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Updated 3:15 p.m.: San Mateo County officials confirmed on Thursday that they had chosen LifeMoves to be the permanent operator of the new Coastside transitional housing shelter. LifeMoves is one of two well-known social service organizations that answered San Mateo County’s request for proposals seeking a permanent operator for the Highway 1 shelter that until recently was a hotel. County manager Mike Callagy plans to formally announce the choice at the Half Moon Bay City Council meeting on Tuesday. The Coastside Inn was converted into the area’s first-ever shelter after the county...

A prominent member of the Coastside’s unhoused community, Juan Blackwolf, died on the weekend of Feb. 5. Blackwolf, 70, was known as a dedicated artist and a beloved friend to several downtown shop owners whose businesses he frequented. Kim Levin, owner of Pasta Moon and a good friend, said she is saddened by the loss but is buoyed by memories with Blackwolf. In 2015, Levin met Blackwolf after returning the artist’s lost dog. Months later, she would see him and his dog standing on a street corner on a cold, rainy day. “I remember the rain was going sideways,” Levin said. S...