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Construction traffic will increase on Devil's Slide Monday

Caltrans press release Motorists using Highway 1 between Montara and Pacifica will notice an increase in construction traffic on Monday August 28 starting at 9:00am. This is when a continuous pour of concrete is due to start for the first of four massive bridge footings. The pour will continue until the footing is complete, sometime during the early hours of Tuesday August 29.

Cunha and HMB High School schedules are only temporary

Students and their parents going back to school on Monday may not know it, but the current schedule for Cunha Intermediate and Half Moon Bay High Schools are only temporary. The current start times for the schools are still the emergency schedule put in place to deal with Devil's Slide closure. Also, the bus set up for Cunha students during the closure will operate for the next two to four weeks before...

Coastside Adult Community Center will hold open house Sept 16

To celebrate the midpoint of a community campaign to build the Coastside Adult Community Center, the public is invited to a free "Open" House event at the site of the planned center on Saturday, September 16, 2006 from 4:00 to 6:00pm at...

Photos: Seagulls and Pelicans feast on smelt at Pilarcitos Creek

HMB City Manager Debra Auker has resigned

Debra Auker, city manager of Half Moon Bay, has resigned. Her last day will be September 15. She has been city manager for just over two years, beginning June 2004. Auker has been a city employee for five years. In her letter of resignation [pdf], Auker said: "Now that we have recovered from the disastrous effect if Devil's Slide and we have...

MROSD board will appoint member to term ending in November 2008

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's Board of Directors unanimously voted last night to appoint a new Director to the Board seat left vacant by Deane Little's resignation on August 11, 2006. The appointment to Ward 4, which includes Mountain View and Los Altos, will have to be made by October 10, 2006, 60 days from the effective date of the vacancy. The District's Board has a statutory duty to fill the vacant Board seat either by calling a special election or by making...

Montara artist makes photos with just photo paper, plants, and electricity

Montara artist Robert Buelteman is one of two artists featured in an exhibit at the Presidio Officers' Club from August 25 to November 19. Since 1999, Mr. Buelteman has made extraordinary photographic images without the use of cameras, lenses, or computers. With photographic paper, plant life, and electrical current, Mr. Buelteman captures the intricacies and structural secrets of his subjects. The process...

Hatch Elementary's �A Day to Make A Difference� takes a first at county fair

by Sonja Myhre, Co-Chair "Day to Make a Difference" Committee Hatch School was the proud recipient of a blue ribbon at the 2006 San Mateo County Fair in the Community Beautification Display category awarded to the �Day to Make a Difference� entry. This category highlights philanthropic projects that work in cooperation with community organizations. The renovation of Alvin S. Hatch Elementary School by CNH Landscape and Design, Inc. was...

Opinion: Now is the time to write CDF about YMCA's La Honda logging plan

If you oppose the YMCA's logging of Camp Jones Gulch [pdf of plan], you must send a letter to the California Dept of Forestry (CDF) by September 7. Details: YMCA San Francisco, owners of Camp Jones Gulch (aka Science Camp), have submitted a logging plan to the CDF to log 733...