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City presses lawsuit over intertie pipeline SAM PARTIES DISAGREE OVER COSTS By Vanessa Ochavillo

Last week, the city of Half Moon Bay proceeded with a lawsuit filed two years ago against Granada Community

Services District and Montara Water Sanitary District after the three agencies failed to resolve what began as a disagreement over sharing the costs to repair the region’s sewage pipeline. The Sewer Authority MidCoastside, a 40-year-old joint powers authority, comprises the city, Granada and Montara districts. With the renewed

court action, the long-standing partnership is newly under threat. The public announcement that the city would move forward with the lawsuit in Santa Clara County Superior Court came last Friday in a press release. But in the days since, the two other agencies have issued their own statements, saying the announcement

falsely represented the dispute. “(Half Moon Bay) made inaccurate, self-serving public statements related to pending litigation,” Clemens Heldmaier, general manager of the MWSD, told the Review in an email. “(Half Moon Bay) is seeking to renege on their obligations to this essential joint system.”

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According to the Half Moon Bay announcement, the two Midcoast districts ultimately failed to accept the terms of the tentative agreement reached in August 2019. The city’s announcement also described the Intertie Pipeline System, the project replacement that ignited the initial disagreement, as “an extension of the local sewer collec-

tion system of Granada and Montara and carries wastewater from those communities to the SAM treatment plant in Half Moon Bay.” But this description of the pipeline system as an extension that “does not directly serve users in the city” is controversial. See SAMa6A

[ in memoriam ]

2 Coastside environmental icons recalled FAMILY, FRIENDS RECALL LYNCH, THOLLAUG

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Minnesotan Travis Gienger raises his arms in victory after his massive Midwestern gourd tipped the scales at 2,350 pounds.

Minnesotan makes history at odd weigh-off EVENT STILL FESTIVE WITHOUT SPECTATORS By August Howell

The 36-hour drive was worth it in the end for Travis

Gienger and his “Tiger King” pumpkin. Gienger, a resident of Anoka, Minn., drove to Half Moon Bay to compete in the 47th World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, held at Long Branch Farms on Monday. Event organizers saved the best for last. With bated See PUMPKINSa6A

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Coronavirus restrictions couldn’t keep big pumpkins off Main Street on Monday. The top 10 competitors in the Half Moon Bay World Championship Weigh-Off, including third-place winner Jose Ceja, took a brief turn through downtown after the competition.

tireless devotion to the community. “He was so dedicated, more than anyone else I know,” Allyson Lynch said. Lynch got started in his Coastside activism after retirBy Sarah Wright ing, when City Councilwoman Debbie Ruddock recruitTwo prominent Coastsid- ed him to work on passing ers, John Lynch and Chris Measure A. He had worked Thollaug, died this week. Each on the census was a titan in his own and dove into loright, with a stalwart cal politics when attitude toward prohe was appointed tecting the environto the city’s planment and endless ning commission. heart for the CoastHe co-founded the side community. League for Coastside “We’ve lost two Protection, fought Review file photo shining lights on the against the Wavecrest coast,” said longtime John Lynch development, and for Coastsider and envi- speaks before the the fire department, ronmental advocate Half Moon Bay the Devil’s Slide tunZoe Kersteen-Tucker. City Council in nels and the Main Half Moon Bay 2014. Street Bridge, and resident John Lynch even fought to prois best known on the tect Dunes Beach Coastside for dedicatnear the end of his ing himself to activlife. At his 95th birthism and riding his day celebration this patriotically adorned year, Lynch proudscooter around town ly stated he had a reas he gathered sigcord of winning 26 natures for the enPhoto courtesy out of 30 Coastside Zoe Kersteen-Tucker vironmental fight of efforts. Chris Thollaug the day. Lynch was But to those who 95 when he died on at events celebrat- worked alongside Oct. 8, after recov- ing the construchim, it’s not just his tion of the Devil’s ering from an aorsuccesses that stand tic aneurysm and Slide tunnels. out. foot operation earLennie Roberts, longlier in the fall. His daughter time legislative advocate, said Allyson Lynch said the COV- she won’t soon forget sitting ID-19 pandemic wasn’t easy around the Lynch “clubhouse” on her sociable father, and she See MEMORIALa6A hopes he is remembered for his

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Coastside News Group buys Pacifica Tribune TRIBUNE JOINS REVIEW UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP From staff reports

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The Coastside News Group, the coalition of local people who together own the Half Moon Bay Review, has purchased the Pacifica Tribune. It will continue to be a unique newspaper and will soon have a broader web presence.

The Coastside-based California benefit corporation that owns the Half Moon Bay Review has added a second newspaper to its portfolio. The Coastside News Group Inc. announced on Thursday that it had purchased the Pacifica Tribune.

The purchase promises to revitalize the long-standing Pacifica newspaper, which has served North County residents for almost 90 years. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition, made possible by investments from Pacifica residents, brings both of the legacy newspapers on the San Mateo County coast under the same ownership for the first time. CNGI was established by local residents in 2017 to purchase the Half Moon Bay newspaper from a private company in Arizona. Its status as a benefit corporation means the company must

be driven by its mission and exist for the community good. “The synergies between these adjacent coastal communities will help us fulfill our primary mission to support and expand quality local journalism on the San Mateo Coast,” said Coastside News Group CEO Rich Klein in a prepared statement. He noted that Half Moon Bay and Pacifica seem closer since the opening of the Devil’s Slide tunnels and the acquisition is further evidence of combined interests. Over the last quarter century, the purchase of a newspa-

per by a neighboring company has often been driven by economies of scale. Past owners of the Tribune, including the Bay Area News Group, slashed costs and buttressed editorial coverage with regional news produced by journalists elsewhere. Principals in the current deal maintain that will not be the case this time, promising to add staff and local news over time. The journey toward the deal began last year, when Pacificans Pete Shoemaker, Peter Loeb, John Keener and others See TRIBUNEa6A

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Pancakes served by HMB Lions Club

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As frequent attendees of the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival know, pancakes are a staple meal typically served by Half Moon Bay High School’s boys varsity basketball team. Although there is no festival this year, another organization has committed to flipping pancakes on Kelly Avenue. The Half Moon Bay Lions Club will be hosting a drive-by pancake breakfast on Saturday to raise funds for high school scholarships and for Senior Coastsiders. Breakfast will be from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 17 in front of the Portuguese Culture Center on Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay. Tickets cost $12 per person and can be purchased through Eventbrite by searching “HMB Lions Drive By Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser.”

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Abundant Grace celebrates with gourmet dinner

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Abundant Grace Coastside Worker is marking its fiveyear anniversary with a virtual farm-to-table fundraiser dinner on Oct. 25. Each reservation receives a “Farm Box” with local food including fresh produce from Potrero Nuevo Farm, pastured chicken from Root Down Farm in Pescadero and a bottle of wine. There are video instructions from Santa Cruz Chef Diego Felix to prepare a gourmet dinner for two. The package also includes tickets to a half-hour of virtual entertainment on Oct. 25. After ordering a box before Oct. 18, participants can pick up their box from Potrero Nuevo Farm on Tunitas Creek Road in Half Moon Bay the day before the virtual event. Space is limited to 100 reservations. Learn more about the event at abundantgracecw.org.

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Ohio hits on a festival theme

George Haswell, the mayor of Circleville, Ohio, invited rural residents to his big city to show off their largest pumpkins. It would become the “Circleville Pumpkin Show,” the other most well-known big pumpkin weigh-off in the country.

Prohibition not strictly observed

Tom Murphy and Paul Pane were said to have run a bootlegging operation at Año Nuevo, despite Prohibition laws. Federal agents reported finding 240 cases of Canadian Club whiskey on the beach … but not Murphy or Pane.

Farmer wins pumpkin bragging rights

A farmer from Salinas captured the prize for biggest pumpkin at the Half Moon Bay World Championship Weigh-Off. His fruit tipped the scales at 544 pounds. Tom Borchard won $2,500 and an all-expense-paid trip to Las Vegas. In the years to come, the pumpkins would grow four times as large.

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A mobile site for in-person voting is set to visit the Half Moon Bay Airport this weekend. It will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Oct. 15 to 19. Most registered voters have now received their ballots in the mail and can mail or drop them at several Coastside locations, but the mobile site will be the first in-person ballot casting opportunity on the Coastside. The center will also sit at Pescadero High School from Oct. 25 to 29, prior to the opening of most voting centers starting Oct. 31. For Coastsiders who wish to drop off their ballots, drop boxes are located outside of City Hall, inside New Leaf Community Market and outside Pescadero’s Fire Station 59 and the La Honda Fire Brigade. Voters can also visit any of the 45 sites across the county that will open Oct. 31 to receive ballots.

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Traffic woes may require creative solutions NEW IDEAS FOR THE COASTSIDE’S BIGGEST HEADACHE By Sarah Wright

There may be no greater issue that plagues Coastsiders than traffic. In the last two years, transportation has been on the Midcoast Community Council agenda nearly threequarters of the time. And a simple search for “traffic” on the Coastside’s Nextdoor social media pages brings up dozens of posts in the last week, and hundreds over the last month. Weekend traffic is perhaps the worst. On any given Saturday night since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors’ cars line up until after 10 p.m. along Highway 1 waiting to get onto Highway 92 to get home. Some Coastsiders refuse to leave their homes all weekend for fear of getting caught in an hours-long backup. And frequent crashes — across Highway 1, in the Devil’s Slide tunnels or even over the cliffs south of the slide — can turn a brief delay into a massive problem. Some Coastsiders’ greatest fear is getting caught in gridlock amid a wildfire evacuation. But traffic created by weekend visitors isn’t the only transit problem the Coastside faces. There is a second, perhaps more daunting, problem. The sprawled design of the Coastside, with communities flanking just one main artery, makes infrastructure expansion difficult. And as climate change drives the need for more sustainable transporta-

tion options, there is no easy way to end the area’s reliance on motor travel. That doesn't mean local leaders aren’t trying. San Mateo County is working on its Connect the Coastside plan, a $100 million effort to address existing and future Coastside traffic problems. The plan is based on projected buildout by the year 2040 and includes solutions like roundabouts, crosswalks, limits on local development and increased SamTrans bus service. The county’s Office of Sustainability also just released its Active Transportation Plan, which targets improvements to walking and biking, including a network of bike routes, sidewalks and crosswalks for residents living in the unincorporated areas of the county. The city of Half Moon Bay is looking to tackle transportation as well, with its two Highway 1 projects and Poplar Street calming project that focus on making roads safer for bikers, walkers and motorists. And Caltrans just held its first public meeting on a plan to install variable message signs alerting motorists of Highway 1 delays in the hopes they will consider alternative routes. But transit experts and local leaders say solving the problems facing the Coastside might take some out-of-the box thinking. Stanford professor Dehan Glanz, who specializes in urban design, pointed to the metering system planned for San Francisco’s Lombard Street and demand-sensitive parking fees across the city as new options to explore. For large event weekends, Glanz said he has seen other areas successfully use ferries, a gondola or a shuttle system to move visitors more easily.

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t This article is part of an occasional series looking into solutions to one of the Coastside’s longest-standing problems: traffic. Over the next few weeks, the Review will dive into some potential fixes, looking near and far for what works. Follow along, and send an email to sarah@coastsidenewsgroup.com with questions, ideas and concerns.

In fact, in 2017, the county created a free weekend beach shuttle on the Coastside, but ridership was dismal, with a maximum of a dozen riders on any given weekend. The county did not apply for future grants to fund the project. To make real headway on the long-term problems facing the Coastside, Glanz said prioritizing compact development — with an extra floor of development in each of the downtown areas, for example — would reduce sprawl and locals’ reliance on their cars. But it only works if it’s paired with an equally fervent public transportation expansion. “Asking people to support high density when there's no promise of a matching transit service that's going to reduce congestion, that’s tough,” Glanz said. City of Half Moon Bay Public Works Director John Doughty said he is open to creative ideas that take a systematic approach to solving area traffic. To him, the quickest, easiest and cheapest solution is promoting widespread ridesharing to cut down on vehicle trips, especially for commuters. To address visitor traffic, he pointed to Vail, Colo., as a

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Traffic is likely the most persistent of the Coastside’s problems. Officials say any solutions are complicated and require cooperation.

model for providing real-time parking availability. “That would be our dream,” Doughty said. But there is one big problem facing each potential solution: neither the city nor the county own the major roads where the worst of the backups occur. Any solution — from a streetcar to basic signage, has to be approved, prioritized and funded by the state transportation agency. And getting Caltrans’ attention isn’t easy when

the rest of the state also faces critical transportation needs. Even projects not involving state roads require permits, agreements and coordination across many jurisdictions. “This is the world we live in and work in,” Doughty said. “We all want to move faster on things that will improve the lives of our residents, but it’s a challenge.” There is some hope. Senate Bill 288, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom late last month, will

exempt some transit projects from lengthy environmental review processes. The bill still requires a minimum of three public meetings for each project, and not all projects are eligible. Still, San Mateo County Transit District Public Affairs Specialist Alex Eisenhart said the SamTrans board was excited to see it pass. “We hope to see projects that meet the CEQA exemption move more quickly thanks to this bill,” Eisenhart wrote. r

Choose Joaquin Jimenez For HMB City Council District 3 Government Leaders Are For Joaquin: Marc Berman, California State Assembly member Robert Brownstone, current Vice-Mayor, HMB City Council Deborah Penrose, current HMB City Councilmember Harvey Rarback, current HMB City Councilmember

Sophia Layne, Cabrillo Uniﬁed School District Governing Board Lizet Cortes, Cabrillo Uniﬁed School District Governing Board Sara Polgar, Half Moon Bay Planning Commission Pat Black & Evelyn Erickson, HMB Parks & Recreation Commission Ray Mueller, Menlo Park City Councilmember Emily Beach, Mayor of Burlingame Ron Collins, Mayor of San Carlos

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"I believe that Joaquin will make an excellent Council Member because he cares about our entire community, is honest, hard working, has done so much already to prove his leadership on the Coastside, gets things done and follows through on what he says he will do. He is the type of person that we should want on the City Council!" - Karen M. Larson, retired Clinic Administrator "Joaquin Jimenez is a collaborative leader uniquely able to give direct voice to our LatinX community in our City's strategic direction and infrastructure, as well as to serve our overall Coastside's best interests. With Joaquin on our City Council, Half Moon Bay will be taking a big step toward true equity and justice for all." Sophia Layne, Cabrillo Uniﬁed School District Governing Board

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Main Street Is For Joaquin: "I have known Joaquin for over 20 years. He is a smart, good man that truly cares about our community and has proven that by his many years of community service and engagement. He is focused on bringing the community together and ﬁnding long-lasting solutions to many problems we face on the coast. His involvement with the large Latinx population in Half Moon Bay will also bring more fair representation to the table. Joaquin will be a great asset to city council." - Desi Sanchez, Owner, Half Moon Bay Bakery

I am inspired by his ability to bring people together to solve problems, and his tireless commitment to our community." - Seth R. Wilson, Engineering Manager

"Vote for Joaquin. He will balance our council, so that more of our diverse community can be represented." Sally Benson, retired

"Joaquin tells the truth, his vision is expansive and inclusive, and he moves us, as a community, forward into better and equal educational opportunities, environmental responsibility and accountability, and seeks the balance between ﬁscal and human priorities and needs. He has love of his community, without excluding others, and is fearless in his love and support of it. Joaquin has proven over decades that he walks the walk the way no one else in our community has. Joaquin Jimenez is what Half Moon Bay should be: he IS Half Moon Bay." - Willa Chapman, General Manager, Sea Horse Ranch

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[ parking ]

New Poplar permits align with statewide rules RESIDENT RULE VIOLATED SPIRIT OF LAW By Vanessa Ochavillo

Parking permits at Poplar Beach will no longer be available to Half Moon Bay residents only. The city approved a change that would make the permits at the cityowned beach available to all visitors, nine years after it adopted a local-only policy for its 12-month and ninemonth annual permits. The change is part of a coordinated effort between the California Coastal Commission and cities within the coastal zone to ensure equitable public access to public beaches. Concerns about the city’s residentonly permits surfaced in the Coastal Commission when the city put forward an application in July to adjust its parking fee structure at Poplar Beach. The city’s application proposed the city would begin accepting the State Parks’ Golden Bear Pass for low-income individuals, along with increases to the local-only annual passes. In reviewing the city’s proposal, the Commission questioned whether the city’s existing fee struc-

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The California Coastal Commission questioned whether the city should have adopted a resident-only permitting regulation.

ture should have been implemented in the first place. “Parking fees are well known for their potential to significantly adversely impact public recreational access users, especially those least able to afford such fees, and, thus, the Coastal Act and LCP require that

such projects be thoughtfully evaluated for consistency,” according to a Coastal Commission staff report. The report concluded that the city couldn’t modify a fee structure that was never authorized by a coastal development permit to begin with. Authorization granted through a coastal

development permit ensures that any local actions are consistent with the Coastal Act’s aims to enhance public access to the California shoreline. The change would also bring the city in alignment with the California State Parks annual permit options, which are currently open to all. A city

staff report on the issue supported this “seamless” operation, given that Poplar Beach is buttressed by state beaches. The City Council approved the removal of the resident-only permit in a unanimous vote on Oct. 6. Revenue from the Poplar Beach permits has partially offset improvements to the area in and around the beach, including funding the city’s contract with Abundant Grace Coastside Worker, which deploys a coastal cleanup crew weekly. But John Doughty, the city’s public works director, said revenue from the permit has historically been insufficient in covering the city’s costs. The city will continue issuing an indefinite number of permits for 93 parking spaces at Poplar Beach. As before, the permits do not guarantee parking. “This is no different than what the state offers. There’s no guarantee,” Doughty said. “Most people will figure out if they’re comfortable or not with that.” City Manager Bob Nisbet said, as with the local-only policy, the revised permits would continue to be popular among a small subgroup of beachgoers: those who frequent the beach multiple times a week, especially during nonpeak times. r

[ police log ]

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San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputies located someone who fled the scene of a vehicle accident. The California Highway Patrol arrested the suspect for driving under the influence. Tamper with vehicle 10:55 a.m., Oct. 7, 500 block Avenue Alhambra

A motorcycle’s license plate was stolen and was entered into the stolen vehicle system. There were no leads.

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Someone violated their restraining order. The incident will be reviewed by the San Mateo County district attorney’s office. Suspended license 11:25 p.m., Oct. 5, Alsace Lorraine at Kelly Avenue

During a traffic stop, deputies found a man driving with a suspended license. He was cited and released. The case was sent to the district attorney for prosecution. Violation of parole 7:51 a.m., Oct. 7, 2nd Avenue at Poplar Street

Deputies stopped the driver of a vehicle, Enrique Guerrero, 48, of Modesto, during a traffic stop. Guerrero initially provided false identification but was later identified as having an active felony warrant with Stanislaus County, an active misdemeanor warrant with the San Mateo Police Department and a suspended driver’s license. The passenger was found to be in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia during a search. Both Guerrero and his passenger were arrested and booked into county jail.

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Unknown suspects entered an unlocked vehicle and stole $919.61 worth of money and other items. 7:47 a.m., Oct. 5, 8400 block Cabrillo Highway

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[ SAM ]

Settlement talks break down between 3 agencies that control Coastside sewer authority a Continued from page 1A

“Contrary to Half Moon Bay’s assertion that the IPS serves as an extension of Granada’s and Montara’s sewer collection systems, the IPS is an asset owned and operated by SAM, and serves residents of Half Moon Bay as well as residents of Granada and Montara,” said Barbara Dye, president of the Granada

Community Services District, in a Sunday press release. “Half Moon Bay’s assertions in its press release that Granada and Montara are responsible for the failure of settlement negotiations ignores the fundamental truth that it takes compromise from all parties,” Dye said. Half Moon Bay’s lawsuit was originally filed in July 2017. But the agencies en-

tered mediation in September 2018, temporarily halting litigation. Though a tentative agreement was reached, the months since failed to bring resolution. “This dispute, at its core, is about protecting Half Moon Bay sewer ratepayers from subsidizing the cost of sewer infrastructure from which they receive no benefit,” the Half Moon Bay announcement said.

All sides affirm their actions reflect their commitment to keeping costs reasonable for ratepayers in their jurisdictions. The tentative settlement agreement would have required the Granada district to assume about 50 percent more of the share of SAM’s operating costs. Meanwhile, through the tentative settlement agreement, the city sought to address its conten-

tion that it bears an outsize share of financial responsibility. Despite the dispute, necessary repairs to the aging system have been made, though they have been delayed, according to SAM General Manager Kishen Prathivadi. “It always comes down to funding,” Prathivadi said. “(The intertie pipeline system) got pushed a little here and there. I would say

it wasn’t completely because of the dispute, but because of that it wasn’t done sooner.” Replacement of a portion of the pipeline largely spanning Granada began in 2017 and was completed this September. Examination of a section of the pipeline in Montara is scheduled to begin soon, and Prathivadi expects the assessment will be completed by June 2021. r

[ PUMPKINS ]

Quieter weigh-off produces big champion a Continued from page 1A

breath, the crowd waited to see if Gienger’s pumpkin, the last of the day, would beat fourtime champion Steve Daletas’ gourd. That pumpkin had just been weighed and taken the lead at 2,174 pounds, just one pound under the state record set last year at the weigh-off. The green lights flashed and Gienger’s win was secure. His 2,350-pound pumpkin was the second-heaviest ever in the history of the event — Joel Holland’s 2,363 in 2017 owns the top spot — and the heaviest grown in North America this year. It was Gienger’s first time competing in Half Moon Bay’s prestigious competition. He decided to enter and head west just four weeks prior. He loaded his pumpkin and heaps of dirt into his trailer, wrapped the pumpkin with blankets

and tarps and watered it at gas stations. “The roads were so bumpy and the pumpkin just sits there and bounces,” Gienger said. “It was wrapped so I didn’t know if it made it. The fact that it did is incredible.” Because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival was canceled this year. The Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee decided to host this year’s weighoff without public spectators at Long Branch Farms, a 50acre ranch six miles south of Half Moon Bay. On a clear and sunny Monday morning, media and event staff gathered between Old West-style buildings as 30 or so pumpkins were weighed on a stage erected in front of the ranch saloon. Each grower was allowed three additional guests or fam-

ily at the event. Despite the lack of a public audience, the event was lively from start to finish. The air was buzzing with forklifts beeping in reverse and straining to carry the massive gourds. This year, Miramar Events brought in HMB Media and Mallermedia to manage the livestream and video production elements, and drones buzzed overhead. Committee Chairman Cameron Palmer presented each grower and kept a running commentary throughout the event. There was live singing and acoustic guitar from Jim Stevens, a longtime performer at the festival. Those unable to attend tuned into the livestream on Facebook, and the top 10 finishers took part in a noisy, impromptu parade down Main Street later on Monday. “We feel so bad that the gen-

eral public couldn’t come out, but we would have opened ourselves up to a lot of criticism if we’d done that,” Palmer said. “That’s why we kept it to growers and media only, so that was a good thing.” The top heavyweight of the day got $7 per pound, meaning Gienger took home a $16,450 check. Gienger, who has been growing for 27 years, said that he’s been modifying his soil for optimal growth for years using various techniques, including foliar feeding and lots of watering. Jose Ceja, of Napa, third overall, had the heaviest California pumpkin at 1,957 pounds. Tasi Paulovitz took home the biggest Coastside pumpkin, which weighed 480 pounds. Eric Carlson, of Portola Valley, won the Most Beautiful Pumpkin. For many of these growers, this weigh-off is the time to enjoy the fruits of their labor.

At their peak growing time, the massive pumpkins can gain up to 50 pounds a day. “Whoever wins this competition has got respect from all those growers around the world, not just in California or the nation,” said last year’s winner Leonardo Urena, shortly before his pumpkin landed on the scale. Prior to the event, insiders believed Urena would come out on top for the third time. But the Napa grower came up a bit short, finishing fourth with a 1,940-pound entrant. Urena said, for growers in Napa County, the recent heatwaves and fires caused some distress and interrupted the pumpkins’ growth while ash coated the farms. With other weigh-offs and events were canceled because of the pandemic, Urena and other growers voiced their gratitude and excitement that the Half Moon

Bay event continued, even under much different circumstances than in years past. With mask and social distancing required, Urena was glad event organizers took safety seriously while still holding the competition. “I’m so glad they didn’t cancel this event,” Urena said. “It’s so important for us growers to just keep going. If they canceled all the events, that would hurt us.” Time and time again on Monday, the growers who were assembled at Long Branch Farms pointed to the friendly and communal nature of the Coastside event. They enjoy the fanfare and the shared passion for growing oversized gourds. “There’s a camaraderie between growers, and that’s great,” Urena said. “Exchanging ideas, seeds, it’s important.” r

[ MEMORIAL ]

‘We’ve lost two shining lights on the coast’ a Continued from page 1A

making signs, debating, shout-

ing and laughing. Ruddock will remember him as a role model for perseverance and selflessness, and for the time he got stuck in mud in his motorized chair on the Wavecrest bluffs after visiting his homeless neighbors. “John was omnipresent,” Ruddock said. Montara resident Chris Thollaug’s legacy, too, is one of devotion to the Coastide environment and community. In 1993, he quit his full-time paid position at the Sierra Club to dedicate himself to working full time toward research and advocacy in favor of constructing the Devil’s Slide

tunnels over a planned multilane bypass through Coastside open space. According to a post online from his family, he died on Oct. 6 at 70 years old after a year spent recovering from a severe brain injury. Kersteen-Tucker, who worked alongside Thollaug on the tunnel campaign, said his intellect, dedication and passion were unmatched. She credits him for saving Montara Mountain and McNee Ranch State Park, and remembers fondly his open heartedness to campaign newcomers and his love for his neighbors and his home. “Chris was one of the most intense, intelligent

and compassionate people I’ve ever met, particularly when it came to defense of the environment,” KersteenTucker said. “It was extraordinary to see him go to work.” To Kersteen-Tucker and Roberts, the pair’s legacy is a reminder to fight for what matters, to embrace community, to have fun and to never stop showing up. “You need to remember that life — especially in the case of Chris — can be shorter than you would like it to be,” Roberts said. “So look at the things that really matter to you and how you can make a differ-

ence.” Ruddock said she has asked city staff to begin preparing a proclamation honoring Lynch’s life and contributions to the city, and said she is also interested in naming a local landmark or creating an award in Lynch’s name for people who follow in his civic-minded footsteps. No details about a memorial for Thollaug were available at press time. Lynch’s family will be celebrating his life at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25 on the Coastal Trail to the south of Kelly Avenue where a bench dedicated to him stands. r

[ TRIBUNE ]

Coastside group adds a second newspaper to its portfolio a Continued from page 1A

— inspired by the local purchase of the Review — reached out to Review Editorial Director Clay Lambert about the possibility of a similar purchase in Pacifica. That led to extensive talks with the CNGI board, which includes Klein, Lenny Mendonca, Susy Castoria, Kelly Hoffman-Davis and Roy Salume. Klein reached out to Pacifica Tribune owner Sherman R. Fredrick earlier this year and a deal was struck in recent days. “I am happy to turn over the reins of the Tribune to an award-winning local group

who has years of experience in journalism,” Fredrick said in the release. His Battle Born Media will continue to own newspapers in Marin County and Nevada. “Hooking up with Half Moon Bay puts Pacifica on a wonderful path to maintain a local newspaper in Pacifica,” he stated. As a public benefit corporation, CNGI must deliver community benefit as well as manage a sustainable enterprise. The Coastside News Group intends to hire additional editorial and business staff to run the Tribune. They will report to Debra Hershon, who will serve as publisher for both publications. Lambert

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will manage editorial employees for the Review and the Tribune. Hershon said the addition of advertisers and readers on both sides of Devil’s Slide will be key to the success of both newspapers, their web presence and assorted periodicals. Lambert said he was looking forward to the challenge and learning more about the Pacifica community. “It is nothing less than thrilling to be adding journalists and reinvigorating local journalism on the California coast at a time when so many news organizations across the country are shedding jobs and succumbing to absentee ownership,” Lambert said in the

statement. The purchase comes at a precarious time for the news industry as a whole. While millions of Americans are logging into news sites for the latest information about the spread of COVID-19, wildfires, elections and more, the pandemic has exacerbated ongoing challenges to prevailing business models and led to steep declines in editorial production. Early in the pandemic, the New York Times reported that 36,000 media employees had been laid off, furloughed or accepted pay cuts this year. CNGI has not laid off nor furloughed employees since its formation. r

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Midcoast residents lucky to have worthy MCC candidates

here was a time when the Midcoast Community Council was about as effective as drinking a slug of bleach to ward off the coronavirus. Members feuded over issues that had nothing to do with the Coastside, [ editorial ] and when they did take up cogent issues, their response was often incoherent. A dozen years ago, then-San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon wondered aloud whether “the MCC has served its purpose and possibly outlived its usefulness …” We are happy to report those days are long gone. Today, the Midcoast Community Council is a vibrant, focused, clear forum for issues of paramount import between the city of Half Moon Bay and Devil’s Slide. It is an advisory board, so it doesn’t make decisions on things like traffic

mitigation and land use, but it does shine light on these issues and serves as a clearinghouse of pertinent information. Perhaps most encouraging, there are four candidates for three seats on the board, and Coastsiders can’t go wrong with their choices. Incumbent Dan Haggerty declined a virtual meeting with our editorial board to discuss his tenure and priorities for the years to come, but the other three did. Because of that unusual circumstance, we aren’t offering an endorsement, per se, but focusing on the unique capabilities of the candidates who did take the time. You won’t find a neighbor with a more informed opinion about local issues than Gregg Dieguez. He possesses a master’s degree in finance from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and organizes panel discussions around climate and clean energy issues for an alumni group. He’s held a number of executive positions

with biomedical firms before retiring. Dieguez has trained his considerable analytical powers on Coastside issues, from traffic to water management to fire protection. He is particularly concerned about drought and the coming California water crisis. His foresight would serve the Midcoast well as residents navigate sustainability issues that will increasingly dominate public discussion here. We were similarly impressed by Andra Anderson. She is a political newcomer who manages facilities for a division of a global corporation. She’s given a lot of thought to environmental health and safety as well as climate issues. She volunteers with her local Community Emergency Response Team and has committed to her community since moving to San Mateo County in 2014. Anderson says maintaining and building relationships with decision-makers is paramount. She says the community needs

to support everyone who calls the Midcoast home, regardless of income level. She doesn’t claim to have a solution to the traffic problems, but promised to look for solutions in other like communities. Jill Grant is a trained wildlife biologist who these days helps to manage projects for a construction firm. She has a plainspoken, get-it-done style that every organization needs. Grant says affordable housing should be a priority. And she spoke knowledgeably about fire prevention, which is suddenly more important than ever to Coastsiders. She is painfully aware of the traffic gridlock that affects quality of life here. She says that her family uses “our bikes, our feet and other non-gas-powered things” whenever possible, but notes that even the cherished Coastal Trail is sometimes overcrowded. None of these three candidates have all the answers. All of them have your best inter-

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t The editorial board of the Half Moon Bay Review consists of Publisher Debra Hershon and Editorial Director Clay Lambert. Together they interview candidates for local office and consider local ballot measures. The board’s endorsements will be featured on Review editorial pages in the weeks leading up to the November election.

est at heart. There was a time when that seemed an impossible goal for the MCC. We’re lucky to have people like this willing to devote their time to public service.

— Editorial board

[ phodoodle ]

[ matter of opinion ]

Half Moon Bay must protect its own ratepayers

“H

alf Moon Bay is committed to collaboration and compromise with its Sewer Authority Mid-coastside partners — to protect the environment, improve SAM’s financial accountability and governance, and modernize a 40-year-old Joint Powers Agreement.” That sentence was stated in an opinion article submitted to the Review by the city’s mayor in January 2019. It was true then, and it is still true today. However, in the case of SAM, it takes three parties to collaborate and compromise — and El Granada Community Services District and Montara Water and Sanitary District ultimately do not share that sentiment. The funding disagreement centers on an estimated $20 million project to replace the sewer main system that delivers wastewater from the Montara and El Granada special districts to the SAM wastewater treatment plant in Half Moon Bay. The SAM agreement states that each member agency must fund capital improvements in proportion to its share of the benefit received. This protects members (and their sewer ratepayers) from

funding projects from which they derive no benefit. Granada and Montara receive 100 percent of the benefit from this project, while the city of Half Moon Bay receives no direct benefit. Despite this fact, the Granada and Montara boards expect the Half Moon Bay ratepayers to subsidize the cost of the project. For more than three years, the city has negotiated in good faith to settle this disagreement. Settlement and compromise have meant focusing on protecting the environment and encouraging improvements to SAM’s financial accountability and governance. It also meant the city agreeing to pay for a portion of the project in the spirit of partnership and compromise. The agencies initiated formal mediation in 2018 and on Aug. 29, 2019, a tentative agreement was reached. During the past year, the city has been leading the effort to finalize this agreement, in order to collaborate, compromise and move on to a better future. After a year of painstakingly revising the language contained in the JPA and SAM bylaws, and setting the parameters by which the city would

pay a significant portion of a project from which it receives no direct benefit, the Montara and Granada boards reneged on the settlement agreement. They have chosen to fight rather than compromise. Ultimately, this will cause the ratepayers for Montara and Granada to pay their fair share — but a share that is significantly more than in a scenario where the three agencies work together in partnership. The irony, of course, is that under a single sewer district (a concept that many Coastsiders want and believe in) Half Moon Bay ratepayers would naturally share equitably in all costs. However, such an obvious concept is elusive: It requires the relinquishment of power and control. It requires collaboration and compromise. And those are concepts that the Montara and Granada boards are apparently not willing to consider. Debbie Ruddock is a Half Moon Bay City Council member. She submitted this piece along with fellow City Councilwoman Deborah Penrose, who also sits on the SAM board.

[ letter s to the editor ]

Anyone can put anything on internet Dear Editor:

I received an email recently from a "Wanda Muscle" alleging that Tom Mattusch, who is running for reelection to the Harbor District, is a proponent of big game hunting, along with some lurid pictures. A quick google search reveals that there is no such

person as "Wanda Muscle.” The only earthly trace of Ms. Muscle is a Twitter account that was suspended for violating Twitter's rules of service. I can only conclude that this was sent out by someone looking to torpedo Mr. Mattusch's bid for reelection to the Harbor District from the shelter of a pseudonym. While I am not a huge fan of big game hunting, I am even less a fan of this brand of “dirty tricks” pol-

iticking, putting out negative personal information (maybe true, maybe not) about a candidate to voters while hiding behind a screen of anonymity in order to hide any less-thanpure motives. Let this serve as a reminder to check any info that will influence your voting. Remember — anyone can put anything on the internet.

Jenny Skoble Miramar

[ matter of opinion ]

Pumpkin Festival reaches 50th anniversary milestone

here was a lot of disapPumpkin Festival fundraising pointment surroundrevenue to carry on the good ing the work they do in cancellation of the community. this year’s Half On top of that, Moon Bay Art the Half Moon and Pumpkin Bay BeautificaFestival due to tion CommitCOVID-19 retee, which works strictions — dishard to organize appointment the event every from the comyear, was ready to munity, the diecelebrate a milehard event-gostone, the festiers, and, maybe val’s 50th anniDebra Hershon most of all, the versary. local nonprofits whose anFor the nonprofits, hopes nual budgets depend on their have been kept alive, howev-

er, due to a generous donation made by Joseph Cotchett. The committee was able to launch the Pumpkin Power Project Support Fund due to a $200,000 donation made by Cotchett. He has also committed another $100,000 as a matching donation to those who are able to make a tax-deductible donation to the fund. Every penny will go to providing the lost revenue to the Coastside community service organizations. For the local artists, there was good news, too. Made on the Coast, a local artists sub-

committee of the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival, announced its portion of the festival is expanding and going virtual. Through Dec. 31, all coastal artists in San Mateo County from Montara to Pescadero who are interested in participating will be featured on the Made on the Coast website for virtual sales. With the support of the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee, the Made on the Coast program is free to the artists. The virtual festival can be found at www.madeonthecoast.com and the Facebook

page Made-on-the-Coast. In this issue, you’ll find a special Pumpkin Festival pullout section just like we’ve done every year to promote the event and share the schedule. This year, though, it’s a little different. We’ve decided to commemorate the 50th anniversary with a historical retrospective, with photos and a look at those giant pumpkins through the years. We’re also sharing the list of nonprofits that will benefit this year from the donation made by Cotchett, and encourage readers to con-

sider making a donation of any amount to be part of the matching fund. Donations can be made securely online or by sending a check to the HMB Beautification Committee, P.O. Box 274, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019. Donations are tax deductible, as the Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Donors will receive a confirmation letter for tax purposes. Debra Hershon is the publisher of the Half Moon Bay Review.

[ getting your opinions heard ]

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[ half moon bay world championship weigh-off ]

One for the books This year’s Half Moon Bay World Championship Pumpkin Weighoff was unlike any other on record. Sure, there were big pumpkins, music and appropriate fanfare, but unlike past contests, there were very few fans. The COVID-19 crisis created the need to hold the contest away from its usual Main Street location. But even though the social event of the season was socially distant, the biggest boys were still able to make a quick roll through downtown after all was said and done. Here’s a look from inside the pumpkin bubble.

— Photos by Adam Pardee

Staff carries a pumpkin to the scale on Monday. Volunteers had to reengineer their usual routine for the new surroundings.

Pumpkin carver Farmer Mike Valladao carves a face into a pumpkin while the weigh-off takes place all around him.

The murals painted on the walls at Long Branch Farms, just south of Half Moon Bay, added to the ambiance of Monday’s weigh-off.

Judges inspect the exterior of a pumpkin to make sure it is eligible for the weigh-off.

The top three contenders of the weigh-off — from left, Travis Gienger, Steve Daletas, and Jose Ceja — bump fists before their pumpkins are weighed.

For safety reasons, this year's weigh-off took place at Long Branch Farms without spectators and was streamed live on Facebook.

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These responses to can find new solutions. our local fishing indus- prepared you for this role? protection, combating sea levour emailed questions are in the San Mateo County is blessed try at Pillar Point and My seven years of ex- el rise, and supporting ferry candidates’ own words. Voters in with incredible coastlines. I opportunities for ferry perience as a Bay Area transportation at Oyster Point districts 4 and 5 may choose one support local, sustainable com- service at Oyster Point; Water Supply and Con- Marina; ethical governance candidate on their ballot. mercial fishing. Though I have to continue voting for servation Agency di- so that the Harbor District is lived and worked in many plac- necessary infrastrucrector, San Francisqui- transparent and accountable to The San Mateo County Har- bay and coastal trails, Johnson es, San Mateo County has been ture improvements as to Creek Joint Powers the public; continuing to foster bor Commission is responsi- Pier safety renovation, out- my home for the past 26 years. well as environmentalAuthority director and diversity and inclusion at the ble for discussing and voting reach, accountability, transpar- What is most important to ly important projects, eight years as a city Harbor District. Kristen Keith on issues related to maritime ency including multilingual me is ensuring we have a safe such as shoreline procouncil member illusresources in San Mateo Coun- signage and media, and ex- and beautiful place to live and tection and water quality. trate my commitment to public t What is one thing that has ty, emergency response and panding San Francisco Bay fer- work, so we are able to nurture service and my ability to serve prepared you for this role? public access at Pillar Point ry service. and educate ourselves to care t What is one thing that has the residents of San My work as a HarHarbor and Oyster Point Mafor each other and the world prepared you for this role? Mateo County as your bor Commissioner rina. Board members attend t What has prepared me for around us. The best way to My consistent leadership first District 5 Harbor and the only Commismonthly meetings. this role? build respect and appreciation representing San Mateo Coun- Commissioner. Espesioner and District 5 Two seats on the CommisMy 18 years serving as a of our natural environment is ty residents since 2015. I hold cially pertinent to the candidate with a finansion are up for reelection. Resi- family programs administrator to experience it. That’s why I an MBA in nonprofit and Harbor District posicial background have dents who belong to districts 4 for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air want to protect public access to health care management and tion, I have dealt with allowed me to help deVirginia and 5 will vote for one seat de- Force (at Moffett Field), where our shorelines and harbors. have brought this experience sea level rise and flood- Chang velop budgets that proKiraly pending on their district. This I managed 100-plus employto the Board’s finance commit- ing issues. As a directect our environment, is the first year of a vote-by-dis- ees, multimillion dollar an- Name: Dawn Korth tee for important work such tor of the SFCJPA, I helped operate the Harbor District trict election for the Harbor nual budgets and navigated Age: 56 as paying down $2.3 million complete a $76 million flood and be a fiduciary of tax dolDistrict following a 2018 deci- stringent federal and state reg- Residence: El Granada in unfunded pension liability, control and sea level rise proj- lars. Sound financial planning sion to change from an at-large ulations while assisting thoubudgeting for infrastructure ect to prevent East Palo Alto, and management keep the diselection process. sands of military families. Also t What are your top priorities? work and adjusting the bud- including over 1,000 homes, trict fiscally strong, enabling my public service on Keeping the harbor get to prepare for the pandem- from flooding. capital projects to be completDISTRICT 4 (Vote for 1) the Redwood City Wasafe and clean for the ic, ensuring we had enough ed, such as shoreline protecvisitors, people who funds to harbor evacuees from t Why do you want to sit on tion and beach nourishment, ter Task Force, initiatName: Lemoine “Lee” V. Fer- ing recycled water use call the harbor home, the CZU Complex Fires when the commission? with a budget free of debt and the commercial fish- we opened up our parking lots. I’m running for the San paying down pension liabilinandez on city parks and landMateo County Harbor Com- ties. Age: 76 scaping, the $43.5 milerman and the wildResidence: Half Moon Bay lion purple pipe projlife that reside in the t Why do you want to sit on mission because I love our Dawn Korth ect. I served on the harbor. the commission? beautiful county beaches and t Why do you want to sit on t What are your top priorities? Measure C Bond OverTo continue providing sta- harbors, and I recognize the the commission? I support public acsight Committee, a t What is one thing that has ble leadership, ensuring the important role they play in our Serving San Mateo Councess to our coast and $25 million construc- prepared you for this role? public’s work is completed in environment and for our com- ty residents on the Harbor environmental protion bond for SandpipI have over 15 years of proj- a cost-effective and timely fash- munity well-being overall. I’m Commission since 2015, my tections. My priorities er Elementary School ect management experience. ion. running to protect the precious reelection would allow me to for the Harbor District in Redwood Shores, coastal and bay environment, continue using my financial include: improving which came in on time t Why do you want to sit on DISTRICT 5 (Vote for 1) while supporting recreational background on business ocean and bay water and on budget. the commission? opportunities and a strong sus- recovery through the panquality, addressing pol- Lee Fernandez I want to bring function to Name: Kirsten Keith tainable commercial fishing demic, accomplishing the luted beaches at Pillar t Why do you want to the dysfunction that has been Age: 53 industry. For more informa- Harbor District’s business Point Harbor, improved facili- sit on the commission? the history of the Harbor Com- Residence: Menlo Park tion, please see kirstenkeith. by working with the general ties and adding playgrounds My goals are to work with mission. I will do this by makcom or email me at kirsten@ manager and fellow commisfor families and restrooms fellow Harbor commissioners ing rational decisions based on t What are your top priorities? kirstenkeith.com. I would ap- sioners, and representing the with outdoor showers as well to ensure public access to our facts and data not based on my Ensure strong environmen- preciate your vote. racial diversity of San Mateo as dog watering stations. In ad- coast and bay, and to support personal agenda. tal stewardship and improve County on the board. I am the dition, preparing for climate commercial and recreational water quality at our beaches; Name: Virginia Chang Kiraly only woman of color ever to be change and sea level rise, pe- fishing and boating by provid- Name: Tom Mattusch complete the strategic and fa- Age: 56 elected to the Harbor Commisdestrian-bicycle safety incluing ing safe, working harbors. I Age: 71 cilities Master Plan. Imple- Residence: Unincorporated sion. r

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Hotels say they’re ready for small gatherings ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION FROM STATE By Vanessa Ochavillo

Some Half Moon Bay hoteliers are urging the state to consider allowing them to hold meetings again. The Half Moon Bay Coastside Chamber of Commerce and Visitors’ Bureau, which represents the city’s business community, signed on to a letter submitted by the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau asking state officials to incorporate gatherings of 50

people into the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, the state’s tiered reopening scheme. “There just isn’t super clear guidelines at this point,” said Krystlyn Giedt, president and CEO of the Chamber. Giedt, along with some City Council members, said that the same kind of clarity that exists around religious gatherings and cultural events was missing in the state’s guidelines. “There’s a lot of interpretations out there of what is and isn’t allowed and how to do any type of group activity. ... The letter helps push the state to come out with more definite guidelines. We just want those guidelines so we can follow

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a letter in support of local hotels allowing small gatherings. Though Half Moon Bay City Council’s letter was shy of allout support of hotel gatherings, it supported the request for clarified guidance. John Hutar, president and CEO of the county visitors bureau, has been communicating with hotels about the changing shelter-in-place orders. Hutar’s organization’s letter-writing effort was intended to address what he believed was a conflation between large conventions and the kinds of meetings local hotels would like to bring back: onboarding, C-suite executive and certification meetings, for example.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

[ in memory ]

James Mason

RE-ELECT ADAM EISEN for Half Moon Bay City Council

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“Adam is a remarkable leader for remarkable times. He’s empathetic, smart, and his newsletter is a mustread for the community. Tough times call for great community leaders. Thankfully, Half Moon Bay has Adam Eisen.” —Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Congresswoman Jackie Speier

Speaker Pro Tempore Kevin Mullin, California State Assembly

Cameron Palmer with Adam Eisen and son

“Mayor Adam Eisen has demonstrated steady, strong, and values-based leadership that has helped Half Moon Bay navigate the most difficult and challenging of times. He fully understands the importance of forging regional governing partnerships that benefit the residents of Half Moon Bay. Adam also brings business acumen and a deep sense of community to his elected role. I am very proud to endorse him for another term.” — Assembly Speaker Kevin Mullin “Mayor Adam rose to the moment during the recent wild fire crisis on the coast. He and I swiftly opened up Smith field to house the fire evacuees as well as coordinated emergency efforts for donations and open communications to evacuation centers and the victims. We need strong leaders in Half Moon Bay. Adam Eisen has my vote!” — Cameron Palmer, owner of Cameron’s Pub in Half Moon Bay

James Mason, of Half Moon Bay, passed away on Sept. 8, 2020. Born in Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 18, 1948, Jim spent most of his childhood in San Leandro, Calif. He graduated from Marina High School, where he met his wife, Kris. After six months of junior college, he was drafted into the Army and spent 13 months in Vietnam. The stars, bars, and medals on his jacket were impressive. Still, exposure to Agent Orange would prove devastating in his later years. Jim and Kris were married in Berkeley, Calif., during the People’s Park Riots of 1969. The National Guard stood by and threw rice for good luck as they left for the reception. Soon they bought their first home in El Granada, where they had their two children, Philip and Kimberly. Jim worked for Pacific Bell for 16 years until a dispute regarding time off for his son’s birthday forced a change. The next 23 years were spent with the Stationary Engineers Local 39 and the International Union of Operating Engineers as a business agent. He helped many Coastside kids get their start in the trades, finding them apprenticeships in buildings throughout the Bay Area. He enjoyed his work as a business agent; however, his passion was firmly planted in the world of automobiles. He owned many makes and models over the years, most modified in one way or the other for speed or appearance, or both. Corvettes were his favorite. On any given day, you’d see him driving his Atomic Orange Corvette on the coast, usually headed to coffee with the guys.

Jim loved coaching soccer for both his kids almost as much as he enjoyed arguing with the referees. An avid ball player growing up, he never played soccer but knew how to motivate the kids. A real storyteller, Jim indulged, always sharing his experiences. High on the list were the trips he made to Australia with the Half Moon Bay Sports Club and its exchange program with Roselea Soccer Club in Sydney. As time moved on, his grandchildren became his rooting cause, watching nearly every game they played. October has been a special month for our family. Jim and Kris participated in and volunteered at the Pumpkin Festival for more than 40 years. Jim ran the information booth across from the I.D.E.S. Hall and had no issues telling wayward visitors where to go! It was no mistake that the festival would fall on Jim’s birthday weekend – planned or not, there was no need for a separate party. Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Edith, father Glen, and brother Mark. He is survived by his sister Glenna Brown (Gary), brother Paul (Linda), wife Kris, and children Philip (Angelina) and Kimberly Harrington (Kevin). Four grandchildren miss him dearly: Ryan, Liam, Chloe and Leah. He requested there be no service. His ashes and those of his brother Mark, who passed just six days before him, will be scattered at a later date. We would like to thank everyone in our Coastside community who supported us through these challenging times.

Kendra Holland, Hatch Elementary PTO President, says:

“Mayor Eisen is proven leader! Throughout a pandemic and natural disaster, he has sought the advice of experts, and listened to the perspectives of his constituents, to make informed decisions in the best interest of all Coastsiders. I trust Mayor Eisen to guide us through the recovery and into a bright future for Half Moon Bay.”

William ‘Bill’ Berggren

Dr. Dan McMillan, HMB Family Doctor says:

“I am supporting Adam Eisen for re-election to City Council because I think he is well-suited for the job, based on many years coaching together in youth soccer and basketball. The attributes that make him a great teammate and coach also serve him well as a leader for our city. I am proud to endorse him.”

The Daily Journal, published 10/13/20 Editorial: Eisen for Half Moon Bay City Council The city of Half Moon Bay has enjoyed stable leadership in the past few years and its representatives on the City Council have a reputation for progressive thought and listening to the community. Current Mayor Adam Eisen also fills that role well. The council is not in lockstep on every decision, but that is also a sign of a healthy group of decision makers. As mayor this year, Eisen has had to fill a different role in ensuring the community remains safe and secure while also contending with high level discussions on access to the beachfronts in the time of COVID-19. He has handled that role well and deserves another term on the council.

ENDORSEMENTS

Jackie Speier, Congresswoman representing California’s 14th District Jerry Hill, California State Senator, 13th District Kevin Mullin, Speaker Pro Tempore, California Assembly District 22 Don Horsley, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors representing HMB Cameron Palmer, Owner of Cameron’s Restaurant, Pub & Inn John “Farmer John” Muller, Former Mayor of Half Moon Bay Steve Ruddock, Vice-Chair HMB Planning Commission Brian Holt, HMB Planning Commissioner Rick Hernandez, HMB Planning Commissioner Dr. Dan McMillan, HMB Physician Mike Alifano, Founder and CEO Alifano Technologies Geromino Jimenez, HMB Soccer Joseph Fullerton, Environmental Activist Deirdre Martin, Mayor of Pacifica Michelle Cleave, Environmental Activist George Cresson, Zaballa House Bed & Breakfast Roy Salume, Longtime Coastside resident Jeanne Vargas, Founder of CoastPride Corrine Bucher, Cabrillo Education Foundation Executive Director San Mateo County Association of Realtors (SAMCAR) Eric O’Connor-Brown, Cunha Middle School teacher Andrew Brown, HMB High School teacher Pamela Monestie, Hatch Elementary School 4th Grade teacher Abby Foster, Spanish Immersion teacher at Hatch Elementary School Shannon Murray, Hatch Elementary School teacher Rosabelle Lynes, Cunha Middle School teacher Leigh Ann Koelsch, Spanish Immersion Parent Association President Shannon Barton, Half Moon Bay resident Maria Portello-Swagel, Music Teacher at Cunha Middle School Kurt Murray, Science Teacher at Cunha Middle School Peninsula Dog Pac - founded to provide a voice for dog owners living on the San Francisco Bay Area Peninsula Samcar - San Mateo County Association of Realtors Jill K. Pavliscak, M.D., HMB family doctor

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William “Bill” Berggren passed away peacefully on Oct. 3, 2020, at the age of 87. Bill was born on Jan. 9, 1933, in Long Island City, New York. From an early age, he had a love for the sea. At the age of 17, he joined the Navy and he served with pride during the Korean War. His love for the ocean continued after his Naval service and he joined the Merchant Marines, which helped him travel the world. Military pride and love for his country called yet again and Bill joined the U.S. Coast Guard and served for more than 20 years. Bill leaves behind an amazing legacy. During the early years of the space industry, he worked for the ITT corporation in Europe where, for 17 years, with his family in tow, he called Turkey, Germany and France his home. Once he and the family returned to the United States, the call of the sea drew him back and he set sail on NASA tracking ships, the USS Redstone and USS Mercury, in support of the Gemini and Apollo missions. In the late 1960s, he was transferred to Pillar Point Tracking Station in Half Moon Bay. What started out as a six-month assignment became 50-plus years and he called the Coastside home. While working at Pillar Point, he built commercial fishing boats on weekends and spent many hours at the harbor. In the early 1980s, Bill contin-

ued to work in the aerospace industry joining Lockheed, traveling around the world and keeping the tracking stations operational. His job took him to the Seychelles Islands, Thule, Greenland, Diego Garcia, Hawaii, Guam and places that most people can only imagine. After his retirement, he bought a fishing boat and fished and crabbed with friends and family for many years. He also worked at the Cabrillo Unified School District to keep busy. Bill was known around the world by people from many walks of life and industries. “Barracuda,” “Wild Bill,” “Boats and Bill” are just a few of the names that this proud man went by. He also was known as husband, dad, grandpa, papa and friend to all. Bill was a very proud member of the American Legion Post 474 and a Navy and Coast Guard veteran. Bill is survived by his wife of 66 years, Lydia, daughter Caroline Weigandt (George), son Eric Berggren (Katie), grandchildren Rachel DeSantis Spediacci (Ray), Ryan Berggren, Alex Weigandt, Lauren Berggren (Ryan Murdoch) and great-grandchildren Stella and Dominic Spediacci. Fair Winds and following Seas, you have the watch. A burial at sea with family is planned in the future.

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Community 20-YEAR CONTRIBUTOR

QUIPTIDE Louie Castoria

So, what do you know about pumpkins?

his being an election year, it’s important to separate pumpkin facts from fiction. Can you spot the phony claims about pumpkins in this week’s column? Pumpkins were invented in 1798 by Thomas Jefferson, whose experiments with hybridization also led to the rutabaga, kumquat and Welsh corgi. It took Jefferson 11 years to perfect the pumpkin, cross-pollinating native gourds with butternut squash and using unnatural selection to breed for the largest, roundest specimens. After his election as president in 1800, he began the tradition of hollowing out pumpkins to make jack-o’-lanterns. There are many health benefits to eating pumpkins, but not all pumpkins are created equal in this regard. Only pumpkins that you buy in Half Moon Bay contain the unique blend of carotenes, vitamins A, C and E, and the antioxidant Zea-xanthin. While it is true that some pumpkins sold in Half Moon Bay are grown elsewhere, your chances of getting one of our homegrown super pumpkins are greatly enhanced by buying pumpkins here. Here’s my advice: Load up on genuine Half Moon Bay pumpkins while you’re in town! Also, buy lots of food from our local vendors. Jack Sprat, of nursery rhyme infamy, put his wife in a “pumpkin shell.” While he supposedly kept her there “very well,” this seems unlikely. Mrs. Sprat was known to have a rare eating disorder, being unable to eat lean food. Strangely, Jack could eat no fat. That two people with such incompatible food intolerances should ever meet, let alone marry, has led scholars to suggest that they may been both been patients at the same diet clinic. In any event, a pumpkin shell would make a terrible place to keep a woman who could only eat fat, because pumpkins have zero cholesterol. Pumpkin seeds do contain mono-unsaturated fatty acids, but, hey, what fun are those? Pumpkin shells also rot very soon after Halloween. Even a person without specialized dietary needs would find a pumpkin shell to be temporary shelter at best. (Editor’s Note: Following the so-called “Pumpkin Shell Incident,” Mr. Sprat pled guilty to felony dietary abuse. He is serving a sevenyear sentence at the California State Prison in Manteca, which is only poetic justice if you know Spanish.) Although the rock band called The Smashing Pumpkins released an album entitled, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness,” pumpkins are not melons. Oh, sure, you could hollow out a cantaloupe or casaba melon, carve a face on one side, stick a lit candle in it and call it a jack-o’-lantern. You could also sit in the driver’s seat of a parked Hyundai and make “vrooom, vroom, VROOM!” sounds, but that doesn’t mean you’re a NASCAR driver. Get real. Pumpkin pie was first baked by Hiawatha for John Smith (at least, that’s the name he used when he checked in). So, enjoy our our orange heritage this month. Have a really gourd time. Louie@hmbreveiw.com wishes he hadn’t written that last sentence … the first time. This is a slightly edited rerun of a classic Quip Tide.

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Coastside pumpkins on the move PRINGLE IMPROVISES WITH MOBILE PUMPKIN PATCH By August Howell

The customers at Grandpa Kevin’s Pumpkin Patch are in good company. A handful of children gathered outside Kevin Pringle’s trailer, which was parked in the abandoned Monster Chef Restaurant lot last Friday. It was filled with dozens of pumpkins of various shapes, sizes and colors, and framed with large wooden cutouts of popular fictional characters, including Spider-Man, Homer Simpson and the entire Winnie-the-Pooh cast. Pringle, a longtime Half Moon Bay resident, has sold locally sourced seasonal goods from rented lots on the Coastside and along the Peninsula for more than 40 years. Typically, Pringle has customers coming to as many as five lots to buy pumpkins. Up until 10 years ago, he sold Christmas trees as well. Because of the pandemic and not wanting customers to have to travel far to buy pumpkins, Pringle opted to improvise and provide a mobile service that could meet the demand from their homes. With a trailer full of cartoon cutouts and an abundance of pumpkins, Pringle has been doing this semiweekly routine since Sept. 26, when he created a post on Nextdoor advertising the business. Since then, he’s taken requests to go into

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Grandpa Kevin’s Pumpkin Patch on wheels is ready to bring October to your doorstep.

neighborhoods and public places so people can pick out their gourds. “This way, I can have this for families, go to their location, in front of their house even,” Pringle said. Each socially distanced family waits their turn to choose a pumpkin from the trailer.

Pringle also sells multicolored corn, straw, cornstalks and carving kits. Until Oct. 31, Grandpa Kevin’s Pumpkin Patch is open for walk-in business on the weekend at The Barn restaurant in Miramar. So far, Pringle has set up shop at various Coastside neighborhoods and public

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parks, including Moss Beach Park. For Pringle, the traveling pumpkin patch and his walkin arrangement at The Barn provide a sense of fun and enjoyment as the holiday season approaches. “We did one (on Oct. 6) close to my neighborhood

and we have about eight families there,” Pringle said. “They walked with their wagons, a couple of people drove and got their chairs out. For a whole hour, people were buying pumpkins. It was great.” To reserve a visit from Grandpa Kevin, call (650) 7036996. r

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Rotary volunteers help out at center MORE WORK TO BE DONE By Stacy Trevenon

Donning masks and gloves, a small cadre of Coastside volunteers came together on Saturday to prioritize community service by starting work to transform the open area behind the Abundant Grace Coastside Worker building on Kelly Avenue into a gathering place for day workers and homeless in need. About a dozen members of the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay, plus a few spouses and friends, drew on funding from a Rotary Foundation grant, lumber donated by Bodas Construction and elbow grease to erect a wood fence to encircle the yard. “Rotary is all about what we do,” said club president Mary Rogren, of Half Moon Bay. “Even in difficult times, we are

able to come out to build this fence for this very important project.” The project began a few months ago when Rotarian Bill Johnston, of Montara, approached Abundant Grace Executive Director Eric DeBode for suggestions of community needs the club might address. “I'm grateful and delighted to have a longtime partnership with the Rotary Club,” said DeBode. He said he envisioned the fenced-in gathering place as a landscaped area that would eventually include showers, laundry facilities, food and “everything which people need to get back on their feet.” He described it all as part of a capital campaign for which he hopes to have the remainder of funds raised by the new year. “It's a great thing to see so many neighbors making common cause with us,” he said. r

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Members of the Rotary Club of Half Moon Bay gave up part of their weekend to help build a fence for Abundant Grace Coastside Worker.

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Sports

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

[ high school ]

Basketball teams practice in pods for now FORMAT MEANS SOCIALLY DISTANT DRILLS By August Howell

Mykola Ediger darted left, slashed right, then sank his reverse layup. Half Moon Bay High School boys varsity basketball team head coach John Parsons watched him from the baseline, then switched his attention to the nine other players scattered throughout the courts. Each team member present on a sunny Monday afternoon at Half Moon Bay High School was spaced out with his own basket, meaning all 10 outdoor courts were filled. This has been the scene on the courts three days per week at the high school since late July. In a typical season, this would be the time when the school’s boys and girls basketball teams would lace up their shoes indoors with the Peninsula Athletic League season on the horizon. Now, however, because of the pandemic and social distancing protocols, the teams are using this time to undergo a whole different kind of offseason conditioning. On the high school’s basketball courts, the regulations in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus mean those student-athletes participating in voluntary offseason workouts are spaced out “one-toone,” meaning one person is assigned to one basketball hoop for the duration of the hour-long session.

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Half Moon Bay High School boys varsity basketball players work out together… alone. Each has his own basket during pandemic-era workouts.

“More than anything, I think it’s for their mental clarity,” Parsons said, “(after) being away from their friends

and sport they love. As you can see, it’s not normal, it’s one kid per basket. There’s not a lot of stuff you can do,

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but they’re happy to see each other again.” Ediger echoed that sentiment, adding that the drills come with their ups and downs. They allow a player to home in on one activity, but for a player used to the physical interaction that basketball demands, the limitations are obvious. “There’s only so much you can do without playing against other people,” Ediger said. “Playing as a team is much different than this skill stuff we’re doing right now.” The boys program is composed of three high school and three middle school groups meeting at alternating times throughout the week, with a maximum of 10 players per group. The varsity girls basketball team ran a similar setup from mid-September until two weeks ago. Head coach Antonio Veloso is hoping that in the coming weeks, the team will be able to practice in the Cabrillo Unified School District Events Center. With San Mateo County labeled “red tier” under the state’s reopening policy, he hopes some members of the team will be allowed to play since they would be well under the rule of 10 percent capacity.

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“I think them seeing each other’s faces, you can tell it makes a big difference,” Veloso said. All the Cougar sports teams stopped workouts for several weeks when the high school became an evacuation site for those fleeing the CZU Lightning Complex fires in August. Each team completes a set of safety protocols, which have become more commonplace for any in-person event. This includes wearing masks, health questionnaires and using new handwashing stations. Half Moon Bay High School Athletic Director Brendan Roth recognizes that while athletics for the Coastside’s younger demographic can’t bring them together physically as before, sports are still something many people can support. “Right now, we’re doing it safely, which is exactly what our goal was,” Roth said. Roth said this standardized approach was the result of collaborative efforts between multiple athletic directors to meet San Mateo County’s standardized protocols. “I know our kids are definitely excited for the day they can share,” Roth said. “I think we all are.” r

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“Together, we can accelerate progress so all students and our unified school community can truly thrive.”

In mid-September, a new basketball program for younger girls sprang up at the high school. On Monday, nearly a dozen third- to eighth-grade girls participated in a Basketball Pod Camp. The camps are organized by Veloso, Cougar alum Rachel Staal and the Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside. Stall, who graduated in 2013, and several other coaches are running drills with the girls three days a week. Staal, a senior on Veloso’s first coaching class, said the new practice format takes some getting used to, both as a participant and an instructor. “It’s weird, because most of basketball is playing as a team,” Staal said. “This is just working on skills. With these girls I’ve seen a lot of improvement because of this isolated skill training.” With so much isolation on the court, it can be difficult for players to feel like they’re truly participating in a team-oriented sport. Coaches need to be more creative with developing drills for players to practice on their own. Veloso, ever the believer in team-bonding chemistry, said these pods can still provide a way for the younger girls to have fun.

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PUBLIC NOTICE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO NO. 20CIV03635 THE COURT FINDS that Minh Hang Natasha Nguyen has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing names from Minh Hang Natasha Nguyen to Natasha Nguyen Davis. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why this application for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: On 10/29/20, 9:00 a.m., in Depart-

ment: PJ, of this court, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, California 94063. IT IS FURTHER OR DERED that a copy of this order to show cause be published in the Half Moon Bay Review, a newspaper of general circulation printed in San Mateo County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Aug. 31, 2020 s/Jonathan E. Karesh Judge of the Superior Court Endorsed: Sep 01, 2020 Filed by: Anthony Berini , Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 No. 1094

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285153 The following persons are doing business as: Golden Gate Weather Services, 161 Turnberry Rd., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019, PO Box 3373, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019. Jan Null, 161 Turnberry Rd., Half Moon Bay, CA 94019. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1/1/98 This business is conducted by an Individual s/Jan Null This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp.

ENDORSED FILED Sept. 11, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Diana Siron Deputy Clerk NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code). Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 No. 1103

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285228

ENDORSED FILED Sept. 25, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Diana Siron Deputy Clerk

The following persons are doing business as: Affinage, 14 Verano Dr., South San Francisco, CA 94080. Dina Bshara, 14 Verano Dr., South San Francisco, CA 94080. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by a Married Couple s/Dina Bshara

NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code).

This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp.

Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2020 No. 1161

PUBLIC NOTICE CITATION TO APPEAR AT HEARING TO FIND PARENT’S CONSENT NOT NECESSARY FOR CHILD’S ADOPTION (FAMILY CODE SECTION 8604) Case No.:20-ADO-012 To LAMARR SAVORY, parent of Taina Savory; by ORDER OF THIS COURT you are hereby cited to appear before the Judge presiding in courtroom A of the San Mateo County Superior Court, Juvenile Division, located at 222 Paul Scannell Drive, San Mateo, California 94402, on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 9:00 am to show cause, if you have any, why the petition of Hugo Saenz requesting a finding that your consent is not necessary for the adoption of Taina Savory, your minor child, should not be granted. A petition has been filed alleging

that you are the parent of the minor child and that the other parent was awarded custody by judicial order, or has custody by agreement of both parties; and that you, for a period of one year, willfully failed to communicate with, and pay for the care, support, and education of the child when able to do so. If you fail to appear at the scheduled hearing, the court may find your consent to the adoption of the child is not necessary, and you will not receive any further notice concerning the adoption of your child; and upon the adoption of your child, your parental rights will be terminated. /s/ Neal Taniguchi Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2020 1175

www.hmbreview.com PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285245 The following persons are doing business as:Slices Peninsula, Inc, 3035 S. Delaware St. B, San Mateo, CA 94403, 800 Sea Spray Ln., #110, Foster City, CA, 94044. Slices Peninsula, Inc,800 Sea Spray Ln., #110, Foster City, CA, 94044. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by a

Corporation s/Cynthia Thiara This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED Sep 25, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Diana Siron Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 2020 No. 1236

The following persons are doing business as:Goldn, 121 Santa Maria Ave, Pacifica, CA 94044. Anna Delis, 121 Santa Maria Ave, Pacifica, CA 94044. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by an Individual s/Anna Delis

This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED Sep 24, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Glenn S. Changtin Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 2020 No. 1235

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PUBLIC NOTICE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO NO. 20CIV03761 THE COURT FINDS that Susan S. Mason has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing names from Susan S. Mason to Susan Kay Savich. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why this application for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: On 11/03/20, 9:00 a.m., in Depart-

ment: PJ, of this court, located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, California 94063. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order to show cause be published in the Half Moon Bay Review, a newspaper of general circulation printed in San Mateo County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Sept. 04, 2020 s/Jonathan E. Karesh Judge of the Superior Court Endorsed: Sep 09, 2020 Filed by: Anthony Berini , Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 No. 1097

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285159 The following persons are doing business as: Boba Zen, Sweet Falooda, I Scream Pita, Banh Mi Chomp, Burmalicious, 63 St. Francis Square, Daly City, CA 94015, 32 Zita Manor, Daly City, CA 94015. Myanmar International Corp, 32 Zita Manor, Daly City, CA 94015. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by a Corporation s/Ah Soon Mah This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp.

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Lana O’Keefe CASE NUMBER: 20-PRO-01166

of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of Lana O’Keefe

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by Jason O’Keefe in the Superior Court of California, County of SAN MATEO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that Jason O’Keefe be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/06/2020 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 28 located at 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting

YOU MAY EXAM INE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: James D. Frangos 411 Borel Avenue Suite 500 San Mateo, CA 94030 650 571 6035 Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 1123

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285285 The following persons are doing business as: Anchor Drugs III, 161 S. Spruce Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080. Jajco Inc, 161 S. Spruce Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 6-1-2009 This business is conducted by a Corporation s/Raymond P. Jajeh This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED

Sept. 29, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Glenn S. Changtin Deputy Clerk NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code). Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 2020 No. 1181

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285291 The following persons are doing business as:Coastaloha Team, 100 Beach St., Moss Beach, CA 94038. Weisbarth & Associates Inc., 100 Beach St., Moss Beach, CA 94038. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by a Corporation s/Mark Weisbarth

This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED Sep 30, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Glenn S. Changtin Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 2020 No. 1244

PUBLIC NOTICE ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO NO. 20CIV03643 THE COURT FINDS that Joseph Anthony May has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing names from Joseph Anthony May to Joseph Anthony Sulpizio. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why this application for change of name should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: On 10/29/20, 9:00 a.m., in Department: PJ, of this court, located at

400 County Center, Redwood City, California 94063. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this order to show cause be published in the Half Moon Bay Review, a newspaper of general circulation printed in San Mateo County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Aug. 31, 2020 s/Jonathan E. Karesh Judge of the Superior Court Endorsed: Sep 01, 2020 Filed by: Anthony Berini , Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 No. 1099

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285176 The following persons are doing business as: 1.Shamrock Sales & Services, 2.Shamrock Ranch, 3.Shamrock Ranch Kennels, 4.Shamrock Ranch Stables, 100 Shamrock Ranch Road, Pacifica, CA 94044. Dana Denman Voskes, 107 Shamrock Ranch Road, Pacifica, CA 94044. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 01/01/1980 This business is conducted by an Individual s/Dana Denman Voskes This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp.

ENDORSED FILED Sept. 17, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Diana Siron Deputy Clerk NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code). Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14 & 21, 2020 No. 1130

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285207 The following persons are doing business as: SoftQuotes, 819 Mitten Road, Burlingame, CA 94010. Boroumand Group Inc., 819 Mitten Road, Burlingame, CA 94010. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by a Corporation s/Behzad Boroumand This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED

Sept. 24, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Glenn S. Changtin Deputy Clerk NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code). Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2020 No. 1162

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285258 The following persons are doing business as: The Shop, 1944 Oak Knoll Drive, Belmont, CA 94002. Paula Renae Bradshaw-Gray,1944 Oak Knoll Drive, Belmont, CA 94002. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on N/A This business is conducted by an Individual s/Paula Bradshaw-Gray This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED

Sept. 25, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Diana Siron Deputy Clerk NOTICE – This fictitious name statement expires five years from the date filed. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a fictitious business name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see section 14400 et seq., business and professions code). Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 7, 14, 21 & 28, 2020 No. 1179

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDED NONCONTINGENT ASSESSMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Resolution No. 2020007 the Engineer of work has prepared and filed with the District Secretary a report of proposed amended reassessments on certain parcels within the Granada Community Services District Sewer Treatment Facility Improvements Integrated Financing District (Reassessment and Refunding 2003). The amended reassessments are proposed in order to apportion the existing reassessments between parcels that have been subdivided since the previous apportionment was completed. The amended reassessments will not increase the amount of the original reassessment on any parcel. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on the 15th day of October, 2020, at 7:30 o’clock p.m., a hearing will be held via Zoom or teleconference by the District Board on said

amended noncontingent reassessments, at which time all persons interested in said noncontingent reassessments or in the lands affected thereby, or in the bonds payable from and secured thereby, may participate and protest the same. To obtain instructions to participate in the meeting, please call (650) 7267093 or email dcomito@granada. ca.gov. The report of the amended reassessments, together with a map showing how the parcels have been divided, are on file and available for inspection at the District office and persons with questions may call (650) 726-7093. DATED: October 2, 2020 /s/ Delia Comito Assistant General Manager Granada Community Services District Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 7 & 14, 2020 1180

PUBLIC NOTICE FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 285363 The following persons are doing business as: Solutions for Supportive Homes, 1161 Granada St., Belmont, CA 94002. Joseph Lanam, 505 Costa Rica Ave, San Mateo, CA 94402, Carolyn A. Shepard, 1161 Granada St., Belmont, CA 94002. The registrant(s) commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on Oct. 1, 2020 This business is conducted by a

General Partnership s/Joseph W. Lanam This statement was filed with Mark Church, County Clerk Recorder of San Mateo County on date indicated by file stamp. ENDORSED FILED Oct 08, 2020 MARK CHURCH, County Clerk Maria P. Perez Deputy Clerk Published in the Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 21, 28 & Nov. 4, 2020 No. 1245

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ment practices from the County of San Mateo Department of Public Works Maintenance Standards and the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program, or equivalent measures. This includes but is not limited to spill prevention and cleanup measures such as maintaining spill cleanup materials at the construction site at all times and inspecting equipment for leaks. A qualified biological monitor will be present throughout project construction to avoid or minimize impacts to sensitive biological resources. CEQA REVIEW: Categorically Exempt pursuant to California Code of Regulations Section 15306, which exempts basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Additional information regarding the proposed project may be obtained by contacting Brittney Cozzolino, Associate Planner, at (650) 750-2014 or bcozzolino@hmbcity.com RIGHT OF APPEAL: Any aggrieved person may appeal the decision of the Planning Commission to the City Council within ten (10)

working days of the date of the decision. This project is located in the California Coastal Commission appeals jurisdiction. Therefore, the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s final decision on the project may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission. REMOTE MEETING / PUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFORMATION: In accordance with the San Mateo County Health Officer's Shelter-In-Place Order, all interested parties must participate remotely. The meeting will be streamed live on Channel 27 and on www.pacificcoast.tv. Members of the public are welcome to submit comments (in accordance with the three-minute per speaker limit) via email to bjett@hmbcity.com prior to or during the meeting (before the close of public comments on the item). The Recording Secretary will read all comments into the record. This meeting will be conducted entirely by teleconference participation, in compliance with the Governor's Executive Order N-29-20 allowing for deviation of teleconference rules required by the Ralph M. Brown Act. Published in Half Moon Bay Review Oct. 14, 2020 1239

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