HALF MOON BAY: THE NOVEL
September 15, 2018
Kyle Ludowitz, Half Moon Bay Review
Books
BAY AREA TEEN WINS BULWER-LYTTON PRIZE FOR BAD WRITING
September 05, 2018
PACIFICA AUTHOR: THE MARINE AND THE FLOWER CHILD
August 07, 2018
STEPHEN JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK: BEAUTIFUL PACIFICA
December 23, 2017
FOOD FOR FINES: LIBRARY COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE
November 07, 2017
Donate canned food at the library to cancel your overdue fines.
NEW LIBRARY PROGRAMS
October 02, 2017
"1984" All Over Again: Dystopian Classic Reprint Surges
January 25, 2017
Sharp Park Internment Camp: World War II History
December 08, 2016
The Lookmobile Is Coming
December 07, 2016
Sign Up for Free Library Card
September 13, 2016
NO fines for kids and teens.
Pacifica Prognosis 1969: "Rugged, Rocky Vistas" and 90,000 People
August 30, 2016
William Chapin's Suburbs of San Francisco, a book published in 1969, predicted that Pacifica would have a population of 90,000 by 1990. Chapin wrote about Pacifica:
•"It has no industry and its local sales are among the lowest in the state."
•"To remedy this, the city manager has stressed efforts to 'provide a little better balance by attracting recreation-oriented businesses to exploit our beautiful beaches and rugged, rocky vistas.'"
•"Citizens' participation in civic affairs and community events is unusually high...Hardly any Council meetings have fewer than 50 to 100 citizens in attendance..."
(Thanks to Bill Collins for sharing this.)
Donald Trump's Ghostwriter Tells All
July 26, 2016
Tony Schwartz feels "deep remorse" for his role in ghostwriting Donald Trump's Art of the Deal.
Sandcastle: "Books @ The Beach" Library Plan Does Not Compute
July 20, 2016
Montara Mountain Book Back in Print
May 07, 2016
Montara Mountain is back in print. Barbara VanderWerf’s guidebook to the trails, plants, and fascinating historical lore of Montara Mountain, including San Pedro Valley Park, is available at the Visitor Center Trailside Store. Originally published in 1995, Montara Mountain was reprinted in 2010 with a foreword by Mike Vasey. As this is still a great reference book for hikers, bicyclists, and horseback riders, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park (SPVP)—working with Barbara—have facilitated a third printing. Trailside Store hours are Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The park entrance is at 600 Oddstad Boulevard just south of the Oddstad/Rosita/Linda Mar intersection. Friends of SPVP present informative nature programs, and always welcome new members to support volunteer work in the park:
Dan Lyons: My Year in Startup Hell
April 23, 2016
Journalist Dan Lyons' hilarious but somehow sad tale of his bumpy year as a marketing guy for a startup. (published in Fortune magazine, April 1)
Amy Goodman, Pacifica Radio's Democracy Now!
April 12, 2016
Pacifican Ron Berger meets with Democracy Now! host and investigative journalist Amy Goodman during a Peninsula stop April 12 on her national speaking and book-signing tour that celebrates the progressive TV news program's 20 years, currently broadcast on 1,400 stations, including Pacific Coast TV Channel 26 in Pacifica. Goodman starts each morning's program proclaiming, "From Pacifica, it's Democracy Now!" The program originally aired in 1996 on five Pacifica Radio stations around the country. (Editor's note: Pacifica Radio has no connection with Pacifica, California.)
Photo and caption by Alan Wald
Pacifica's Vision for New Underwater Library
April 12, 2016
Pacifica.city envisions the proposed new Beach Boulevard library some years hence.
Which Woodstock Were We?
March 21, 2016
Woodstock, New York town historian says a history book about his town got its facts all wrong, including mixing up two different Woodstocks (see the final paragraphs of the column).