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"content": "\n\u003cp>The annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival is legendary for its record-breaking giant pumpkins, coma-inducing fall treats … and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRX4PIvZJA/?hl=en\">infuriating traffic jams\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you’re one of those people who’ve vowed to never brave the festival again after spending hours in your car waiting to get over Highway 92 — or if you have yet to experience the event entirely out of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1g3lece/half_moon_bay_pumpkin_festival_travel_tips/\">fear of that hourslong wait in traffic\u003c/a> — we’ve got you covered. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/\">This year’s Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival\u003c/a> on Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18 is bound to be a big one. Event spokesperson Ronan Fowler told KQED that this year’s growers are sure to give \u003ca href=\"https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-pumpkin\">the world’s current record-holding pumpkin\u003c/a> a run for its money.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have been talking to some of the growers, and we know we have a very, very large pumpkin coming this year,” Fowler said. “We don’t know how big — and I think the grower doesn’t know how big it is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But “if he gets really good weather from here on to the event, it potentially could break the world record,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former San Francisco Giants star Sergio Romo will also be presiding over the Saturday festivities as the event’s Grand Marshal. So if all that — plus the seemingly never-ending booths of art to peruse on both days — is enough to entice you to make your way to the coast for the weekend, let us help you out with some top tips for avoiding traffic getting to the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, and for making the most of your fall celebration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#traffic\">How to (maybe) beat the Half Moon Bay traffic this year\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan your trip around the events you care about\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fowler’s No. 1 piece of advice, especially for first-time festivalgoers, is to plan their Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival trip around the specific \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/experience/schedule.html\">activities and events\u003c/a> they hope to attend — rather than showing up and hoping for the best. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s true: There is a huge range of options, from the Monday weigh-off to the Saturday parade and costume contest. Some of Fowler’s personal highlights include taking photos with the enormous award-winning pumpkins and participating in the costume contest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also the Sunday half-marathon. “A great way to cap off a run is to head over to the festival and relax and have some pumpkin beer or a wine and just kind of hang out,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees at the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. (Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>In particular, he said, don’t sleep on the music. All weekend long, local bands will take to the \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/experience/music.html\">festival’s three stages\u003c/a>, in addition to street performances all throughout the area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fowler said organizers do try to spread out the events so not everyone comes at once — or have events, like the pie-eating contest, on multiple days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My recommendation is: get into the fun of it,” he said. “Dress up, take your time, and don’t feel like you need to rush or see everything. Try not to overthink things and just do a little bit of exploring.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"traffic\">Consider skipping the Saturday\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The good news, said Fowler: Traffic to and from the festival has been improving since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRX4PIvZJA/?hl=en\">chaotic 2024 festival.\u003c/a> And last year, “there was never a real big backup near the heart of downtown,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if traffic remains your biggest concern, Fowler suggested visiting the festival on Sunday rather than Saturday, because there \u003cem>should \u003c/em>be fewer people — meaning traffic could be lighter. (That’s not 100% guaranteed, of course.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re kind of looking for more of a laid-back experience and just want to experience it without all the excitement on Saturday, Sunday is really the way to go,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Or, if the giant pumpkins are the main attraction for you, swing by what he called the “intimate and relaxed” \u003ca href=\"https://hmbweighoff.com/\">weigh-off \u003c/a>on Monday, Oct. 12, which should have far fewer crowds than the weekend celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get there \u003cem>early \u003c/em>early … \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Regardless of which day you choose, consider arriving as early as you can manage to beat the worst of the traffic in, Fowler said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, that could mean getting to Half Moon Bay as early as 6 a.m., but it also means you’re arriving in time for \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/food-drink/pancake-breakfast.html\">the pancake breakfast\u003c/a> at 7 a.m.. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And while the vendors technically aren’t scheduled to open until 9 a.m., Fowler said they often open early, so you can be among the first to browse.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… and don’t leave at the same time as everyone else\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for when to leave, Fowler strongly suggested sticking around the Coastside through dinner time — meaning, do not try to leave right around 5 p.m. like everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Just grabbing a meal at a local restaurant is kind of the hidden secret,” he said. Main Street favorites among locals include classic Italian spots Pasta Moon and It’s Italia, or there’s brewpub fare at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take an unexpected route home for less traffic …\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This tip, Fowler said, he usually keeps as close to the vest as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live in the South Bay — or even on much of the Peninsula — heading south instead of north on Highway 1 to leave the festival may actually save you time, or at least the headache of sitting in traffic over Highway 92.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi-1536x984.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Hazel’s giant mosaic pumpkin sculpture for the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival.\u003cbr> (Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, route toward Highway 84 and La Honda. You’ll not only be driving against traffic, but you’ll get to enjoy stunning ocean views and the beauty of the South Coast’s redwood forest. You can even stop in some of the picturesque towns along the way, like San Gregorio and Woodside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if your navigation app said it will take longer, it may simply be more enjoyable, Fowler said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You can even make a road trip out of it and go all the way to Santa Cruz,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… or forego the car ride entirely\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you don’t want to bother with driving at all, the festival is transit-accessible \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/event-details/public-transit.html\">via SamTrans\u003c/a>. While the buses may get delayed (after all, they wait in the same traffic as the cars do), Fowler said they typically utilize different event routes to minimize the impact of the festival on their services.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another idea to avoid traffic entirely is to bike to the festival. Not only is there \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/event-details/bicycle-parking.html\">dedicated bike parking\u003c/a> at the festival, many of the local hotels also offer bikes to borrow or rent — which may be the most efficient option if you’re willing to stay overnight for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staying in town really kind of makes things less stressful,” Fowler said. “You can have one or two beers and not have to worry about driving, and you can just take your time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival: Know before you go\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Besides contending with the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival traffic, here are a few more tips from the organizers themselves:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A quiet area for diaper changing and nursing will be available at the Community United Methodist Church on Miramontes and Johnston streets.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bring cash for parking (and potentially for vendors).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Try to snag the first spot you see, even if it means you’ll have to walk a ways.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wear sunscreen and lots of layers — Half Moon Bay can get very foggy and cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pets are not allowed (service animals are OK).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Free water is available at the corner of Kelly Avenue and Purissima Street, so bring an empty bottle.\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>The annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival is legendary for its record-breaking giant pumpkins, coma-inducing fall treats … and its \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRX4PIvZJA/?hl=en\">infuriating traffic jams\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And if you’re one of those people who’ve vowed to never brave the festival again after spending hours in your car waiting to get over Highway 92 — or if you have yet to experience the event entirely out of \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/1g3lece/half_moon_bay_pumpkin_festival_travel_tips/\">fear of that hourslong wait in traffic\u003c/a> — we’ve got you covered. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/\">This year’s Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival\u003c/a> on Saturday, Oct. 17 and Sunday, Oct. 18 is bound to be a big one. Event spokesperson Ronan Fowler told KQED that this year’s growers are sure to give \u003ca href=\"https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-pumpkin\">the world’s current record-holding pumpkin\u003c/a> a run for its money.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“We have been talking to some of the growers, and we know we have a very, very large pumpkin coming this year,” Fowler said. “We don’t know how big — and I think the grower doesn’t know how big it is.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But “if he gets really good weather from here on to the event, it potentially could break the world record,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Former San Francisco Giants star Sergio Romo will also be presiding over the Saturday festivities as the event’s Grand Marshal. So if all that — plus the seemingly never-ending booths of art to peruse on both days — is enough to entice you to make your way to the coast for the weekend, let us help you out with some top tips for avoiding traffic getting to the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, and for making the most of your fall celebration.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#traffic\">How to (maybe) beat the Half Moon Bay traffic this year\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plan your trip around the events you care about\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fowler’s No. 1 piece of advice, especially for first-time festivalgoers, is to plan their Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival trip around the specific \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/experience/schedule.html\">activities and events\u003c/a> they hope to attend — rather than showing up and hoping for the best. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>It’s true: There is a huge range of options, from the Monday weigh-off to the Saturday parade and costume contest. Some of Fowler’s personal highlights include taking photos with the enormous award-winning pumpkins and participating in the costume contest.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>There’s also the Sunday half-marathon. “A great way to cap off a run is to head over to the festival and relax and have some pumpkin beer or a wine and just kind of hang out,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103389\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/activities-two-young-women-in-pumpkin-patch-300dpi-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attendees at the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival. (Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>In particular, he said, don’t sleep on the music. All weekend long, local bands will take to the \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/experience/music.html\">festival’s three stages\u003c/a>, in addition to street performances all throughout the area.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Fowler said organizers do try to spread out the events so not everyone comes at once — or have events, like the pie-eating contest, on multiple days.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“My recommendation is: get into the fun of it,” he said. “Dress up, take your time, and don’t feel like you need to rush or see everything. Try not to overthink things and just do a little bit of exploring.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"traffic\">Consider skipping the Saturday\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>The good news, said Fowler: Traffic to and from the festival has been improving since the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DBRX4PIvZJA/?hl=en\">chaotic 2024 festival.\u003c/a> And last year, “there was never a real big backup near the heart of downtown,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>But if traffic remains your biggest concern, Fowler suggested visiting the festival on Sunday rather than Saturday, because there \u003cem>should \u003c/em>be fewer people — meaning traffic could be lighter. (That’s not 100% guaranteed, of course.)\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“If you’re kind of looking for more of a laid-back experience and just want to experience it without all the excitement on Saturday, Sunday is really the way to go,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Or, if the giant pumpkins are the main attraction for you, swing by what he called the “intimate and relaxed” \u003ca href=\"https://hmbweighoff.com/\">weigh-off \u003c/a>on Monday, Oct. 12, which should have far fewer crowds than the weekend celebrations.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get there \u003cem>early \u003c/em>early … \u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Regardless of which day you choose, consider arriving as early as you can manage to beat the worst of the traffic in, Fowler said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Yes, that could mean getting to Half Moon Bay as early as 6 a.m., but it also means you’re arriving in time for \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/food-drink/pancake-breakfast.html\">the pancake breakfast\u003c/a> at 7 a.m.. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>And while the vendors technically aren’t scheduled to open until 9 a.m., Fowler said they often open early, so you can be among the first to browse.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… and don’t leave at the same time as everyone else\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>As for when to leave, Fowler strongly suggested sticking around the Coastside through dinner time — meaning, do not try to leave right around 5 p.m. like everyone else.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Just grabbing a meal at a local restaurant is kind of the hidden secret,” he said. Main Street favorites among locals include classic Italian spots Pasta Moon and It’s Italia, or there’s brewpub fare at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take an unexpected route home for less traffic …\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>This tip, Fowler said, he usually keeps as close to the vest as possible.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you live in the South Bay — or even on much of the Peninsula — heading south instead of north on Highway 1 to leave the festival may actually save you time, or at least the headache of sitting in traffic over Highway 92.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"wp-block-image\">\n\u003cfigure class=\"aligncenter size-full\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1281\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12103388\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi-160x102.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/10/peter_hazel_great_pumpkin1-300dpi-1536x984.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peter Hazel’s giant mosaic pumpkin sculpture for the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival.\u003cbr> (Courtesy of Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/div>\n\n\n\u003cp>Instead, route toward Highway 84 and La Honda. You’ll not only be driving against traffic, but you’ll get to enjoy stunning ocean views and the beauty of the South Coast’s redwood forest. You can even stop in some of the picturesque towns along the way, like San Gregorio and Woodside. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Even if your navigation app said it will take longer, it may simply be more enjoyable, Fowler said. \u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“You can even make a road trip out of it and go all the way to Santa Cruz,” Fowler said.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">… or forego the car ride entirely\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>If you don’t want to bother with driving at all, the festival is transit-accessible \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/event-details/public-transit.html\">via SamTrans\u003c/a>. While the buses may get delayed (after all, they wait in the same traffic as the cars do), Fowler said they typically utilize different event routes to minimize the impact of the festival on their services.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Another idea to avoid traffic entirely is to bike to the festival. Not only is there \u003ca href=\"https://hmbpumpkinfest.com/event-details/bicycle-parking.html\">dedicated bike parking\u003c/a> at the festival, many of the local hotels also offer bikes to borrow or rent — which may be the most efficient option if you’re willing to stay overnight for the festival.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>“Staying in town really kind of makes things less stressful,” Fowler said. “You can have one or two beers and not have to worry about driving, and you can just take your time.”\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival: Know before you go\u003c/h2>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Besides contending with the Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival traffic, here are a few more tips from the organizers themselves:\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>A quiet area for diaper changing and nursing will be available at the Community United Methodist Church on Miramontes and Johnston streets.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Bring cash for parking (and potentially for vendors).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Try to snag the first spot you see, even if it means you’ll have to walk a ways.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Wear sunscreen and lots of layers — Half Moon Bay can get very foggy and cold.\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Pets are not allowed (service animals are OK).\u003c/p>\n\n\n\n\u003cp>Free water is available at the corner of Kelly Avenue and Purissima Street, so bring an empty bottle.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>State officials are escalating pressure against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/half-moon-bay\">Half Moon Bay\u003c/a> to approve a long-delayed affordable farmworker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">housing\u003c/a> project there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-story, 40-unit building for seniors aging out of farm work received a boost of support following the 2023 mass shooting at a mushroom farm in the city, which spotlighted the substandard living conditions many farmworkers face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But three years later, the project has yet to receive a final green light. That prompted the Housing Accountability Unit — the enforcement arm of the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) — to send a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Half-Moon-Bay-LOS-TA-040926-1-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharply toned letter\u003c/a> earlier this month to Half Moon Bay city officials with a clear message: approve the project quickly or face fines, a loss in state funding, and potential legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HCD strongly encourages the city to expeditiously approve the agreements necessary to facilitate the project,” the letter read. Further down, it warned officials: “If HCD finds that a city’s actions do not comply with state law, HCD may notify the California Office of the Attorney General that the local government is in violation of state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Manager Matthew Chidester said the city is taking the letter seriously and the city council plans to vote on the project next week. He said he felt the tone of the April 9 letter implied the city was “thumbing our nose at the state and its requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not indignant or not prioritizing affordable housing, but the opposite,” he said. “This project … just had more complexity [for the council] and caused a longer timeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The project, located at 555 Kelly Ave in Half Moon Bay, would provide 40 affordable homes for retired and current farmworkers age 55 and older. When it was initially introduced in 2022, the project received support from state and local officials. Three years later, it is stuck behind city approvals. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Van Meter William Pollock, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Colloquially called 555 Kelly, the project faced initial support soon after it was introduced in 2022. That support grew the following year after the city experienced the worst mass shooting in San Mateo County history, which took place at a mushroom farm and killed seven people. The shooting exposed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987049/half-moon-bay-farm-where-mass-shooting-took-place-settles-workplace-violations-for-nearly-400000\">substandard living conditions\u003c/a> of many farmworkers there and became a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981087/progress-being-made-on-providing-housing-for-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay\">call-to-action\u003c/a> for state and city leaders to make way for more affordable housing for farmworkers in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s planning commission approved the project in May 2024, but appeals were subsequently filed against the project. A month later, the City Council denied the appeals and upheld the planning commission’s approval. But since then, the project has been stuck behind negotiations surrounding its land-lease agreement. As the state faces an increasingly dire housing crisis, officials are using whatever tools they can to push cities towards approving more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state knows Half Moon Bay can move quickly to approve projects. A year after the mass shooting, city and county officials approved a different affordable housing development for farmworkers called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037511/2-years-after-the-half-moon-bay-shooting-new-housing-for-farmers-starts-to-take-shape\">Stone Pine Cove\u003c/a>. That development included 47 affordable factory-built homes, and residents moved in last year.[aside postID=news_12037511 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246581187-1020x765.jpg']But Jeremy Levine, policy manager for the local pro-housing group, Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo, said that project and 555 Kelly are very different. Stone Pine Cove is located on the east side of the city. It’s directly across from the California Terra Garden, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983338/more-than-a-year-after-shooting-half-moon-bay-is-making-progress-on-farmworker-housing\">where the mass shooting happened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“555 Kelly is closer to the commercial part of Half Moon Bay,” he said. “It’s more walkable, it’s more integrated into the community writ large, rather than being sort of to the side, in a corner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its location is intentional. The development will include a community resource center, where residents can receive mental health care, case management and other services. Chidester said the project is centrally located so that residents can take advantage of the fact that the development is on a main artery leading into the city’s downtown and is across from a health clinic and a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during public meetings about the project, its location has proved controversial among some neighbors who worry that traffic and parking could be impacted by additional residents. And at five stories, it would be the tallest building in Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chidester said, as city council members negotiate the land-lease agreement, which would be valid for 99 years, they want to make sure neighbors’ concerns don’t go unnoticed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The council wants to just make sure that the terms of the agreements really protect the city in the long run,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At a Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on March 14, 2024, Mayor Joaquín Jiménez speaks about the urgency of building affordable housing for farmworkers and other essential workers with low incomes. \u003ccite>(Tyche Hendricks/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State officials are watching these negotiations play out and want to see a decision soon, but their hands are somewhat tied because the development is on city-owned land. 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It included Stone Pine Cove and 555 Kelly Ave. as projects that would help it achieve that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They made some progress, but you don’t get to claim that you’re getting an A-plus because you complete half of the assignment,” Levine said. “I think we can celebrate [Stone Pine Cove] and the city’s success, while still recognizing that there are farm workers who need housing, who are living in terrible conditions, and it is the city’s responsibility to meet those needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>State officials are escalating pressure against \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/half-moon-bay\">Half Moon Bay\u003c/a> to approve a long-delayed affordable farmworker \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/housing\">housing\u003c/a> project there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-story, 40-unit building for seniors aging out of farm work received a boost of support following the 2023 mass shooting at a mushroom farm in the city, which spotlighted the substandard living conditions many farmworkers face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But three years later, the project has yet to receive a final green light. That prompted the Housing Accountability Unit — the enforcement arm of the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) — to send a \u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/Half-Moon-Bay-LOS-TA-040926-1-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharply toned letter\u003c/a> earlier this month to Half Moon Bay city officials with a clear message: approve the project quickly or face fines, a loss in state funding, and potential legal action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“HCD strongly encourages the city to expeditiously approve the agreements necessary to facilitate the project,” the letter read. Further down, it warned officials: “If HCD finds that a city’s actions do not comply with state law, HCD may notify the California Office of the Attorney General that the local government is in violation of state law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City Manager Matthew Chidester said the city is taking the letter seriously and the city council plans to vote on the project next week. He said he felt the tone of the April 9 letter implied the city was “thumbing our nose at the state and its requirements.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not indignant or not prioritizing affordable housing, but the opposite,” he said. “This project … just had more complexity [for the council] and caused a longer timeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12080755\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12080755\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/04/HMBRendering2-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The project, located at 555 Kelly Ave in Half Moon Bay, would provide 40 affordable homes for retired and current farmworkers age 55 and older. When it was initially introduced in 2022, the project received support from state and local officials. Three years later, it is stuck behind city approvals. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Van Meter William Pollock, LLP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Colloquially called 555 Kelly, the project faced initial support soon after it was introduced in 2022. That support grew the following year after the city experienced the worst mass shooting in San Mateo County history, which took place at a mushroom farm and killed seven people. The shooting exposed the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11987049/half-moon-bay-farm-where-mass-shooting-took-place-settles-workplace-violations-for-nearly-400000\">substandard living conditions\u003c/a> of many farmworkers there and became a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11981087/progress-being-made-on-providing-housing-for-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay\">call-to-action\u003c/a> for state and city leaders to make way for more affordable housing for farmworkers in particular.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city’s planning commission approved the project in May 2024, but appeals were subsequently filed against the project. A month later, the City Council denied the appeals and upheld the planning commission’s approval. But since then, the project has been stuck behind negotiations surrounding its land-lease agreement. As the state faces an increasingly dire housing crisis, officials are using whatever tools they can to push cities towards approving more housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state knows Half Moon Bay can move quickly to approve projects. A year after the mass shooting, city and county officials approved a different affordable housing development for farmworkers called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037511/2-years-after-the-half-moon-bay-shooting-new-housing-for-farmers-starts-to-take-shape\">Stone Pine Cove\u003c/a>. That development included 47 affordable factory-built homes, and residents moved in last year.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But Jeremy Levine, policy manager for the local pro-housing group, Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo, said that project and 555 Kelly are very different. Stone Pine Cove is located on the east side of the city. It’s directly across from the California Terra Garden, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983338/more-than-a-year-after-shooting-half-moon-bay-is-making-progress-on-farmworker-housing\">where the mass shooting happened\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“555 Kelly is closer to the commercial part of Half Moon Bay,” he said. “It’s more walkable, it’s more integrated into the community writ large, rather than being sort of to the side, in a corner.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its location is intentional. The development will include a community resource center, where residents can receive mental health care, case management and other services. Chidester said the project is centrally located so that residents can take advantage of the fact that the development is on a main artery leading into the city’s downtown and is across from a health clinic and a farmers market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But during public meetings about the project, its location has proved controversial among some neighbors who worry that traffic and parking could be impacted by additional residents. And at five stories, it would be the tallest building in Half Moon Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chidester said, as city council members negotiate the land-lease agreement, which would be valid for 99 years, they want to make sure neighbors’ concerns don’t go unnoticed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The council wants to just make sure that the terms of the agreements really protect the city in the long run,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11982571\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11982571\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/240410-HMB-Farmworkers-TH-02-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">At a Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on March 14, 2024, Mayor Joaquín Jiménez speaks about the urgency of building affordable housing for farmworkers and other essential workers with low incomes. \u003ccite>(Tyche Hendricks/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State officials are watching these negotiations play out and want to see a decision soon, but their hands are somewhat tied because the development is on city-owned land. Chris Elmendorf, a land use law professor at the University of California, Davis, said he has seen cities delay approvals on projects built on private land, but this case is different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“State law doesn’t provide nearly as strong legal hooks for controlling cities’ disapproval of projects on land that they own than it does for controlling city’s disapproval of projects on privately owned land,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, the state pulled the only lever it could pull: warning the city that it could be violating state housing law by delaying action on a project it promised it would build. In 2024, the city adopted a state-mandated plan to allow for more homes to compensate for growing demand. It included Stone Pine Cove and 555 Kelly Ave. as projects that would help it achieve that goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They made some progress, but you don’t get to claim that you’re getting an A-plus because you complete half of the assignment,” Levine said. “I think we can celebrate [Stone Pine Cove] and the city’s success, while still recognizing that there are farm workers who need housing, who are living in terrible conditions, and it is the city’s responsibility to meet those needs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>That’s because offshore winds are blowing fog out to sea along the San Mateo coast, revealing a relatively warm sun, much to the envy of the rest of the Bay. Sunnier skies in San José have also meant slightly higher temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A similarly oddity is happening between the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains — Sacramento’s high is projected at 46 degrees on Thursday, while South Lake Tahoe could hit 63 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So, when might the seemingly endless fog finally clear?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gass said the forecast has been difficult to predict in recent weeks, but the Weather Service is projecting that the current high-pressure system holding fog in place could begin to shift to the east this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That potentially could be a significant enough change to actually clear out [the fog],” Gass said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While that could make way for warmer weather, it won’t necessarily mean clear, sunny skies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tule fog will likely continue over the Central Valley, where it’s infamous this time of year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, the Weather Service is predicting a chance of rain as soon as Monday, followed by an atmospheric river that could sweep through Northern California late next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Jim Groverman, the owner of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/petaluma\">Petaluma\u003c/a> Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze, has been building corn mazes for more than 30 years. And he does it all by hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t map anything out,” he said. “I do it all in my head.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While other creations vie for the “biggest corn maze in the world” title — including \u003ca href=\"https://www.coolpatchpumpkins.com/\">Dixon’s record-holding Cool Patch Pumpkins\u003c/a> — Groverman’s \u003ca href=\"https://petalumapumpkinpatch.com/corn-maze/\">four-acre corn maze\u003c/a> holds a different charm. And it’s just one of many Bay Area corn mazes in full holiday swing this month, offering the public a chance to solve these life-sized puzzles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Experttipsforsolvingacornmaze\">Expert tips for solving a corn maze\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bay-area-corn-maze-near-me\">Bay Area corn mazes to visit this spooky season\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some corn mazes, like Groverman’s, are hand-cut with just one way in and out. Others boast intricate patterns and hidden checkpoints — not to mention all the other activities on the farm during fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to find out how the Bay Area’s corn mazes are made, with expert tips from their creators on how to get out of them. And if you’re eager for a challenge, we’ve got a roundup of Bay Area corn mazes where you can get lost in the stalks yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How is a corn maze made?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How corn maze creators actually design and build their labyrinths can be very different from farm to farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Groverman, the key to a solid corn maze — like any crop, is “good soil.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in March, he takes soil samples, adding fertilizers as needed, before working the soil and preparing it for planting. While the old saying says corn should be \u003ca href=\"https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2025/07/02/knee-high-by-fourth-of-july-adage-is-becoming-obsolete-heres-why/84426153007/\">“knee high at the Fourth of July\u003c/a>,” Groverman waits until the end of June to plant, so his stalks can still be that welcoming green color in time for his October maze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059448 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corn kernel sandbox at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze. Jim Groverman, owner of the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch, has been building corn mazes for more than 30 years. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groverman plants 30,000 seeds per acre in total — 7 inches apart, in rows 2-and-a-half feet apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All summer long, he weeds the rows to keep the crows out of the young stalks, because “they’ll just go along and pull the corn right out of the ground” at that height.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the corn gets tall enough, Groverman grabs his shovel and gets to work sculpting his maze. With a team of two, just making the pathway takes four to five eight-hour days, “at least,” he said. “I try to have it all made and completed by the first of August.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final touch: Groverman then lets the remaining corn grow tall until October, when he opens his doors to the public.[aside postID=news_12054079 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/09/250904-PRESIDIOHIKES-11-BL-KQED.jpg']Frank Andreotti, farm manager at \u003ca href=\"https://andreottifamilyfarm.com/\">Andreotti Family Farm\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay, takes a similar freehand approach — but with a little more power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all his corn has grown in, Andreotti constructs his 10-acre corn maze in just a few hours by plowing a 6-foot-wide path with a tractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I’m driving through, I just have in my mind the outlay of the entire field,” he said. “It’s like freehand painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denise Fantozzi, on the other hand, is one farm owner who took the GPS route — and it’s paid off. Each year at Fantozzi Farms, located in the Central Valley, \u003ca href=\"https://fantozzifarms.com/corn-maze/\">she and her husband dream up a new design for the maze\u003c/a>, which is actually three mazes in one. The pair works with a company called Maze Play to input the design into a GPS and then, when the stalks are about 3 feet tall, they cut the maze exactly to the design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s theme is how food goes from the farm to the grocery store to the table, Fantozzi said. The smallest of the mazes is designed to be short and easy for school groups to complete, featuring animal tracks that kids can identify as they navigate the maze. The second-largest maze invites older children to play “Farm Scene Investigation,” a Clue-like game in which they can search for hidden pictures in the maze to identify which animals stole Farmer Joe’s pies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest of the mazes, for teens and adults, includes 12 hidden checkpoints and can take anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours to complete, Fantozzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an intricate design every year,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Experttipsforsolvingacornmaze\">\u003c/a>What are some top tips for solving a corn maze?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider shelling out for the map\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groverman’s is a traditional maze, with one way in and one way out — and to complete it, you have to pass through each corner and climb two towers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You really have to cover the whole area,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corn maze path at Andreotti Family Farms in Half Moon Bay on Oct. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groverman’s maze takes around 45 minutes to complete, but if you’re worried about solving it, you can purchase a postcard featuring an aerial map to help you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many times I go in to rescue people at the end of the night,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look for clues in your surroundings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andreotti’s, on the other hand, is full of dead ends, but should only take up to 25 minutes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before entering the maze, he recommends you get a lay of the land first: Take note of any landmarks, “and use the sun,” he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun shines through the leaves of a corn stalk in the corn maze at Andreotti Family Farms in Half Moon Bay on Oct. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know how to get out if you really need to \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fantozzi’s mazes also come with a map, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still get turned around, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get really lost and you just want to get out of the maze, you can walk between any two rows of corn and it’ll take you right to the side,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is an out if you really get completely lost,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bay-area-corn-maze-near-me\">\u003c/a>Bay Area corn mazes (and pumpkin patches) to get you into the spooky season mood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://petalumapumpkinpatch.com/\">\u003cstrong>Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Petaluma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Admission to Groverman’s corn maze is $9 during the day and $13 for the night maze. Kids under 5 years old enter for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from their handmade corn maze, Groverman grows everything that is sold at the pumpkin patch, including pumpkins, gourds and squash. There’s even a giant corn box, filled with around 8,000 pounds of corn grain to play in like a sandbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059452 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children enjoying pony rides at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You’ll also find food vendors, farm animals, a bounce house, a super slide and giant chair and — on the weekend — pony rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire pumpkin patch is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and Sundays and until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://andreottifamilyfarm.com/\">\u003cstrong>Andreotti Family Farm\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also known for its U-pick sunflower field, Andreotti’s pumpkin patch, hay rides and corn maze location opened on Oct. 4 this year after heavy rains delayed the opening. Andreotti’s team grows all their own crops, including edible and decorative pumpkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets to the corn maze can be purchased in advance and cost $12, plus a processing fee. Kids 3 and under enter for free. The hay ride is $7 plus a fee, and takes visitors on a tour of the property. The farm is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.webbranchinc.com/\">\u003cstrong>Webb Ranch\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Portola Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This small quarter-acre corn maze is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and reservations are required on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Webb Ranch also offers a bounce house open daily, in addition to a kids’ farm obstacle course and haunted house. On the weekends, they are open for tractor hay rides, a petting zoo and a reptile zoo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059455\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/WebbCornMaze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/WebbCornMaze1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/WebbCornMaze1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/WebbCornMaze1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Webb Ranch, located in the Portola Valley, is a small quarter-acre corn maze and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Reservations are required on weekends. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Webb Ranch)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Webb pumpkin patch store sells pumpkins and other produce like jams, honeys and corn stalks for purchase, plus other Halloween supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weekend entry to the patch, including all activities, is $35 for children under 12, $15 for teens and adults and $10 for adults accompanying a child. Kids under two enter for free and senior admission is $10. Weekday passes are discounted and don’t require a reservation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://fantozzifarms.com/\">\u003cstrong>Fantozzi Farms,\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong> Central Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This Patterson maze in Stanislaus County may be more of a trek from the Bay Area, but its three different mazes for all age levels are designed to entice a family-oriented crowd.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The maze is open in the evenings on weekdays until 7 p.m. and until 10 p.m. on Fridays, plus Saturdays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sundays 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also available at the farm is a hayride through “Scarecrow Alley,” featuring a community contest to make the favorite scarecrow, pipe slides, live pig races and even a pig derby. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to:\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#Experttipsforsolvingacornmaze\">Expert tips for solving a corn maze\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#bay-area-corn-maze-near-me\">Bay Area corn mazes to visit this spooky season\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Some corn mazes, like Groverman’s, are hand-cut with just one way in and out. Others boast intricate patterns and hidden checkpoints — not to mention all the other activities on the farm during fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to find out how the Bay Area’s corn mazes are made, with expert tips from their creators on how to get out of them. And if you’re eager for a challenge, we’ve got a roundup of Bay Area corn mazes where you can get lost in the stalks yourself.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How is a corn maze made?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>How corn maze creators actually design and build their labyrinths can be very different from farm to farm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Groverman, the key to a solid corn maze — like any crop, is “good soil.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Starting in March, he takes soil samples, adding fertilizers as needed, before working the soil and preparing it for planting. While the old saying says corn should be \u003ca href=\"https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2025/07/02/knee-high-by-fourth-of-july-adage-is-becoming-obsolete-heres-why/84426153007/\">“knee high at the Fourth of July\u003c/a>,” Groverman waits until the end of June to plant, so his stalks can still be that welcoming green color in time for his October maze.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059448 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corn kernel sandbox at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze. Jim Groverman, owner of the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch, has been building corn mazes for more than 30 years. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groverman plants 30,000 seeds per acre in total — 7 inches apart, in rows 2-and-a-half feet apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All summer long, he weeds the rows to keep the crows out of the young stalks, because “they’ll just go along and pull the corn right out of the ground” at that height.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once the corn gets tall enough, Groverman grabs his shovel and gets to work sculpting his maze. With a team of two, just making the pathway takes four to five eight-hour days, “at least,” he said. “I try to have it all made and completed by the first of August.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The final touch: Groverman then lets the remaining corn grow tall until October, when he opens his doors to the public.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Frank Andreotti, farm manager at \u003ca href=\"https://andreottifamilyfarm.com/\">Andreotti Family Farm\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay, takes a similar freehand approach — but with a little more power.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After all his corn has grown in, Andreotti constructs his 10-acre corn maze in just a few hours by plowing a 6-foot-wide path with a tractor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I’m driving through, I just have in my mind the outlay of the entire field,” he said. “It’s like freehand painting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Denise Fantozzi, on the other hand, is one farm owner who took the GPS route — and it’s paid off. Each year at Fantozzi Farms, located in the Central Valley, \u003ca href=\"https://fantozzifarms.com/corn-maze/\">she and her husband dream up a new design for the maze\u003c/a>, which is actually three mazes in one. The pair works with a company called Maze Play to input the design into a GPS and then, when the stalks are about 3 feet tall, they cut the maze exactly to the design.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year’s theme is how food goes from the farm to the grocery store to the table, Fantozzi said. The smallest of the mazes is designed to be short and easy for school groups to complete, featuring animal tracks that kids can identify as they navigate the maze. The second-largest maze invites older children to play “Farm Scene Investigation,” a Clue-like game in which they can search for hidden pictures in the maze to identify which animals stole Farmer Joe’s pies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The largest of the mazes, for teens and adults, includes 12 hidden checkpoints and can take anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours to complete, Fantozzi said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s an intricate design every year,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"Experttipsforsolvingacornmaze\">\u003c/a>What are some top tips for solving a corn maze?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Consider shelling out for the map\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groverman’s is a traditional maze, with one way in and one way out — and to complete it, you have to pass through each corner and climb two towers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You really have to cover the whole area,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059308\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059308\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-08-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corn maze path at Andreotti Family Farms in Half Moon Bay on Oct. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Groverman’s maze takes around 45 minutes to complete, but if you’re worried about solving it, you can purchase a postcard featuring an aerial map to help you.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s so many times I go in to rescue people at the end of the night,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Look for clues in your surroundings\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Andreotti’s, on the other hand, is full of dead ends, but should only take up to 25 minutes, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before entering the maze, he recommends you get a lay of the land first: Take note of any landmarks, “and use the sun,” he advised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059307\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12059307\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/251009-CORNMAZEBTS-07-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sun shines through the leaves of a corn stalk in the corn maze at Andreotti Family Farms in Half Moon Bay on Oct. 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Know how to get out if you really need to \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fantozzi’s mazes also come with a map, but that doesn’t mean people don’t still get turned around, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you get really lost and you just want to get out of the maze, you can walk between any two rows of corn and it’ll take you right to the side,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is an out if you really get completely lost,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"bay-area-corn-maze-near-me\">\u003c/a>Bay Area corn mazes (and pumpkin patches) to get you into the spooky season mood\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://petalumapumpkinpatch.com/\">\u003cstrong>Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Petaluma\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Admission to Groverman’s corn maze is $9 during the day and $13 for the night maze. Kids under 5 years old enter for free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apart from their handmade corn maze, Groverman grows everything that is sold at the pumpkin patch, including pumpkins, gourds and squash. There’s even a giant corn box, filled with around 8,000 pounds of corn grain to play in like a sandbox.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12059452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12059452 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/10/PetalumaCornMaze2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children enjoying pony rides at the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Petaluma Pumpkin Patch and Amazing Corn Maze)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You’ll also find food vendors, farm animals, a bounce house, a super slide and giant chair and — on the weekend — pony rides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The entire pumpkin patch is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and Sundays and until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://andreottifamilyfarm.com/\">\u003cstrong>Andreotti Family Farm\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Half Moon Bay\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also known for its U-pick sunflower field, Andreotti’s pumpkin patch, hay rides and corn maze location opened on Oct. 4 this year after heavy rains delayed the opening. Andreotti’s team grows all their own crops, including edible and decorative pumpkins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tickets to the corn maze can be purchased in advance and cost $12, plus a processing fee. Kids 3 and under enter for free. The hay ride is $7 plus a fee, and takes visitors on a tour of the property. The farm is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.webbranchinc.com/\">\u003cstrong>Webb Ranch\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003cstrong>, Portola Valley\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This small quarter-acre corn maze is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and reservations are required on weekends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Webb Ranch also offers a bounce house open daily, in addition to a kids’ farm obstacle course and haunted house. 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"content": "\u003cp>In a surprising turn, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-mateo\">San Mateo\u003c/a> climate advocate was named to another term on a transportation advisory committee on Thursday evening after residents and some elected officials had raised concerns he could be pushed out due to his advocacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Swire, who is currently vice chair of the Community Advisory Committee for the San Mateo County Transportation Authority, was reappointed for another three years in a 4–2 vote by the Transportation Authority board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the vote, Swire had said two board members were leading a push to oppose his reappointment, at least in part because of his advocacy against highway widening projects in San Mateo County. He has also pressed for increased safety measures for bicyclists and pedestrians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m very excited, of course, for myself and my ability to continue to serve on the CAC and be able to speak out on behalf of San Mateo residents, but I also think it’s a victory for San Mateo County residents,” Swire said. “The vote affirms our advisory committee’s role as an independent watchdog.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The discussion over whether Swire should be reappointed ended up largely focused on fresh concerns about a lack of transparency in the process of interviewing and selecting committee members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board members Rico Medina, who is also the mayor of San Bruno, and Mark Nagales, a council member in South San Francisco, voted against renewing Swire’s term, saying they had concerns that his advocacy work didn’t fit with his role as an advisory body member.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11946829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11946829 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/04/IMG_2751-scaled-e1752264067878.jpg\" alt=\"Ten people stand in a row with a freeway behind them as they cut a blue ribbon and smile.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ribbon-cutting ceremony officially inaugurating the San Mateo 101 express lanes, with (sixth from left) San Bruno Mayor Rico Medina, Assemblymember Diane Papan (third from right) and Rep. Kevin Mullin (fourth from right), on April 15, 2023, in San Mateo. \u003ccite>(Elize Manoukian/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s been times where those lines have been blurred and I’ve been really concerned about that,” Nagales said during the board meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medina and Nagales sit on a three-member nominating subcommittee and recommended to the board that Swire not be renewed. The third member of the subcommittee, Board Chair Carlos Romero, a council member in East Palo Alto, supported Swire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swire said that Romero told him one of the reasons he was targeted in the nominating subcommittee is that he showed up to a 2023 event celebrating the completion of a Highway 101 widening and express lane project to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11946820/san-mateo-101-express-lanes-officially-opened-with-ceremony-but-critics-say-traffic-and-pollution-will-be-worse\">voice his opposition\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That project added a new express lane to 22 miles of 101 between the Santa Clara County line and Interstate 380, near the San Francisco International Airport. Swire has also opposed a continuation of that work, which would extend the new lanes and widen north of 380.[aside postID=news_12046673 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/11/ChristinaCorpusGetty-1020x678.jpg']He has also spoken out at San Mateo City Council meetings against a project that would add a direct connector from the 101 express lane to Highway 92. Swire said much of his opposition is rooted in equity concerns, as more highway lanes could lead to more traffic, and more polluted air for lower-income and disadvantaged communities near highways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swire said he felt some board members were trying to remove him because of his advocacy and, in doing so, were stifling differing viewpoints on how to improve transportation locally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Everyone who volunteers for a county committee or board is an advocate in one way or another, Swire said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Everybody advocates, and when you advocate for things that certain people like, it doesn’t seem to be a problem. But when you advocate for minority opinions or things that other people like, that is questioned. So, you can’t have that inconsistency,” he said after the vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Medina and Nagales did not respond to requests for comment on Thursday, but during the board meeting, they sought to emphasize that diversity of opinion is something they value, and they said the recommendation to not reappoint Swire wasn’t based on disagreement with his views.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But other board members questioned the reasoning behind the recommendation against Swire and said he is a plus to the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have not heard any specific rule that was violated or even a timeline. I was honestly surprised to hear that this was even a recommendation,” board member Noelia Corzo, a county supervisor, said at the meeting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11898222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11898222\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut.jpg\" alt='A woman in a pink suit jacket stands at a podium that reads \"Kevin Mullin\" on the front. There are several people standing behind her wearing masks and holding \"Kevin Mullin\" signs.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/RS52798_IMG_3713-qut-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jackie Speier announces her endorsement of Assemblymember Kevin Mullin (behind Speier, in red tie) to succeed her in Congress, on Dec. 6, 2021, in South San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Guy Marzorati/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jackie Speier, a board member and county supervisor who previously served in Congress, said Swire “has galvanized a lot of interest from people in the community. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 9:44 a.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Mateo County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against Chunli Zhao, the man accused of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938972/7-killed-in-monday-shooting-massacre-in-half-moon-bay\">killing seven co-workers in a 2023 mass shooting\u003c/a> at two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said in a court hearing on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The death penalty has become increasingly rare in California, and the case against Zhao is the first time Wagstaffe has pursued capital punishment since becoming district attorney in 2011.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because of a gag order in the case, Wagstaffe told KQED he couldn’t provide details on why he’s seeking the death penalty. In 2023, however, Wagstaffe told KQED that he was open to pursuing capital punishment depending on what the sheriff’s investigation revealed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making that decision on the death penalty is something that will take place over the course of the next many, many months as we have so much more to learn about this individual, about the victims and their families and the harm that’s been inflicted here,” Wagstaffe said at the time. “So we have a long way to go before we make that decision.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zhao, 68, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in connection with the Jan. 23, 2023, mass shooting, the deadliest in San Mateo County’s history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11954145\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11954145\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831.jpg\" alt=\"A row of dilapidated trailers are seen from above in a dirt lot.\" width=\"1960\" height=\"1328\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831.jpg 1960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-800x542.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1020x691.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-160x108.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1536x1041.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/GettyImages-1459869831-1920x1301.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1960px) 100vw, 1960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trailers are seen from above at the California Terra Gardens mushroom farm just after the mass shooting in January 2023. \u003ccite>(Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Zhao was believed to have acted alone when he opened fire at California Terra Garden — the mushroom farm where he lived and worked for seven years — killing four and leaving one other seriously wounded, sheriff’s officials said. According to authorities, he then drove to a nearby farm where he had previously worked and killed three more people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attack allegedly stemmed from \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939361/im-afraid-half-moon-bay-shootings-may-have-been-extreme-case-of-workplace-violence\">a dispute between Zhao and his boss\u003c/a>, who had tried to charge him $100 for damaged construction equipment, Wagstaffe told the \u003cem>Mercury News\u003c/em> in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe also previously confirmed reporting by NBC Bay Area that Zhao had confronted his boss and a co-worker, whom he blamed for a workplace accident, just before the shootings. The co-worker and boss were reportedly among those shot.[aside postID=news_12037511 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/GettyImages-1246581187-1020x765.jpg']The killings shed light upon Half Moon Bay farmworkers’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939470/deplorable-heartbreaking-officials-pledge-to-investigate-labor-conditions-at-mushroom-farms-targeted-in-half-moon-bay-shootings\">deplorable workplace and living conditions\u003c/a>. In a visit to the mourning community after the shootings, Newsom noted that farmworkers, many of whom are migrants, often labor for sub-minimum wage at just $9 an hour and are forced to live in on-site shipping containers, as was the case for Zhao and some of the shooting victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months after the rampage, questions swirled about whether Wagstaffe would seek to execute the man officials have said is responsible for it. However, Wagstaffe, who told KQED he supports the use of the death penalty, has long been an advocate for the use of capital punishment in extreme cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe was working as a prosecutor in the 1980s, during an unusual wave of death penalty cases in San Mateo County. From 1983 through 1994, his office sought the death penalty 18 times, winning verdicts in 14 of those cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Wagstaffe was the trial prosecutor in the last case that resulted in a capital conviction in the county, following the 2006 slaying of an East Palo Alto Police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, as top prosecutor in the county, he joined the Riverside and San Bernardino County district attorneys in asking California’s First District Court of Appeal to lift the state’s stays of execution, arguing that they have the right to pursue the execution of those sentenced to death in their jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My job is to enforce the law — not to make it — but it is still the law,” Wagstaffe told KQED. “In my 14-and-a-half years as the district attorney, I have said no in so many dozens of cases where it’s technically eligible. This one here, while I can’t go in front of the desk, I had to weigh and balance it, because [the death penalty] is still on the books.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, the death penalty still exists in California, and prosecutors can seek it. But no one has been put to death in the state in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/executed-inmate-summary-clarence-ray-allen/%20\">nearly 20 years\u003c/a>. In 2019, Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938061/california-will-dismantle-death-row-some-cheer-but-others-are-outraged\"> imposed a moratorium on executions\u003c/a> and closed the death chamber at San Quentin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943855/were-turning-a-new-page-infamous-san-quentin-prison-to-be-transformed-into-rehabilitation-center\">the recently renovated \u003c/a>19th-century prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. However, the moratorium ends with the governor’s term, and his successor could choose not to reinstate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a 2021 poll by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when an effort to repeal it failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5qq8v6c1/qt5qq8v6c1.pdf\"> 2021 poll\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11097442/death-penalty-propositions-divide-voters\">an effort to repeal it failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outcome of November’s election raised further questions about whether voters are souring on progressive criminal justice policy. Californians overwhelmingly approved \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12035165/california-officials-warn-prop-36-may-drain-resources-from-successful-community-programs\">Proposition 36\u003c/a>, which increased penalties for drug and theft crimes, and rejected \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013392/californians-voted-against-outlawing-slavery-why-is-prop-6-failing\">Proposition 6\u003c/a>, which would have banned forced labor in prisons and jails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Progressive \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12013442/alameda-county-voters-recall-district-attorney-pamela-price\">district attorneys in Alameda\u003c/a> and Los Angeles counties were also voted out of office, leading some to speculate about a potential sea change in attitudes toward reform efforts of previous decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, Nathan Hochman, has begun seeking the death penalty again. In Alameda County, Ursula Jones Dickson has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12042693/recalled-alameda-county-da-pamela-price-blasts-the-offices-new-direction\">quietly withdrawn death row resentencing\u003c/a> efforts for at least four people — petitions that had been championed by former DA Pamela Price to correct decades of unconstitutional conduct.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary Kate DeLucco, a spokesperson for the Sacramento abolitionist group Death Penalty Focus, said the changes in California mirror wider political shifts that have happened since the presidential election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re seeing in California is reflective of what we’re seeing in the United States as a whole. There has been, clearly, a backlash to what people perceive as liberal dogma,” DeLucco said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DeLucco reiterated common criticisms of the death penalty: that the sentence does not impact crime rates, and that the death penalty system is vastly more expensive to taxpayers than life in prison, due to the length of proceedings and number of appeals — up to $4 billion more since 1978, according to a USC Law School \u003ca href=\"https://gould.usc.edu/news/the-high-cost-of-a-death-sentence/\">study\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also criticized the DA’s decision to pursue the charges in the case against Zhao.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a huge disappointment that Wagstaffe would choose to do this,” DeLucco said. “Everything about this is a tragedy, and a continuation of this cycle of violence. I just think it’s counterproductive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/kmizuguchi\">\u003cem>Keith Mizuguchi\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The killings shed light upon Half Moon Bay farmworkers’ \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11939470/deplorable-heartbreaking-officials-pledge-to-investigate-labor-conditions-at-mushroom-farms-targeted-in-half-moon-bay-shootings\">deplorable workplace and living conditions\u003c/a>. In a visit to the mourning community after the shootings, Newsom noted that farmworkers, many of whom are migrants, often labor for sub-minimum wage at just $9 an hour and are forced to live in on-site shipping containers, as was the case for Zhao and some of the shooting victims.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months after the rampage, questions swirled about whether Wagstaffe would seek to execute the man officials have said is responsible for it. However, Wagstaffe, who told KQED he supports the use of the death penalty, has long been an advocate for the use of capital punishment in extreme cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wagstaffe was working as a prosecutor in the 1980s, during an unusual wave of death penalty cases in San Mateo County. From 1983 through 1994, his office sought the death penalty 18 times, winning verdicts in 14 of those cases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Wagstaffe was the trial prosecutor in the last case that resulted in a capital conviction in the county, following the 2006 slaying of an East Palo Alto Police officer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More recently, as top prosecutor in the county, he joined the Riverside and San Bernardino County district attorneys in asking California’s First District Court of Appeal to lift the state’s stays of execution, arguing that they have the right to pursue the execution of those sentenced to death in their jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My job is to enforce the law — not to make it — but it is still the law,” Wagstaffe told KQED. “In my 14-and-a-half years as the district attorney, I have said no in so many dozens of cases where it’s technically eligible. This one here, while I can’t go in front of the desk, I had to weigh and balance it, because [the death penalty] is still on the books.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technically, the death penalty still exists in California, and prosecutors can seek it. But no one has been put to death in the state in \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/inmates-executed-1978-to-present/executed-inmate-summary-clarence-ray-allen/%20\">nearly 20 years\u003c/a>. In 2019, Newsom\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938061/california-will-dismantle-death-row-some-cheer-but-others-are-outraged\"> imposed a moratorium on executions\u003c/a> and closed the death chamber at San Quentin, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943855/were-turning-a-new-page-infamous-san-quentin-prison-to-be-transformed-into-rehabilitation-center\">the recently renovated \u003c/a>19th-century prison overlooking San Francisco Bay. However, the moratorium ends with the governor’s term, and his successor could choose not to reinstate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a 2021 poll by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when an effort to repeal it failed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Support for capital punishment has historically been low among Californians. In a\u003ca href=\"https://escholarship.org/content/qt5qq8v6c1/qt5qq8v6c1.pdf\"> 2021 poll\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, a plurality of voters favored abolishing the death penalty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of those surveyed, 44% said they would vote yes on a potential amendment to the state constitution to repeal the death penalty, while 35% favored allowing executions and 21% were undecided. The death penalty has not gone before state voters since 2016, when \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11097442/death-penalty-propositions-divide-voters\">an effort to repeal it failed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The outcome of November’s election raised further questions about whether voters are souring on progressive criminal justice policy. 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"content": "\u003cp>Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, the executive director of Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, had just returned to work after a long weekend when she was notified that an anonymous postcard threatening\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/immigration\"> immigrant workers\u003c/a> had been sent to the nonprofit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The postcard sent to ALAS, which was discovered Tuesday, told workers to pack their bags because “Trump’s coming.” It also included contact information for Homeland Security and immigration enforcement, as well as a list of where undocumented persons could be found — schools, work, church, restaurants and “in your neighborhood.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez-Arriaga, whose organization works to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021877/california-nonprofit-empowers-half-moon-bay-farmworkers-healing-resources\">empower Latino farmworkers\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay, said her initial reaction was shock and fear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since his inauguration this week, President Trump has moved to reshape immigration enforcement, taking the first steps toward following through on his campaign pledge of mass deportations and increased border security. In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021487/an-immigration-raid-in-kern-county-foreshadows-what-awaits-farmworkers-and-the-economy\">reports of federal raids and deportations\u003c/a> in cities including Bakersfield have left many in the immigrant community scared to leave their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A mom called me this morning and said her son doesn’t want to go to school. He’s crying. He’s very upset,” Hernandez-Arriaga said. “This is trauma. … It’s not just threats. It’s not only political. This is a medical crisis. People are suffering because of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Three offices owned by the United Farm Workers, the largest union of its kind, also received postcards that read “report illegal aliens” and “there is nowhere to hide,” a threat aimed at the union’s undocumented laborers, KVPR reported. The same messages appeared on the postcard sent to ALAS, and they were all reportedly postmarked in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALAS said it reported the postcard to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, Supervisor Ray Mueller and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D–Calif.).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hate has no place in our community. Threats and intimidation will not be tolerated,” said Supervisor Ray Mueller. “I fully denounce this unacceptable act and expect it to be met with the full weight of justice.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12024121\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1239px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12024121\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1239\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo.jpg 1239w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo-800x302.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo-1020x384.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/IMG_9893_duo-160x60.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1239px) 100vw, 1239px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anonymous postcards containing threatening messages were sent to Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS) and other immigrant worker organizations on Jan. 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Hernandez-Arriaga, the postcard serves as a devastating reminder of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973730/how-a-mass-shooting-changed-half-moon-bay-one-year-later\">obstacles facing her community\u003c/a>. Wednesday marked the second anniversary of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973071/survivors-of-half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-struggle-to-rebuild-1-year-later\">a mass shooting\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay that left seven farmworkers dead, an alleged act of workplace violence that exposed laborers’ poor living conditions and low pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started the week so emotional, and we knew that this was coming,” Hernandez-Arriaga said. “We cannot lose sight of the pain and the tragedy but also the tremendous contributions that our farmworkers make to all of us. Whether it’s seen or unseen, whether we see them or do not see them, everyday when we sit down to eat, our food comes from them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez-Arriaga said she sees this as the moment to effect change and to remind people of the important role that farmers and farm laborers play in the community and the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite producing much of California’s agricultural product, many farmworkers in San Mateo County suffer from extremely poor housing conditions and low wages. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor in 2024 found that workers employed by the two Half Moon Bay mushroom farms where the 2023 shootings took place were being forced to sleep in cramped spaces infested by rodents and garbage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALAS, which Hernandez-Arriaga founded more than a decade ago, works to provide basic resources and immigration services to farmworkers, many of whom are migrants living in the U.S. without permanent legal status. In 2022, ALAS partnered with a nonprofit developer to build affordable housing for senior farmworkers in Half Moon Bay’s downtown area.[aside postID=news_12021877 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/20241216-KOndaJanuary-JY-009.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The project was finally approved last year after considerable pushback from community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a community, we need to remember all the sentiments and feelings after what we saw two years ago and not lose sight of the commitment and the resolve that we all made to champion our farmworkers,” Hernandez-Arriaga said. “We really need to make laws that protect our workers, our farmworkers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>ALAS is working with other groups and state officials to prepare for the new Trump administration. Hernandez-Arriaga said the nonprofit is hiring an immigration attorney, and organizations are also banding together to create a safety team that can provide information on potential raids and deportations to community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They are also starting a “Know Your Rights” campaign to educate farmworkers who are undocumented on what they should do if they are confronted by immigration enforcement officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, elected officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023126/california-leaders-to-sue-trump-over-birthright-citizenship-border-policies\">are pushing back against \u003c/a>the Trump administration’s attacks on sanctuary cities and immigrant communities. Emergency hotlines are available for undocumented residents who need legal assistance, and the state Senate recently approved $50 million for litigation against the federal government and legal aid for Californians at risk of deportation or detention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorney General Rob Bonta has already filed a lawsuit against Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. whose parents are not citizens or legal permanent residents. The order was temporarily halted Thursday by a federal judge in a separate lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hernandez-Arriaga continued: “We have to be united in this effort, in this process and in standing in solidarity with one another to do everything we can.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/daisynguyen\">Daisy Nguyen\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"title": "For Half Moon Bay's Aging Farmworkers, New Affordable Housing Projects Offer Opportunity to 'Rest With Dignity'",
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"headTitle": "For Half Moon Bay’s Aging Farmworkers, New Affordable Housing Projects Offer Opportunity to ‘Rest With Dignity’ | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]J[/dropcap]avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/housing/aging-farmworkers-in-half-moon-bay-want-a-place-to-rest-with-dignity/\">found here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">J\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>avier and Felix Torres, two brothers from Guanajuato, Mexico, have lived, raised families and worked at farms in and around Half Moon Bay for more than 40 years. The brothers, now in their 60s, spoke with El Tímpano just outside Cabrillo Farms in late June. Their work day had just finished around 3 p.m., and their hands were stained green from harvesting sweet snap peas. It was a windy afternoon, but Javier Torres said that the cool weather was part of what he loved about Half Moon Bay because it made working the fields in long sleeves easier.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He recalled his first three nights in the United States in 1979. He was in Pescadero, a town in unincorporated San Mateo County about 30 minutes south of Half Moon Bay, sleeping head-to-toe on a bed with strangers before finding work at a farm near Half Moon Bay. Now, Javier Torres owns a four-bedroom home with his wife, his two adult children and his granddaughter, but he said he knows the high cost of living has made overcrowding common practice in the area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A mass shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay last year left seven people dead and revealed horrific conditions for the farmworkers, who were living on-site in shipping containers later described by county officials as “\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/half-moon-bay-mass-shooting-farms-were-not-17747665.php\">deplorable\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996909\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996909\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-04-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A mural depicting ALAS, Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, workers and the communities they serve lines the driveway of the organization’s main office in Half Moon Bay on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>However, addressing the urgent need for affordable housing is far from simple. A proposed five-story affordable housing development for senior farmworkers, located at 555 Kelly Ave., was finally approved in May after three five-hour meetings and criticism from Gov. Gavin Newsom. The joint project, led by affordable housing developer Mercy Housing and Half Moon Bay nonprofit Ayudando Latinos a Soñar (ALAS), was promptly appealed by some community members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://eltimpano.org/housing/half-moon-bay-council-approves-crucial-housing-project-for-senior-farmworkers/\">Half Moon Bay’s city council reaffirmed the planning commission’s decision\u003c/a> in late June, voting unanimously to deny three appeals to the project. Yet the delays pushed the expected groundbreaking to mid-2026, according to Mercy Housing. Work is also underway on \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/ceo/news/supervisors-allocate-115m-critical-next-step-toward-farmworker-housing\">47 manufactured homes for farmworkers \u003c/a>in Half Moon Bay and is expected to be move-in ready by early 2025. The project, which \u003ca href=\"https://www.hcd.ca.gov/about-hcd/newsroom/governor-newsom-announces-16-million-to-support-farmworker-homeownership\">received state funding and support\u003c/a>, will give priority to survivors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996912\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-13-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction at 880 Stone Pine Rd is underway to create a mobile housing community for farmworkers, photographed Monday, June 24, 2024. Survivors of the shooting on Jan. 23, 2023, at the nearby California Terra Gardens and Concord Farms that left seven farmworkers dead will be given priority to live at 880 Stone Pine Rd. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Shortages of affordable housing and low wages mean that farmworkers who have built their lives in the region struggle to afford living there. Most coastside farmworkers have lived in the community for many years, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Half Moon Bay’s draft housing element (PDF)\u003c/a> and a \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/media/31031/download?inline=\">2016 San Mateo County Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment (PDF)\u003c/a>. The agriculture industry makes up approximately 1,300 jobs in San Mateo County, according to the 2017 Department of Agriculture census of farmworkers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a community that’s been in the shadows for so long,” ALAS Farmworker Program Director Sandra Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sencion said that many of the farmworkers ALAS serves speak only Spanish, work long hours and have few transportation options, which limits their access to support and assistance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More than 1,000 affordable housing units were needed for farmworkers throughout San Mateo County, the 2016 Agricultural Workforce Needs Assessment estimated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/6659/A_HMB_Housing-Needs-Assessment_TRACK-CHANGES\">Latinos also experience overcrowding at the highest rate\u003c/a> in Half Moon Bay and households with low-income are at a higher risk of overcrowding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think ALAS has just created a space where folks can come together and support each other,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996911\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996911\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-07-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From Left: Sandra Sencion, Farmworker Director at ALAS, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, in discussion prior to a farm visit in their double-decker bus which provides social, educational and health services to the farmworker community on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local farmworkers who have lived and worked in Half Moon Bay for decades have begun advocating for affordable housing, speaking in support of housing at local meetings and informing others in their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a gap between the people making the decisions and who it’s affecting. I think we have seen that dynamic change in our community, shifting the power,” Sencion said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996914\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-32-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Javier Torres and his brother, Felix, were both present at the June 26 evening appeals hearing despite their 5:30 a.m. start to the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Here there are families that have up to 15 people in one house,” Torres said in Spanish, explaining his support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project mere hours before the city council decided to deny appeals that sought to derail the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996918\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996918\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Felix Torres, a farm worker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait on the flatbed of his truck at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Artichoke fields at Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Felix Torres says that finding affordable housing in Half Moon Bay is challenging. He has lived in the same apartment for around 24 years, which he shares with one of his sons in order to afford rent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a point of pride for me to work so many years in the field, for 44 years,” Felix Torres said in Spanish. He later added, “If they carry out those apartments, then the simple truth is that we can rest with dignity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996913\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996913\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-23-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Javier Torres, a farmworker in Half Moon Bay, poses for a portrait near the shuttered fruit stand at the edge of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Half Moon Bay resident Yajayra Sonoqui spoke in support of the 555 Kelly project on behalf of her father, a longtime farmworker who was unable to attend the June 26 meeting as he recovered from surgery to remove several of his toes. Sonoqui said her father, who is 68 years old, worked at farms in Half Moon Bay for 42 years and is an active volunteer in the community, but his health has declined in recent years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she hoped her parents could someday move into one of the few two-bedroom apartments at the development to live out their days more comfortably and have additional room for a family caretaker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996916\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-56-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yajayra Sonoqui used her 1 minute of public comment to talk about the life-changing amputation her father underwent recently and how a project like 555 Kelly would help him and other elderly farm workers with similar economic and health conditions on Wednesday, June 26, 2024.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sonoqui and eight other family members, including her parents, share a three-bedroom apartment to make ends meet. She said with her father’s recent surgery and her mother’s dialysis, having more space for the aging couple would be a relief for the family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996919\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996919\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-DIPTYCH-2-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Left: Christian Landaverde, Farmworker Outreach Coordinator at ALAS, opens sugar snap peas near the entrance of the Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Right: Tractor tracks etched into dry dirt on the perimeter of Cabrillo Farms in Half Moon Bay on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Rocio Avila, a local farmworker and member of the ALAS Housing Committee, said her own experience with overcrowded housing led her to advocate for more affordable housing in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996922\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"963\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461.jpg 1500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-800x514.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-1020x655.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-10-KQED-e1721764367461-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila, a farmworker promotora with ALAS, poses for a portrait at the ALAS main office on Monday, June 24, 2024. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Until four months ago, Avila, her husband and their three children crammed into a single room in a house shared with her three brothers. According to Avila, she and her husband and their two youngest children shared a bed while her eldest daughter slept in a small space on the floor before they could move into a three-bedroom mobile home earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996910\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996910\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.24.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-05-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ana Morales-Galvan, ALAS Equity Express Program Coordinator, and Jorge Sánchez, Farmworker Community Case Manager at ALAS, load bags of vegetables at the organization’s headquarters. The bags were delivered to farmworkers in Pescadero. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Avila was among the farmworkers who spoke in support of the 555 Kelly Ave. project at Wednesday’s city council hearing. Following the vote, she celebrated with tears in her eyes, hugging those around her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11996917\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11996917\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1331\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/06.26.2024-HMB-FARMER-HOUSING-74-KQED-1920x1278.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rocio Avila embraces a community member in support of the 555 Kelly Ave affordable housing project on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Avila’s eyes welled with tears as her peer relayed their congratulations in her ear. \u003ccite>(Hiram Alejandro Durán for El Tímpano/CatchLight Local/Report for America corps member)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:30 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/half-moon-bay\">Half Moon Bay\u003c/a> officials cleared the way for an embattled affordable housing project for farmworkers to move forward, a year after a mass shooting at a mushroom farm in the city put a spotlight on the wretched living conditions of many of the area’s agricultural workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, the City Council unanimously approved the 40-unit development that will house about 100 very low-income senior farmworkers, rejecting appeals that sought to block the project after \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986281/half-moon-bay-farmworker-housing-gains-approval-after-push-by-newsom\">city planning commissioners initially approved it in May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really were holding our breath going into this meeting,” said Belinda Hernández-Arriaga, executive director of the community organization Ayudando Latinos A Soñar (ALAS), which worked with the nonprofit developer Mercy Housing to design the project. “We’re just so grateful, and we’re extremely happy today because this changes the lives of our senior farm workers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan’s initial approval last month came after extensive public wrangling led Gov. Gavin Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11985585/newsom-threatens-half-moon-bay-with-legal-action-over-delays-in-approving-farmworker-housing\">to intercede on behalf of the project\u003c/a>, calling the delay “egregious” and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/05/09/governor-newsom-calls-on-half-moon-bay-to-approve-housing-for-farmworkers-following-mass-shooting/\">threatening to sic\u003c/a> the state’s Housing Accountability Unit on the city if leaders didn’t go ahead with development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, within days of the planning commissioners’ vote, opponents \u003ca href=\"https://www.half-moon-bay.ca.us/845/555-Kelly-Avenue---Affordable-Housing\">filed three appeals\u003c/a>, challenging the approval process and arguing that the project violated local policies and state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The City Council heard arguments from supporters and detractors on Wednesday before deciding. Objectors said the \u003ca href=\"https://legistarweb-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/2615131/11._Public_Comments_05.09.2024_thru_05.10.2024.pdf\">development threatens the city’s small-town appeal\u003c/a>, citing traffic congestion and raising concerns it would strain the area’s already-limited parking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-story apartment building is one of two low-income developments for farmworkers the city has pursued since the shooting. The other \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11982817/half-moon-bay-prepares-to-break-ground-on-farmworker-housing\">consists of 47 manufactured homes\u003c/a> for very low-income families, including those displaced from the mushroom farms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The drawn-out approval process for the senior housing has pushed back the completion timeline significantly, said Kelly Hollywood, an associate director of real estate development at Mercy Housing. Without the final OK, developers couldn’t apply for crucial sources of funding, some of which only become available a couple of times a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With these approvals, we can work towards those other local and state sources,” Hollywood said. She expects to be able to apply for vital tax credits from the state in mid-2025. “We’re thankful that the determination of the community and the spirit allowed us to continue to move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction is set to start in mid-2026 and wrap up in late 2027 at the earliest. 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