year in review 2009
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Top stories and photos from Half Moon Bay and the Coastside from 2009TRANSCRIPT
Plus:Over a hundred local businesses
proudly announce the year they were started.
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Dudley Perkins Company 333 Corey Way, S. San Francisco
(650) PERKINS • www.dpchd.com
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Duarte’s Tavern 202 Stage Road, Pescadero
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Miramar Restaurant 131 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay
(650) 726-9053
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Half Moon Bay Review 714 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay726-4424 • www.hmbreview.com
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Farmers Insurance 435 Johnston St., Half Moon Bay
726-4818
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Community United Methodist Church
777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay650.726.4621 • www.cumc-hmb.com
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Miller DutraCoastside Chapel
645 Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay726-4474
Half Moon Bay Bakery 514 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-4841
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Half Moon Bay Feed & Fuel 331 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-4814
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Businesses make up the heart of a community. They provide residents with goods and services needed for everyday life. A quick trip to the market or the local hardware store are Saturday morning routines for many of us. Selling your home? See your neighborhood real estate agent. Dog got a hold of the football? Stop by the local sporting goods store for a new one. Take a minute to see who’s been around awhile ... at your service! From oldest to youngest, here are some of the businesses that make the Coastside unique:
A timeline of local businesses.
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what a year it was.a city survives, a clinic does not
A full year is a round thing. You can count on an upward arc as well as some new lows. It’s just the nature of things. 2009 was like all the rest in that
regard. There were, however, some notable points along the way. Half Moon Bay survived Beachwood just in time for the Midcoast to face a Big Wave.
There were changes within that other big-wave, the Mavericks Surf Contest, there was a terrible violent act at an area bus stop and a gaping hole in the
community’s health care. Take a trip back through 2009 with us. Here, in no particular order, are 10 issues that captivated the coast.
— Clay Lambert
2009 was a stormy year for Mavericks
Offshore, the water at Mavericks was relatively glassy (well, the break was disappointing anyway), but last year was a stormy one for the men who run the event. For a year with no contest, there was plenty to talk about.
The window for holding the famed surf contest opened on Dec. 1, 2008. By then, the biggest waves of the season had already come and gone. Organizers decided they couldn’t push the window into April, in part because of concerns for wildlife in the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary. Harbor seals, migrating whales and nesting birds all figured into the decision.
Instead, they decided to open the window earlier. This season, the window opened on Nov. 1.By far the most important change concerned Mavericks pioneer Jeff Clark. The 35-year
veteran of the powerful Mavericks surf had a major hip resurfacing surgery in May – after previous surgeries on his ankles, knees and back. The next month, he was relieved of his duties as contest director by Mavericks Surf Ventures.
The company said the release was amicable. Clark says it was not. In any event, Mavericks Surf Ventures turned over official duties to the 24 surfers who are asked to brave the walls of water this year.
As Mavericks Surf Ventures CEO Keir Beadling said in an e-mail to the Review, “The fact is, Mavericks has been around for tens of thousands of years, and will be around for tens of thousands more. Jeff’s accomplishments are written in the history books, as are the accomplishments of all the other brave riders who have surfed the treacherous waters of Mavericks.” YIR
the window for holding the
famed surf contest opened on
Dec. 1, 2008. By then, the biggest
waves of the season had already
come and gone.
Lars Howlett / Review
Mavericks Surf Contest director Jeff Clark figuratively hung up his wetsuit in 2009. He relinquished his position with a contest that was synonymous with his achievements.
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Talbot’s Toyland 445 South B Street, San Mateo
931-8110 • www.talbotstoyland.com
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Andreini Brothers 151 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-2065
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Tutti Fiori 12511 San Mateo Rd. (Hwy. 92)
Half Moon Bay • 726-2445
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Cunha’s Country Store 448 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-4071
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Nick’s Restaurant 100 Rockaway Beach, Pacifica
359-3900 • www.nicksrestaurant.net
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Moss Beach Distillery(650) 728-5595
140 Beach Way, Moss Beachwww.mossbeachdistillery.com
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Beachwood continues to exact toll on city
Once again, a single word was murmured again and again throughout Half Moon Bay: Beachwood.
After decades of acrimony between city offi cials and developer Charles “Chop” Keenan, the Coastside’s most costly legal skirmish came to a head. In August, the city sold bonds to raise $18 million to compensate Keenan for what a federal judge ruled was a taking of his property.
It all began in 1976, when the city approved a 97-lot subdivision for the 20-plus acres west of Half Moon Bay High School on the city’s northern side. A city grading project in the 1980s created depressions that held water and the resulting wetlands diminished the commercial value of Keenan’s property.
Years of legal wrangling followed. In 2007, Judge
Vaughn Walker ruled the city owed Keenan $41 million. The next year the city negotiated that fi gure down to a barely manageable $18 million. Local legislators spent much of 2008 trying to get state money to offset the debt. That all fell apart in 2009. In June, the last legislative solution – AB 650 –dissolved when Assemblyman Jerry Hill retired his aid bill. Some blamed the fact that city leaders refused to pursue bankruptcy; others blamed a double-digit pay raise for the city manager for a case of legislative cold feet. It is also true that a cash-strapped state government was less than thrilled with the prospect of bailing out a city government that created it’s own eight-fi gure hole.
In 2009, the city agreed to make $1.3 million payments on the bonded indebtedness in each of the next 30 years. City leaders are convinced they can develop the land – which as a result of the settlement citizens now own – to offset the payment.
While that remains to be seen, Beachwood continues to dig into the wallets of taxpayers. In October, the City Council amended its annual budget to include more than $200,000 to pay for a biological study of the property as well as management of the property. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
The Beachwood property, seen in the distance, was the scene of extraordinary strife, culminating in the payment of an $18 million city debt.
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Caring for 3+ generations over 40+ years
Cabrillo Family Dental Care669 Crespi Drive, Pacifica - Just Off Highway 1(650) 359-1646 | PacificaDentist.com
Cabrillo Family Dental Care
669 Crespi Drive
Pacifica - Just Off Highway 1
(650)359-1646 PacificaDentist.com
Caring for 3+
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Mountain ManWood Co., Inc.
2995 Woodside Rd., #400-340Woodside • 747-0574
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Bob and Molly McCahonCoastside Real Estate Brokers
www.mccahonrealestate.com 726-5544 • 712-2439
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HMB Chamber of Commerce235 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-8380 | www.hmbchamber.com
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Half Moon Bay Auto Parts 125 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-4461
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Weller O’Brien Insurance 720 Kelly Street, Half Moon Bay 726-6328 • wellerobrien.com
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tour of California makes soggy trip through town
The Coastside got its fi rst taste of professional bicycling in 2009. Stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California rolled from Devil’s Slide south to
Tunitas Creek Road and then made the arduous snake east and south and out of sight. Actually, the cyclists began the day in Sausalito and traversed the Golden Gate Bridge and the streets of San Francisco before leaving the Coastside behind on their way to Santa Cruz.
Cycling fanatics were thrilled by the prospect of watching the peloton wind over the steep grade of Tunitas Creek Road. Less worldly fans were content to try to catch a glimpse of the legendary Lance Armstrong among the colorfully shirted fi eld of the world’s best cyclists. Others merely groused at the
traffi c snarl. Highways 1, 35 and 84 were closed for a time the morning of Feb. 16.
It was a banner day for fans of the sport, but it was not a chamber of commerce day. The day dawned rainy and cold and that kept down the crowd along the road. Worse for those interested in touting local tourism: the Versus television network that covered the race live cut away for commercial as the athletes
made their way over Devil’s Slide and again when the group hit Half Moon Bay.
Never fear: The Coastside will be the center of the cycling universe again in May. Stage 3 of the 2010 tour is slated to roll from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. While route details haven’t yet been posted, it seems likely the world’s best will come to town again on May 18. Get your lawn chairs and Thermos of coffee ready. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
Lance Armstrong, left, races by with the rest of the peloton during the Tour of California in February.
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Oceanshore Hardware 111 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-5505
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Alborzi Orthodontics 705 Purissima, Half Moon Bay
726-6321• www.GotToSmile.com
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Braces for Children & AdultsShorter & More Comfortable Treatment
Premier Invisalign ProviderCaring and Friendly Staff
Half Moon Bay Electric 429 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-2711
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Bob’s Car Wash 240 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-6647
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Buzz Myers
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Voted the coastside’s
BEST real estate
agent
Jeffrey Wolf 712-6998
Driscoll Ranch La Honda
(650) 747-9704
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elections point to divide between city, unincorporated areas
The November elections might be seen as indicative of the dichotomy between the city and the Midcoast.
In Half Moon Bay, long-time City Councilwoman Naomi Patridge swept to re-election – once again getting more votes than anyone else on the ballot. But following a year of near fi nancial collapse for the city government, it was surprising to some that her coattails remained long enough to carry the candidates she supported into offi ce as well.
Both Allan Alifano and Rick Kowalczyk won election to the City Council in their fi rst run at political offi ce. They bested strong candidates – including former mayor Debbie Rudduck -- who had the support of regional environmental organizations.
As a result, the City Council appeared a cohesive lot heading into the new year. For the fi rst time in years the council was not cleaved into “old guard” and “no-growth” camps.
Meanwhile, on the Midcoast, the so-called “no-growthers” held sway. Ric Lohman and Leonard Woren won re-election to the Granada Sanitary District Board. Their re-election was seen as a victory for environmentalists in
unincorporated areas and stood in contrast to the sweep of longstanding opponents in the Coastside County Water District board, which serves Half Moon Bay citizens.
The election also toppled the status quo in the Coastside Fire Protection District and may well mean the end of a contract with CalFire. At least one newly elected director, Gary Riddell, said he wanted a return to what he characterized as “local control.” YIR
Kate Krutzner / Review
Half Moon Bay Mayor Marina Fraser celebrates with colleagues after the November election.
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M Coffee 522 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-6241
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Heath Family Chiropractic 339 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-5265
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Coastside Carpet &Oriental Rug Cleaners
145 Main St. (behind Ocean Shore)Half Moon Bay • 726-6676
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Soil Farm & Rice Trucking 2119 S. Highway 1, HMB
726-4354
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Through real estate highs and lows, let Ara’s experience guide you!
Certifi ed Residential Specialist
Ara Croce Realtor
Dolphin Real Estate www.aracroce.com
(650)728-7875 [email protected]
Pat Roma, Attorney at Law 745 Mill St., Half Moon Bay
726-5575
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By any measure, it was a diffi cult year at the Half Moon Bay City Hall. Sixteen people were laid off
from their jobs and everyone who was left worked under a cloud of doubt called Beachwood.
The tangled land-use debacle held the city in its grip for much of the year. Opinions differed over just how to respond to the $18 million debt. Some suggested the city should declare bankruptcy. Others held the city would do better to cut expenses and borrow money to meet the obligation.
In the end, the city sold bonds that call for it to pay more a $1 million a year – a signifi cant chunk of its general fund – for 30 years to meet the obligation. City leaders are hopeful they can develop Beachwood – land the city now owns – in
some still unspecifi ed way in order to pay the debt early.
At the center of the crisis was Michael Dolder. The contracted interim city manager devised the layoff strategy and argued vehemently for the bond sale. He also received a hefty pay increase at a time of privation elsewhere in the city. The City Council voted 4-1 to give him a $48,000 bump in pay and benefi ts in 2009 – a move that at least one legislator blamed for scuttling any hope for legislative relief for Beachwood.
After the smoke cleared, Dolder set out to remake City Hall. He hired two new staff members – a city administrative offi cer and an assistant to the city manager. Dolder said the hires position the city to prosper in the future. YIR
City management comes under fi re
Lars Howlett / Review
Half Moon Bay building inspector Mike Martins was one of more than a dozen people who lost their jobs in 2009.
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SpringMountainGallery.com 790 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-3025
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Seton Coastside 600 Marine Blvd., Moss Beach
563-7131
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Susan Hayward School of Dance
496 6th St.Montara, CA, 94037
650.728.7519SHaywardDance.com
PrincetonSeafood
Company
#9 Johnson PierHalf Moon Bay, CA 94019
650.726.CRABwww.PrincetonSeafood.com
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where locals l❤ve to eat
Princeton1979
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“ Thank you for your support over the years! Blessings in the New Year! ”
Joyce Beckman
248 MainStreet #200,
Half Moon Bay [email protected]
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“Living, working, andserving the real estate needs of the coastside since 1976.”
Rose & Nate Serdy
Alain Pinel Realtorswww.theserdyteam.com
888-827-0668 ext. 2
Big wave looms large over Midcoast
For years now, developers have envisioned creating a community for the developmentally disabled on the Midcoast. It would be a place
where adults could live out their lives in a sustainable way – with work and play opportunities here on the Coastside.
While there is almost universal agreement that such a development would be good for all involved, there is perhaps growing antipathy toward an attendant plan – a proposal to develop offi ce space and parking over much of the 20-acre lot along Airport Street in Moss Beach.
Developers say the offi ce space and the money it would make is critical for sustaining the development as a whole. But many on the Coastside – including members of the Midcoast Community Council – are critical of the scale of the project. They say the site is vulnerable to earthquake and
tsunami, that it would increase traffi c and decrease precious water supplies.
Perhaps most signifi cantly, critics complain the completed Big Wave would be a blight on the skyline. They have called for story poles to indicate the size of the development and developers say they will do that
closer to the county vote.One thing is for sure: Big Wave will be big news
in the new year too. The period to comment on the 2,220-page draft Environmental Impact Report has just closed. The county planning commission is set to consider Big Wave on Feb. 24. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
Jeff Peck, left, and Steve Barber stand on the site reserved for cultivation of native plants adjacent to the proposed Big Wave site.
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Cameron’s Inn & Restaurant 1410 S. Cabrillo Hwy. , Half Moon Bay
726-5705
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BK Motors 108 N. Cabrillo Hwy., Half Moon Bay
726-8220
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Tokenz 524 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
712-8457
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Real Estate Funding 700 Mill Street, Half Moon Bay
726-2179 • refsi.com
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Cheryl FullerTherapeutic Massage
At Cypress Inn on Miramar Beach726-2249 • www.cypressinn.com(click on massage therapy in 2nd paragraph)
Strawflower Electronics 160 San Mateo Rd., Half Moon Bay, 726-8181
www.strawflowerelectronics.com
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Bus-stop beating shocks the coast
The Coastside was shocked by a violent attack at a downtown bus stop in February. In fact, few incidents in recent years have elicited as much of a response to the Review.
Ultimately, two 15-year-old girls admitted to pulling a younger girl off of a SamTrans bus directly in front of Half Moon Bay City Hall. They beat and kicked her and even hit their victim with a cell phone. The victim suffered a fractured facial bone and swollen eye from the attack, which authorities say resulted from a longstanding confl ict.
The attackers were put on probation and forced to attend counseling sessions and to enroll in a victim-impact program. They face jail time if they engage in criminal behavior again.
The attack, in broad daylight, brought into sharp focus some of the worst fears of parents everywhere. Bullying can be more than harmless taunting. As a result, local schools made teachers and administrators more visible before and after school. SamTrans re-evaluated its policies for drivers who might see such attacks in the future. And police beefed up patrols around Cunha Intermediate School.
That doesn’t mean the problem of bullying has been solved. In December, a Half Moon Bay High School student wrote a fi rst-person piece in the newspaper, outlining her experience with bullying at school. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
Cunha Intermediate School students wait for the bus on Main Street, near the scene of a brutal crime.
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Photosof the year
Some of our favorite images from 2009 taken from the portfolio of Lars howlett, the half Moon Bay review's photographer.
Larry De Young of Montara rides horseback through the trails of Rancho Corral de Tierra near Montara Mountain.
During a backyard Easter
celebration in Miramar, Justin
Mills of San Francisco causes
a homemade Jenga tower to
fall on his head as he pulls a piece
from the faulty tower.
Three-year-old Lilli Hart of
Montara makes friends with some
barnyard friends earlier this year.
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The sun sets behind cypress trees at the intersection of Spruce and Fourth Streets in downtown Half Moon Bay.
James Paisely of
Dixon, Calif. with the monster
truck team Play 'N for
Keeps loads tires into a
semitruck at the Pacific
Coast Dream
Machines event.
Farallone View
Elementary School
principal Katie Berger,
right, plays with
students during recess.
An unidentified
woman strolls
through the rows
of veggies at Pie
Ranch on the South
Coast.
A minefield of pumpkins is laid out on Repetto's Farm on Highway 92 near Half Moon Bay in preparation for five weekends of Halloween traffic. Ten-year-old Pablo Gutierrez warms up before pitching the opening game for Big
Ed's Crane Service.
Pescadero High School student Ricardo Cabrera was named the 2009 Athlete of the Year for the school by the Half Moon Bay Review.
Maggie Stack, age 6, of Half Moon Bay tries on a cowgirl hat for size during the ninth annual Driscoll Ranch Rodeo in San Gregorio.
Artist Rick Bartow creates “The Hawk” on a piece of paper taped to the wall at Enso in Half Moon Bay. Bartow is an Oregonian whose father was a member of the Wiyot tribe.
The sign on the window of a Main Street business summed up a rough year
in retailing.
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“Enhancing the quality of life forour Elderly and their Caregivers”
25 years of caring on the coast.
Coastside Adult Day Health Center 645 Correas, Half Moon Bay
726-5067 • www.coastsideadultdayhealth.org
Parsons Accounting 240 Main Street, Suite A , Half Moon Bay
www.parsonsaccounting.com650-726-0640
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“ We continue to grow to meet your needs ”
Coastal Range Landscaping Bill Buchin
726-7024 • www.coastalrange.com
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Coastside EyeCare Optometry
210 Main Street, Half Moon Bay712-1234
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TurnerBuilt 101 Main St., Suite H, Half Moon Bay
726-7800 • [email protected]
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• No job too small• Certified kitchen & bath designer• Certified green building professional
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Arrowhead Framing 353 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-1390
Creative Custom Framing
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332 Purissima St.Half Moon Bay, (650)726-5989
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• Smogs • Brakes• Tires • Tune-Ups• Alignment• 30 - 60 - 90 Schedule Service
Angelo’s Muffler & Auto Repair Main Street Goldworks 542 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-2546 • www.mainstreetgoldworks.com
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Androc Business Services
726-2359 • www.androc.net
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Bay World Travel 225 S. Cabrillo Hwy. 108c, Half Moon Bay
726-7345 • bayworldtravel.com
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The Paper Crane 315 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-0722
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MetrofoliaLandscaping, Inc.P.O. Box 70, Half Moon Bay
726-1950 | www.metrofolia.com
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Music Hut 329 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-8742
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Your LocalIndependent Music Store for 21 years.
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Huck Finn Center# 15 Johnson Pier
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019(650) 726 7133
www.huckfinnsportfishing.com
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CoastsideTechnicalServices
323 Princeton AveHMB, CA 94019650.712.0100 Palladino Painting
102 Princeton Ave., Ste. D. Princeton • 728-4000
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Premier Termite Inc. 116 N. Cabrillo Hwy., Half Moon Bay
726-7756
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a rough year in Coastside waters
2009 was a particularly deadly year in area waters. At least fi ve people were killed off our shores.
Perhaps the most heart-wrenching loss occurred on June 30, at Montara State Beach. That is when a Walnut Creek woman and her young daughter were swept off their feet in what had been ankle-deep water and washed into the rough surf. Both of them died before rescuers could get to them.
Nearly six months later, a post-Thanksgiving sail turned deadly when rough seas overturned a sailboat resulting in the death of a 49-year-old East Bay man.
Emergency personnel were at a loss to explain why they were so busy. There were 11 open-water rescues off Coastside beaches in June and July alone. That was more than in 2007 and 2008 combined.
It was also a year of particular valor for those who protect our shores, a corps stretched extremely thin by state budget woes. In December, State Parks lifeguards Tim Fellers and James Nothhelfer were honored by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for their part in rescuing six people whose boat overturned 1,000 feet from shore in Moss Beach. It was the fi rst time in 13 years State Parks lifeguards had received the Governor’s Medal of Valor. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
The waters off the Coastside proved deadly in 2009. Emergency crews were busy throughout the summer.
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Coldwell Banker 248 Main St., Suite 200
Half Moon Bay • 726-1100
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RESIDENTIAL BROKERAGESince 1906
Harbor Seal Company 406 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-7418 • harborsealcompany.com
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Liz Palm Interiors 712-9502
Medical center closes, leaving patients in a lurch
Citing longstanding and deepening fi nancial problems, the board of directors of the nonprofi t Coastside Family Medical Center shuttered the clinic doors on March 13. About 8,000 people found themselves without medical care
and doctors and administrators found themselves with a big mess.The clinic subsequently fi led for bankruptcy protection. And patients began a
journey that called for a different kind of patience: Some may still be without years of medical records gathered through the years by clinic staff.
Confl icting information surfaced in the weeks after the closure. Some were apparently given original records. Others sent letters to bankruptcy administrators and were allowed to pick up records during designated pick-up times.
The closure created fi ssures in the community. San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon said he was “deeply troubled” by the way in which the clinic closed. Board members – including some of the most respected people in the community – countered that the county was well aware of how bad the situation had become.
In the months since the closure, the clinic’s doctors have begun to rebuild their practices. Several have gone in together, opening a new clinic in Half Moon Bay. Another, Dr. Lorraine Page, has returned to another era: She is taking house calls. YIR
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the county announced it would receive federal stimulus aid to spend on revamping its own clinic at Shoreline Station. Those improvements are scheduled to be complete by 2012.
Lars Howlett / Review
Robert Harless, then CEO of the Coastside Family Medical Clinic, stares at dozens of medical records shortly after the clinic closed.
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Selling beautifulhomes since 1970.
LindaHollister
RealtorAlain Pinel Realtors
www.apr.com(650)868-0883
It’s Italia 401 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-4444 www.itsitaliapizzeria.com
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Coastside Land TrustMailing address: PO Box 3205, Half Moon Bay Office: 840 Main St. Suite B2, Half Moon Bay
www.coastsidelandtrust.org(650) 284-5056
Seascapes 330 Main St.,
Ste. #105, Half Moon Bay
712-8096
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Gifts of the sea
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“Let’s Team Upto Make 2010 aFabulous Year!”
Brad and Kirsten JaebServing the coastside since 1996.
650-728-2829www.LovelySMCountyHomes.com
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731 Main Street, HMB | (650) 726-5119
Piano • Voice • Flute • Guitar Make Music group classes • Concert Series
Lisa Spector’s Music SchoolEnriched the music lives of over 800 students
recycled water gains traction, acceptance
If recycled water is eventually available on the coast, 2009 will be remembered as the turning point.
It’s the year that the Sewer Authority Mid-coastside went forward with a test program and that politicians across the Coastside embraced the practice as the only way forward.
SAM manager Jack Foley put it bluntly in the Review:“We see clearly that recycled water will be an integral part of the Coastside’s
water (use) in a few years. We see it as a critical part of Coastsiders’ futures.”In November, SAM directors closed the pilot project after hearing that
operators at the Half Moon Bay Golf Links – traditionally one of the area’s biggest water users – was committed to incorporating so-called “gray water” into their landscaping plans.
Meanwhile, recycled water may have been the only issue that brought unanimity among the Coastside political factions. It seemed that every candidate for local offi ce was talking up the process in advance of the November elections. After all, recycled water is proven popular. A measure calling for recycled water won wide approval from Half Moon Bay voters earlier in the decade. YIR
Lars Howlett / Review
Sewer Authority Mid-coastside technicians completed a successful test project for recycled water on the coast.
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Coastal Lifestyles www.coastallifestyles.org
371 Princeton Ave., Princeton-by-the-Sea728-1031
Unique Clothing by Margo 407 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
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Bike Works520 Kelly Street, Half Moon Bay
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Dr. Sam Ahani - General DentistryDr. Sepi Vafi - Pediatric Specialist
Shore View Dental 1301 PALMETTO, STE. F, PACIFICA
(650) 738-2100 | shoreviewdental.net | Since 1995
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t Accident of Devil’s slide results in death (Oct. 13, 2009)
t Interact Club makes Candy Land interactive (Story appeared Dec. 2008)
t services set for teen killed over weekend (May 11, 2009)
t Six pulled from water at Montara beach (June 29, 2009)
Two girls, 15, held in attack on classmate (Feb. 26, 2009)
t Coastside Family Medical Center shuts doors (March 13, 2009)
t Body identifi ed as that of san Jose woman (Dec. 18, 2009)
t Highway 1 re-opened after Moss Beach accident (Dec. 3, 2009)
t Devil’s slide re-opened to traffi c (Oct. 13, 2009)
t Family, friends mourn loss of Coastside teen (May 13, 2009)
t locals only: Graffi ti or Coastside pride? (July 23, 2009)
t The $24 million wave – Mavericks (Nov. 13, 2009)
t Montara surfer rides wave to Mexico (March 11, 2009)
t Family tragedy reminder of ocean dangers (June 30, 2009)
t Tunnel diggers hit large fl ow of water (Nov. 13, 2009)
t Police stop fi ght between septuagenarians (Oct. 14, 2009)
t Photo from memorial for seth Koller (May 11, 2009)
t Collision in San Gregorio kills driver (July 27, 2009)
t 15-year-old admits brutal attack (March 26, 2009)
t A devil of a drill – tunnels past halfway (June 3, 2009)
the popularity contestTragedy and traffi c drove interest on the Web. Here is the list of the 20 most viewed stories on hmbreview.com this year.
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“Wishing you a happy and prosperous new yearfrom all of us at Half
Moon Bay Joe’s”
Half Moon Bay Joe’s
2380 S. Cabrillo HighwayHalf Moon Bay(650) 560-9260
Half Moon
2380 S. Cabrillo Highway
Half Moon Bay
Simply Delicious Strawflower Shopping Center,
Half Moon Bay, 560-9081
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Caffe Lucca Highway 1 at 8th Street, Montara
728-5229
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Alifano Technologies 707 Mill Street, Half Moon Bay560-0000 • www.alifano.com
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Complete computer services for homes
and businesses on the Coastside
Miramar Technologies(650)759-8477
The Posh Moon 519 Main St., Half Moon Bay
726-3821
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The Coastside’s French Connection since 2001
Heidi KuiperState Farm Insurance
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Absolute Flooring 510 Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay
726-8141 • www.absolutefloors.com
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Breakfast and lunch daily.
CaféCapistrano
8AM-4PM 460 Capistrano RoadPrinceton-by-the-Sea
(650) 728-7699
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Five Star Service★ ★ ★ ★ ★Top Producer
Vita Hall Realtor
Prudential Realty www.vitahall.com
(650)823-9248 [email protected]
Hey Jude521 Main Street
Half Moon Bay, (650) 726 9646
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Fun & Funky Items
• Gifts • Accessories• Clothing
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!
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The UPS Store
80 N. Cabrillo Hwy., Suite Q
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Oceano Coastal Spa 270 Capistrano Rd. #42 | Half Moon Bay
(in the Harbor Village)www.oceanocoastalspa.com
(650)263-2008
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Prices are still dropping andsolar works on the coast!
Solar [email protected]
1.866.6SOLAR9www.SolarUniverse.com
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Enchanting gifts & jewelry
Delectable soaps & lotions
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Beautiful ribbons by the yard
Enchanting gifts & jewelry
Delectable soaps & lotions
Unique accessories & décor
Beautiful ribbons
Moonglow 545 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
726-6066
Blue Sky Farms 3068 N. Cabrillo Hwy., Half Moon Bay
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Casttellammare 424 Main Street, Half Moon Bay
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SimonsComputer
(650) [email protected]
We put technology to work – for you!
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Cedar Lane Senior Care Home
924 Cedar Street, Montara , CA 94037(650) 728-3132
CedarLaneCare.com“Nurturing the body, mind and spirit of our residents”
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260 Capistrano RoadHalf Moon Bay, CA 94019
650.712.1288CrabLanding.com
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State FarmInsurance
543 Main Street, HMB 94019(650)726-8400
[email protected]#OG24610
Coastside Healing Arts 625 D Purissima St., Half Moon Bay
726-2900
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Lisa Mandelbaum L.Ac, Dipl. O.M. NAET certifi ed
