Talk:Half Moon Bay, California

Hoax subsection
I removed this from the article: "The Half Moon Bay School District made headlines in recent months when it outlawed the assigning of homework so as not to offend children who happened to be homeless. [citation needed]" There is no school district with that name. Also, I went to school in the city until June, and teachers still assigned homework, and called it homework. So unless someone can find a source for this, I'd suggest keeping it out of the article. Clarinetplayer(sing along) 23:31, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Beachwood
Why is there no mention of the Beachwood case? The ruling just bankrupted the city, forcing it to close and outsource its police department. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.31.51.104 (talk) 07:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

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History / Education
HMB used to have a Montessori high school: Erdkinder Farm School. Kdammers (talk) 00:53, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

Infobox photo
@Viriditas I agree that the previous infobox photo was not great, but it did have the advantage that it actually depicted the town of Half Moon Bay. The new photo is shot from several miles north of the town; the town itself is pretty much invisible, hidden in the haze in the extreme upper left corner of the photo. The residential area in the lower part of the photo is the town of Moss Beach. The most prominent feature of the photo is the HMB airport, which is several miles north of HMB itself.

I've looked through the images on Commons but don't see a really great one. I will try to take a better photo when I can, but for now I think the previous image, of downtown Main Street, is better than the new photo, which doesn't depict what it claims to depict. Or perhaps this one, another shot of Main Street, although it's a pretty limited view. CodeTalker (talk) 23:31, 23 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I agree. I will find another one.  I still don't think the original photo should return, but I will compromise and look for another one.  The majority of the composition of the last photo was pavement and cars.  Not very illustrative of the town. Also, I'm not convinced that showing the downtown area is the best use of the image.  Half Moon Bay is famous for many things, least of all its downtown, parking, and cars.  Nature should be the top priority. Viriditas (talk) 23:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I replaced it with File:2009 aerial view of Pillar Point Harbor and Bluff.jpg. Let me know what you think. Viriditas (talk) 23:49, 23 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm ok with that photo. It does show nearly the entirety of the town. CodeTalker (talk) 00:57, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Agriculture
While agriculture is mentioned in passing, I think it is important enough to split out into its own section and expand. Viriditas (talk) 02:47, 24 September 2023 (UTC)