Pacifica News

When one Pacifica resident received a phone call this spring asking her if she wanted to lower her credit card rate, she gave them an answer they were not looking for - she reported the call to the Federal Trade Commission.

The city of Pacifica's Parks, Beaches and Recreation Department is hosting its annual July 4 picnic event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday at Frontierland Park in Park Pacifica.

Every year hundreds of citizens flock to the beaches of Pacifica on the 4th of July to participate in holiday festivities.

The Coastal Arts League Museum and Gallery in Half Moon Bay is the venue for a new exhibit by Pacifica artists Alysanne McGaffey and Marian Yap.

Fireworks may be a Fourth of July tradition, but only a handful of Bay Area cities are permiting them this year in response to public safety concerns.

The Fourth of July is no picnic for the local police. "In past years it's been like a war zone in some parts of our town," said Pacifica police Capt.

This year, the question of whether or not legal fireworks should be permitted on the Fourth of July again sparked considerable debate in some California cities, and on Monday the governor threw his own two cents into the flame.

What's not working, Day 1 : The sign towers above the intersection in Pacifica - or at least it did until several weeks ago, when it mysteriously disappeared.

Police arrested a man Thursday in San Mateo who they say abducted and severely beat a former live-in girlfriend.

A Peninsula man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend with his motorcycle helmet and then briefly kidnapped her, police said Friday.

Pacifica Spindrift Players proves that nobody really knows anything in Neil Simon's comedy.

Pacifica's HAMS are ready again to prove they are prepared to cope with emergencies by providing communication with the outside world.

Or at least the summer reading clubs are. Calling all kids, teens and adults. Come to the Pacifica libraries and start your summer reading.

Lynn Ruth Miller Comic and Pacifican Lynn Ruth Miller is hosting, political satirist Will Durst is headlining and Tahoe Comedy North owner Wayne Wright is producing "Will Durst & Friends - two nights of wild and hilarious laughter" at The Sharp Park Restaurant, Thursday, June 18 at 8 p.m. and Friday, June 19 at 8:30 p.m. Thursday night's show will ...

Maureen Lennon, Pacifica's former finance director is suing the city of Pacifica and City Attorney Cecelia Quick for a number of alleged wrongs surrounding her employment with the city.

City's low sales tax return astonished ad man, Howard Keitel, advertising expert.

Coastal scientists and engineers from throughout California will be participating in a workshop in Pacifica next week addressing 'Recent Advances In Coastal Analysis and Management Affecting California'. The workshop is being hosted by the California Shore and Beach Preservation Association, an educational and professional group with members from ...

Bearing fruit, flowers and the best of intentions, Ron Kino stood 20 yards away from the Pacific Ocean to ask Yemanja, the Afro-Brazilian ocean goddess, permission to use her name for his yoga studio.

The vacant quarry that sits at the center of town, one of the best-known pieces of coastal real estate in Northern California, may become a victim of the recession if it isn't sold soon.

The U.S. Geological SurveyA reported that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.3 struck just a few miles offshore from San Mateo County Sunday night.