Half Moon Bay

Have you always dreamed of entering a giant gourd at the Safeway World Championship Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay? You may want to get planting.

A once-thriving cannabis and hemp company in Half Moon Bay is now being investigated by state and local authorities for possibly cheating it’s farmworker labor force out of two months of pay.

The 2020 Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay is going off as scheduled Monday, but without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic. Cierra Johnson reports.

The enormous gourds’ll be sized up in Half Moon Bay without any spectators in 2020, but you can follow along from home.

“Rinse-off” showers at state beaches have been turned off since 2015.

Farmers lined up early Monday morning, fingers crossed, hoping their gargantuan gourd would take home the prize in the annual pumpkin weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.

An Oregon farmer won the annual 42nd Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off on Monday, when his gourd clocked in at just shy of a ton.

California is shutting down the “rinse-off” showers at all state beaches to conserve water. Parks employees put up signs to remind beachgoers the state is in a severe drought, and is trying to save water.

The sandy saga over Martins Beach now has a new legal fight brewing.

It’s that time of year again — when pumpkin farmers and hobbyists can show off their big beefy behemoths, each vying to smash the record of years past with the heaviest weighing gourd. A Napa farmer claimed the North American title when his pumpkin weighed in at 2,058 pounds.

A judge ruled Wednesday that Silicon Valley billionaire Vinod Khosla illegaly blocked access to a popular Bay Area beach and must open it to the public.