neighborhoods of the coastside

a look into 22 neighborhoods that make up the coastside

A natural paradise between Mavericks and the Fitzgerald

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Enjoy Living in Half Moon Bay near the Paci-fi ca Ocean, Coastal Trails and downtown Half Moon Bay. 3 bedroom, 2 baths, family room, wood fl oors and level fenced yard with Patio. Ocean views from your living room. Weekend BBQ’s are perfect on the large back deck all for $699,000.00

WONDERFULLY WESTSIDE

Desirable west side Miramar, Half Moon Bay! Spacious home, with 3bed, 2.5baths, Plus fi nished attic, hardwood fl oors, Hot tub, natu-ral gas BBQ, level fenced yard & much, much more. Live 2 blocks f/Coastside Trail & beach for $849,000.00

EMBRACE COASTSIDE LIVING

Take advantage of Coastside living in the delightful, upgraded, single level, Sea Haven Home with an open fl oor plan. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Be near town, restaurants, shops, trails and the ocean. Make Half Moon Bay your haven on the coast. $585,000.00

A WELCOMING HAVEN! COLOR ME GREEN!

40 Acres of heaven! Rich in natural resources this property has private meadows, pond, sunny pastures, Ocean Views, and grove of mature oaks, and wild mushrooms. Property has an existing 2 bedroom, 1 bath home in sunny setting plus a barn. Start your dreams here for $1,123,000.00


Neighborhoods 1Photos by Steve Iacopi

©2012 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker® is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. An Equal Opportunity Company. Equal Housing Opportunity. Each Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Offi ce Is Owned And Operated by NRT LLC. DRE License #01908304

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Phone: (650) 712-1299Fax: (650) 888-823-7453E-mail: [email protected]

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Enjoy Living in Half Moon Bay near the Paci-fi ca Ocean, Coastal Trails and downtown Half Moon Bay. 3 bedroom, 2 baths, family room, wood fl oors and level fenced yard with Patio. Ocean views from your living room. Weekend BBQ’s are perfect on the large back deck all for $699,000.00

WONDERFULLY WESTSIDE

Desirable west side Miramar, Half Moon Bay! Spacious home, with 3bed, 2.5baths, Plus fi nished attic, hardwood fl oors, Hot tub, natu-ral gas BBQ, level fenced yard & much, much more. Live 2 blocks f/Coastside Trail & beach for $849,000.00

EMBRACE COASTSIDE LIVING

Take advantage of Coastside living in the delightful, upgraded, single level, Sea Haven Home with an open fl oor plan. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Be near town, restaurants, shops, trails and the ocean. Make Half Moon Bay your haven on the coast. $585,000.00

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40 Acres of heaven! Rich in natural resources this property has private meadows, pond, sunny pastures, Ocean Views, and grove of mature oaks, and wild mushrooms. Property has an existing 2 bedroom, 1 bath home in sunny setting plus a barn. Start your dreams here for $1,123,000.00


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MIRAMAR

SEAL COVE

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CONTENTS

• LOOKING BACK: FINDING THE BONES OF HMB 30• WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR HOME’S VALUE 27• TIPS FOR MOVING 33

NEIGHBORHOOD PROFILES

FEATURES

Montara 5Moss Beach 6Seal Cove 7Pillar Ridge 8Clipper Ridge 9Princeton 10El Granada 12Miramar 14Frenchmans Creek 15Sea Haven 15Casa Del Mar 16

Grandview 17Highland Park 18Downtown HMB 19 Alsace Lorraine 20Arleta Park 21Ocean Colony 22Canada Cove 24Lesley Gardens 25Pescadero 26Kings Mountain 28La Honda 29

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Pillar Point Harbor

Boat Launch

Mavericks

Montara State

BeachFitzgerald

Marine Reserve

Seal Cove

Ross’s Cove

Surfer’s Beach

Poplar Beach

Redondo Beach

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A city, a town, a county is really a collection of neighborhoods. Some-times they meld into one another so seamlessly that a passerby can’t really recognize one from another. Other times, each neighborhood is a distinct entity, separated from others by the ethnicity of its people, the geography of its boundaries or some quirk of development.

Half Moon Bay and the unincorporated Coastside is one such collection of neighborhoods.

Its residents are connected by a love of the land, surely. People don’t necessarily move to oceanside neighborhoods for convenience. They don’t nestle themselves into the sides of mountains because it will make for an easy commute. They do so because the pay off — sweeping vistas, contemplative ocean scenes, dramatic weather patterns, beautiful scenery — overwhelms the downside.

But the Coastside’s neighborhoods, while surely connected in important ways, also hold subtle distinctions. Cañada Cove is right across the street from Ocean Colony, but they are worlds apart in terms of the feel of the communities. Mira-mar can feel a lot like other “suburban” Half Moon Bay neighborhoods, but its residents don’t vote in city elections. And is there any place quite like Seal Cove or Moss Beach?

The list of neighborhoods is by no means defi nitive, but we hope the pages that fol-low will look familiar to many Coastside residents and will give newcombers and those that are considering a coastal move a bit more information about our cherished com-munity. We want to lift the “hood” on many neighborhoods to reveal the neighbors inside. We hope to refl ect the things that make each neighborhood unique and, in so doing, explain why people call each place home.

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Criminal defense attorney Bill Johnston has plenty of evidence to back up his assertion that Montara is, in a word, “eclectic.”

“When I came here in 1978 there wasn’t a paved street in town except Fourth Street and Main Street,” he said. And now, “there are probably as many dogs as people it’s not uncommon to look out the window and see someone riding by on a horse, and I live across the street from a herd of alpacas.”

Nestled at the southernmost tip of the infamous “Devil’s Slide” that connects the Coastside to Pacifi ca and San Francisco, Montara exudes a feeling of colorful residential gentility that is close to the land. It was home to an artists’ colony in the early 20th century and to a destination hotel of which the old front porch steps are still hidden in the brush. Its genteel structures from the past have been retranslated to meet today’s needs: its old grammar school now houses a ballet school where young dancers pirouette in rooms defi ned by historical architecture. The former Ocean Shore Railroad crossing at Second and Main streets is now a residence. Its back streets are dominated by open space where Johnston’s children played in the summertime. Residents range from seniors on retirement budgets to dot-commers.

And those residents are hardy. In the past three decades the slide has closed in bad winter weather, cutting Montara off from the northern Bay Area for up to seven months. But Coastside residents focused on fi nding a solution that would work well with their environment. A tunnel project is now nearly complete And the community enjoys that camaraderie: Each year, on Halloween, several blocks close to traffi c so that residents can cel-ebrate spooky fun with costumes, candy, jack-o-lanterns and the famous “witches’ house.”

The Point Montara Light Station deserves mention. Established in 1875, it houses a multi-beveled lens that used to illuminate the waves to warn approaching seafarers of jagged rocks lurking just below the water west of Montara.

“There’s a sense of history about the place,” Johnston said.

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WHERE? The northern-most Coastside hamlet sits under Montara Mountain along Highway 1. A few houses dot the hills and valleys behind the town and a few grip to the cliffs above the ocean.

CURVY ROAD AHEADMontara has become synonymous with “Devil’s Slide,” an infamous, and beautiful stretch of road that will soon be bypassed by a 4,200 tunnel.

TRICKS AND TREATSMontara has become famous for the resident’s enthusiasm for Halloween. Locals close off the streets for a multi-street block party for all ages.

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Sitting in his front-yard patio, Dan Blick sipped his tea and watched a hummingbird fl utter around hunting for nectar in his garden.

It was a perfect morning in Moss Beach — warm weather, no clouds and no planes from Half Moon Bay Airport blaring through the sky.

“This is one of those rare days when there’s sunshine and no air traffi c,” he said. “Miramar and El Granada are in the sun belt. We have fog here. I think that’s just something that’s accepted here.”

Aside from the regular gray skies, Blick describes his tucked away neighborhood as a hidden gem of the coast. A consultant for Silicon Valley hard-drive companies, he has been a leader of the homeown-ers association, making him well-acquainted with all the neighbors on the close-knit Arbor Lane. The small cul-de-sac community on the oceanside of Highway 1 has about 20 families who have an annual Fourth of July block party and share ownership of a grassy bluff at the end of the street.

With Fitzgerald Marine Reserve just to the southwest and farm-land directly to the southeast, Moss Beach residents are proud of the rural atmosphere of their hamlet. Blick’s wife, Jennifer, works as a docent at the marine reserve, and their sons grew up learning about nature fi rsthand at the tide pools down the street.

“We feel incredibly connected to it,” he said. “My older son knows his nudibranchs and his dorids well enough to be a docent also.”

Being in a rural area does involve some sacrifi ces, he points out. His family does have to drive a distance to get to many stores, and he really wishes Moss Beach had some kind of bakery nearby. But the tradeoff is more than worth it.

“I treasure the rural nature of the coast far more than a bagel or a Home Depot,” he said.

WHERE? Moss Beach straddles Highway 1 just north of the Half Moon Bay Airport.

SETTING IT APARTThe hills on the east side of the high-way provide sweeping views and mag-ical sunsets for some lucky residents.

LOCAL TREASURE The very popular Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is the gem of Moss Beach. At low tide, the area becomes a mag-net for those wanting to explore our coastal marine life. The modest, but tasty, El Gran Amigo Taqueria is a gathering spot for hungry locals.

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Tidepools & cypresses mix with fog

Pacifi c Palisades and Laguna Beach might come to mind upon thinking of oceanfront living. However, Seal Cove — right on Ocean Boulevard in southern Moss Beach — has all the perks of sea breeze and rolling waves but without the pretension.

“We’re not trying to be anything we’re not,” says Seal Cove resident Cid Young. In fact, a pair of goats greets neighbors in Young’s front yard. Take a few steps through Young’s edible garden and you’ll fi nd Matilda and Myrtle hoping for a bucket of food scraps the neighbors are known to drop off for them.

Seal Cove encompasses the homes south of Cypress Avenue, bordering Airport Street and Ocean Boule-vard. The lots are spread out enough that residents don’t live “cheek to jowl,” Young explained.

Indeed, you’ll fi nd no cookie-cutter houses here. Those living in Seal Cove get the space to express them-selves. One resident has built out his front yard landscaping with an eccentric sprawl of found materials. Down the road, a vacant lot is fenced in to oddly resemble a cemetery.

Seal Cove faces geological problems with sinking roads, erosion and runoff swale. After struggling with poorly maintained county roads, the community has banded together to repave some of its roads. Over the years, homes have been moved from teetering points on the bluffs west of Ocean Boulevard to safety east of the road.

Between the neighborhood bobcat and the barking seals heard during the winter, Matilda and Myrtle the goats may have some competition for the Seal Cove community mascot.

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WHERE? Part of Moss Beach and just south of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.

OF NOTEThe Historic Moss Beach Distillery has been standing guard above the cove since 1927. The protected la-goon is said to have been a popular drop-off spot for illegal rum-runners.

NATURE RULESThe power of erosion has turned Ocean Boulevard in to a undulat-ing walking path. Foundations of past homes set too close to the bluffs can be seen in the crumbling cliffs.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE One of two manufactured home

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A t 7 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday nights at Pillar Ridge Manu-factured Home Community, residents fi ll the clubhouse for Zumba and other aerobics classes. On Wednesday afternoons,

the younger residents fl ock to the recreation center for a homework club. On Monday’s it’s arts and crafts.

The last few years have brought tremendous changes for the manu-factured home community settled on 22 acres just west of Half Moon Bay Airport. After community-fueled action to stabilize rent in 2004, a nonprofi t organization called Millennium Housing purchased the park.

“Residents have input now,” said resident Lisa Ketcham. “We got to pick a new name and make new rules.”

Ketcham recalled the day when the park changed hands. The park’s pool opened right away and a playground was built soon af-ter. “People were smiling at each other in the streets,” she said.

“People think it’s a trailer park home, but really it’s not be-cause the homes are manufac-tured and have been here a long time,” said Pillar Ridge Resi-dent Manager Paul Bowman. Bowman and his wife, Lenore, are raising their children in a home in the community. The park is home to roughly 850 residents, made up of mostly working families and seniors.

The roads that weave through Pillar Ridge are swept clean and the cars are all tucked away in car parks on the individual lots. Some homes still have the car port awnings the defunct manager had required of the residents.

While some of the manufactured homes are new models with porches and bay windows, most of the homes are meticulously well-kept reminders from the last century.

“We’re a close-knit community because of the size of the lots,” said Lenore Bowman.

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WHERE? On the east side of Highway 1, just north of El Granada.

TAKE A HIKEClipper Ridge borders the Rancho Corral de Tierra, the newly minted national

recreation area.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE Neighborhood kids enjoy

the well-mainained Clipper Ridge Park and playground.

When a fi re erupted from hot coals left in a Clipper Ridge garage several years ago, Frank Navin ran from his home across the street to extinguish the fi re with a garden hose.

“I watch out for everyone,” said Navin, a retired fi reman with the slightest remnant of an Irish accent. That’s just the way it is here.

Whether it’s watching after an out-of-town neighbor’s dog or hauling out garbage someone forgot to leave on the curb for trash day, some in the Clipper Ridge community see Navin as makeshift neighborhood mayor.

Clipper Ridge is made up of more than 200 homes northeast of Highway 1 just north of El Granada. Windswept eucalyptus trees tower over the homes on the border-ing Coral Reef Avenue, like a curtain drawn to afford Clipper Ridge privacy from its southern El Granada neighbors.

A short walk to Pillar Point Harbor, Clipper Ridge has the perks of beachfront living but with the sidewalks, streetlights and green front yards charac-teristic of a classic American neighborhood.

In the 1970s, several de-velopers built a series of tract home developments in what was meant to be a much larger resort town with a shopping mall, a school and a golf course. Those aspirations never took root and the land remains undeveloped. In fact, some of it has been protected as Rancho Corral de Tierra. When neighborhood kids tire of playing in Clipper Ridge Park — a fi ne park maintained by the hom-eowners’ association — they can romp around on the federal parkland.

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Princeton

WHERE? Adjacent to Pillar Point Har-bor west of Harbor Village.

SETTING IT APARTOne part commercial, one part residential and two parts eclectic. This gateway to Mavericks is home to artists, boat-builders and fi shermen alike.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE Thirsty? Princeton has a highest concentration of wa-tering holes within walking distance including the high-class Oceano Bar, the com-fortable Mezza Luna, the tasty Brewing Company and the lively OPL.

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Princeton-by-the-Sea, or simply Princeton, is a world of its own: braced on a colorful past and tinted by local color, sea-food and innovation.

Prohibition defi ned Princeton in the 1920s, as opportunists capitalized on its isolated seaside location to land contraband. The doomed Ocean Shore Railroad brought passengers enthralled by its Coney Island-like haven of restaurants, hotels and dance fl oors.

Among the famous faces you might spot there over time were Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio dining at Hazel’s restaurant, “Tennessee” Ernie Ford visiting Ida’s Seafood Grotto, redhaired madam Maymie running her successful bordello or Janis Joplin or Allen Ginsberg greeting fellow artists and displaced San Francisco beatniks at the Abalone Factory. The rusting hulls of fi shing boats could be seen from the village’s streets named after tony universities like Stanford and Yale.

It looks different now, but the color and the spirit haven’t changed. Upscale businesses and high-tech havens thrive where rumrunners once ducked authorities. Young artists’ groups continue to channel the enclave’s color and undercurrent of creativity. Com-mercial fi shers, whale-watchers, pleasure yachters and kayakers alike take to the open ocean from the eastern-seaboard-style harbor.

Shoppers visit Harbor Village, where they sip wine or seek bar-gains while glancing from windows to piles of crab pots, backed by a shining sea. The Fourth of July is hailed by members of the Ameri-can Legion Post 474, and a warehouse is closed in November and December to make room for Christmas gift-wrapping for Coastside Hope’s Adopt-a-Family effort. Just offshore, surfi ng afi cionados gather for the world-renowned Mavericks surfi ng contest when the giant wave just outside the harbor hits 30- to 50-foot heights.

“It’s a cool place,” said longtime Legion commander Russell Bissonnette. “Hard-working people and artists and craftspeople and fi shermen. Kind of the common people.”

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WHERE? East of Highway 1, between Capist-rano Road and Coronado Road.

OF NOTEEl Granada’s unusual concentric-cir-cular street layout was designed by the infl uential architect and city planner Daniel Burnham.

POPULATION At about 5,500 residents, El Granada is the largest of the Coastside’s com-munities after Half Moon Bay.

SURF’S UPThe hilly community overlooks pop-ular Surfer’s Beach, one of the most consistent surf breaks on the Coast-side.

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From her perch at the El Granada Post Offi ce, window clerk Judy Larson has watched families grow up as a town evolves.

“Like most communities, it has gone from very rural, where kids played outside, to now when, I’m afraid, you don’t see kids playing outside any more,” she said.

She’s seen it change from dirt streets that were “mostly empty lots, trees and fi elds” to sidewalks and mostly comfortable family homes. From the post offi ce window, she looks out to the one-block “thriving downtown.” She can almost see to Pillar Point Harbor, where commercial boats and residential yachts bob in the gentle swell, seafood restaurants run a brisk business and the cries of gulls fi ll the air. And those paved streets wind like ribbons, sometimes confusingly, up into the eastern hills, from which the comfortable houses command sweeping views of the ocean stretching away into obscure fogbanks. If you prefer to hike, Quarry Park trails snake through trees and up hills, offering challenges that are rewarded with breathtaking views.

Alongside those contemporary homes are one-story bungalow houses with redwood roofs, built in the Craftsman style of the early 20th century circa 1910 to 1925. Those were days when the town was known as “Granada” and mail was received in a hotel before the arrival of a new post offi ce changed things.

“That’s why we have such an odd name,” Larson said. They recall days before non-native eucalyptus trees invaded,

took root and now, towering over houses, shade many of the streets.

From the post offi ce window, Larson sees it all.“Halfway between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, we’re still

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In 1942, Layton Van Etten came to Miramar as part of a U.S. Army artillery brigade.

Now 70 years later, he’s still living in the area, and he’s watched the coastal town change from a farmland fi lled with more than 5,000 soldiers to being a quiet little residential community.

Today he lives right next to the same house where his wife grew up.

“She was actually born right in this house,” he said, indi-cating a small yellow cottage at the end of Alcatraz Avenue. “I like the water here, I like living so close to the ocean. I like the fresh air.”

Miramar — not quite the Midcoast, not quite Half Moon Bay — has been an anomaly on the Coastside. Tucked along the shoreline and mostly imperceptible to the drive-by traffi c, Miramar today is a mixture of old farmhouses of Miramar standing right next to million-dollar dream homes.

The beachfront community could have been entirely different. Back in the 1950s, Highway 1 used to navigate right along the coastline of Miramar, before winding its way back inland at Mirada Road. The tourist traffi c streaming into Miramar along the highway was a staple for local eateries such as the Mira-mar Beach Restaurant.

But when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers installed breakwater at Pillar Point Harbor, the coastal erosion along Miramar accelerated. Parts of the old highway ended up collapsing into the sea, severing the main artery for the tiny community.

Living in a two-story home he built himself, Van Etten says the mixture of old-timers and newcomers makes the area a friendly place that continues to evolve.

WHERE? Both sides of Highway 1, just south of Pillar Point Harbor.

SETTING IT APARTThe historic Miramar Beach Restaurant and the internationally known Bach Danc-ing and Dynamite Society are the corner-stone businesses. The Cypress Inn provides popular on-the-water lodging..

LOCAL TREASURE One of the most popular beach spots on the Coastside, it is also the terminus of the Coastal Trail.

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WHERE? Spindrift Way, just south of

Frenchmans Creek.

GREATEST ASSETSurrounded on three sides by fl ower fi elds and open space.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE This neighborhood's street names, like Keel, Spinaker

and Jib, give it a nautical feel.

FTrom Zach Boewer’s viewpoint, the best thing about living in the Seahaven neighborhood is the people.

Oh, the houses with the nice front yards give the neighborhood a nice look. However, it’s the neighbors that bring Boewer the greatest joy.

“I help my neighbors, and they help me,” Boewer said.It’s the little things. Everyone is

willing to check on a neighbor’s house; everyone looks out for each other.

“It’s a very quiet neighbor-hood,” Boewer said. “Everyone is respectful.”

East of Highway 1, the neigh-borhood focuses on Spindrift Way with sweeping circular drives on Spinnaker and Mizzan lanes. Just about every weekend fi nds neighbors out in their yards. Ma-ria Silveria, who lives around the corner from Spindrift Way, enjoys the quiet life that the neighbor-hood has to offer.

“That is very important to us,” she said, while doing some yardwork with her husband and grandson. “We have very good neighbors.”

The neighborhood has stayed the same even though the rest of the Half Moon Bay community has grown. “It’s still a wonderful place,” said Jean Burch, who has lived in Seahaven for more than 30 years. “We love the churches, the camaraderie and the feeling of safety.”

She and her husband are retired. Though they think about moving, they are determined to stay in Half Moon Bay.

“Look at the weather for the past few days,” she said during a recent second straight fog-free day.

“We are in a very good spot,” Boewer said.

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WHERE? Tucked on the east side of Highway 1, just south of Miramar at Ruisseau Francais Avenue.

KNOWN FORFrenchmans Creek Community Park provides a respite for residents with walking path, playground and a clean running creek.

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Frenchmans Creek residents bubble over when talking about their home.

“There’s a sense of neighborhood,” said Bonnie Dunham, who had lived all around the Coastside before her marriage brought her here, where she is content. “When you walk around, people say hello. There’s neighborliness and friendliness.”

“Everyone knows you by name,” said Straw Hat Pizza owner and Frenchmans Creek resident Kia Vakili, pausing during an evening stroll with his wife, Aki. “The neighbors are very nice to each other. There are no problems whatsoever.”

This small but contented enclave of homes consists of a network of small winding streets, without sidewalks. De-signers wanted to emulate an intimate European feeling.

The homes are vaguely ranch-style, comfortable without being immoderately sized, and surrounded by lush green lawns and blooming fl owers. Come the holidays — Christmastime or Halloween, a much-loved holiday in Half Moon Bay — those homes sparkle with light, jack-o-lanterns and other imagi-native and creative décor for the particular holiday.

The enclave was built beginning in the early 1970s, and includes a day park featuring a playground with kids’ play equipment and lawn space for picnics, built under the auspices of Ocean Colony with help from residents. Among its better-known residents was noted local artist Galen Wolf, who made his home in the hills be-hind the houses.

But the biggest feature of this neighborhood is the creek that curls around it on the south side, sparkling with fresh and clean water.

Dunham sighs with delight as she contemplates the creek.“Ah, the creek!” she said rapturously. “It’s like looking out on an-

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casa del MarneiGHBorHood The original neighborhood children who buzzed about, playing

on Kehoe Avenue and the streets that make up the Casa del Mar neighborhood during the 1970s and ’80s, have long grown up. The

block parties of the 1970s stopped around the time the kids left home.Yet a new generation of young families has moved into the Kehoe

area. Their presence is rekindling an era of lemonade stands and neigh-borhood games of tag.

Known to many simply as Kehoe Avenue, the neighborhood west of Highway 1, just north of Farmer John’s Pumpkin Farm, is a hodgepodge of about fi ve tract house developments.

It’s a classic California neighborhood perhaps best known for the verdant ditch along Kehoe Avenue that’s attracted attention from city offi cials over the years. You can see the ditch as nothing more than a drainage corridor, but it’s also a peaceful place where animals migrate.

Sue Heckman moved to the neighborhood in 1969, when a handful of developers were busy punching out rows of cookie-cutter homes. While some homeowners have remodeled the original molds to their more modern sensibilities, in many of the homes there remains the spirit of those simpler days.

For about 25 years, the neighborhood gathered in Heckman’s garage twice yearly to cast their voting ballots. It was a time for everyone to gather together, Heckman recalled.

“I was always proud of my neighbors, whether Democratic or Republican, because we had very high voter turnout in this precinct,” she said.

“Why do you think we had that kind of turn out?” Kehoe Avenue resident Margaret Harris asked of her neighbor Heckman on a stroll down the neighborhood’s wide asphalt roads.

The women couldn’t quite decide what it was about their neighborhood that made them such good voters but they agreed Kehoe was a “very solid and stable place.”

WHERE? West of Highway 1, between Kehoe and Wave Avenues.

SETTING IT APARTFrontage Road gives the neighbor-hood a buffer from the highway and walkways between homes provides ac-cess to seldom visited beaches.

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GrandView

WHERE? East of Highway 1, between

Seahaven and Highland Park at Grandview Blvd..

GREATEST ASSETLike the other neighborhoods

nearby, Grandview residents enjoy open space on three

sides and easy access to hik-ing trails.

The Grandview Boulevard neighborhood, on the north end of Half Moon Bay, can be considered a world onto itself.

The main drag, with four side streets, comes to life during Christmas season and that is just one of the occasions when the neighbor-hood comes together.

“I know about six houses put up lights,” said neighbor John Smith. “We have some people who drive by to see the lights.”

Perhaps that sets the tone for the rest of the year.

“We have a lot of block par-ties,” Smith said. “Of course, ev-erything depends on the weather.” There are also plenty of birthday parties.

The biggest kick Smith gets out of his neighborhood is what’s to be found at the end of the street. With undeveloped land on the ho-rizon, many in the neighborhood walk down to the end of the street for a quick neighborhood hike.

“It’s a great neighborhood,” Smith said. “Everyone here is very close.”

Smith has seen lots of changes in the neighborhood since moving to the Coastside from San Francisco 34 years ago.

“It was very quiet back then,” Smith said. “Now, a lot of tourists come by.”

But, Smith adds, “We are very happy to be living here.”

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WHERE? East of Highway 1, just north

of Half Moon Bay High School.

CONVENIENT SPOTHigh schoolers have the

luxury of walking a little trail right to campus. No need to

fi ght the local commute.

Fred Whelen remembers when Terrace Avenue was a dirt road and the Highland Park neighborhood a work in progress.

Locals called the road something different after steady winter rains.

“We called it Hogwalla,” he said. The road was paved in the mid-

1980s, following the passage of a bond measure. For Whelen, it was an easy vote to cast.

“We were all sick of the mud,” he said.

One incident that stands out is the day his son stood in the mud, wearing his rubber boots for so long that, when he tried to get out, he was stuck. He fell into the mud, face fi rst.

Much has changed since those days. More houses have been built, but the neighborhood con-tinues to have a family feel to it. His neighbors include his brother-in-law in one house and daughter in another.

“We look after each other,” Whelen said. “We get to know everyone here. It’s like a little community.”

For the families with high school-aged children, the neighborhood is perfect, as it’s adjacent to Half Moon Bay High School. The kids end up on Highland Park, walk through a little trail and enter the high school grounds by the baseball fi eld. There’s no need to drive them to school, fi ghting the traffi c to get onto Highway 1.

“I just love that location,” said Christine Olivero, who has lived with her husband and children in the Highland Park neighborhood since 1993. “We love being very close to the high school.”

“I like our neighbors,” Olivero said. “There are a lot of families here.”

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WHERE? Both sides of Main Street, Half Moon Bay, from the bridge to Poplar Avenue.

WHY IT'S COOLThough hardly city living, residents enjoy being where the action is. From festivals, to shopping, to dining, it's al-ways a frontrow seat downtown.

RICH WITH HISTORY Though sometimes overlooked, many of the buildings downtown have served residents for over 100 years. Take a look at the history section on Page 30.

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Some call it “downtown” Half Moon Bay. Some call the folks that live there “town-ies.” But by whatever name, the people

who live in the comfortable, attractively main-tained houses east of Main Street between the bridge over the creek at the north end of town and the fi re station at the town’s south end, form the living heart of the town. Many have been here for generations.

Take architect John Evans, who lives just a block off Main Street. He’s married to the art teacher at the local high school. They’ve seen their children reach adulthood in that house. And they know that when they venture out to Cunha Country Grocery for groceries, or the lo-cal theater to take in a play, or any of several de-nominations of churches in town, or Main Street to take in joyous holiday festivities on Fourth of July or during October’s Pumpkin Festival, it’s only a matter of a few steps to each and a few minutes before they fi nd familiar faces.

“We don’t need a car,” says Evans. “(My wife) Larkin and I never drive.”

They live in a comfortable suburban house that is relatively new, having been built in the 1940s, but John doesn’t have to ponder too long to think of neighboring families who have

occupied the same house for generations. He estimates that at least a quarter of the families in the neighborhood have lived in their homes for a couple of generations.

The Evanses have a truly varied slice of life within only a few steps of their front door. Just a block to the west the Pumpkin Festival provides an extravaganza of autumnal revelry and Hal-loween fun every October. There’s a carnival at the I.D.E.S. Hall every year during the Portu-guese Pentecost Festival. At Christmastime, Half Moon Bay lights up with sparkling holiday cheer. Every weekend in the spring and summer there is a local farmers market where growers bring fresh produce. And during the quieter times of the year, there are restaurants, shops and the local library. Surrounding the area to the north and south are verdant fi elds planted with crops, and, just a little further to the west, the Pacifi c Ocean keeps the temperature moderate and the air fresh.

And friends are everywhere.“It’s impossible to walk around without

running into someone you know. There’s that neighborhood feeling,” said Evans. “You can’t walk to town and not fi nd someone you know to visit with.”

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Correas Street resident Judy Rodrigues remembers when the Alsace Lorraine neighborhood consisted of her house and little else. The woman of Portuguese descent now has

a full block of neighbors who regularly chat on the sidewalk on sunny days, trading stories along with the harvest of their backyard gardens.

“I love it here,” Rodrigues said, quoting a Portuguese saying for why neighbors should remain extra friendly: “You have to be nice on your way up or you’ll need help on the way down.”

Having a dog is practically a necessity in this oceanside neighbor-hood. Valdez Avenue resident Lyndie Tanklage says walking dogs at the nearby Coastal Trail is the fi rst step to interacting with the folks down the street.

“Often we’ll see someone, but, if they don’t have their dog, we won’t recognize them,” she said. “My neighbors are happy to take

care of my dogs, and I can take care of theirs. It’s a very workable community.”

The nearby beach is a boon for pets of all sizes. In what other neighbor-hood in Half Moon Bay, Tanklage asks, can she take her dog for a walk in the morning and ride her horse in the afternoon?

Along with a nearby public beach, the neighborhood also has Ocean View Park, where any day of the week, the large playgrounds draw crowds of children and their parents. Locals pride themselves on living in one of the safest areas of the Coastside.

“I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Tanklage said.

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WHERE? West of Highway 1, between

Kelly Avenue and Granelli Street near Francis State Beach.

GREATEST ASSETThe Coastal Trail skirts the

beautiful and often uncrowded beach between

Kelly and Poplar.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE Large homes and manicured

yards dominate this sought after area of the Coastside.

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Peaceful enclave at Poplar Beach

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Kids just home from school zip on scooters along the wide streets that make up Arleta Park. Many of the front yards have colorful fl owers that pop out against the ocean fog

creeping over the neighborhood.“I come back from work and it’s quiet — we respect each other’s

privacy,” said Lupe Mendez, who moved from downtown to Grove Street two years ago. Sandwiched between the Highway 1 and the

California Coastal Trail, Arleta Park is a sizable, but noticeably quiet, neighborhood made up of about 500 houses. Tall cypress trees are pep-pered throughout the grid of homes from Seymour Street north to the Alsace Lorraine neighborhood.

Right before Arleta Park meets the coastal bluffs is a

yellow, two-story home building that used to be Arleta Park station of the Ocean Shore Railroad.

Tony Faial grew up in a house on Magnolia Street in Arleta Park. He had been there since his family moved from the Azores when he was a boy. Now he lives across the street in one of the neighbor-hood’s classic ranch-style homes. The family came because the coastal climate is similar to his native Portugal. He’s stayed put in the sleepy neighborhood for its proximity to the beach and because he loves the Coastal Trail.

On sunny weekends, when tourists fl ock to the coast looking for a thoroughfare to the beach, Faial must regularly redirect them several blocks from his home to Poplar Street. The traffi c has decreased, he said, since Arleta Park’s southernmost Seymour Street was recently extended east to connect with Highway 1.

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WHERE? West of Highway 1 between Granelli and Seymour streets. Bordered on the west by Poplar Beach.

HIT THE BEACHHead west to the beautiful meadows above Poplar Beach and easy access to the Coastal Trail.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE Have little-leaguers? A beautiful path leads to Smith Field from the south side of the neighborhood.

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Half Moon Bay $1,575,000 Grand example of elegant and stylish English Tudor architecture located on the fifth fairway in Ocean Colony. This 4bd/3.5ba home offers two master suites, a library, formal dining and living rooms, plus a large family room and separate pub or game room. 14,700 sq. ft. lot with semi-circular driveway and expansive lawns.

Half Moon Bay $1,399,000Redesigned for entertaining and comfortable living, this exciting home on the second fairway at Ocean Colony has been totally remodeled, incorporating both front and back yards and patios into the design. This 4bd/4.5ba home features a formal entry, office, living room, two family rooms, both formal and informal dining rooms plus an eat-in kitchen. Two guest rooms are suites in addition to the master.

Half Moon Bay $1,250,000Located in mid Miramar Beach just steps to the sand, ocean and Coastal Trail, this 4bd/2.5ba custom built home offers the best of coastal living. The great open floor plan features large rooms centered around the kitchen and family room, while offering a large formal entry, living room and dining room.

El Granada $949,000The BIG open floor plan of this 4bd/3ba home includes the kitchen, family room, dining room and deck. Quarter sawn oak floors, copper flashings and gutters, heated bathroom floors and professional quality appliances attest to the quality and detail of this remarkable home. Exciting master suite with private balcony.

Moss BEacH $799,000Built to last, this beautiful 4bd/3ba home is just a short distance to the Marine Reserve, beaches and coastal trails. This west-side home features high ceilings and an open floor plan. The master suite includes a fireplace, large walk-in closet with custom built-ins and a beautifully updated bathroom.

PEscadEro $1,200,000Town and Country perfection on three level landscaped acres with all amenities. Gourmet kitchen and great room with custom built everything. Rebuilt in 2002 and designed for comfort and charm, this 3ba/2ba home features remarkable quality of materials and craftsmanship. 2 stall horse stable, great water.

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ocean colony

Karen and Steve Bacich remember their initial thoughts when they moved to Ocean Colony 14 years ago. They had two children and they worried

that their kids would have trouble fi nding playmates in the gated community.

That turned out to be no worry at all. The Bacich chil-dren grew up with other kids in the neighborhood, riding bikes and skateboards or trying to catch bullfrogs.

“We were told this was not a kid-friendly place,” Karen Bacich said. “The kids can ride their bikes or go skate-boarding and we don’t have to worry about them.”

For families with younger children, three small parks are located on the grounds, complete with all the necessary swings and slides.

Adjacent to the Half Moon Bay Golf Links, some kids also have become young entrepreneurs as well. Some fi sh golf balls out of the lakes and sell them; others have set up a lemonade stand on holes near their homes.

The adults don’t have a problem fi nding things to do either. In addition to playing golf, residents can play tennis, swim or just walk around the neighborhood. Being mem-bers of the Colony Club gives them access to the tennis court and swimming pool.

Walking around the neighborhood is probably the best activity going. It’s during those times when neighbors see each other. They stop their walks and share family news.

There are plenty of activities scheduled throughout the year, depending on the holiday. Some of the best activities are the unplanned variety. It all starts with a good walk.

“You can either walk along the golf course, toward the beach or toward the duck pond,” Steve Bacich said. “At the duck pond, you can feed the ducks.”

It’s quiet … but not too quiet.“It’s a pretty vibrant area,” Steve Bacich said. “There’s a

lot of interaction between the neighbors.”

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WHERE? West of Highway 1, at Fairway Drive, south of downtown Half Moon Bay.

OF NOTEFrom two-story townhouses to

6,000-square-foot, golf course front homes, the ‘OC’ is the

Coastside’s toniest neighborhood.

RESORT LIVING The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, has

become the exlcamation point in this well-to-do gated community.

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Half Moon Bay $1,575,000 Grand example of elegant and stylish English Tudor architecture located on the fifth fairway in Ocean Colony. This 4bd/3.5ba home offers two master suites, a library, formal dining and living rooms, plus a large family room and separate pub or game room. 14,700 sq. ft. lot with semi-circular driveway and expansive lawns.

Half Moon Bay $1,399,000Redesigned for entertaining and comfortable living, this exciting home on the second fairway at Ocean Colony has been totally remodeled, incorporating both front and back yards and patios into the design. This 4bd/4.5ba home features a formal entry, office, living room, two family rooms, both formal and informal dining rooms plus an eat-in kitchen. Two guest rooms are suites in addition to the master.

Half Moon Bay $1,250,000Located in mid Miramar Beach just steps to the sand, ocean and Coastal Trail, this 4bd/2.5ba custom built home offers the best of coastal living. The great open floor plan features large rooms centered around the kitchen and family room, while offering a large formal entry, living room and dining room.

El Granada $949,000The BIG open floor plan of this 4bd/3ba home includes the kitchen, family room, dining room and deck. Quarter sawn oak floors, copper flashings and gutters, heated bathroom floors and professional quality appliances attest to the quality and detail of this remarkable home. Exciting master suite with private balcony.

Moss BEacH $799,000Built to last, this beautiful 4bd/3ba home is just a short distance to the Marine Reserve, beaches and coastal trails. This west-side home features high ceilings and an open floor plan. The master suite includes a fireplace, large walk-in closet with custom built-ins and a beautifully updated bathroom.

PEscadEro $1,200,000Town and Country perfection on three level landscaped acres with all amenities. Gourmet kitchen and great room with custom built everything. Rebuilt in 2002 and designed for comfort and charm, this 3ba/2ba home features remarkable quality of materials and craftsmanship. 2 stall horse stable, great water.

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canada coVe

WHERE? West of Highway 1, and

south of Miramontes Point Road near Ocean Colony.

GREATEST ASSETThis mobile home park has views of the beautiful Half

Moon Bay Golf Links ocean course and is a short walk to

the Ritz-Carlton.

NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE The most southern neigh-

borhood in Half Moon Bay hosts bingo parties, quilting

groups and excercise classes.

Cañada Cove may be a retirement community, but it may also be the most dynamic spot on the Coastside.

The neighborhood spawned radio station (Neighborhood Radio AM 1710, which can now be heard throughout Half Moon Bay), a monthly magazine and a local public safety committee. The 360 house-holds at the mobile-home park are among the most engaged on the Coastside, with many residents regularly attending local govern-ment meetings and chiming in on local issues.

Located off Miramontes Point Road at the south side of Half Moon Bay, Cañada Cove is de-scribed by its residents as a little city unto itself. People go out of their way to be friendly and look out for each other, said Ester Hunter.

“If a neighbor needs something, 14 people will help out,” she said.

Hunter originally moved to Cañada Cove three years ago to live closer to her great-grandson. Every morning she heads to the community center to grab a cup of coffee and talk with whomever also comes by.

Residents have plenty of activi-ties to keep them busy. On most days of the week, people gather at the community hall tables to play games of bridges, mah jong, poker and pedro, along with weekly clubs for quilting, reading and sharing stories. Most popular of all, the weekly bingo game on Wednesday nights draws as many as 40 people, including folks from Ocean Colony and as far away as Pacifi ca.

The community is active in civic affairs; residents can often seen at City Council meetings and at public safety meetings.

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WHERE? In the southern part

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MORE INFOThis senior community with

63 apartments was opened in 2004.

It’s nearly impossible for Rowena Manos to pick just one reason why she likes living at Lesley Gardens. There are too many to count.

“It’s clean and well kept,” Manos said. “We have gardeners who do a great job.” Located on Arnold Way in Half Moon Bay, the facility opened for residents 62 and older in 2004. It provides a sense of commu-nity to its residents.

“It’s a very positive attitude,” said Manos, who moved into one of the single-bedroom apartments when it opened. “Morale is always high here. That means a lot to us. We are treated with respect.”

Residents making up to $37,650 a year are eligible to live there. They pay 30 percent of the rent, with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development picking up the rest. Residents pay for their utilities.

If it wasn’t for Lesley Gardens, Manos says she wouldn’t be able to afford to live anywhere on the Coastside. “I feel blessed to live here,” Manos said. “I couldn’t ask for anything better.”

The sense of community is noticeable upon entry. The main social area is wide enough for people to walk in. It’s warm and comfortable, as are the people. Everyone is friendly.

One of the regular highlights is a luncheon the center hosts once a month. “I’m not sure why they do it,” Manos said. “They just want to do it.”

The apartments are a stone’s throw away from Sea Crest School. Ma-nos, at fi rst, was worried that the tranquility of the residence would suffer during the school year. That turned out to be no problem at all. And the school provides a scenic backdrop for her.

“Every morning, I see the sunrise over Sea Crest and the hills,” Manos said. “It’s beautiful.”

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Pescadero retains its rural charmTheir town largely frozen in time and spared from the growth that

has affected other historic communities on the coast, Pescadero residents take pride in the fact that the more things change

around the world, the more they stay the same close to home.“Take a look around. It’s been like this since I can remember,” said

55-year-old Mike Benedetti. Born and raised in Pescadero, Benedetti’s family founded and still owns one of the town’s oldest businesses, Arcangeli Grocery Company – popularly known as Norm’s Market. As evidence of the stability of the business community, Benedetti points to one of his neighbors.

“Duarte’s Tavern has been here since 1894,” he said, referring to the land-mark restaurant and bar located down the street.

Established in 1929 by Benedetti’s great grandfather, Sante Arcangeli, Norm’s Market greets its customers and those passing by with the delectable smell of garlic and artichoke bread, baked fresh in the bakery located at the back of the store. The store carries much of Pescadero’s local treats, from fresh fruits and vegetables to specialty honey and mouth-watering preserves.

“You don’t fi nd communities like Pescadero anymore,” he said. “Sonoma, Napa and even Santa Cruz used to be like us but they are all commercialized now.”

For residents and local business owners, Pescadero stands out from other communities on the Coastside because of the quiet rural lifestyle it offers as well as the strong sense of community among locals.

“There is no traffi c here,” said Ronald Duarte, owner of Duarte’s Tavern. Though only two miles away, it seems far removed from the traffi c on High-way 1. And the town is surrounded by agriculture.

Benedetti recalled the 1989 earthquake, when his shop was badly dam-aged.

“I was at the World Series (San Francisco) Giants game, but when I got back, my employees and other community members were already cleaning up inside.”

That kind of thing is rare nowadays, he said. Although Benedetti moved with his family to Santa Cruz when he was

in high school due to the rising cost of living, he spends most of the week in Pescadero.

Recognizing that the town has little to offer its youth, Benedetti maintains that many young adults return to the community after college because of the comfort it provides.

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WHERE? About 15 miles south of Half Moon

Bay and two miles inland from Highway 1.

SCHOOLSPescadero is home to thriving

elementary, middle and high schools and the Vikings play a variety of

sports against schools located across the area.

LOCAL TREASURE The merging of the Butano and Pes-

cadero creeks makes for a perfect hab-itat for many migratory birds.

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Good to Know

Though the housing market might not be booming, there are still buyers out there looking for a place to call their own. Some poten-tial sellers might prefer a patient approach to selling their homes,

choosing to do so when the market rebounds and homes regain some of their lost value. Other sellers might not have a choice and must make due with selling in a lackluster market.

Regardless of which category you're in, there are easy ways to boost your home's value. Making minor changes to a home can add to your asking price, whether you're putting your home on the market this week or waiting for the market to rebound. The following tasks might not take much effort, but they pay dividends.

Work on the yard. An appealing lawn is still a great way to catch a prospective buyer's eye. When a home boasts a lush lawn and well-mani-cured trees, it's hard to ignore that For Sale sign out front.

Upgrade appliances. Prospective buyers won't be thrilled if they walk into a home and see outdated appliances. Some might begin to wonder if there are any additional areas that might have been neglected around the house.

Paint the home. A fresh coat of paint or new siding is always attrac-tive to prospective buyers. Many buyers judge a book by its cover, and sellers want their home's exterior to be as attractive as possible.

Clean up around the house. A cluttered house will almost certainly re-pel buyers. Buyers want a home that's roomy and well kept, but clutter creates the opposite impression. The less clutter a home has, the more spacious it will appear and the more money sellers can likely demand for the home.

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WHERE? Tucked in amongst the redwoods along Highway 84. Half way between skyline and the beach at San Grego-rio.

WHY IT'S COOLIndependent and self-reliant, La Hon-da residents are proud of their home among the trees. High tech entrepre-neurs mix with artists, musicians and tye-die enthusiasts.

FOCAL POINTS Many know La Honda from Apple Jack’s bar and restaurant. Patrons gather in the redwoods for live mu-sic and to talk about their Harley-Da-vidsons. The hidden gem is the com-munity swimming pool, where many more coastal residents go to seek some sun in the summer fog.

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La Honda was supposed to be a tempo-rary home for Robert White and Laila Selk. But when the big-city couple

moved to the backwoods town, they were awe-struck. Their fi rst week in town, they didn’t have to meet the neighbors — instead, the neighborhood came to them. Locals dropped by to welcome them to town; two people im-mediately invited them over for dinner.

The couple, now in their 19th year living here, said they quickly learned that behind La Honda’s solitude and serenity is actually a town built on a vibrant little community.

“I grew up in the suburbs, where no one knew each other,” White said. “I was astound-ed that there were communities that have remained this way.”

A long drive from any large shopping area, many La Hondans say they adapt by planning ahead and relying heavily on each other. More than other towns, locals here depend on asking each other for the occasional cup of sugar, tool or piece of machinery.

White, a professional physical therapist, said he gives free treatment to one neighbor in exchange for help repairing his truck. He gives the same deal to another fellow down the

street for helping out with plumbing problems around the house.

With one son now in his teens, Selk and White say they’ve never had to actually hire a babysitter. They’ve just asked friends down the road for a favor.

Originally a lumber and ranch community, La Honda in recent years has drawn many top professionals from Silicon Valley and academic institutions. The town has among the best recreational facilities in the area, which makes it a draw for horse-riders, cyclists, bikers and hikers.

Since its founding in the 1930s, the lo-cal homeowners’ association, the Cuesta La Honda Guild, has devoted about a quarter of its revenues toward recreation. Today the area has its own playground, basketball, tennis courts, horse ring, community center and the largest public pool on the Coastside.

Selk says she is still amazed that she never really noticed La Honda when she was younger and would head over Highway 84 to the beach.

“I drove here countless times not knowing this little slice of heaven was here,” she said.

Cool canyons, sweeping views,

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The crown of Skyline BoulevardIf you drive along Skyline Boulevard, about seven miles south

of Highway 92, you may notice the Mountain House restau-rant with its folksy ambiance, or the more sophisticated Bella

Vista that regularly welcomes Stanford University alums to dine. You would probably spot the Kings Mountain Community Center, the hub of the signature annual Kings Mountain Art Fair. The event is among the state’s top fi ve art fairs, showcasing the creations of scores of professional Western artists, with a Mountain Folk section for mountain artists. In 49 years, it’s raised funds to build that community center, fi ll it with state-of-the-art fi re vehicles, and support the successful and respected Kings Mountain Elementary School.

Driving through Kings Mountain, you see mostly groves of stately redwoods that adorn challenging hiking trails or line the narrow roads that plunge into the mountains and are dotted with houses occupied by families. Kings Mountain developed through a rich history of grizzlies and “Costanoan” Indians, the fi rst resi-dents. There were loggers, ox teams and mills, dairies, Prohibition-era characters sipping contraband in speakeasies and brothels, and the historic Norwegian community.

Today there are roughly 400-plus families who seek out the mountain peace and quiet, desire to raise their children in the respected school, enjoy getting along with wildlife, and the privacy of mountain life.

“People who have some heart are drawn here,” said Ardyth “Ardy” Woodruff, who has lived on the mountain for 50 years in a house built the year she was born. “If you need anything, the whole community is here for you. There’s a special thread that runs through the people who live here.”

Woodruff shares her home with some of the wildlife that thrive on the mountain — raccoons, foxes, skunks, coyotes. Once she was asked if she was scared by all the wildlife around. “No,” she said. “I’m involved with them.”

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WHERE? Amongst the majestic redwoods on

Skyline Boulevard about seven miles south of Highway 92.

WHY IT'S COOLCertainly the sunniest weather of any

of our Coastside communities, but the tall redwoods provide plenty of shade.

CLAIM TO FAME Once a year, in September thousands fl ock to the neighborhood for the fa-

mous King’s Mountain Art Fair. Next year will mark its 50th anniversary.

OPEN SPACE The community is surrounded by pro-

tected lands. The San Francisco wa-tershed is to the north, to the east is

Huddart County Park, and to the west and south is Midpeninsula Re-

gional Open Space District land.

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LOOK BACK {ricH in History

tHe coastside is

When visitors stroll through downtown Half Moon Bay and look upon the buildings and structures that gracefully trim its streets, they are really walking in the shoes of natives, Spaniards, Mexican settlers and gold

seekers. Much of the architecture from old Spanishtown remains unchanged.“The history of Half Moon Bay represents the history of California as a whole,”

said David Cresson, president of the Half Moon Bay History Association. In his book, “The Treasures of Half Moon Bay,” Cresson provides a map and guide for historic buildings in Half Moon Bay, many of which have not changed in close to 100 years.

Here are some of the structural highlights from a century passed.— Saman Ghani Khan

The Treasures of Half Moon BayMuch of the information in this story comes from

“The Treasures of Half Moon Bay,” a book noting aspects of the city’s past. It is available for

purchase at the Zaballa House.


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{Hotel Mosconi } san Benito House

Built in 1905, San Benito House is one of the few original buildings from that time that has been serving its patrons food

and drink since its inception. If you are looking up at the second floor window facing the corner of Main and Mill streets, you can rest assured that you are seeing pretty much the same thing visitors saw in the early 1900s.

The timing of its construction was bad for Italian immigrant Emmanuel Daneri who built the hotel. The devastating earthquake of 1906 caused heavy damage only one year after it opened its doors.

The second-floor verandas and corner tower are no more, but San Benito House -- originally known as Hotel Mosconi after its first operator Charles P. Mosconi -- has maintained its charm as an historic inn.

According to Cresson, the original San Benito House was located a stones throw away from the current hotel.

site of tHe occidental Hotel } state farM office

“Looking at the sheer luxury of this building fired up my understanding of how grand the dream was for Half Moon Bay residents in those days,” Cresson said.

The site is now occupied by a State Farm insurance office. But thanks to a photograph preserved for over a century, the luxurious history of the hotel is not lost.

Built in 1867 and before it burnt down in 1894, the Occidental boasted

three floors of impressive terraces and verandas that drew visitors seeking upscale recreation. Its grandeur was taken down a few notches after a fire when a more ‘modest’ building took its place.

During World War II, it served as a barracks for any soldier who was posted in the area. Since it was torn down following the war, the site was home to a post office for nearly 30 years.

“We can estimate that the picture was taken before the 1894 fire because the building in the picture has three floors, and the horse carriage parked in the front shows that automobiles were probably not widely used on the Coastside yet,” he said.


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tin Palace

The site for the old Tin Palace is currently occupied by the popular eatery, Pasta Moon and adjoining retailers.

Few patrons would guess that this building has served Half Moon Bay residents and tourists in many capacities, including buggy repair, shipbuilding, as a machine shop and clothing retailer.

“The design used 2-by-4 feet sheets of corrugated steel and the major renovation that took place in the 1970s used this skeleton and worked with it instead of tearing it down,” Cresson said.

site of Hollywood courts

Built during the “star struck” era of the 1920s, when Hollywood and silent films were gaining popularity, the Hollywood Courts served as motel

accommodation for the many Half Moon Bay visitors who came on the oil-drilling bandwagon.

Today, the modern apartments that have replaced the original buildings have maintained a courtyard-style setting and their architecture still stands out compared to the buildings surrounding them.

History

ZaBalla HouseSpanish immigrant and Half Moon Bay’s

first planner, Estanislao Zaballa, came to California searching for gold. He married the local land-grant owner’s daughter and built a house for himself and his new bride.

A “Greek Revival” style building, Zaballa’s house stood as the best the area had to offer. Built around 1855 with redwood, the two-story house did not incur heavy damage in the 1906 earthquake. The brick building surrounding the house were not so lucky.

Today’s visitors can stay at the Zaballa House Bed and Breakfast. The History Association maintains a diorama of old Half Moon Bay -- or Spanishtown as it was called 150 years ago -- on display at the Zaballa House.

While the bed and breakfast is missing the original building’s front porch, balcony and chimneys, it remains a one-stop-shop for visitors interested in the town’s rich history.


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useful ideas

Certain tasks in life are synonymous with stress. Moving is one of those tasks. For those moving themselves,

there are ways to reduce that stress and make the process easier.

Forty million people, or roughly 1 in 4 adults, in

the United States move every year. On average, a person moves 11 times in his or her lifetime. Many people choose to pack and move themselves rather than hire a moving service to save money. To make the most of the DIY move, follow these nine tips for success.

1. Start to gather boxes. Rather than pur-chase moving boxes, visit local businesses to collect boxes that are being discarded. Save boxes that have been shipped to the house from items ordered online. The more boxes collected in advance, the earlier the packing process can start. Getting a decent head start helps eliminate some of the scheduling stress that comes with moving.

2. Get estimates from rental agencies. Call truck rental companies and list the dimension of the truck and features desired, such as a lift gate. Compare the different prices and offers to deter-mine which company provides the best deal.

3. Rent the largest truck available. It's better to have room leftover in the truck than not enough room for everything. For those moving out of state or a great distance, rent a car trailer at the same time so the car can be towed behind the mov-ing truck.

4. Consider one of the storage/moving businesses. Today there are companies that will drop off a storage unit at the house and then store it at their warehouse. This enables homeowners to pack items not regularly used, store them for a few months, then have the storage unit shipped to the new home when it's time to unpack.

6. Move off-season. June and July are the most popular times of the year to move. Choosing a different month may save some money.

7. Keep boxes light. It's better to have more boxes that are lighter weight than fewer that are much too heavy. Heavy boxes make moving dif-fi cult and reduce the number of potential helpers. Think about packing clothing and other "soft" items in large zipper-close bags, which stack easily.

8. Pack boxes securely. Reinforce the bot-tom of boxes with packing tape to prevent items from falling out. Fit boxes in the moving truck snugly to prevent items from shifting during transit.

9. Use a labeling system. Label each box with what's inside and where the box should go in the new house to make it easier to unpack. Pack room-by-room and keep similar items together.

DIY moving

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