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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 52

Chapter 52 The rift between businessman Joe Levy and landowner Loren Coburn grew as wide as the Pacific Ocean to the west of the quaint village of Pescadero. They went from building and tearing down the fence that kept people … Continue reading

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The Forest

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John Vonderlin Looks Forward to the Golf Tournament…But his reason will surprise you…

Story/Photos by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, I’d like to shout out a “Fore! Heads Up!” to all the folks in Half Moon Bay.  The Samsung World Championship women’s golf tournament will be played at the Ritz Carlton’s … Continue reading

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Early 1900s: Pescadero Geology 010

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John Vonderlin: Was it really a sunfish?

Story/Photo by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) John wanted to make certain that the “thing” he found at the beach was, indeed, an ocean sunfish. Like everything else, they are more beautiful in life. To confirm what he found, John … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 51

Why am I posting chapters from the Coburn Mystery? While researching this never-ending, generous tale, I realized that there was a tremendous amount of extraneous historical information– that “the Coburn Mystery”  paints a much larger picture  of life on the … Continue reading

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“Hot” Souvenirs from Past Coastside Clean-Up Days. From John Vonderlin’s Special Collection

John Vonderlin reminds: Coastside Clean-Up Day This Saturday Photos by john Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) June: What are you seeing: A pair of dentures; a close-up of a Tubenose bird; a close-up of the bird’s beak; a sunfish; breastbone-wishbone combo, … Continue reading

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Through the redwoods and down to Duartes for berry pie

The past couple of days we’ve had guests from back east. Burt’s cousins. (Burt is my partner.) The cousins had visited Muir Woods on their own, and I told them I would show them our lovely redwoods. Which are much … Continue reading

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Mystery of the Mossy Green Algae Ball Solved

Story by John Vonderlin Email John ([email protected]) Hi June, Do you remember that picture of a mossy green algae ball I sent you and you posted, hoping somebody could identify it? Well Meg came up with the answer. It is … Continue reading

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The Coburn Mystery: Chapter 50

September 12, 1891 and shortly afterward Nobody was willing to disagree that the barricaded gate to Pebble Beach had been deliberately ripped open and tossed aside. Not the men who tore it down; not the non-participating witnesses; not the man … Continue reading

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