HALF MOON BAY — A North Bay engineer and gardening enthusiast won the top prize at an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,346 ...

Minnesota pumpkin grower Travis Gienger has done it again, winning Half Moon Bay honors Monday with a gourd that registered 2,471 pounds on the scales. At the Safeway 51st annual World Championship ...

Rising costs and lasting impacts from the pandemic are putting the future of the annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival in jeopardy. Organizers say their income from the festival, has largely ...

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 ...

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 the ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KRON) — A Santa Rosa man and his 2,346-pound pumpkin were declared winners of Half Moon Bay’s annual giant pumpkin weigh-off contest on Monday. Brandon Dawson earned first place ...

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 shy ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- A Minnesota man won his third Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off, taking home $30,000 in prize money, officials said on Monday. Travis Gienger squashed the competition at the ...