Local kid-rock sensation The Sippy Cups, founded by three Montara dads, have designated a limited number of tickets to their 1:30pm show on Sunday, December 10 at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco to be sold by the Farallone View PTA.  Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated directly back to the school. 

The band’s hot-off-the-presses, fully original CD Electric Storyland was recently rated among the top ten kid’s CDs released this year, while the new Electric Storyland show has been touring the Bay Area and L.A. to rave reviews since early October.  Complete with dancing dinosaurs, juggling super-heroes, friendly robots, trained dogs, and of course, spandex-clad parents gone kid rock stars. 

Don’t miss this chance to catch the show, party and dance with your Coastside friends and neighbors, and benefit Farallone View School at the same time.  A special, kid-friendly, Sippy-inspired menu will be offered.  For more information or to purchase tickets contact Nina Greeley, [email protected] or 415-335-4422.  Tickets also available at the Farallone View Scrip table and Holiday Bazaar.

The Sippy Cups in Electric Storyland
A Rock & Roll Extravaganza for Families
Sunday, December 10, 2006 at 1:30 pm
at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco

There will be no Midcoast Community Council meeting this week, Wednesday, Nov 19, the day before Thanksgiving.

Kings Mountain Elementary School as a Scholar School for the second year in a row. Using academic achievement data from Just for Kids-California, the California Business for Education Excellence Foundation (CBEE Foundation)  identifies, selects and then honors the highest performing public schools in California. This year 204 schools from across the state were awarded the honor.

Scholar schools have a proficiency of 80%—or 50% with significant increases each year since 2002.  All subgroups of students must out-perform expectations based on a linear regression analysis of statewide data.  The school must also met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) goals for at least two years.  

Each year, Coastside Hope in El Granada (formerly the Coastside Opportunity Center) helps make Thanksgiving special for hundreds of our neighbors in danger of going without a holiday meal. Yesterday, at the Coastside Hope warehouse in Pillar Point Harbor, over 20 local community volunteers from the Rotary and Realtors, as well as people like you, gathered to pack over 400 bags of groceries for our working poor, seniors, and disabled Coastsiders. This food distribution takes place the third Thursday of every month, but in November, we try to make it extra special.

Coastside Hope will providing a special food delivery, Tuesday night, November 21 of a turkey, ham or chicken along with trimmings to celebrate Thanksgiving to those most in need. We need your help to make this happen.

We’re looking for a few good turkeys, chickens, hams or any protein to share with our families for the holiday. We’ll take the actual item, or a store coupon they can use, or a donation so that we can do the shopping.

If you’d like to help, you can drop off your donation at our office at 99 Avenue Alhambra in El Granada [Google map] during working hours. We have empty freezers ready to be filled, so drop by between 9am and 5pm and we’ll take it from there.

Thank you all for making the holidays special for someone in need.

Cheri Parr

Cheri Parr

Violeta Almaguer

"Replace this turkey with the real thing," urges Coastside Hope Executive Director Cheri Parr.

San Mateo County has approved a disaster alert system that will call all residents with instructions in the event of a tidal wave, earthquake or other disaster, reports Kelly Pakula in the County Times.

The county also will purchase six sirens, which will sound a warning in case of an impending disaster. [Sheriff’s Lt. John] Quinlan said two sirens will be in Pacifica, two in Half Moon Bay and the remaining sirens will be located near Surfer’s Beach in El Granada.

"Katrina wouldn’t have been Katrina if they had (sirens)," Quinlan said.

He said the initial purpose of the sirens was to warn residents of a terrorist attack, but said they easily could be used to warn the Coastside about a tsunami, surge wave or wildfire.

The new emergency alert system will cost no more than $350,000. Quinlan said the telephone notification system is expected to be in place later this month. Gordon said the specific locations of the sirens are subject to a coastal development permit.

It’s unclear from the report whether the calls will require the use of the fiber optic cable that went out earlier this year, cutting off all communication between the Coastside and the outside world.

In Del Norte County, Crescent City residents are asking why they weren’t warned about this week’s tsunami. The worst to hit California in 40 years, it washed away docks, damaged boats and spread debris, according to the Chronicle:

"They say there was a warning call, but there was no siren or general alarm," said [fisherman Earl]Hensel, who is in his 80s. "It’s a pretty somber group here looking at the damage."

The Chron has a good analysis of what went wrong in the warning system.

Each year the kids from the Wilkinson School spent several weeks in an intensive investigation of part of our great country. This year the the kids will visit the Southwest and the Hopi Nation. In anticipation of this event Bennard & Frances Dallasvuyaoma are visiting from Arizona to give our community a taste of what is upcoming. Everyone is welcome.

 

• Cultural Talks on the Hopi Indian Tribe

 

• Drum lessons by Bennard Dallasvuyaoma

 

• Display and sale of handcrafted Hopi jewelery by Bennard & Frances Dallasvuyaoma of the Hopi Nation

 

• The work of Bennard & Frances Dallasvuyaoma, internationally known Hopi and Pima artisans)

Hopi Arts Festival: Noon to 4pm
School open house: 10am to Noon

Wilkinson School
Highway 1, El Granada, CA
Four Miles North Of Hwy. 92
Free Of Charge

Information about Wilkinson school: www.wilkinsonschool.com  
Information about the Dallasvuyaomas: www.arizonaindianjewelry.com/befrda.html

Coastside Film Society will screen 3 locally-produced documentaries tonight. The program will included two films on the redemptive power of music to heal by Suzanne Girot and Renato Frota.

IRVING NORMAN   (TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN) (27 mins)

Documentary by Half Moon Bay’s own Susan Friedman about the life and work of the social surrealist painter Irving Norman. Norman saw art as a medium for social reform, and his uncompromising visual criticisms of US socio-political structure rattled many of the important movers and shakers of the art world of his day. He spent the later years of his life working on larger and larger canvases in his studio just south of Half Moon Bay. Filmmaker Susan Friedman and Irving Norman’s wife Hela will attend and introduce the film.

MISTER SPAZZMAN (47 mins)

Two perspectives on how relationships evolve in the wake of a life-shattering event:

  1.) Two men and the evolution of their music;
  2.) Love between a man and woman withers as they realize the futility of a shared life.

GIRL BEAT—THE POWER OF THE DRUM (27 mins)

A documentary about the Brazilian Cultural Center for Music and Dance. Here young girls learn to appreciate their rich heritage. In doing so they transform the lives of their families. A film full of vibrant music and dance. GIRL BEAT profiles members of Banda Dida, an all-girl drumming and vocal group based in SALVADOR, BRAZIL. The music that this group plays grows out of the Portuguese colonial history of Brazil, and the African slave market that used to be held in the Pelourinho (slave square) in Salvador.

Although slavery was abolished in Brazil in 1888, an economic separation of black and white populations is still entrenched throughout the
country. The Dida Music School (A Brazilian Cultural Center) was established in Salvador to empower Brazilian blacks with their history, music, and a chance to succeed in the rich samba-reggae music scene that is currently popular in South America. Several members of the music group are interviewed, rehearsals of the group are shown, and discussions related to Brazilian black history and religion are interspersed throughout.

This film illustrates the power and importance of giving young people, especially those of ethnically and economically diverse backgrounds, the gift of learning about music. That makes their lives more meaningful and fulfilling. It provides some perspective on the current popular music scene in Brazil. In addition, the girls’ families were transformed by reconnecting with their Black
Heritage.

Director, Suzanne Girot will be on hand to introduce her two films and take questions. 

Community United Methodist Church Sanctuary
777 Miramontes (corner of Johnston) Half Moon Bay
Donation: $6.00
For directions, pictures and more details see the CFS website at www.hmbfilm.org

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved the Local Coastal Program update for the unincorporated Midcoast.  The supervisors voted to submit the package to the Coastal Commission as separate amendments. This means that the commission can approve some amendments and return others found to be out of compliance with the Coastal Act with suggested revisions. 

Saturday is the final day of the Coastside Farmers Market at Cetrella for 2006.