Coastside Magazine Stories

An afternoon hankering for a beer and a bite with friends is perhaps not all that unusual. Saddling up your horses and riding to the pub together? That is a little out of the ordinary in modern California.

Pacifican Sabrina Watts, a graduate of Animal Behavior College, started her dog training business Good Dog For Life in 2005. It became her full-time gig within six years. In addition to dog training, Good Dog For Life offers boarding services and fitness packages that include Coastside hikes.

And on his farm he had a ... wife? We know all about Old McDonald’s pigs and cows but, not surprisingly, we never hear anything about his wife or any of the other working women who undoubtedly helped him tend the animals and run the farm. Instead, the image of farming perpetuated in American…

Even in a crowded lineup, Zoe Chait stands out.

In January 1967 a group of women met in Ruth Rafello’s living room to form a branch of the American Association of University Women here on the coast. Over the next three months the women formed a committee to write bylaws and elect officers, and in May of that year they chartered the branch…

While the sun was high in the sky, chill winds whipped the waves at Dunes Beach in Half Moon Bay. The crisp conditions didn’t deter the Half Moon Bay Junior Lifeguards as they tossed off their uniform gray T-shirts and navy board shorts and charged into the water in just their swimsuits. “Co…

Relay races on the grass, obstacle courses in the gym and salad-making competitions were just a few of the challenges youngsters took on last summer in efforts to become Ultimate Warriors at Sea Crest School’s summer camp. And kids will return to the private school in Half Moon Bay this summ…

The role of a school counselor calls for much more than printing off class schedules and handing out college brochures. Counselors serve as multifaceted resources for their students, and as mental health challenges in teens continue to rise, their role has changed from mostly providing acade…

The Coastside is no stranger to disaster. Recent storms have caused flooding, fallen trees and prolonged loss of electricity. The damage caused by the CZU Lightning Complex fires devastated the South Coast in 2020. The proximity to the ocean and chance of fire and flooding — it all means ris…

Imagine living on a boat in the harbor, or in a compact house with just what you need. Imagine living with your parents and helping them as they age, or with your adult child and your grandkids. Imagine, in your advanced years, having a roommate again like you did in college.

For many professionals, remote work was a temporary adaptation to pandemic-related closures. But now WFH lingers as a growing trend. According to some forecasts, 25 percent of the U.S. workforce will work from home by the end of 2023. Some jobs are remote by nature. In other cases, companies…