But for real-life pumpkins that are powerfully plump-a-licious, you'll want to make for the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival. The name says so much: You'll encounter all sorts of autumnal ...

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. Sunday was ...

Defending champion Travis Gienger from Minnesota won his third straight Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay Monday with another gargantuan gourd. Crowds gathered Monday ...

As the story goes, the mayor of Circleville, Ohio, was visiting California when he found out that Half Moon Bay claimed to be the pumpkin capital of the world, which he then disputed. The two ...

Minnesota resident Travis Gienger clinched the 51st World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, south of San Francisco. AP HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A Minnesota horticulture teacher ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. - Monday brought the return of the staple World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off to Half Moon Bay. All the largest pumpkins visitors could ever see were on display at the 51st ...

Gienger’s winner will be one of the star attractions at this weekend’s Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, with an appearance in the noontime parade. (Matt Williams of the San Francisco ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California where his massive gourds have won ...

Defending champion Travis Gienger of Minnesota won top prize in the 51st annual Safeway World Champion Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay on Monday. His 2,471-pound prize gourd came just 8 pounds ...