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From the Half Moon Bay Review Story from the 1960s Montara Fire Chief Joe Miles and Wilburn L. Hunt of El Granada were in critical condition at a San Mateo hospital this week following an airplane accident at Half Moon … Continue reading →

There are so many fun places to buy “Princeton-by-the-Sea.” You can visit the bookstores, each one very different from the other and including: Bay Book, Coastside Books, Inkspell and Moon News. All in different parts of Half Moon Bay so … Continue reading →

(Photo courtesy Fran “Brother Buzz” Young.)

From the 1911 Redwood City Democrat: ” The owners of the wharf at Princeton on the oceanside have a pile driver at work on the 80 foot extension of the wharf which is being made to accommodate the new steamship … Continue reading →

Mary Florey, Founder of Florey’s Book Co. On Valentines Day Pacifica lost a sympathetic ear and a big heart. Mary Florey died after a prolonged illness at 81 years old. Mary, who founded Florey’s Book Co. over thirty years ago, … Continue reading →

stand in front of the Cafe Trieste in San Francisco’s North Beach. Both Ayala and Bowen could often be found at the famous “Abalone Factory”–home to a group of beatniks that had been kicked out of North Beach and found … Continue reading →

From the Half Moon Bay Review, 1950s “The appearance of Edward Milton Tonini of Princeton on Jan 7 at a public meeting of citizens to discuss the possibility of incorporation of the area between Devil’s slide and Half Moon Bay … Continue reading →

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