Board of Directors. Director Dekker, a […]
Are Eucalyptus Trees Flammable?
ARTICLE. California hillsides were ablaze last year and it looks like a similar disaster may occur again this season. Eucalyptus trees are common in California and the warmer states of […]
HMB/CA Building Code Update: Residential EV Charging, Solar Panel, Fire Sprinklers
VIDEO. The City of Half Moon Bay, every three years, must update their building code, often enhancing parts of the California Building Code, to fit HMB better; local modification. Effective […]
Walter Chronkite on HAM Radio’s Role in Emergency Communications
VIDEO. Walter Cronkite, an ARRL member, narrated the 6 minute video Amateur Radio Today. Produced by the ARRL in 2003, the video tells Amateur Radio’s public service story to non-hams, […]
$12.5 Million Has Been Allocated by Cal Trans for Devils Slide Tunnels
VIDEO. Listen to Half Moon Bay City Manager, Bob Nisbit, City Council and Office of Emergency Services, Kevin Rose, discuss the latest in tunnel resiliency.
Coastsiders Resist Application for “The Dunes at Half Moon Bay” Project
VIDEO / LINKS. An application for “The Dunes at Half Moon Bay” project was submitted to the City on September 20, 2019. The video comments below were not on the […]
HMB Fire Hydrant Replacement Process and Timeline
ARTICLE. Coastside County Water District (CCWD) Authorizes Purchase of 100 Clow Wet Barrel Hydrants Mr. Derbin reviewed the background and informed the Board that the District currently has approximately 700 […]
CCWD Seamlessly Transitions to Generators During the 10/10/19 PGE Shutdown
ARTICLE. Coastside County Water District’s Staff considered the outage to be a good drill for testing the District’s emergency preparedness, but also took away a few lessons learned for the […]