Hosted by Reuben TruthMaker and Krystlyn!

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Martin Gallagher, the Artist Who Created Henry the Troll in Quarry Park (December 19, 2025)

If you missed Thomas Dambo's amazing installation of 15-foot handmade wooden trolls at the Filoli Estate this year -- dude, what were you thinking!?!

Well, lucky for you, Coastsider Martin Gallagher used his very particular set of skills, skills he acquired over a very long career, to make a giant handmade wooden troll right here on the Coastside in Quarry Park. 

Photo credit: Martin Gallagher

Settle in with a strudel and a cup of coffee while Krystlyn! and Reuben learn more about Martin and his big ol' troll, Henry.

BREAKING NEWS!!! This just in to the Coastal Windage news desk: Quarry Park troll artist Martin Gallagher has announced plans to construct another troll installation -- this one to be 27 feet tall at Surfer's Beach -- as well as a possible troll or two for the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside.

Photo credit: Martin Gallagher

A Different Idea for More Housing (December 19, 2025)

With unfunded mandates for additional housing coming down from Sacramento, regional agencies like ABAG, and Scott Weiner, the County turns its lonely eyes to the Coastside. Because, you know, so much open space out here.

Never mind that there isn't the transportation infrastructure, employment base, healthcare, and so on to handle thousands of new residents, the message is clear: BUILD HOUSES. Build them in your backyard, build them in vacant lots, build them in forested plots that are beneficial to the character and health of the Coastside. Building houses is so important in this country, they're considered a prime economic leading indicator.

So how can there be a shortage of places for people to live. Or is there? Maybe it's just a shortage of vision?

Photo simulation credit: San Mateo County Planning Department

Tune in to hear a couple of new ideas for dealing with the housing situation that don't involve bulldozing trees or land, don't need sketchy exemptions and exceptions to well-intentioned codes and laws, and that take advantage of "negative space." 

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Johnny Valencia and Jazmin Negrete, Coaches for the Cunha Intermediate School Cheer Team (December 12, 2025)

Gimme a "C," gimme an "O," gimme an "A," gimme an "S," gimme a "T" -- eh, it's going to take too long, but fortunately, Reuben and Krystlyn! have Johnny and Jazmin in the studio to lead the cheer. Tune in and hear all about the brand-new Cunha Cheer Squad, which is really adding some fun and home court advantage to games at the Cub House. Rumor has it that Johnny and Jazmin might even try to show Reuben a couple of basic moves like the clasp, the High V, and of course, the pike jump. You do NOT want to miss this interview!

Coach Johnny Valencia (L) and Assistant Coach Jazmin Negrete (R) with the awesome Cunha Cheer Team in the Cub House.

Photo credit: Coastal Windage

Stop With the Poison! (December 12, 2025)

If you're using it to kill some kind of carbon-based lifeform, we've got a news flash for you: it probably ain't good for any of the other carbon-based lifeforms either. The "it" here being poison: herbicides, pesticides, rodenticides. Tune in to hear about possible future loosening of restrictions for use of anti-coagulant rodenticides in our state. You know, the kind that cause a slow, agonizing death and are proven to make their way up the food chain. Yeah, that kind. It's bad. 

This is a healthy mountain lion doing its mountain lion thing.

Photo credit: Coastal Windage

This is a moutain lion suffering from mange, internal bleeding, and disorientation as a result of anti-coagulant poisoning. 

Photo credit: The Center for Biological Diversity

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Sam Liccardo, U.S. Representative for CA-16 (December 5, 2025)

U.S. Representative Sam Liccardo returns to Coastal Windage for another live, in-studio interview. This is Congressman Liccardo's first return to the Coastal Windage studio since he was sworn in to Congress this past January. Tune in and find out how he's handling the new job in these trying times and how politics in Washington, DC, affect us here on the Coastside. 

Photo credit: Mike Kai Chen

Selling Our Coastside Soul? (December 5, 2025)

Will the things that we love about the Coastside come tumbling down under the weight of their own attraction?

Are great blue herons and brilliant coastal sunsets and open fields of flowers compatible with relaxed zoning regulations, rental income homes, enterprise zone commercialism, and the Cult of Technology?  

Photo credit: Reuben TruthMaker

At what point does the special character of this place become vestigial?

Let's hear your thoughts on this Coastsiders -- it's your special place.

Tails of Joy for Dynamic Duo Dog Rescue (December 5, 2025)

Dogs, wine, live music -- uh, yes please, am I right?

Listen in for all the deets on the Tails of Joy Fundraiser on December 6 from noon to 4:00 PM at the Coastal Vine in Moss Beach. This special event is to raise money in support of Dynamic Duo Dog Rescue. Find out about this amazing local nonprofit and clear your calendar for December 6.

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Carol Hunter and Hilary Stamper, Founders of Coastside Country (November 21, 2025)

Coastside Country is the line dancing group that is taking the Coastside by storm. A little bit country (well, OK probably a lot country given the name), a little bit rock and roll, and all fun. Listen in as Carol and Hilary explain how they got the group started and what line dancing can do for your social life, physical health, and personal wellness. Reuben is so excited, he went out and bought a pair of Wranglers for the interview. 

Colony of Coastside Artists Open Studios Is This Weekend (November 21, 2025)

If you're looking for that unique gift for your most favorite person, something that really evokes the Coastside -- Amazon has some great fake wood signs with cutesy slogans like "Beach O'clock" and "Here's sand in your eye." 

Meanwhile, at 32 different studios from Half Moon Bay to Montara this weekend, 55 local artists will be showing their creations. Where, who, what time? Oh, dear listener, that's what the radio show is for. Tune in for all the detes.

The Return of Sandy Brightside (November 14, 2025)

She was lined up to be the long-term cohost replacement for Livvy Streetwise -- and then the Windage Blessing struck again. Find out what Sandy's been up to since those magical episodes in 2022. 

Photo credit: Sandy Brightside

Growing Up Coastside (November 14, 2025)

On today's episode of Windage, Coastside parents Reuben TruthMaker and Sandy Brightside address the age-old barstool debate: is the Coastside a great place to grow up or the greatest place to grow up? They'll also discuss the corollary to that question: is the Coastside a great place to raise children or the greatest place to raise children? Call in with your thoughts -- it's toll free!

Photo credit: Reuben TruthMaker

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Local Author and Screenwriter Heidi R. Kling (November 14, 2025)

Coastal Windage hosts have interviewed Emmy Award winners (Howard and Michelle Hall), famous comedians (W. Kamau Bell), poet laureates (Caroline Goodwin), world record holders (Amy Gubser), brilliant artists (Julie Engelmann, Jane Kim), Newbury and Caldecott Award winners (Shawn Harris), published authors (Phylis Savari), sitting politicians (Ray Mueller, Sam Licccardo), championship coaches (John Parsons, Keith Holden, Jonathan Slusher) -- and now a real-life Hollywood screenwriter. Don't miss Reuben's bald-faced attempts to worm his way into the virtual limosine of the Coastside's own author and screenwriter Heidi Kling. 

 

Photo credit: Heidi Kling

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Half Moon Bay District 3 City Councilperson Paul Nagengast (November 7, 2025)

Photo credit: Paul Nagengast

Tune in for our quarterly check-in with HMB City Councilperson Paul Nagengast. He'll give us the "State of the City," refresh our love and respect for public service, and give Reuben a few much-needed golf tips. 

Football, State of, 2025 (November 7, 2025)

With each passing year, Reuben's 2017 earth-shattering prediction that the NFL will be a flag football league in 25 years becomes more and more prescient. Listen in to hear what's happened in football over the last year that makes him more certain than ever. Even if you aren't interested in football, this segment is certain to amaze and delight.

Photo credit: Andy Hide  

Special Guest Michelle Dragony of CoastsideBuzz.com (October 31, 2025)

Nobody knows more about what's up and what's going down around the Coastside than the Coastal Butterfly. And Coastal Windage has got her, for one day only (today).

Photo credit: CoastsideBuzz.com

Need a couple of extra IQ points? Want to win local trivia night at Cameron's next week? Need to have some idea what the heck you're talking about before you make an impassioned speech at the next public meeting? You need to a) go to CoastsideBuzz.com; and b) tune in to this show!

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Karen Egan, Academic Success Coordinator for the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside Academic Success Center (October 24, 2025)

The Coastside has so many incredibly talented and caring people that Reuben lays awake at night trying to fiigure out how to get them all on Coastal Windage. In this episode, Reuben and Krystlyn! interview Karen Egan, a volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside who is changing our children's lives for the better one child at a time. Don't miss this interview. Karen's dedication and support for Coastside kids will inspire you to service and leave you with hope for the future.

Photo credit: Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside

Public Service Announcements (October 24, 2025)

You absolutley must tune in to learn about these incredibly important doings around the Coastside that you need to know about.

• PSA 1: ICE reports

• PSA 2: Town hall to discuss the Harbor District's plans for parking lots

• PSA 3: Rain barrels!

Photo credits: Wikipedia; SMCO; Flows to the Bay

The Kids Are Alright--HMBHS Homecoming 2025 (October 17, 2025)

Beginning that fateful March afternoon in 2020, we’ve been worrying about and seeing the affects of the pandemic on our children. Well, we're here to tell you folks, we saw a glimpse of the future last Friday at the high school, and there is reason for hope.

Photo credit: Coastal Windage

From a raucous and enthusiastic assembly in the school featuring class dances, the crowning of the Homecoming King and Queen, and smiles, smiles that would make Mr. Roark proud to the Homecoming football game Friday night to the Homecoming Dance on Saturday night, the 2025 HMBHS Homecoming was an uplifting and superfun weekend.

Photo credit: Coastal Windage

A Primer on Pumpy Fest 2025 (October 17, 2025)

The one and only, 53rd edition, hometown throwdown -- the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival -- makes its annual appearance this weekend only, right here in Half Moon Bay. With so much to do, we thought you could use the inside scoop on what's happening where and when this glorious Coastside weekend. Listen in with a pencil and notepad so you can plan out every second of your Pumpkin Festival fantasy.

A New Pumpkin Champion Is Crowned (October 17, 2025)

Don't look now but there's a new sheriff in town. Sadly this is literally true, but we mean a new sheriff of the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off pumpkin patch town. Yeah, that metaphor was more strained than the forklifts hoisting the giant pumpkins at the weigh-off on Monday, but we know you get the pumpkin-spiced gist. It may have taken a literal act of God (per insurance parlance) to wrest the crown away from pumpkin GOAT Travis Geigner, but Brandon Dawson and his humungous 2,346-pound gourd pumped up and took home the title, the coveted pumpkin jacket, and $21,114 in seed money. 

Photo credit: Ashton Hacke

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Eric DeBode, Executive Director of Abundant Grace Coastside Worker (October 10, 2025)

Some people are in this life for attention and financial gain (looking at you, Reub'). Others works selflessly and tirelessly to help their fellow humans and make the world a better place. Listen in as Reuben and Krystlyn! chat with a true lion of the people, Eric DeBode, as he explains what drives him to work so hard for others who are struggling in our society. 

Photo credit: CBS News

A Coastide Caltrans Mystery Solved? (October 10, 2025)

No, we're not talking about who authorized the illegal crosswalk installed by Caltrans with no public notice or Coastal Development Permit in Moss Beach in August 2019 -- but Reuben would love to open that can of worms back up if you want him to. We're talking statues, not statutes. This summer, the giant statue of Junipero Serra on the 280, the one that looked like he was throwing dice in some back alley craps game, up and vanished. Not only do we now know what happened to that statue, but it may help solve the mystery of what became of the statutory remains of one of his colonial compatriots. Intrigued? Tune in for the whole Sherlock Holmes.

Photo credits: ItsGoingDown.org; Anna Hoch-Kenney

El Granada Community Park Yet, Yet, Yet? (October 10, 2025)

What takes more than 10 years and 70 public events to get community support? Solid waste landfill? No. Flat-track motorcycle racing venue? Sounds cool, but also no. A parking lot for a government agency and a private business who aren't even in the actual community? Don't go there. 

If you guessed a beautifully designed community park, then you have some serious issues -- and you'd be right. Listen in for more on the saga of El Granada Community Park.

Gone Fishin' (October 3, 2025)

While most folks crawled out of bed and schlepped down to clock in at work this week, the Federal Government slept in. Windows shuttered and a "Gone fishin'" sign on the door. How is this helping? Are you directly affected? Call in with your story and help Reuben and Krystlyn! try to make sense of this unforced error.

Photo credit: Woodsticks Wood'n Signs

No News Is Bad News for the Coastside (October 3, 2025)

Especially for smaller communities like the Coastside, the economics of modern "content" have rendered the local news market unprofitable. And since money runs the world (alongside liability), local news is disappearing faster than open space in El Granada. Tune in for a locally sourced discussion on what this means for the Coastside and other small markets.

Photo credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Carlos Alcantar Acosta, Founder of the Foggy Clothing Brand (September 26, 2025)

Some people are brimming with creative ideas and know how to express them. Others host a radio show for nine seasons. Listen in as Reuben chats with local brand designer Carlos Alcantar Acosta and tries to figure out where the magic comes from.

Big Waves and Flying Cars (September 26, 2025)

Rorschach test: One of these things is pure madness and the other is outrageously cool. Go! Listen in to hear Reuben's pick. 

Photo credit: Alessandro “Alo” Slebir; Alef

Season 9 of Coastal Windage Starts Now! (September 19, 2025)

Fresh off his summer hiatus in Italy, Greece, and various vacation homes, Reuben straps on the mic and joins Krystlyn! for the much anticipated season premiere of Coastal Windage, season 9!

Listen in as they review the wildly succesful Coastal Windage "Summer Mic Series," discuss the concept of a "Coastside summer," and catch up on all the big Coastside news.

Photo credit: Reuben Truthmaker

While everybody else barbequed in tank tops and shorts, the Coastside enjoyed a typical "summer."

Ribbon Cutting for the New Cunha Soccer Complex (September 19, 2025)

13 years ago the Cunha Athletics field was a lumpy, clumpy, "grass" ankle-breaker. Today it's a state-of-the-art, semi-organic, high-tech turf playing surface with an agricultural lineage. Hear all about this incredible new field and the partnership between the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside (BGCC) and the Cabrillo Unified School District (CUSD) that made it happen. 

Photo credit: Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside

And don't forget to stop by the field on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM for the official ribbon cutting ceremony. 

2nd Annual Coastal Windage "Summer Mic Series" (June 13 to September 12, 2025)

Summer is here and so is the 2nd annual Coastal Windage "Summer Mic Series." Each week, a new guest host (or two) will sit in for Reuben and join Krystlyn! to provide live content, new perspectives, and fresh voices to the Coastal Windage brand. You absolutely must check out the hot summer lineup of amazing guest hosts.

This summer on the 2nd annual Coastal Windage "Summer Mic Series":

• June 13, 2025: Michelle Dragony, Chief Buzz Officer of CoastsideBuzz.com
• June 20, 2025: Aisha Baro, Engaged Citizen and notable Coastsider, with special guest Barbara Dye from Coastside Democrats
• June 27, 2025: David Oliphant, founder of Ocean Element real estate, vice president of the Half Moon Bay Downtown Association, and patron of the arts
• July 4, 2025: Special KHMB 4th of July programming
• July 11, 2025: Livvie Streetwise, former co-host of Coastal Windage and notable Coastsider
• July 18, 2025: Brad Larson, #1 Coastal Windage fan and dad of Krystlyn!
• July 25, 2025: Melinda MacNaughton and Jane Praysilver of El Granada Advocates
• August 1, 2025: Paul Nagengast, Half Moon Bay City Coucilperson, District 3
• August 8, 2025: Aisha Baro, Engaged Citizen and notable Coastsider, with San Mateo County District 3 Supervisor Ray Mueller and Hector Camacho, San Mateo County Office of Education, Executive Director for Equity, Social Justice, and Inclusive Practices
• August 15, 2025: Ranger Kielak, founder and prinicipal of Within Range Coaching and host of the Never Peak Project
• August 22, 2025: Executive Director Mark Newton and Program Director Sandra Sarabia from the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside (BGCC) with their special guest, Mitzi Hernandez, an alumnus of both the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside and UC Berkeley
• August 29, 2025: Marika Holmgren, owner of Home Town Mercantile, Half Moon Bay's modern general store, on Main Street in downtown Half Moon Bay
• September 5, 2025: Beverly Garrity: former chair of the Coastside Design Review Committee and notable Coastsider
• September 12, 2025: Melinda MacNaugton and Laura Masko, a mindfulness coach for the Mindfulness Institute for Emerging Adults (MIEA)

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Renowned Coastside Muralist and Fine Artist Julie Engelmann (June 6, 2025)

Back by popular demand, amazing artist Julie Engelmann takes a break from her latest mural on the IDES building on Main Street in Half Moon Bay to sit down with Krystlyn! and Reuben. Be forewarned, Reuben is likely to fan-boy all over himself as he attempts to come to grips with Julie's amazing talent. Some people just have it and others, well, they host a radio show for eight seasons.

Photo credit: Krystlyn!

Coastal Windage Season 8 Finale (June 6, 2025)

All good things must come to an end, even season 8 of Coastal Windage. Listen in for all the Windage metrics your left brain can handle, it's quite a load of 

Trolls with Flags Graduate to Crosswalks (June 6, 2025)

What do giant 15-foot trolls hiding in the woods, colorful beach flags, graduating HMBHS seniors, and an illegal crosswalk in Moss Beach all have in common? . . . Oh, we have no idea, we thought you knew. Tune in and we'll all find out together.

Whales, Falcons, and Hounds, Oh My! (May 30, 2025)

What's more snuggly than a 60,000-pound, barnacle-covered whale? How about three fuzzy-wuzzy widdle Peregrine falcon chicks bee-bopping along outside their nest? We know, it's dozens of adorable hounds -- some in costume! -- gathered at your community park. No, no, wait, what's cuter than a translucent, hard-shelled invertebrate insect! No? Well, maybe we went too far on that one. But still, all of these animals are living their best lives here on the Coastside. Listen in and commune with nature.

Photo credit: Oceanic Society

2nd Annual Coastal Windage "Summer Mic Series" (May 30, 2025)

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Restaurant MADNESS, MADness, madness (May 30, 2025)

Eateries have long been a staple of the Coastside swagger. Some come and go, some stay a while. Everybody's got a favorite. Tune in to hear some foodie updates from the depths of Reuben's tortured appetite and challenge yourself to answer some Coastside restaurant trivia.

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Mark Newton, New Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside (BGCC) (May 23, 2025)

Change can be difficult, but not when you go from great to great. This month, the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside announced Mark Newton as their new executive director. Listen in and find out all about Mark and why he's the perfect person to lead them into the future and build on the BGCC mission to serve Coastside youth.  

Photo credit: Mark Newton

Iconic Coastside GOATS Cox and Jacobson (May 23, 2025)

Need we say more. We do? Oh, well this is a new thing the Coastal Windage interns are trying out: word salad with a potpourri of topics to engineer a titular solution. Listen closely and see if you can parse out the pieces of this clever Windage jumbalaya.

"Now that's an icon!"

Photo credit: Reuben TruthMaker

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Lynnette Vega from La Honda Indivisible (May 16, 2025)

Does your voice matter? Do decision-makers give a flattened rat what you think? Are we being heard? Maybe those aren't the right questions or the right metrics for determining the value of public comment. Time to bring in somebody with a positive perspective on the issue. Enter Lynnette Vega from La Honda Invisible, who will explain why she works to organize public demonstrations and why public comment is more than a zero-sum game.

Photo credit: Lynette Vega

A Public Comment About Public Comment (May 16, 2025)

The eternal question that Reuben will not let rest: What is the value of public comment and public protest? Has it become white noise to the decision-makers or does it make a difference? Does it only make a difference depending on who's doing the commenting? Is it just a vestigial ceremony in end-stage democracy? (The eternal question is one question, in 26 parts, in case you are keeping score at home.) Tune in and help talk Reuben down off the cliff on which he feels democracy is teetering.

Caltrans Changes Its Tune (May 16, 2025)

Caltrans is running out of ways to avoid dealing with  the slippery roadway on 92 East. Despite numerous accidents over the last few months, the most tangible response was a few oranges cones along the shoulder. Amazingly, this did not solve the problem. This week, Caltrans has suddenly changed its tune from from "Don't Worry Be Happy" to "High and Dry" to "Slip-Slidin' Away" and vows to develop an action plan. So what got the wheels turning, so to speak? Was it the power of public voice? Listen in as we talk this one out.

Photo credit: Doug Forster

Circling Back for Some Mother's Day Coastsidenalia (May 9, 2025)

Just like the bottom of mom's purse always had, this show's got a little bit of something and a little bit of everything, even some rock-hard sticks of Dentine and three green pennies. From Mother's Day to what's shaking Coastside to updates and addendums on past shows and segments. This is Coastal Windage.

Photo credit: High Country Gardens

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Paul Nagengast of the Half Moon Bay City Council (May 2, 2025)

He was out, done, home free, semi-retired, and living the life of Reuben. But his love of the Coastside and sense of civic duty overcame his common sense. Don't miss this live interview with HMB City Councilperson Paul Nagengast as he lays out his vision for the City of Half Moon Bay and explains why he decided to run for public office.

Photo credit: Paul Nagengast

Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside Has a New Leader (May 2, 2025)

Change can be difficult, but not when you go from great to great. This week, the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside announced Mark Newton as their new executive director. Hot off the heals of an incredible six-year run under the leadership of Executive Director Jill Jacobson, the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside has found the perfect person to build on their mission to serve Coastside youth.  

Photo credit: Mark Newton

Is Pickleball the Answer? (May 2, 2025)

What happens when you have too much time on your hands and a bunch of random sports equipment? A radio show? Good guess, but no. Magic, that's what. Which is how we got pickleball. (Trust us, it actually happened that way.) Tune in to find out if America's fastest growing sport is the answer to all of the Coastside's problems. It's no gondola, but hey, it's just as possible.

Photo credit: Homes.com 

In Memory of Lisa Ketcham (April 25, 2025)

Friend, neighbor, colleague, mentor, leader. All of those things and more. This week, the Coastside lost a true champion and a wonderful person, Lisa Ketcham. Please feel free to call in and share your thoughts about this first-ballot Coastside Hall of Famer.

Lisa, pictured here with her grandfather, in 2018 during an MCC Adopt-a-Highway trash clean-up day along Highway 1 in Moss Beach.

Photo credit: Barbra Mathewson

Coastside Gives! (April 25, 2025)

It's the Coastside's special day of giving. 76 nonprofits raising money from, by, and for the Coastside. Call in and make the case for your favorite Coastside cause.

Trouble for the Pumpkin Festival? (April 25, 2025)

Say it ain't so, Gordy! OK, let's not panic, P-fest is on for 2025, but these days nothing is a given, not even the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival. Find out what you can do to help!

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Chad Hooker of Pacific Coast Dream Machines (April 18, 2025)

Rev up your engines and dump the clutch next Sunday, because Dream Machines is back, baby! Why did it ever go away? Who knows? Oh wait, long-time Event Director Chad Hooker knows. And guess what? He's our "Shooting the Breeze" live interview guest today. If you ever wanted to know what permit is required to hold an event at the airport, how to get a bunch old car rebels to follow the rules, or the timing for a '67 Oldsmobile Cutlass, Chad is the man. Dial this one up!

History Is History (April 18, 2025)

Bruh, like Moore's Law meets the fruit fly reproductive cycle, you know what we mean, Vern? History is done, toast, yesterday's newspaper, a smashed bug on STEM's windshield. Between the Cult of Technology, on-demand culture, and the 24-second news cycle, history is about as relevant these days as the rule of law. Right? We lost you already -- rule of law you say? Just give a listen, we'll bring you up to speed.

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Cata Gomes, Founder and Executive Director of the Muchia Te' Indigenous Land Trust (April 11, 2025)

Don't miss one of our favorite guests as she tells us more about the vision and mission of Muchia Te' and their latest programs. Muchia Te' is participating in Coastside Gives this year for the first time -- find out what the goals are for this amazing local nonprofit organization.

Photo credit: Muchia Te' Indigenous Land Trust

How About Those Coastside Protests! (April 11, 2025)

Nicely done, Coastside. Great turnout, positive attitude, fun signs, and no violence or criminal activity. We done ourselves proud. Now the question is: aaaaand then? Call in and make your suggestion.

Photo credit: Reuben TruthMaker

The Coastside Doth Protest (April 4, 2025)

Had enough? Surely you've had enough of something. Even if it's protests, demonstrations, or clever signage, there must be something you have to say about something. Saturday is your day, Coastsiders. As part of the nationwide day of protest, Coastsiders (none of them funded by George Soros) will be taking to locations from Montara to Moonridge to express their first amendment right to speak out. Haven't read anything about it on Coastsidenews.com? Hmm. Listen in as we talk about the planned Coastside activities, the lack of local media attention to them, and the impact of public comment.

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Phylis Savari, Author of the Silicon Valley-Coastside Memoir, Data for Joy (April 4, 2025)

Don't miss this great discussion with former Coastside resident Phylis Savari, whose new memoir, Data for Joy, recounts the pressures and turmoils of working in the tech industry and how the Coastside came to her rescue. 

Photo credit: Reuben TrutMaker

Healthcare on the Coastside? (April 4, 2025)

Are pilot programs the best way to provide healthcare on the Coastside? Well it sure beats not having any Coastside healthcare options at all. Listen in for a temperature check on the health of Coastside healthcare. 

Photo credit: CoastsideBuzz.com

E-Bikes and the Slippery Slope (March 28, 2025)

Pedal-assisted begat throttle-assisted begat speed pedal-assisted -- and now where are we? Barreling down the slippery slope that Reuben predicted. Tune in to hear Reuben warn us all yet again that e-bikes are the fourth sign of the apocalypse.

Photo credit: Reuben TruthMaker

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Melinda MacNaughton of El Granada Advocates (March 28, 2025)

Somewhere along the way, trees became an existential threat and spraying poison on plants became government policy. How about we just build a parking lot in open space and call it even? Hear our "Shooting the Breeze" live interview with Melinda MacNaughton of El Granada Advocates and try to wrap your head around our upside-down world.

Photo credit: Melinda MacNaughton

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with HMBHS Head Coach Megan Smith (March 21, 2025)

In her first exclusive live interview since the State Championship game, HMBHS girls basketball coach Megan Smith drops into the Coastal Windage studio to talk hoops with Krystlyn! and Reuben. You heard it here first!

Photo credit: HMBHS

Welcome to the Cub House! (March 21, 2025)

Welcome to the Cub House, we got two more games/
We got all the fun you want, Coastside, we know you love these teams/
Welcome, welcome to the Cub House/
We wanna, we wanna hear you scream!!

That's right Coastsiders, two Cunha 6th grade basketball teams are in the playoffs -- and they both play Monday evening in the Cub House, Cunha Intermediate School's gym on Kelly Avenue in downtown Half Moon Bay.

Come out and make the Cub House truly a home court advantage for the #2 seed Boys B team and the #4 seed Boys A team. Let them hear us roar all the way to the other side of the hill.

This is our house, this is the Cub House!

Monday, March 24

--4:30 PM Cunha 6B v. Bayside/North Shoreview

--5:30 PM Cunha 6A v. Bowditch

Half Moon Robotics Rocks (March 21, 2025)

For Reuben, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) is part of his wine glass, but for normal people it's the way of the world and the future.

Photo credit: HMBRobotics.org

Tune in to hear about Half Moon Bay Robotics, a program partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside that supports two community-based competition robotics teams.

The Half Moon Bay Gateway Arch (March 21, 2025)

Somewhere between St. Louis and Mickey D's lies the sweet spot for a proposed signature landmark for the City of Half Moon Bay. Get an update on the status of this Main Street beautification concept.

Photo credit: CoastsideNews.com

HMBHS Girls Basketball Team Is in the State Championships!!! (March 14, 2025)

For the first time in program history, the HMBHS girls basketball team will play for the District IV State Championship. What a run they've had, and it ain't over yet.

Cougar nation always travels strong, so make your plans to journey to Sacramento tomorrow morning to cheer on our hometown hoopsters.

Photo credit: Jen Dorwin

Half Moon Bay High School v. Whitney High School
Saturday, March 15, 2025
10:00 AM
Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, CA

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Kevin Sniecinski, Treasurer for the Midcoast Community Council (March 14, 2025)

Not only does Kevin oversee the pursestrings of the only elected body representing the entire Midcoast, he's a passionate, compassionate, and interesting guy. Find out about the Midcoast Community Council, get Kevin's take on local issues, and learn more about this notable Coastsider. 

Photo credit: Kevin Sniecinski

Half Moon Bay High School Wants Your Blood (March 14, 2025)

We know that everybody on the Coastside bleeds orange and black for our hometown Cougars, but now we need you to actually bleed your own blood (as White Goodman would say) in support of the Half Moon Bay High School Blood Drive.

Listen in as HMBHS high school student Nicole Hide calls in to the show to promote the Half Moon Bay High School Blood Drive.

Half Moon Bay High School Blood Drive
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
9:30 AM to 1:00 PM
MU building on HMBHS campus

Image credit: CT State Community College

The Curious Case of the Midcoast Sign Stealer (March 14, 2025)

What's that saying? "Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking." Well, . . . in the age of ubiquitous Nest cams, license plate readers, and other security surveillance, somebody is always looking. Maybe folks just don't give a hang anymore. 

Join us as we dig into a curious case of sign stealing on the Midcoast and what that says about personal perspective and motivation, especially given today's political climate.

Reuben Returns! (March 7, 2025)

As you may know, the once high-flying Reuben TruthMaker was laid low by a devastating bicycle accident on Super Bowl Sunday. In the weeks since, he's been forced to reevaluate his priorities, his past actions and words, and his general outlook on life. It has been a physically grueling and deeply existential experience for him.

Tune in this Friday for Reuben's return to the mic and hear him discuss the accident and its physical and emotional aftermath.

Photo credits: Reuben TruthMaker

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Cal Fire Battalion Chief Chip Pickard (March 7, 2025)

Don't miss our "Shooting the Breeze" live interview with Cal Fire Battalion Chief Chip Pickard, a true hero of the Coastside. Chief Pickard will provide great insight on the people who keep us safe here on the Coastside.

Photo credit: CoastsideBuzz.com

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview with Granada Community Services District (GCSD) Board Member Wanda Bowles and GCSD Assistant General Manager Hope Atmore (February 28, 2025)

Want to know what's up with the proposed Granada Community Park? Interested in the details of the Picasso Preschool situation? Then join Krystlyn! for her exclusive live interview with two people who have direct and detailed knowledge of the facts.

And Now, Put Your Hands Together and Let Us Hear You Say "Hey, Oh!" -- The Triumphant Return of the Incredible Livvie Streeeeetwiiiise! (February 21, 2025)

This blew our entire 2025 budget, but it is soooo worth it. Back by popular demand, you know her, you love her, the top-rated Coastal Windage host of all time, Livvie Streetwise, returns to the mic for one show only.

Similar to Jacob Hamblin (look him up) there is only one known photograph of Livvie, and like Lady Gaga, Livvie likes to have fun with different outfits and hairstyles. It helps keep the paparazzi at bay (which is not a issue for Reuben).

Photo credit: Jim Henderson

Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside Looks Ahead to a Very Bright Future (February 14, 2025)

Since Jill Jacobson took over as Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside (BGCC) in 2019, the Club has enjoyed phenomenal success, including a partership with the Cabrillo Unified School District to take over all Cunha afterschool sports, greatly increasing club membership, development of an elementary school program, establishment of a central community clubhouse at Cunha, expanded outreach and partnerships within the Coastside community, hiring and retention of the most incredible staff members, and so much more. 

Tune in for a fun and informative "Shooting the Breeze" live interview with Jill as she explains her decision to step away from the Executive Director position and her incredible enthusiasm for the future of the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside.

Photo credit: CoastsideBuzz.com

Fear of ICE (February 7, 2025)

We try to stay out of national issues and politics on this show, except when they come right to our door. Which is what is happening with the immigration issue, figuratively, but not literally -- yet. Coastside, California, America -- it's time to check yourself.

Avian flu -- It's Not Just for Birds Anymore (February 7, 2025)

Birds, cats, humans -- it seems like almost no creature is immune from the scourge of H5N1. Tune in and be informed!

Photo credit: birdfact.com

Coastside Wildlife and Pets!! (February 7, 2025)

Whales, hawks, skunks, dolphins, pelicans, mountain lions, wonderful hounds, great blue herons, coyotes,  hummingbirds, skunks, kitties, and more and more. Love those animals of the Coastside!!

Photo credits: Reuben TruthMaker; Beth Ramsey

Ode to the 300! (January 31, 2025)

Time flies when you're having fun, don't you know. Seems like just yesterday we were celebrating our semiquincentennial and now it's already tricentennial time. And they said it couldn't be done. Just like the gondola. And a public swimming pool. And an above-grade Highway 1 crossing at Gray Whale Cove. And a continuous bike path from Moonridge to Montara. Words is just words -- and we know because we've said a lot of them over the last seven years -- but doing is doing, and this is what we've done. 300.

Hyatt Anxiety (January 31, 2025)

Good for the local economy. Bad for the view corridor. Good for jobs. Bad for traffic. Good for tax revenues. Bad for open space. And around and around. Does the Coastside need another hotel that your parents couldn't afford to stay at if they came to visit? Does it matter? Do occupancy rates call for more rooms? Does it matter? Did the City Council reach a decision last night? You get where this is going.

Image credit: AXIS/GFA Architecture + Design

Smiles Everybody, Smiles (January 31, 2025)

How can you not smile when you see a picture like this? You're welcome.

Photo credit: Chris Campo

"Shooting the Breeze" Live Interview With Kate Shea and Vanessa Love of the Half Moon Bay High School Grad Night Procurement Committee (January 24, 2025)

It takes more than a few chairs, some Dixie cups, and a plate of brownies to make Grad Night a fitting, fun, and safe celebration for graduating Cougars. Hear Kate and Vanessa explain what kind of resources are needed and how they manage to get them (hint: fundraising like the Grad Night Throwback Prom and Silent Auction). Listen in and find out how you can help out!

Fly, Brian, Fly (January 24, 2025)

Because this picture is just so epic, that's why. 

Photo credit: Justine Door

The #1 Taco Bell in the Entire Universe Is Back, Baby! (January 24, 2025)

It's great to be known for something. Pacifica has Rob Schneider, the displaced Gaspar de Portola statue, and the #1 Taco Bell in the entire  universe.* It was closed for a couple of weeks, but your Twisted Freezes jones is over. The Bell is back online baby, and still #1. 

The "Coolest Location" Taco Bell in the Univizzy. Photo credit: Taco Bell

The 5th "Coolest Location" Taco Bell, Brooklyn Minnesota. Looks pretty wild. Drive-in only. Photo credit: Taco Bell

*Business Insider magazine. 2021. (You want methodology and raw data? Pull your car forward and somebody will bring it to you.)

She's a Poet, Don't Ya' Know It (January 17, 2025)

Another episode of Windage, another mega celebrity in the studio. This time it's the first Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, Caroline Goodwin, who joins Reuben and Krystlyn! for a "Shooting the Breeze" live interview. Early reviews are saying this type of guest might be a little over Reuben's head, but Caroline is also a college professor, so we expect she'll figure out a way to deal with his ignorance.

Photo credit: Caroline Goodwin

What's In a Coastside Neighborhood? (January 17, 2025)

This month's "Coastside" magazine has an amazing piece profiling the 36!!! different neighborhoods on the Coastside from Pacifica to Pescadero. Are there really 36? Reuben, Krystlyn!, and Poet Laureate emeritus Caroline Goodwin -- all residents of Coastside neighborhoods -- look into the historical, cultural, geographic, and political factors that shape our Coastside community of neighborhoods.

The Ocean Shore Railroad stations, circa 1915.

Before GPS and Google Maps, there were paper guidebooks listing all the towns along the road.

The communities of the Coastside in 1915.

Coastal Windage Annual Planning Retreat (January 10, 2025)

Normally we decamp to Cabo or Catalina Island or Barstow or some other exotic locale for our annual strategic planning retreat, but this year Reuben wants to crowdsource his workload, so we’re going to pull back the curtain and let you be a part of it.

Not only do you get to listen in and hear how the sausage is made, but you can also add your own sprinkle of spice to the coming year — if you call in with ideas!!

Main Street Never Looked So Good (January 3, 2025)

Did you notice how festive and fun Main Street, Half Moon Bay looked this holiday season? Well, part of the reason was the first-ever (!?!) Holiday Window Decorating Contest sponsored by the Coastside Chamber of Commerce and the Half Moon Bay Downtown Association. And let us tell you, this wasn't just window dressing. 

First place/Best of the Block: Fish Wife Sweets ($1000)

Second place/Fabulously Festive: Fengari ($500)

Third place/Holiday Hero: Home Town Mercantile ($250)

Photo credits: Coastside Chamber of Commerce