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The directory starts from public sources: OpenStreetMap, local listings and each business's own website. Descriptions are short and factual and come from what a business says about itself; review lines are quoted word for word with a link to where they were posted.

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A giant pumpkin rides a float in the Great Pumpkin Parade on Main Street — MegalithAgency, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sunset over the surf at Half Moon Bay in January — Deborah L. Hagler Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A tunnel of wind-shaped cypress trees near the coast — chsyang, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Main Street in downtown Half Moon Bay — Sallyrob at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Waves crashing on the rocks at Half Moon Bay — Josh Dobson from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

People fishing from the beach with Pillar Point behind — bluesbby from Mountain View, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Green farm fields running down to the ocean — Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A weathered barn farm stand with hand-painted produce signs — Bryan Robinson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The 1900 Main Street bridge over Pilarcitos Creek — Burnell G West of Half Moon Bay, CA, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A wooden pier stretching into Half Moon Bay — Don Ramey Logan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fog rolling over the hills behind the beach — ARandomCanonGuy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fishing boats moored in Pillar Point Harbor — chsyang, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Half Moon Bay City Hall, built around 1922 as the Bank of Half Moon Bay — FASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pillar Point Harbor and its breakwaters from the air — Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Beachgoers below a golden bluff on a clear day — bluesbby from Mountain View, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A lone cypress above the dunes and beach — Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A rope fence post above the sand with a dog running on the beach — Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Coastal Trail along Half Moon Bay State Beach — FASTILY, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The fishing pier at Pillar Point Harbor — Yelderberry (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Red geraniums in window boxes on a Half Moon Bay house — Wonderlane from Seattle, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Surf and bluffs along the Pacific at Half Moon Bay — David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pelicans skimming the surf off Half Moon Bay — jurvetson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Spectators gathering on the cliffs at dawn for the 2006 Mavericks contest — Dennis Yang, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sunrise over Pillar Point and the bluff — Dennis Yang, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Rows of orange pumpkins in a Half Moon Bay pumpkin patch — JR Conlin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pumpkins lined up on a white garden bench — Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The white saltbox James Johnston House on its hill — Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A corner on Main Street, Half Moon Bay — Intothewoods29, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Pablo Vasquez House on North Main Street, photographed for the Historic American Buildings Survey — Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illustrations made with AI for this site (no real people or businesses shown): Pumpkin fields on a bluff above the Pacific at sunset; Hands shaping a bowl on a potter's wheel in a coastal studio; A word search, a pencil, coffee and a small pumpkin on a picnic table by the sea; A crate of artichokes, Brussels sprouts and pumpkins at the edge of a coastal field; Crab pots and rope stacked on a fishing dock at dawn; Rows of flowers and houseplants inside a coastal greenhouse; A surfboard against a fence on a bluff above big winter surf.