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Small scuffle provoked gunshotWednesday, July 28, 2010 11:00 AM PDTLifelong Half Moon Bay resident Vito Valdez readily admits his personality sometimes lands him in trouble. More of this story |
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County faulted for Marchi review
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Marchi Farms was scolded when San Mateo County inspectors checked on health conditions at employee work camps on the farms earlier this year. And now, the county inspectors are getting their own poor ratings.
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Devil's Slide crews dig for home
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With an over-exaggerated rounding of his headlamp, a tunnel worker deep inside the belly of the Devil’s Slide excavation signals right of way to an approaching big rig. Once the worker stops the circular motion, the sticker on his helmet comes into focus: “I love explosives.”
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Boat owner works to pay for May oil spill
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It’s been nearly two months since his sunken houseboat “The Gypsy” spilled oil into Pillar Point Harbor, but Sid Walton is now mired in another sticky situation.
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City takes sides on state measures
Half Moon Bay leaders are opposing a state initiative to legalize marijuana, following suggestions that taking away restrictions on the narcotic would create a regulatory nightmare for local law enforcement.
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City sued for drainage cleanup
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A new civil lawsuit alleges that Half Moon Bay went too far when it sent maintenance teams to clear out vegetation along the drainage ditch along Kehoe Avenue.
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Business district idea moves forward
Despite some skepticism, downtown merchants, restaurateurs and professionals are taking the initial steps to form a Business Improvement District — a special taxation district to promote local business that would wield far more power than current groups.
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Two people from Hayward were arrested in Half Moon Bay. The pair was driving a stolen car filled with pilfered items, including a car stereo, wallets and other goods, police say.
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At least eight businesses in Princeton and Moss Beach were hit in graffiti attacks sometime during the night of July 17, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reported. More graffiti vandalism was reported at the Chevron Station at Cabrillo and Highway 1.
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School district pushes tech in schools
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On Monday morning at 8 a.m., Len Erickson unloaded his car full of miniature wheels, controllers, sensors and Netbook computers and walked into David Jones’ algebra class at Half Moon Bay High School. He was introducing the school robotics project that the students would be working on for the last three days of summer school.
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Four new Eagles soar on Coastside
At a July 11 Eagle Scout Court of Honor, four young Coastside Boy Scouts were named Eagle Scouts. All are 18 and members of Half Moon Bay-based Troop 263.
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Farmworkers push for overtime pay
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Fifty-one displaced workers from Nurserymen’s Exchange took up a new labor crusade last week, marching to Sacramento to hand-deliver a bill to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk. The bill would extend time-and-a-half pay for farmworkers after eight hours a day and lift a decades-old overtime exemption for agriculture workers. Under existing law, overtime pay for farmworkers kicks in after 10 hours a day and 60 hours a week. Farmworkers are currently the only hourly employees in the state not to receive overtime pay after eight hours a day, 40 hours a week.
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County outperforms coast as both show increases
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While both the Coast and the County have shown improvements over the dismal year of 2009, the County has outperformed the Coast in every category. The good news is that prices and sales volume are up, average selling time is down and mortgages are at 50 year lows. For those looking for bad news, prices today are slightly below the 2004 levels and the market is rebounding.
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