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Pacifica Age Friendly Community Coalition presented a workshop for seniors on Thursday at the Pacifica Community Center to help them find affordable, subsidized or shared housing.

Ongoing problems at Mori Point due to increased visitation led to parking woes and a sometimes broken restroom and have led city of Pacifica staff and city council members to meet with officials from the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Dogs and their human companions gathered to celebrate the 2022 Dog Days of Pacifica Calendar with a fundraiser on Thursday at A Grape in the Fog in Pacifica. Canine companions of all shapes and sizes, from past calendars and the most recent calendar, were in attendance.

Volunteers and students in Pacifica planted 40 trees as part of the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration, helping to expand Pacifica’s tree canopy, fight climate change, enhance property values and add beauty to the city’s parks and schools.

On Oct. 16, a team of researchers hauled aboard a 1,419-pound male leatherback sea turtle about five miles from Pillar Point Harbor, south of Devil’s Slide. It was an unlikely encounter with a rapidly dwindling endangered species.

Pacifica City Manager Kevin Woodhouse said the city is working to keep costs for renovating City Hall and the civic center to within a $10 million budget and says the final cost will be dependent on competitive bidding and the inclusion of any alternatives the city might consider.

Local drinkers have noticed some new names on beer tap handles recently. Blue Ocean Brewing, a start-up based in Princeton, has delivered its first kegs to nearby Mezzaluna, Old Princeton Landing, and Breakwater Barbecue restaurants. Cricket Ale, named for one of the oldest fishing boats in …

The Jefferson Union High School District will soon offer a course in ethnic studies.

A plaintiff seeks damages for Fairmont neighborhood residents because of the demolition of the Fairmont School and the artificial turf put on the new Fairmont field.

A Rockaway Beach hotel will soon get new signs — and new branding.

A multi-vehicle traffic collision involving a box truck at the intersection of Highway 1 and Rockaway Beach Avenue caused major injuries and snarled traffic on the afternoon of Nov. 9. The collision involved five vehicles and sent two people to the hospital.

Pacifica 4-H held its awards ceremony on Nov. 7. Every year 4-H gives awards to members who complete a record book. But this year there was a twist: For the first time, 4-H had a “Trunk or Treat” in which people decorated their cars and set up carnival games such as knock-down bottles, shoot…

U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, who has represented constituents on the peninsula for 41 years, announced on Tuesday that she will not seek re-election to an increasingly rancorous Congress in the 2022 midterm elections.

The Pacifica Veterans Memorial Group dedicated an outdoor monument for Pacifica residents who died in Vietnam and Iraq on Thursday, Veterans Day, at the American Legion Post 238.

A five-vehicle crash on Highway 1 at Rockaway Beach Avenue snarled traffic for hours and sent two people to area hospitals with serious injuries on Tuesday afternoon.

The state agency charged with monitoring sewerage spills, like the nearly 3 million-gallon spill in Pacifica on Oct. 24, says it’s too early to tell whether the city will face any fines or enforcement action as a result.

Even before returning home from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, state Sen. Josh Becker has proposed legislation that would require California government operations to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. That’s 10 years ahead of the goal for the…

A man is in stable condition after driving his vehicle over the cliff, south of the Devil’s Slide tunnels, on Thursday morning, authorities said.

A petition drive is underway to ask Pacifica families to force the Pacifica School District to maintain safe and usable fields.

Families in San Mateo County are beginning to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19 following advice from federal officials and new local information on how to do so. There is even a clinic set for a Pacifica elementary school in the coming days.

Pacifican Michiko Taguchi Benevedes was buried with little fanfare last month in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno. Because she died in June 2020, as a global pandemic raged, her ashes weren’t placed next to her husband’s for more than a year.

Linda Mar Beach has reopened after being closed for five days following torrential rain that caused sewer overflows into the ocean. In all, the state says nearly 3 million gallons overflowed the city’s infrastructure. It was far and away the largest spill as a result of the wet weather anywh…

Many tenants at the Crespi Business Center have been there for decades, but things are changing. After the Pacifica Planning Commission approved plans for condominiums on the site, they will be asked to purchase their units instead of renting them.

Rockaway Beach Gifts and Sweets opened last month with high-end chocolates, retro candy, souvenirs and inspirational gifts.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! You can bet that the day after Thanksgiving a veterinary hospital will be filled with cases of gastrointestinal foreign bodies and pancreatitis.

For nearly a century and a half, the Pigeon Point Lighthouse has weathered storms and cast its beacon from its solitary perch on the San Mateo County coast, south of Half Moon Bay. To commemorate the lighthouse’s historic background, California State Parks is hosting a 149th anniversary cele…

Heavy rain and persistent winds blew over the Bay Area over the weekend, prompting evacuations, flooding roads, and knocking out power for thousands of residents. Pacifica experienced more than six inches of rain in 48 hours.

A new larger chemistry lab at Oceana High School replaces a classroom that was not equipped for the purpose and teachers say it’s been a welcome change.

Steering the ship, as local schools continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, are the principals. When local school districts shut down in March 2020, principals jumped into action, taking charge to ensure the safety of students and staff, organizing staff to design a virtual curriculum, a…