HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 15: Travis Gienger--of Anoka, Minnesota -- rides with his winning 2,560 pumpkin during the 50th Half Moon Bay Art and Pumpkin Festival, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022 ...

Best Pumpkin Patches in the Bay Area. Clancy’s Christmas Trees and Pumpkin Patch in San Francisco. Clancy’s has been in the pumpkin patch business since 1979, ...

Half Moon Bay has long been known as the “pumpkin capital of the world,” but local pumpkin patches in San Francisco, the North Bay and East Bay have plenty to offer. Creative patches all ...

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.

Gary Miller’s pumpkin weighed in at 1,164 pounds at the 51st annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Oct. 14, 2024. Lance Yamamoto/SFGATE More Food News ...

A pumpkin named after basketball legend Michael Jordan weighed 2,749 pounds, set a world record and won the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.

This year's giant pumpkin is colossal, but the world's largest pumpkin record was set at last year's 2023 Half Moon Bay World Championship Weigh-Off.

After a two-year absence, the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival is making a smashing return, and it all started Monday with the annual, world-renowned weigh-off.. As the festival celebrates its ...