What do you get when you mix four Jews, four Muslims and four Christians together at the top of Mt. Moses in the Sinai desert?

Find out when you see "We are the Children of Abraham".  Learn and laugh with us as we share an evening of song and story from the Torah, the Qu’ran, the Bible and beyond.  We children of Abraham may have more in common than we think.

Come see "We are the Children of Abraham" at Community United Methodist Church, 777 Miramontes in Half Moon Bay,  Friday, May 15 at 7 P.M., Saturday, May 16 at 8 P.M., and Sunday, May 17 at 7 P.M.  The performances are free to the public, and suggested for anyone nine years old and older.

A discussion of the three faiths led by Muslims, Christians, and Jews, will follow the Friday and Sunday performances. For further information, call Gail Erwin at 650-728-7821.

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space district will hold a hearing on the master plan for the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Tuesday, May 19, at Hatch Elementary School, Half Moon Bay, in the multipurpose room from 6:30 to 9pm.

The 2,056-acre La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve, considered by many as a gateway to the San Mateo coast, features forests of redwood and Douglas fir, contrasting open grassland hilltops, and spectacular panoramic views leading to the coast. This Preserve’s potential has only just begun to be scratched as historically only a portion of the preserve has been open to hikers and equestrians on a permit basis.

In July 2004, the District and a team of consultants kicked off the master planning process for this Preserve with an on-site meeting to review the scope of work, schedule, and budget for this project. The District master planning process aims to provide the public with greater opportunities for recreation access, interpretation, and education, while expanding livestock grazing and protecting the rural heritage, natural, cultural, and historic resources of the landscape for the long-term.

In December 2007, the District held an open house to discuss the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Draft Master Plan. A concise list of the draft plan recommendations, true to the District’s mission and incorporating many of the comments and ideas the District received from neighbors, agencies, Preserve users, and local organizations, was released. (See Draft Implementation Table and Draft Plan Maps).

Scott Henderson, guitar; Kirk Covington, drums; Rufus Philpot, Bass; Scott Kinsey, stacked keyboards.
 
An eclectic set of jazz-rock  fusion from keyboard player Scott Kinsey and guitarist Scott Henderson of Tribal Tech, one of the premier fusion groups of the past 20 years.
 
Presented by
 
Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society
Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA  94019
650 726-4143, http://www.bachddsoc.org

The SF Weekly says that if Half Moon Bay does issue bonds to pay off Chop Keenan, they might be pioneering a new style of investing.

Into the the promising field of anti-social investment offerings steps the city of Half Moon Bay, a municipality 30 miles south of here. The city’s manager recently told the publication Bond Buyer that it has obtained approval to sell $18 million worth of municipal debt—which we term vampire bonds—designed to pay off an apparently bloodsucking Woodside land speculator who has crippled a small town by simply purchasing land nearby, then going to court. ...

For anti-social investors, such an issue would create a golden opportunity—by allowing them to send money in the direction of a speculator whose machinations have threatened to bleed a small town to death.

We fixed a problem that caused our analysis of Jim Larimer’s column and the attached comments to display improperly or not at all in Internet Explorer.

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I have to admit from a real estate perspective I found the eminent domain lawsuit very interesting.  I read the Federal’s judge’s ruling and found it very direct.  I understand that MWSD a few days ago appealed the decision and I’m curious as to what their reasons were.  Not much has been written about it in the Review and nothing has been mentioned here.

I also know many have wanted for HMB to appeal its loss in Federal Court so now all of us will get to see how the process goes and what it costs. 

Steven Hyman