California Native Plant Society will a field trip in Rancho Corral de Tierra this Sunday May 22 at 1pm.  Golden Gate National Recreation Area natural resource specialist Susie Bennett and CNPS volunteer botanist Eva Buxton will lead. This is a followup to their first field trip in March.

Meet at the Le Conte Portal at the northern edge of Montara near the intersection of Le Conte Ave. and Kannoff.  From Highway 1, head east on Montara’s 2nd St., take the first right onto Main, first left onto 3rd St., and the third left onto Le Conte.  Drive to the northern end of the road and park parallel.

The Half Moon Bay branch of the American Association of University Women announces its 2011 scholarship winners who will be honored at the organization’s annual May Scholarship Brunch on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 11 a.m. at the Pillar Ridge Mobile Home Park Community Room. The awards event will include a special tribute to past president Judy Zilber who passed away earlier this year. AAUW awards for service to the branch will also be given.

Tech Trek 2011: Six seventh-grade girls from Cunha Intermediate School will receive full scholarships to attend the 14th annual TECH TREK, a summer science and math camp designed especially for girls entering eighth grade, conducted by the American Association of University Women of California (AAUW-CA) on multiple college campuses around the state. The six Coastside scholarship recipients will join approximately 80 other girls from around the Bay Area, July 17-23, at Stanford University, for a week of workshops in marine biology, biotechnology, astronomy, robotics and more.

The 2011 Tech Trek scholarship winners are:

• Elyse Abramson, Claire Messina, Jacqueline Lopez,
• Emilee Moore, Megan Rodrigues and Emma Reynolds.

The Half Moon Bay branch of AAUW provides the funding for the students and makes the final selection of scholarship campers after an extensive application and interview process.

Half Moon Bay AAUW will also honor three college students, all graduates of Half Moon Bay High School, who will each receive $2,000 awards as they prepare to enter their junior or senior year of higher education. The scholarships are named in memory of past AAUW Half Moon Bay members.

Ivania Portocarerro Scholarship is awarded to:

• Kelly Marie Kaine, who attends UCLA majoring in civil engineering and focusing on structures;
• Natalie Gail Moyce, who also attends UCLA majoring in global studies with an emphasis on political journalism and music.

Edna Cox Scholarship is awarded to: Maira Sarabia-Medina who studies at California State University, East Bay, majoring in liberal studies with a teaching emphasis and a minor in American Sign Language.

Year-round fundraising efforts make these awards possible. Monies are raised through events that include the Pumpkin Festival, a concert at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, a Fashion Show and High Tea held recently at the Oceano Hotel and Spa, and through individual donations by members.

AAUW is a national organization founded in 1881 with a mission of “advancing equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research.”

Commercial burglary in El Granada, DUI’s and warrant arrests, a second citation and tow within a month for the same drive, a dog bite in Moss Beach, and more bad bad dog owner behavior in Princeton:

Deputies were dispatched to a neighbor dispute. A resident was looking out her window when she saw a female walking her dog. The female stuffed something into the homeowners down spout. The homeowner checked the drain and found a black plastic bag with fecal matter in it. The homeowner was familiar with the female and told Deputies that he would not file charges if the female apologized. Deputies contacted the female who admitted to putting the bag in the down spout. She was angry with the homeowner about letting his dog run wild and complaining about everyone else’s dog. The Deputies advised her to call the Sheriff’s Office or SPCA if she had any problems with other people’s dogs. She sent her apology with the Deputy to the homeowner.

Waves! Pelicans! Sunset! At the Coastside Democrats’ annual potluck & planning party. Friday, May 13, 6 to 9pm.

Join guest speaker Supervisor Don Horsley and special guests Organizing for America, 2012.  Fabulous surf music will be provided by The Saturn 5, featuring members of The Rubinoos. Bring someone new. Families are welcome.

Potluck: Last names beginning A-H: appetizers; I-O: salads; P-Z: desserts—Main Courses Welcome.

For more information contact:  [email protected] or call 650-867-0745.

Coastside State Parks turn the spotlight on our young people in celebrating International Migratory Bird Day on May 14th and 15th.  This year’s theme for the annual event is “Go Wild, Go Birding,” with activities focused on our youth and learning about birds, bird watching, and conservation. 

Francis Beach Visitor Center Activities:  To mark the occasion, State Parks will have exhibits, arts and crafts, and activities for children of all ages at the visitor center at Half Moon Bay State Beach, 95 Kelly Ave., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, the 14th and 15th of May.

Francis Beach Bird Walk:  On Saturday there will also be a docent-led bird walk through the fields and along the beach, beginning at the visitor center at 1:00 p.m.  You may see both snowy plovers and semipalmated plovers on the beach as well as brightly colored finches and a variety of other birds in the fields along the Coastside Trail.

Pescadero Marsh Bird Walk:  On Sunday, the 15th of May, State Park docents will lead a special bird walk in Pescadero Marsh, where you will be able to watch the nesting great blue herons and egrets, as well as see many other birds.  More than 200 species of birds have been recorded in the marsh, including many that nest there.  You will also see a variety of spring wildflowers on the walk.  The walk will begin at 1 p.m.  Meet the docents in the middle parking lot of Pescadero State Beach, off of Highway 1, ¼ mile north of Pescadero Road, just south of the highway bridge across Pescadero Creek.

International Migratory Bird Day was begun in the early 1990s by the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center to foster greater understanding, appreciation, and protection of migratory birds.  It has been coordinated since 2007 by Environment for the Americas, (EFTA), a nonprofit that works throughout the Western Hemisphere to share information about birds and their conservation.  The day is marked annually in the United States and Canada on the second Saturday in May.

The Midcoast Community Council will meet Wednesday, May 11, 2011 7:30pm at Seton Medical Center Coastside, Marine Boulevard & Etheldore, Moss Beach. Take Highway 1 to Marine Boulevard and follow hospital signs uphill. MCC attendees must park in upper parking lot per hospital policy.

Agenda

• PEG TV - Coastside – 7:45 Jim Porter, Director of Department of Public Works will discuss the contract and the overall schedule.
• Variances –  8:15 Review: Draft letter
• Traffic and Trails – 8:30 Review and Vote to Forward: Comments on the C/CAG Comprehensive Bicycle/Pedestrian Plan (Bill Kehoe) Comments: Bike/Pedestrian Crossings - Devil’s Slide & Other (Len Erickson) Comments: Highway 1 Citizen’s Committee/Traffic & Trails South Implementation (Len Erickson) Comments: LCP and Highway 1 Capacity and Level of Service (Len Erickson) Comments: Expressway Status (David Vespremi) Comments: Roundabouts (Bill Kehoe)

Tentative upcoming MCC items

May 25

• PEG TV – Recommendation to the Board of Supervisors
• Highway 1 Pedestrian Crossings (TBD)

June 8

• Highway 1: T&T Report and Implementation

Roadmap to Transportation Management Plan

Mid-Year Retreat

July 12

• Princeton / Airport Overlay Plan Update – (Steve Monowitz)
• Harbor: Plans and Update

KPDO 89.3 FM is turning one! Join us for a day of celebration, music, food, and fun! Featuring live music from:

Gary Gates
Banda 650
Summer of Glaciers
The Roachez
Loma Verde
Rivers and Fate
...and more!

Join us tomorrow at 1956 Pescadero Road in Pescadero from 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM!

Bring your favorite mobile device to the Half Moon Bay Library on Friday, May 20th, at 7:00PM and learn how to make the most of our growing ebook and audio book collection.

A stolen car on Skylonda Driver, warrant arrests, an auto burglary on Avenue Cabrillo in El Granada, an auto burglary at Hwy 1 and La Honda Road, public intoxication in Princeton, a commercial burglary in El Granada, and a robbery at the “Clouds Rest lookout” (this appears to be near Page Mill Road) at about 3am Sunday:

The three victims are picked up in the City of Sunnyvale and transported to Cloud’s Rest lookout in San Mateo County.  While at that location, they are subsequently robbed of their cell phones and then chased by the suspects.  The trio, while running away from the suspects, flag down some passing motorists who render assistance to them.  One of the passing vehicles gives chase to the suspect vehicle, which flees the area, and is able to retrieve a make and plate of the vehicle which is given to the Sheriff’s Office.