# Half Moon Bay Review

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American digital newspaper

Half Moon Bay Review Type Digital newspaper Owner Coastside News Group Founder Harry E. Griffiths Publisher Emma Spaeth Editor Peter Tokofsky Founded 1905; 121 years ago (1905) Language English Website hmbreview.com

The ***Half Moon Bay Review*** is an American online news source that has been serving the Coastside area of [San Mateo County, California](/source/San_Mateo_County%2C_California), from [Pacifica](/source/Pacifica%2C_California) to the [Santa Cruz County](/source/Santa_Cruz_County%2C_California) line since 1905. A [broadsheet](/source/Broadsheet) [newspaper](/source/Newspaper) was published each Wednesday morning until 2024 when the publication switched to digital-only distribution.[1]*The Review* is owned by Coastside News Group, Inc., a California Benefit Corporation created by a group of community members.[2]

## History

In May 1905,[3][4][5] Harry E. Griffiths, former editor of the *Concord Transcript*, established the *Half Moon Bay Review*.[6][7] Griffiths sold the paper around 1913 to R.A. Bergthhold,[8] who went on to own the *Review* for four and a half years.[9] In 1917, George E. Dunn purchased the *Review*.[10] He previously operated the *Coastside Comet,* started the *Pacifica Tribune,* and later created the *Pescadero Pebble* which was eventually merged into *the Review.* In his prime, Dunn smoked 15 cigars a day. He was a civic leader who was one of the main forces behind construction of the Pillar Point breakwater and the Coast Highway and the incorporation of [Half Moon Bay](/source/Half_Moon_Bay%2C_California).[11]

In 1960, Dunn sold the paper to Edward M. Bauer.[12] He and his wife, Marjorie Bauer, published the *Review* for 26 years until selling it in 1986 to [Wick Communications](/source/Wick_Communications).[13] Three decades later, the company announced plans to sell the newspaper in September 2017.[14] A group of community members, calling themselves the Coastside News Group, entered into an agreement to purchase the paper from Wick in February 2018,[15] and the sale was completed in June 2018.[2] Coastside News Group purchased the *Pacifica Tribune* in October 2020.[16] The *Review* discontinued it's print edition and went online-only in 2024.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Klein, Rich (January 5, 2024). ["We're going 100 percent digital"](https://www.coastsidenews.com/news/were-going-100-percent-digital/article_ea56d94a-ea43-51d1-862c-f2e209c762b0.html). *Coastside News*. Retrieved September 26, 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sfchronicle_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sfchronicle_2-1) Mascarenhas, Natasha (June 5, 2018). ["Half Moon Bay Review bought by community members"](https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Half-Moon-Bay-Review-bought-by-community-members-12967001.php). *San Francisco Chronicle*. Retrieved September 25, 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Fresh And Newsy News. | Pungent Paragraphs Gleaned From Own Excellent Exchanges". *Los Gatos Mail*. May 4, 1905. p. 5.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Notice". *Martinez News-Gazette*. May 6, 1905. p. 5.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "Notice". *Concord Transcript*. May 6, 1905. p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Rice, Eric (May 6, 1998). "We're old news! | Review marks 100 years of publication". *Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble*. p. 43.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Morrall, June (May 6, 1998). "Review not the Coastside's first paper". *Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble*. p. 53.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Former Newspaper Publisher Returns | Harry Griffiths Former Editor Of "Transcript" Sells Paper To Bergthold". *Daily Gazette-Martinez*. Martinez, California. October 9, 1913. p. 4.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** "A Splendid "Send-Off"". *The Coast Side Comet*. February 22, 1918. p. 8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Rice, Eric (May 6, 1998). "Dunns' story is story of the Review". *Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble*. p. 43.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** "Half Moon Bay publisher George Dunn dies at 90". *The Peninsula Times Tribune*. Palo Alto, California. June 12, 1971. p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** "Half Moon Bay Review Sold". *The San Francisco Examiner*. July 1, 1960. p. 12.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** "Half Moon Bay Review Newspaper Purchased By Wick Communications Co". *Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble*. December 18, 1986.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Hayden, Sara (November 22, 2017). ["Parent company seeks to sell HMB Review"](https://www.hmbreview.com/news/parent-company-seeks-to-sell-hmb-review/article_86274dec-cfd7-11e7-8c8d-bf8788d411f7.html). *Half Moon Bay Review*. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Community group plans to buy Review"](https://www.hmbreview.com/news/community-group-plans-to-buy-review/article_3d651ebc-1736-11e8-8375-5f57dfef752d.html). *Half Moon Bay Review*. February 21, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Coastside News Group buys Pacifica Tribune"](https://www.coastsidenews.com/news/coastside-news-group-buys-pacifica-tribune/article_e6a0c3ac-3b5c-5536-9a8c-90184508c2d3.html). *Coastside News*. October 8, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2025.

## External links

- [Half Moon Bay Review](http://www.hmbreview.com/)

- [Pacifica Tribune](http://www.pacificatribune.com/)

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