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Coming up: Comedy Day on the Half Moon Bay Patch calendar

Greetings Half Moon Bay! We're your go-to source for what's happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Half Moon Bay's star QB powered a big road victory
Also on today's calendar: Comedy Day and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Cooler, with a high of 63 and low of 56 degrees.
- Wednesday: Clouds yielding to sun, temps: high: 63, low: 56.
- Thursday: A morning shower in spots, with a high of 67 and low of 57 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• High school football top 10: Two teams crack into Chronicle's rankings this week (sfchronicle.com) — Half Moon Bay High's football team stayed unbeaten with a 42-22 win over Carlmont, powered by quarterback Brandon Melo's three-touchdown, 248-yard performance. The game is featured in the San Francisco Chronicle's latest Bay Area Top 10 roundup, which also recaps other key regional matchups and shifting rankings.
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📸 Around Half Moon Bay
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Half Moon Bay
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★ Featured events ★
- Comedy Day →
Robin Williams Meadow, SF
12:00 pm
Sunday September 20
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Other local events
- Spanish Bilingual Storytime | Hora de Cuentos Bilingue
Half Moon Bay Library, 620 Correas Street, Half Moon Bay
11:00 am - Adobe Workshop
Half Moon Bay Library, 620 Correas Street, Half Moon Bay
11:00 am - Coastside Hope at the Library / Coastside Hope en la Biblioteca
Half Moon Bay Library, 620 Correas Street, Half Moon Bay
1:00 pm - Food Pop Up!: Shmash'd Burger →
Hop Dogma Brewing Co., 270 Capistrano Road, Half Moon Bay
5:00 pm - Drop-in Lessons at HMB Parks and Rec →
Ted Adcock Community Center, 535 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay
6:00 pm - Odd Fellows Speaker Series: BEYOND THE MENU →
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7:00 pm - Half Moon Bay Beach Safety Run →
Half Moon Bay CA - BCU - Coastal Clean Up Day - Poplar Beach (HMB) →
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9:00 am - Summer's End Music Festival 2026 →
John L. Carter Memorial Park, Main St, Half Moon Bay
11:00 am - Walk for Mental Health with NAMIWalks 2026 San Mateo County →
Coyote Point Park, Duck Pond, 1701 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo, CA, 94401
9:00 am - Comedy Improv Show! →
925 Main St, Half Moon Bay
7:00 pm
Wednesday September 16
Thursday September 17
Saturday September 19
Saturday October 3
📣 Half Moon Bay Shout Outs!
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Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.
💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- My husband and son made me a puzzle sharing box.
It's like a Little Free Library but for puzzles! Hoping it catches on so we can exchange puzzles instead of buying new ones. There's a couple of… (Nextdoor El Granada) - Did anyone see the bright orange light off the coast Sunday night?
It was orange and getting more and less bright. Very bright. Wondering what it could be. This is from Poplar (Nextdoor Arleta Park)
- Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District posted a job opening for Para Educator SDC - FTE 0.6438 Redwood Shores Elementary CL#10 in Belmont. Apply here.
- San Mateo-Foster City School District posted a job opening for School Operations Team Leader/Day Custodian- College Park Elementary in San Mateo. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Half Moon Bay here.
🗞 Nearby News
Belmont
- ZaiNar Joins Arm Total Design For Physical AI As Founding Location Partner (pulse2.com)
- Obituaries—Autumn 2026 (stanfordmag.org)
Burlingame
- New faculty spotlight: Sunandini Sharma, PhD (unmc.edu)
- Ronald Dell Davis (tooeleonline.com)
- Bay Area prep football Week 3, 2026: Weekend scoreboard, how Top 25 fared (mercurynews.com)
San Mateo
- San Mateo County sheriff's deputy seeks mental health diversion in Livermore child abuse case (almanacnews.com)
Ok Half Moon Bay! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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