Montara News

Diana Plank, of Coldwell Banker Residential Services, Montara, has earned the prestigious Certified Distressed Property Expert designation, having completed extensive training in foreclosure avoidance and short sales.

Sequoia offers possibility of care on Coastside; CFMC records still in limbo , Jul 3 2:50pm, Deb Wong - Well, o.k., I wasn't looking at the price for it, just commented on the services.

Desperate sea rescue couldn't save mom, girl This 2006 picture shows Romila Higgins, 41, and her daughter, Indali Higgins, both of Walnut Creek.

A 5-year-old girl and her mother were among six people rescued Monday evening from the waters off Montara State Beach, officials said.

Nine-year-old Jaya Higgins was playing in the water near her mom, sister and cousins when she saw the wave - the biggest of the day.

The mother and daughter were dragged out to sea about 4:20 p.m. Monday. Indali still had a pulse when she was pulled from the water, but was going in and out of consciousness as she was taken by a Coast Guard helicopter to Stanford Medical Center, authorities said.

A mother and her young daughter are dead after they were swept out to sea by a riptide off a beach in San Mateo County, authorities said.

A mother and her young daughter died after being pulled from the waters of Montara State Beach Monday afternoon, a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant said.

Two children were hospitalized after being pulled from the waters of Montara State Beach this afternoon, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.

Darin Boville has produced a video to introduce the process. Click to see it on Montara Fog.

Scott Boyd is a member of the Montara Water and Sanitary District board. Thursday night Montara Water and Sanitary District cleared the way for a new bathroom at Moss Beach Park.

Over the past two years, the number of volunteers we have had helping out with our beach and creek bacteria sampling efforts has dwindled.

Pacifica is considering dropping its contract in 2012 with Coastside Scavenger which owes the city up to $450,000 in fees, reports the County Times.

OceanHealth.org and Surfrider San Mateo will celebrate World Ocean Day, Monday, June 8, at the Point Montara Lighthouse by screening a variety of short ocean films.

Bay Area authorities have whittled a regional wish list of nearly 570 projects to 85 they said should get the highest priority and another 72 that should be considered in the chase for a share of $787 billion in federal stimulus funds.

Letter: Oasis Natural Foods will close unless a buyer is found , Jun 3 3:14pm, Frank Long - That HE is me, and my successes have been the many people I have been able to help out within Letter: Oasis Natural Foods will close unless a buyer is found , Jun 3 2:05pm, Jack Kirkpatrick - Like it or not, Mr.

In September, two weeks after his 13th birthday, Clayton Hagy started to feel strange - and he knew it was not from his maturing teenage hormones.

Ten San Mateo County beaches, including an elephant-seal rookery and a popular hostel and lighthouse, could be closed if Gov.

The governor is proposing to cut state funding to the state park system. The California State Parks Foundation says that this could close more than 80% of the state's 279 parks.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to close 25 Bay Area state parks and beaches, including Pacifica, Montara, Gray Whale Cove, Half Moon Bay, Ano Nuevo, Bean Hollow, Pigeon Point, Pescadero, San Gregorio, plus Montara Mountain and San Bruno Mountain.