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Story & Photos by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, As you know my avocation is to explore every legally accessible inch of the San Mateo coastline. I just added a short, but interesting, stretch yesterday that the locals … Continue reading →

Story & Photos by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, I’m looking for my photos of this area. But, check out these screengrabs from CCRP of the Cove’s entrance and a magnified view of a rock and its whitewater, right … Continue reading →

Hi John, I found the location of Bootleggers Cove from my brother who remembers going there as a kid. It is located south of Franklin Point, not north as I thought. The cove is on the left side of 7219014 … Continue reading →

A Moving Picture by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, Here’s a little kite surfing Flip video I did that day. The Flip handled shooting directly into the sun pretty well. I should have used the telephoto at some … Continue reading →

My well worn copy of Dr. Brown’s book, “Place Names of San Mateo County,” published by and available at the San Mateo County History Museum Bookshop in Redwood City. An invaluable resource for every Coastsider!

Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, President Abraham Lincoln in Pescadero? Not quite, but I did find a connection between Honest Abe and Pescadero recently. I was reading Dr. Alan Brown’s  book, “Place Names of San Mateo … Continue reading →

And then San Mateo County Assemblyman and attorney James T. O’Keefe proposed that Pebble Beach become a county park. I’m assuming he was referring to the beach of fancy pebbles, more “valuable” when it wasn’t covered by the incoming tides. … Continue reading →

By June Morrall But soon after the new road was built, Loren Coburn locked the gate to Pebble Beach. Again. It was quickly reopened. “…Loren Coburn claims the beach itself and tells people who take pebbles from it they are … Continue reading →

By June Morrall If you have been following my storyline, you know that the Pescaderans and Loren Coburn agreed on nothing. They especially disagreed over the road to Pebble Beach, believing it was a public not a private road. Many … Continue reading →

By June Morrall Whenever times got rough, the villagers of Pescadero got together at Pebble Beach as they did on a Saturday in May of 1892. It was just like old times: Early in the morning a caravan of coaches … Continue reading →