Peter Tokofsky

1 week ago | coastsidenews.com | Peter Tokofsky |Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

The Cabrillo Unified and La Honda-Pescadero Unified School Districts both completed searches for new superintendents and announced the results at their most recent board meetings. The two new hires spoke with Coastside News about their backgrounds, plans, and getting to know the new communities they will serve. In Pescadero, Michelle Ross will take the reins this summer from Amy Wooliever, who has led the district for the past 14 years.

1 week ago | pacificatribune.com | Peter Tokofsky |Sebastian Mino-Bucheli

The Cabrillo Unified and La Honda-Pescadero Unified School Districts both completed searches for new superintendents and announced the results at their most recent board meetings. The two new hires spoke with Coastside News about their backgrounds, plans, and getting to know the new communities they will serve. In Pescadero, Michelle Ross will take the reins this summer from Amy Wooliever, who has led the district for the past 14 years.

1 week ago | coastsidenews.com | Peter Tokofsky

A spokesperson for California State Parks verified that a shark incident took place at approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, roughly 100 yards from shore at Montara State Beach. No one was injured but lifeguards immediately cleared the water and posted beach closure signs for 48 hours. No further sightings have been reported. Earlier on Saturday a dead gray whale washed to the shore in Montara, leading to speculation that it attracted the shark.

1 week ago | coastsidenews.com | Peter Tokofsky

The Cabrillo Unified School District Governing Board approved a 5% increase in salary scales for teachers, classified employees and district administrators effective January 1, 2025. The unanimous vote to approve the raise at the board’s May 15 meeting came with little fanfare after years of acrimony between the district and teachers subsided following an agreement last fall that averted a strike.

2 weeks ago | pacificatribune.com | Peter Tokofsky

Edin Moises Guerraortiz, the 24-year-old man accused last summer of threatening co-workers at Mountain Mushroom Farm in Half Moon Bay pleaded no contest to one charge, and guilty to another, in court last week. San Mateo Superior Court Judge Kevin Dunleavy sentenced Guerraortiz to six months in custody and two years of probation. The incident occurred on the morning of July 24, 2024.