Half Moon Bay officials ask visitors to stay home for the holiday

Half Moon Bay normally welcomes tourists and other beachgoers, especially on the Fourth of July, but the city is asking "potential visitors to consider the public health consequences and not visit."

Half Moon Bay and Pacifica beaches, parking lots will close 4th of July weekend

San Mateo County sheriff's deputies will be stationed at Half Moon Bay's closed beaches, their parking lots and the coastal trail to enforce the closures.

Bay Area police shootings have skyrocketed since Easter
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There's been a deadly police shooting in Richmond, Oakland, San Leandro, San Jose, Half Moon Bay and South San Francisco, all of which have taken place since Easter. Henry Lee reports.

Latina sewing project makes masks for essential workers

Ten mothers from the Half Moon Bay have set out to make at least 1,000 masks for farmworkers, housekeepers, grocery workers, construction crews and other essential workers in coastal San Mateo County communities.

COVID-19: Effort to get masks to Latino farm workers in Half Moon Bay

In the Peninsula, there is a push underway to get masks to Latino farm workers preparing the fields for planting in Half Moon Bay and Pescadero.

Deputies arrest San Jose man who arranged to meet teenager

The Half Moon Bay bureau of the office was notified Friday afternoon of an intended meeting allegedly arranged by Christopher Parado with a 17-year-old he had contacted several weeks earlier on social media.

Commercial crab season underway a month late

Commercial crab season is underway. Despite starting a month late, fishermen say the crab are looking good and that it could be a good season after all.

Half Moon Bay floral company closing Friday
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200 employees will be out of work following the closure of Bay City Flower. Jesse Gary reports.

How Bay Area businesses are making do and functioning despite outages

Along the Bay Area coast, one community is hoping a scheduled PG&E power shutoff Tuesday night won't impact its economic livelihood as the previous two events have.

Crews working to extinguish vegetation fire along Highway 1 in Pescadero

Crews from San Mateo County and Cal Fire are working to extinguish a vegetation fire in Pescadero. The incident has been named the Cabrillo Fire.

Cabrillo Fire burns vegetation along Highway 1 in Pescadero
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The fire was first reported shortly before 5:45 p.m. Thursday. By the time crews arrived, the blaze was 20-acres in size.

San Mateo Co. cold case: Mother goes missing on way to work 21 years ago

A family on the Peninsula is asking for help finding their missing mother. Maria Guadalupe Serrano was last seen walking to a job site in Half Moon Bay back in 1998 and has not been heard from since then. She had two young sons at the time. 

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival draws thousands to coastal town

Farmer Mike Valladao and his interesting art was the center of attention because carving pumpkins takes on a whole different meaning for him, “The first year I had some giant pumpkins and nothing to do with them so I carved them and quickly it occurred to me that it was too thick for the typical triangle eyes,” he said.