Pomponio State Beach is a little drive from Half Moon Bay, located about 12 miles to the south. It is the ideal family beach in Half Moon Bay, which is several miles long.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- Northern California officials have identified all seven victims killed in the tragic mass shooting at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay.

Santa Monica Beach Art seen during sunset at Gray Whale Cove north of Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Thursday, December 18, 2014. (Photo by Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) ...

Deadly Half Moon Bay incident was 2nd shooting at California Terra Garden in 7 months By ABC7 News staff, KGO Thursday, January 26, 2023 ...

Instead, Half Moon Bay, led by a mammoth 18-point, 18-rebound performance by 6-foot junior Zoey Lemoge, made a total game of it and the two teams went blow-for-blow until Whitney earned a 48-40 ...

Farmworker supervisor Juan Flores Lopez, left, works with Salvador Cruz, both mass shooting survivors at California Terra Garden Farms in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

In 2016, a storm collapsed about 20 feet of bluff along Mirada Road in Half Moon Bay. After the storm, the homeowners brought in large boulders to slow the erosion.