The Half Moon Bay weigh-off had started in 1974, when the California town barely edged out Circleville, Ohio, in an amiable contest for the fictitious title of pumpkin capital of the world.

Max Schmidt-Olson with his 100-pound Big Moon pumpkin and some of the other pumpkins he raised this summer on his grandpa's land.

A pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds set a world record at Half Moon Bay’s World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday. The weigh-off has been an ongoing tradition for 50 years in Half Moon Bay.

Fall is here, and the coastline of Half Moon Bay is ready for all the autumn goodness that comes with it. Pumpkin patches in Half Moon Bay stretch out as far as the eye can see, perfect for your ...

Half Moon Bay boasts our state's biggest pumpkins (and a famous pumpkin fest, too) Even the pumpkin sculptures are colossal at the world-famous Art & Pumpkin Festival.

It's "gourd big or go home" for a Minnesota man who just won the 2022 World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay with his 2,560-pound gourd named "Maverick." He also won in 2020!

Travis Gienger, of Anoka, Minnesota, beat his closest competitor by 6 pounds to clinch the victory at the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco.

One North Bay grower competing in the Half Moon Bay for the 52nd Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Monday has his sights set on the state record and pumpkin immortality.

After extreme weather and a global pandemic, Half Moon Bay's economy is starting to turn around. And this month, it's getting a big hand.