I moved to this piece of heaven called Half Moon Bay more than three years ago, and I absolutely love it here. I love the sense of community; I love the majestic sunsets and the diversity of wildlife. People who know me have heard me say, “Every day is a day of gratitude.” So during this Tha…
I first felt the meaning of Thanksgiving deeply only eight years ago. My work with our homeless neighbors in Half Moon Bay led me to a great relationship with Potrero Nuevo Farm. We …
It’s so easy to complain, and there is much to complain about and to work to change. I find tension in my jaw and harrumphs — and sometimes unprintable things -— uttering from my mou…
The light switch in the bathroom didn’t work. I had just woken up at daylight. Something was wrong.
The 2020 Census is soon to be done. One of the things that Census data is used for is to allow governments to reassign certain districts. For example, the Census data is used to dete…
The recent article (Review, Oct. 30) about the funding for a new Medical Reserve Corps unit is encouraging, however, the depiction of the prior San Mateo Coastside MRC unit as a grou…
Fire is a fact of life in California, and we all have a responsibility to expand our individual and collective resiliency to it. The occurrence and severity of fire is dependent on t…
Spending $1.4 million to hire a consultant to encourage our elected representatives to trust each other will not fix the sewer system. Given the acrimonious history of the Joint Powe…
On the day of the great Coastside PG&E blackout, my partner and I saw a monarch butterfly while we were out walking in our El Granada neighborhood. Bobbing and weaving, it made i…
First let’s sum up this past week so there is no confusion. We have allowed a convicted felon named PG&E to decide, on its own authority (which we gave it) to do hundreds of mill…
Those who believe in science, always knew this day would come.
When California was admitted as a state in 1850, its 92,597 residents (as found in the 1850 census) were scattered among just 27 counties.
Two plus two equals four in ordinary math, but since the 1960s, when John F. Kennedy became president, people have behaved and voted as if they believe that two minus two equals four…
There is a lot of excitement among locals who are celebrating the opening of the Loma Mar Store on several social media outlets and by word-of-mouth. For the South Coast, every busin…
Be prepared. Most of us know those words as the Boy Scout motto.
A couple of months ago, I rode my mountain bike to the top of Montara Mountain. It was my birthday, and summiting seemed a fitting way to mark it. I cranked my way up Old San Pedro R…
