Pacifica News

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A 2.7-magnitude earthquake about a mile southeast of Pacifica hit with a loud boom and rolling motion around 7:04 p.m., June 19. The U.S. Geological Service shows the temblor occurred at a depth of 8.3 kilometers on the San Andreas fault line that runs just east of Pacifica.

Musical Storytime is back. This time at the Pacifica Sharp Park Library on Thursdays.

St. Peter Church annual rummage sale is June 28-30. Biggest, cleanest rummage sale on the coast.

A girl escaped a possible abduction Sunday when she punched her would-be abductor in the stomach, Pacifica police said.

May Seto, center, secretary of Del Mar Chapter No. 604 International Order of the Eastern Star, enjoyed a lovely evening on the Bay with the Worthy Grand Matron Sarahann Shapiro and Worthy Grand Patron Art Weiss of the Grand Chapter of California.

Every year for the past four years, city staff and council have been constantly looking for ways to raise taxes on Pacificans rather than adjust compensation.

The dog, described as a pit bull or pit bull mix, attacked Nephi Selu at a grandparent's home on Elizabeth Way about 11:30 a.m. Monday, police said.

Max, left, and Nick of Haunted by Heroes perform at the El Dorado County Fair. The band from Pacifica could likely be the future of rock and roll.

The girl told police the man approached her at about 4:25 p.m. in the area of Beach Boulevard and Santa Rosa Avenue and said that she was coming with him, according to the Pacifica Police Department.

I received this letter dated March 4, 2009 from a standard Public Records Act request to Caltrans based on information from a highway-widening Project Development Team meeting in 2008 about the 55-acre parcel of land next to the Lutheran Church on Highway 1 in the widening-project area.

On Saturday, June 15 from 9 to 11 a.m., Don Horsley, president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, delivers a "State of the County" report at the Pacifica-Daly City Democrats regular monthly breakfast meeting at Sharp Park Golf Course Restaurant, Francisco and Highway 1 in Pacifica.

A Wyoming man on Thursday was deemed mentally competent to stand trial on charges he stole a luxury yacht from a Sausalito harbor, then crashed it onto a Pacifica beach in March.

Scotty Tomei of the Pabonan Family Reds had a game to remember, pitching a complete game, 10 strikeout performance against the Candito Construction Orioles in game three of the best of three Pacifica National Little League Majors Division championship series.

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The top students at Alma Heights Christian Academy warmly reflect back on their high school years, or perhaps they are filled with memories about the great cookies the valedictorian baked.

Pacifica's rocky southern neighbor, Montara Mountain, is part of a chain of granite peaks, including the Farallon Islands and Point Reyes, that sheared off from the southern Sierra Nevada some 80 million to 110 million years ago and migrated northward with tectonic-plate movement.

In classical Greek mythology, the goddess Artemis is described as the daughter of the god Zeus and the beautiful mortal Leto, daughter of Coeus and Phoebe.

A motorcycle driven by a 21-year-old Walnut Creek man crashed near San Francisco State University on 19th Avenue.

Shapiro says she was motivated to join the Peace Corps because, "after studying abroad in college and going on several short-term mission trips, I was enticed by the opportunity to travel after I graduated, but I also wanted to use the skills and knowledge that I had acquired to serve others besides myself.