Punch Magazine · 2025
Q&A: Jeff Clark
The man who first surfed Mavericks on close calls and shaping boards.
Read on Punch Magazine ↗Stories
Real stories about Half Moon Bay, from the people who published them
In the news
7x7 · 2022
A Modern Guide to Half Moon Bay: Coastside Restaurants, Craft Booze + All the Beaches
Where to eat, drink and swim on the Coastside.
Read on 7x7 ↗Punch Magazine · 2020
Cozzolino's Family Farm
A Half Moon Bay family farm moving from flowers to food.
Read on Punch Magazine ↗Visit Half Moon Bay · 2020
Half Moon Bay's Main Street
A walking history of Main Street's landmarks.
Read on Visit Half Moon Bay ↗CalMatters · 2019
In a sign of changing economy, an iconic flower company closes its doors
Bay City Flowers, the Higaki family's century-old nursery, closes.
Read on CalMatters ↗Visit Half Moon Bay · 2019
Half Moon Bay for the Holidays
Nights of Lights, the Lighted Boat Festival and Shop Small Saturday.
Read on Visit Half Moon Bay ↗Visit Half Moon Bay · 2019
The Coastside During Prohibition
Rumrunners, roadhouses and moonshine, 1920–1933.
Read on Visit Half Moon Bay ↗KTVU · 2019
After more than a century in business, Half Moon Bay flower farm closes
The end of Bay City Flowers.
Read on KTVU ↗San Francisco Chronicle · 2017
One Day, One Place: Half Moon Bay
A day's itinerary: crab off the boats, Main Street shops, Sam's Chowder House, the airport café.
Read on San Francisco Chronicle ↗American Roads · 2017
Off the Beaten Path — Half Moon Bay
A visit to the harbor, its fishermen and the town.
Read on American Roads ↗NPR News (via KAXE) · 2016
Women Take On Big-Wave Surfing, Once The Domain Of Men, At Mavericks
Women at Mavericks and the fight to compete.
Read on NPR News (via KAXE) ↗San Francisco Public Press / KALW · 2015
Delayed Crab Season Worries Fishermen and Scientists
Pillar Point Harbor's crab fishermen in a closed season.
Read on San Francisco Public Press / KALW ↗Half Moon Bay Patch · 2011
Pumpkin Patchin' It on the Coast
A tour of the Coastside's pumpkin patches.
Read on Half Moon Bay Patch ↗The Inertia · 2011
Jeff Clark Discusses the Future of the Maverick's Contest
The contest's founder on what it was for.
Read on The Inertia ↗The Monthly · 2009
Bay Tripping: Half Moon Bay
Tide pools at Fitzgerald, fish off the boats, and Main Street's shops.
Read on The Monthly ↗Half Moon Bay Memories · 2007
The Art of Rumrunning & Other Stories
Prohibition on the Coastside, from the local history blog.
Read on Half Moon Bay Memories ↗The Christian Science Monitor · 2004
A California town's claim to gourd greatness
Pumpkin season, the weigh-off and the Pumpkin Capital of the World title.
Read on The Christian Science Monitor ↗World Surf League
WSL Heritage: Sarah Gerhardt
The first woman to surf Mavericks.
Read on World Surf League ↗Half Moon Bay Memories
History of the Coastside's Beautiful Chamarita
The Portuguese Holy Ghost Festival on the Coastside.
Read on Half Moon Bay Memories ↗ABC7 News
Tailgating for crabs: Half Moon Bay gears up for Dungeness crab season
The harbor gets ready for opening day.
Read on ABC7 News ↗San Mateo Daily Journal
New owner revives Cunha's
The Main Street country store founded by the Cunha family.
Read on San Mateo Daily Journal ↗Visit Half Moon Bay
Moss Beach Distillery
The former Prohibition roadhouse above Seal Cove.
Read on Visit Half Moon Bay ↗San Mateo Daily Journal
Roy W. Cloud was an educator and historian
The man behind the 1928 county history.
Read on San Mateo Daily Journal ↗