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Rancho Pescadero (also called Rancho San Antonio) was a 3,282-acre (13.28 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Mateo County, California, [1] given in 1833 by Governor José Figueroa to Juan José Gonzales. [2]
Pescadero (Spanish for "Fishmonger") is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in San Mateo County, California, two miles (3 km) east of State Route 1 and Pescadero State Beach. The town is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay .
Pescadero Creek Park, located near Loma Mar, San Mateo County, California, United States, is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks. The park complex of 8,020 acres (32.5 km 2 ) also includes the neighboring Memorial , Sam McDonald and Heritage Grove parks.
Bean Hollow is 17.5 miles (28.2 km) south of Half Moon Bay and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Pescadero on State Route 1. [2] The 44-acre (18 ha) property was acquired by the state in 1958. Bean Hollow has become one of the premier locations in California for 1/10 scale radio control 4 wheel drive trucks.
After his death in November 1957, [3] he bequeathed the La Honda property, by then exceeding 400 acres (160 ha), to Stanford; San Mateo County acquired the land in 1958 for $67,000 and created Sam McDonald Park in 1970. An additional 450 acres (180 ha) were acquired in 1976 from Kendall B. Towne, bringing the total acreage of the park to 867 ...
Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California, United States. At 26.6 miles (42.8 km), [ 2 ] it is the longest stream in San Mateo County and flows all year from springs in the Santa Cruz Mountains . [ 3 ]
Airbnb, Lyft and Uber are helping those displaced by the devastating wildfires in Southern California, which have already destroyed almost 2,000 buildings and forced 130,000 people to evacuate ...
Beaver-chewed willow branch in newly restored channel of Butano Creek. Photo taken September 25, 2022, courtesy of Troy Guy. Butano Creek was historically used by spawning steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) but not coho were returning to either Butano or Pescadero Creeks by 2003, when 17,000 hatchery-raised coho were released into Pescadero Creek.