Monthly Archives: August 2008

Levy Brothers Built a Small Empire of General Stores (2)

[All research for this 1977 story was done at the <em>San Mateo County History Museum</em>, Redwood City.] From the moment the Levys opened the doors of their new store, the brothers stocked a wide variety of merchandise and groceries intended … Continue reading

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The Levy Brothers Built a Small Empire of General Stores on the Coastside (1)

I wrote this in 1977. Before help arrived to extinguish the blaze, a mass of flames engulfed Kelly and Mattingly’s General Store in Half Moon Bay. As the fire spread to include M.E. Joyce’s nearby saloon, eyewitnesses predicted certain doom … Continue reading

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1924: Pescadero During Prohibition

Both stories, below, are from the Redwood City Tribune. ” Pescadero, January 10, 1924: Finding of a small trawler, pounding itself to pieces on the rocks near “Anna Nuevo” Island, off the Pescadero coast, today led to expressions of grave … Continue reading

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John Vonderlin asks: Is Pebble Beach Another Ozymandia?

Part I in John Vonderlin’s Coburn’s Follyseries Over a hundred years of uncontrolled pebble gathering had reduced the resource to the point that I’ve had loads of river gravel delivered  for my driveway that were more interesting–John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) … Continue reading

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Photographer Joel Bratman Takes Us On A SlideShow of The South Coast: San Gregorio-Pigeon Point

The beautiful South Coast from the eyes of photographer Joel Bratman: click here Joel says: I’ve always wondered, what is the story of the skeletal statue with the rifle in front of that house on Stage Road. Email Joel:  [email protected]

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1923: Man Dies When Big Trawler Strikes Reef”

From the Redwood City Tribune, October 15, 1923 “When the Iolande, a fishing trawler owned by the A. Baladini Company, ground her keel on the rocks of Pescadero Beach early yesterday morning nine stalwart eamen and fishers plunged overboard and … Continue reading

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Remembering Russell Towle

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South Coast Beach Art: Story & Photos by John Vonderlin

Story & Photos by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) There has been an explosion of Beach Art on the path to Invisible Beach that I’ve found interesting. I’ll attach some to this. My favorite is the “Mt. Rushless,” Two young … Continue reading

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Russell Towle: We hardly knew you

June: I was so shocked at the hard reality of Russell Towle’s sudden death by horrific car accident. Knowing a little of Ano Nuevo in the 1970s, having visited there often as a college student before the state took over,  … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 47

Many Pescaderans questioned Loren Coburn’s extreme actions, expressly the locking of the gate to beloved Pebble Beach and all of its special, shiny stones.  Did he have the legal right to do that? The local’s next move was to petition … Continue reading

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