Coastal News

Take these important steps to ensure that you and your neighbors are safe from any potential dangers that come with digging.

Check out Call811.com for more information or give them a call at 811.

Check out this video from the Half Moon Bay PG&E teaching the public the importance of dialing 811 before beginning to dig.

JOIN PCT APRIL 9th 12-2pm at the Ted Adcock center 525 Kelley Avenue for our OPEN HOUSE!

Pacific Coast TV is officially set up at the Ted Adcock Center in Half Moon Bay four days a week. The council meetings and planning commission meetings in Half Moon Bay will now have multi camera switching, graphics, and remote cameras.

Along with the upgrade in the studio, we also have a JVC GY-HM200 4KCAM compact handheld camcorder, with lights, a tripod, wireless microphone, and an editing station. You can come in and learn how to work with the new state of the art equipment, and maybe even be part of the production side a live broadcast.

Join one of our workshops to learn hands on about camera, lighting, audio, tv studio operations, and editing. As a member you will be able to check out the camera kits and produce your own content that can maybe go up on live broadcast!

You can visit the Boys and Girls club in the Ted Adcock Center Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 2-8 pm, and Saturday 10-2pm, or schedule an appointment/workshop with Zeke at (650) 479-4418.

Every Earth Day, people from all over the Bay Area come to the coast side to help take care of the planet. The Pacifica Eco Fest is the largest volunteer community event in San Mateo County for Earth Day.

In the morning, there are several locations across the coast side to participate in.  You can choose to cleaning up trash on beaches and parks or planet new wildlife.

Afterwards, check out Eco Fest at Linda Mar beach! There will be a special Drum Line performance at 11 am to kick off the event as well as booths and activities for the whole family.

It is a free event, fun and highly educational for families and individual of all ages. You will learn about the bees and how Pacifica Beach Coalition as well as other members of the community are trying to protect these endangered insects.

Parking will be limited so please think about using alternative transportation such as bus, shuttle, bikes or carpool.

Come visit the PCT Booth at Eco Fest for more information about PCT and our new studio in Half Moon Bay!

For more information about Eco Fest,

Check out the Pacifica Beach Coalition's website at PacificaBeachCoalition.org

and sign up to be a volunteer!

Watch the Earth Day Special 2015 below! 

Check out some of PCT's photos from last year's Eco fest 

A new haunt for skaters is available!  Check out the groundbreaking of this Half Moon Bay Skatepark!

Pacific Coast TV highlights different events and organizations located in the coast side in order to bring awareness to local issues and ideas.

The Coastside Youth Council (CYC), a program through the Youth Leadership Institute, is a group of youth leaders in Half Moon Bay between the ages of 15-20 who organize community activities for other youth.

One of their goals is to prevent underage drinking and to reduce the messages of alcohol in the Coastside area. They've researched local convenience stores in the area as well as the famous HMB Pumpkin Festival to bring awareness to underage drinking as well as alcoholism in their community.  They also advocate for smoke free communities, especially in housing for low income families.

They give students opportunities to become leaders in their community and gain experience that will help them apply to college and in all their future endeavors.

For youth interested in joining, they meet

every Friday from 4-6pm at the

Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue Half Moon Bay, CA 94019.

They also have paid internship opportunities. Please contact Montzerrat Garcia at mbedolla@yli.org or (714) 579-9070 for more information.

Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) has been an innovative leader in the field of youth development for over 20 years, working in many capacities—from advocating for national policy change, to organizing on a community level. YLI has served San Mateo County in partnership with foundations, community organizations, and schools with a focus in building strong and healthy communities.

Check out their website at YLI.ORG

Want to watch great local programming on the go? You can check out our live stream wherever you are through your smart phone!

3 Ways to Watch on your Smart Phone:

1. Just go to www.livestream.com/PCT on your mobile device or tablet and click "LIVE NOW" to begin watching.

2. You can also download the Live Stream app and search for "Pacific Coast TV" to watch through the app.  To download the app for Apple Devices, click here and to download for Android devices click here.

3. You can also use a QR code scanner on your device to scan our code above to be sent directly to our Live Stream.

Pacific Coast TV streams all public programming 24/7. If there is a problem with the live stream, please feel free to give us a call at (650) 355 8000 and we will get that fixed.

Let us know in the comments where you will be streaming from!

Check out PCT:

Comcast Ch. 26/27 Coastside

Look for showtimes at our Program Guide 

via Video On-Demand 

via YouTube

via LiveStream

Pacific Coast TV is proud to announce that we have begun teaching workshops in Half Moon Bay at the Ted Adcock Center. We are now teaching camera operation and soon we will be teaching editing, and studio production workshops .

Last semester, Zeke Edwards interned at PCT as a college student from San Francisco State and now he is working in Half Moon Bay as our main production supervisor. He will be teaching the skills he learned in college and at PCT to anyone who is interested in learning about television production.

ALL WORKSHOPS ARE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

Our workshops times are:

Camera Operation:

Every Wednesday

Youth: 3-5 PM

All Ages: 6-8 PM

Video Editing:

Every Saturday

All Ages: 11 AM-1 PM

Studio Production:

TO BE ANNOUNCED!

You can visit us in Half Moon Bay at the Ted Adcock center on Kelly Ave. Our hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 2-8 PM and Saturday from 10AM-2PM.

You can also sign up for workshops at our Pacifica location and watch all PCT Programming on Comcast Ch. 26/27 or on our LIVESTREAM.

Check out PCT:

Look for showtimes at our Program Guide 

via Video On-Demand 

via YouTube

Bruce Latimer is back at Pacific Coast TV for the Bruce Latimer Show with special guests Roger Glenn and David Gans! Latimer had to take a break from filming due to health, as seen on his Clear Lake special however he is back and better than ever to be able to film at PCT once again.

Second-generation Master multi-instrumentalist and composer Roger Glenn, who is the son of the late Tyree Glenn, is well respected for his contributions in Jazz and Latin Jazz for five decades. Roger Glenn has worked and recorded with giants in Jazz such as Mongo Santamaria, Dizzy Gillespie, Cal Tjader, Pete Escovedo to name a few.

David Gans is an American musician and music journalist. He's written several books all about the Grateful Dead and he also hosts a radio show with Gary Lambert called "Tales from the Golden road" on Sirus XM all about the Grateful Dead.

Glenn and Gans will bring their best for the return of the Bruce Latimer Show!

Watch it on our ON DEMAND PAGE or below on our You Tube Channel.

On Ch 26/27 Coastside & Streaming Worldwide on www.PacificCoast.TV

CHECK OUT PHOTOS FROM THE NIGHT HERE!

WATCH THE EPISODE BELOW!

Check PCT's Coverage Here:

Look for showtimes at our Program Guide 

via Video On-Demand 

via YouTube

And Check out older Bruce Latimer episodes every Friday at 10 PM only on PCT!

Bob Chandler is a rare personality. He is a professional historian. For over three decades he lead Wells Fargo in the discovery and preservation of the company’s rich history. In the process, he has uncovered much of the fabric of the Old West. He will share some of the chapters of history within Wells Fargo – their famous stagecoach service, their place in California’s gold rush, and development of its banking business. Dr. Chandler writes and speaks with authority on such diverse historical subjects as early express transport, banking, politics, civil rights, stamp collecting, and more.                           

Chandler, Wells Fargo Bank’s senior research historian for 32 years, will elucidate why and how Wells Fargo did business.  Using displayed historical documents, the speaker will illustrate the ways Wells Fargo performed its Banking, Express, Letter Express, and Stagecoaching activities. He reports that he will be bringing a mini-museum along for the meeting.

As wife Susan says, “He finds a ‘leaf’ and then must determine where it fits on the tree of history.”  His San Francisco Lithographer: African American Artist Grafton Tyler Brown (2014) illustrates his deductive method. He has also written a short history of California, the Arcadia series volume on Wells Fargo, and more than 60 articles on Gold Rush, Civil War California, and early western transportation.  Exceedingly serious, Bob is an X-Noble Grand Humbug of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus. His Mother's family is from the Madeira Islands (by way of Hawaii) making Bob half-Portuguese – sharing some of the roots of our Coastside community.

Want to know more? Watch Bob Chandler as he leads discussion all about the history of Wells Fargo.

The big premiere is January 29 at 7 PM only on Pacific Coast TV, Comcast Channel 26/27 Half Moon Bay and Coastside.

You can also check it out on our YouTube Page and our Video On Demand Server to watch now!

 The goals of the Half Moon Bay History Association are to preserve, educate, and celebrate the Coastside Community’s past.

You can visit them online: http://www.halfmoonbayhistory.org

Or in person at the historic Zaballa House on 326 Main Street, Half Moon Bay, CA

Check PCT's Coverage Here:

Look for showtimes at our Program Guide 

via Video On-Demand 

via YouTube

The Soundwaves Christmas special is finally here! Soundwaves is an annual music-based variety fundraiser that encourages viewers to contribute to local non-profits and charities.  This special fundraiser helps the viewer donate to local charities to help benefit the community! The energy of the show is fast and entertaining, but the message is simple: spend less money on needless holiday gifts and give that money to someone who truly needs it. 

Here’s how it works: viewers are directed to soundwaveschristmas.com, where they can choose a geographical area and make a contribution.  No money is collected by the creators of the show or the administrators of the web site.  Every link to a charity connects directly to the volunteer or donation page of that charity’s website.

You can watch the premiere on Comcast Channel 26/27 Coastside 

HERE IS OUR PROGRAM GUIDE FOR SHOWTIMES

Don't have PCT on your TV? 

online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

CHECK OUT OUR RED CARPET TV AUCTION TO BID ON FANTASTIC ITEMS LIKE CHARDONNAY II SAILING! MAKES A GREAT GIFT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

WATCH THE  TV AUCTION 

SAT 5-10 PM & SUN 6-11 PM

ON COMCAST CH 26/27 COASTSIDE OR

VIA ONLINE STREAMING AT http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

By Leo Li

Telethon is a special event that occurs over two days. This year, it will take place on November 21^st and 22^nd. The program will be televised with more than 80,000 local viewers watching, even more if you count the webstreamers! Why should you partake in this special event? Here are some points about the telethon that will make you go, why not?

This is an opportunity for you to showcase who you are for a very small feat. By simply donating an auction item, you can be seen, on TV, for your product, your business, and the embodiment of your organization’s essence. The more items you donate, the more valuable airtime you will receive, making your business known not only to locals, but also to those watching from all over world, international audiences who are planning to visit the Bay Area!

Our process for this whole auction is so simple that you do not even have to leave your store to successfully make the transaction. Simply tell us what you want to donate, and we will fill out a gift certificate form for you, email the copy back, and give the original certificate to the winner of the auction item to exchange at your location. “No hassle” is an understatement. If you choose to use your own gift cards or certificates, that is perfectly fine with us. The point of this auction is to point the spotlight at you and give back to our community.

Hurry with the donations, time is running short and spots are filling up! Tell us what you want to donate, and we will handle the rest of it for you. You can put your trust in Pacific Coast Television to promote your business and make your name known all the way from Pacifica, Half Moon Bay, San Mateo and down to Pescadero!

Give Martin Anaya a call at 650-355-8001!

Help your business and community today!

Are interested in learning more about our 2015 Red Carpet TV Auction? Watch our promotional show telling you all about the auction. Learn about becoming a sponsor and why you should donate or bid on items this year.

You can watch the premiere on November 4 at 1 PM on Comcast Channel 26/27 Coastside or online on our VIDEO ON DEMAND server or on YOUTUBE.

Don't have PCT on your TV? No worries! Check us out 

via online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via Video On-Demand at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/on-demand

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

Read about why it's important to donate to Pacific Coast TV HERE!

Coast Life will be premiering a special episode all about the Titans of Mavericks surf competition. They'll be showing an interview with Brian Overfelt from Pumpkin Fest and showing clips from the Mavericks opening ceremony.

The episode premiere is THIS FRIDAY November 6 at 5 PM only on Pacific Coast TV, Comcast Channel 26/27 Half Moon Bay and Coastside. You can watch the episode on our VIDEO ON DEMAND server and YOUTUBE as well.

Don't have PCT on your TV? No worries! Check us out 

via online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via Video On-Demand at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/on-demand

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

The annual Pacific Coast Television Red Carpet Telethon is around the corner and things are getting under way!

PCT is looking for non profit organizations and entertainers to highlight during the big weekend. Entertainers will be performing during the hourly breaks in the telethon to large viewers watching from around the world. Organizations can help by taking calls from the viewers bidding on auction items and they can also be interviewed during the auction.

The Red Carpet TV Auction is the biggest event of the year at Pacific Coast Television and help us help you by growing your non profit by volunteering with us.

If you would like more information about participating in the telethon, give Martin Anaya a call at

650-355-8001. 

It was a smashing 'gourd' time at the 45th annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival this past weekend. Once again Pacific Coast TV was on the scene to capture and broadcast all of the pumped-up pumpkin action!

It's estimated that this year's festival was attended by over 100,000 pumpkin enthusiasts, both local and from afar. Since its introduction in 1970, the festival has grown from what was once a hometown homage to the indigenous fruit, to what has blossomed into a full-blown, highly anticipated pumpkin palooza. 

If you're Looking for all-things pumpkin, HMB Pumpkin Festival is definitely the place to peruse.

Every square inch of Historic Main Street was populated with plenty of pumpkin paraphernalia. 

Aside from being able to pick the perfect pumpkin from Half Moon Bay's hearty harvest, highlights from the festival included: Live music, DIY art stations, an expert pumpkin carving exhibition, pie eating contest, a haunted barn and The Great Pumpkin Parade. 

A plethora of vendors were present peddling their pumpkin products and an array of other

interesting items. 

Hats seem to be tops at HMB Art and Pumpkin Festival and there was no shortage of people sporting green stemmed orange berets. If being a pumpkin-head is not exactly your thing you could opt to purchase other Halloween inspired head gear. There were handmade witch hat and skull headbands, a plenty, in addition to cute little cat ears running around everywhere. 

I myself opted to buy a spider inspired headpiece and I have to say it was quite a hit!

Once I had appropriately themed head gear it was time to continue my quest for, you guessed it, a bag to hold all of the goodies I was sure to collect over the two-day fest. Luckily, presenting sponsor, Safeway saved the day with their glow-in-the-dark, trick or treat bag giveaway.

The lines were long but well worth the wait. And if you took a picture in their photo booth and posted to either Instagram of Facebook using the hashtag #SafewayHMBPumpkin you were automatically entered to win a $25 Safeway gift card.

After I got my hat and my bag, it was time to focus on food.

Naturally, I had to try the pumpkin mac & cheese being sold by Mariner's Church Coastside. It was a creamy mashup of savory cheese and pumpkin spices topped with roasted pumpkin seeds. Yum!

To wash it down, I headed over to the Half Moon Bay Winery booth to treat myself to a pumpkin harvest ale. Although it was my first trip to that vendor, over the duration of the weekend I must admit that it was not my last.

I basically ate my way through the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, much in the same way, Templeton the Rat, did during his Schmorgasboard-orgasboard at the fair in the movie Charlotte's Web.

 I enjoyed a pumpkin pretzel with pumpkin sweet sauce, a chicken/pumpkin sausage, a different pumpkin ale from ‎Traveler Beer Company, a delicious roasted pumpkin chicken chili from Sonoma-based Rocky and Rosie Chicken and of course pumpkin pie. 

 I wanted so badly to try the pumpkin ice cream, but miserably failed to save any space. Oh well, at least I have something to look forward to at next year's Half Moon Bay Art &Pumpkin Festival. And on behalf of Pacific Coast Television, I hope to see you there! 

Every year, PCT has the privilege of filming one of Half Moon Bay's most popular events, the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival. But PCT does more than just film in the Pumpkin capital every year in October.

PCT gets the chance to interview different vendors through the weekend and catch all the action during the festival. We have a crew go out to film the pumpkin eating contests, the costume contest, pumpkin parade, and the winner of the best pumpkin! PCT crew works both in front and behind the cameras to capture all the fun of Pumpkin Fest.

Sounds exciting? You can be a part of the PCT crew! Pumpkin Fest is October 17-18 from 9 AM- 5 PM both days. There are morning and afternoon shifts available in all positions.

If you're interested in volunteering, give us at call at (650)355-8000. 

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Fest takes place on Main Street between Miramontes and Spruce St. from 9AM-5PM both days. Admission is free and there is no pets allowed.

 Don't have PCT on your TV? No worries! Check us out

via online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via Video On-Demand at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/on-demand

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

The Half Moon Bay History Association is dedicated to recording all parts of local history, even the parts that might not want to be remembered. The History Association held an event remembering the Japanese Americans being sent to internment camps during World War II. This event included a 2015 PCT honoree Naomi Partridge, a Japanese American who was relocated to an internment camp in Topaz, Utah, along with other Japanese Americans living in the coast side towns, including Half Moon Bay and Pescadero.

Some of the experiences Partridge explained included going to the Tanforan racetrack for questioning, living through terrible conditions at the internment camps, due to the  government's lack of health and safety, and witnessing a little girl being murdered during the camp. Despite of the rough conditions in the camp, the Japanese Americans still had some form of government in each of their barracks to deal with issues, as well as having a high school and a nursery.

Overall, Partridge said no one during that time has ever suffered more than the Japanese Americans, who lost their jobs, homes, and identity. When asked if something like this would ever happen again, she thinks so based on that one can access the media anywhere, and the media is constantly propagating fear into people. Partridge said "The only way to prevent another race falling victim to the government, is to understand that fear is only a concept and must not take over one's mind".

 PCT will be playing this special on October 23 at 6 PM on Comcast Ch 26/27 Coastside.

You can visit the Half Moon Bay History Association online at: http://www.halfmoonbayhistory.org/museum.html

 Don't have PCT on your TV? No worries! Check us out

via online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via Video On-Demand at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/on-demand

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

Get ready for Halloween by coming to the 45th annual Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival on October 17 & 18. Pumpkin Fest is the annual festival in October to celebrate the spooky season of Halloween and everyone's favorite fall food: the pumpkin!

There will be plenty of events for the entire family at the Pumpkin Fest. If you have younger children, they can participate in the pie eating contest or the costume contest! If you have older children, have them check out the Haunted House or the zip line across the festival. As always, there will be a big parade starting at noon on Saturday and pie eating contests on both days!

If you'd like more information on the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival, check out their website HERE for full details and download the Pumpkin Fest app for tips while you're there! 

Pacific Coast TV will be there all weekend to film all the fun. Visit the PCT Booth at the festival and see the live coverage over on Comcast Channel 26/27 Coastside. Interested in volunteering with PCT for Pumpkin Fest? Call (650)355-8000 for more information on volunteer training. 

Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Fest takes place on Main Street between Miramontes and Spruce St. from 9AM-5PM both days. Admission is free and there is no pets allowed.

Check out this cool video to get an idea of what Pumpkin Fest is all about!

 Don't have PCT on your TV? No worries! Check us out

via online streaming at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/watch-live

via Video On-Demand at http://pacificcoast.tv/page/on-demand

via YouTube at http://www.YouTube.com/PacCoastTv

Hosted annually in Pacifica, California, Fog Fest 2015 marked 30 years of celebrating the Coastside community! Fog Fest takes place the last full weekend in September, a time when we bid a fond farewell to summer and extend a hearty hello to the season of autumn. 

What better way to commemorate the seasonal transition than with one big party with the picturesque backdrops and perfect climates of Pacifica.

Fog Fest offers something for absolutely everyone!

If you have a thing for unique arts and crafts, you're in luck because Fog Fest always has an ample supply of regional vendors selling their artisan wares. Come prepared to shop ‘til you drop. The first thing I purchased was a one-of-a-kind custom tote bag from, Accessories With Love. This was of course, was my most important purchase because I knew I would need it to hold all the goodies I would accumulate over the next two days.

And accumulate goodies, I did indeed. In fact, I could have used two custom totes by the time it was all said and done. In addition to custom totes festival goes could purchase custom made clothing, jewelry, hats, paintings, surfboards and even a mini ocean ecosystem. That's just quick snapshot of available items.

One of my favorite Fog Fest vendors is, We Have a Cap for That. They specialize in making the most darling pendants from retro bottle caps. How cute is that?

This year, the one I scored pictures the Eiffel Tower encased in a recycled Dr. Wells Strawberry Soda bottle cap. I've worn it every day since I got it and it's been a great little conversation piece. 

While you're busy shopping you can also bop along to the live sounds coming from three music stages. South Stage, sponsored by Recology of the Coast is live-streamed through the duration of the festival on PCT channel 26. Featuring a mashup of music that includes Funk Soul, Country, Rock, Reggae 

and more. Acts performing on the Recology Stage included California Cowboys, Bar Fight, Neon Velvet and Bay Area favorites Bayonics.

And let's not forget about the food at Fog Fest. Festival goers are encouraged to enjoy cuisine representing every corner from across the globe. It was a difficult decision but I finally settled on the crawfish etouffee and shrimp po’boy from New Orleans Catering and it did not disappoint. Other available entrees included: BBQ oysters from Aroma Concessions, Philly cheesesteak from Pedemonte & Co, corn on the cob from California Corn Roast and we cannot forget the incredible crab fries and gyros from Gourmet Faire. 

You'll most likely need something to wash all that yummy down your tummy and once again, Fog Fest has got you completely covered. They have a signature drink called the Fog Cutter but proceed with caution cause this libation packs quite the upper cut. It's a delightful array of colorfully hued spirits that can be purchased in a souvenir keepsake Fog Fest glass.

For an additional fee you can get any of your choice beverages in a keepsake beer tumbler, wine glass or shot glass. 

Even sports enthusiast could get in on the action at this year's Fog Fest. The Super Bowl 50 Host Committee selected Fog Fest to display an impressive exhibit of the five SF 49ers and three Oakland Raiders Super Bowl trophies. 

I can't wait to see what they have in store for next year's Fog Fest festivities. The 30 year anniversary will definitely be a tough fest to follow.