First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Join us for an evening of paints and pints, as artist Pete Collom guides us through a picture of our beautiful Rosses’ Cove.

All ages welcome! $50 for adults (includes a beer of your choice) & $25 for kids.

Please RSVP to petecollom@gmail.com - Venmo: @petecollom

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

When: April 4th, 6pm-8pm

Where: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019

Free Admission

Free public forum welcomes Josh Fryday, California's Chief Service Officer who serves on Governor Newsom's cabinet, and charged with leveraging service and volunteerism to tackle our state's pressing challenges, in conversation with Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor at State of California, and founder of The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company

Over the past few years, Governor Newsom and Josh's partnership has created the nation's largest service corps - now larger than the Peace Corps - providing over 10,000 opportunities for Californians to serve Californians

 Learn how first-in-the-nation programs, such as California Climate Action Corps and #CaliforniansforAll College Corps, are being scaled across the state and nation. California's service corps are leading innovative solutions addressing climate change, education, food insecurity, and disaster preparedness while reducing college debt, providing career pathways, and bridging divides breaking apart our country.  

Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Dine at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company afterwards and ten percent of evening dining proceeds will benefit the Cabrillo Education Foundation.

Guest and Moderator Bios:

Josh Fryday, California’s Chief Service Officer

Josh Fryday, a former Mayor of Novato and Officer in the United States Navy, currently serves as the leader of California Volunteers in the Governor's Cabinet. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he spearheaded the Task Force to aid food insecure communities and food banks statewide. Under his guidance, California Volunteers initiated groundbreaking programs such as the nation's first Climate Action Corps, #CaliforniansForAll volunteer initiative, Neighbor-to-Neighbor campaign, College Corps for student financial support, and Youth Jobs Corps employing underserved youth across critical issue areas. 

Lenny Mendonca, Moderator

Co-founder of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School. He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development, Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm's communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly. He is also the Founding Chair of the Coastside News Group (Half Moon Bay Review and Pacifica Tribune).

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

When: March 7th, 6pm-8pm

Where: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019

Free Admission

Free public forum welcomes Roy Bahat head of Bloomberg Beta, an early-stage venture capital firm backed by Bloomberg L.P. that was the first to focus on the future of work, and the first to focus on artificial intelligence, in conversation with Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor at State of California, and founder of The Half Moon Bay Brewing Company.

Some researchers call artificial intelligence, a “more transformative technology than the internet” and predict a productivity boom in the next decade driven by the combination of new technologies and business transformation.  What does the future of work look like?  Explore the intersection of human dynamics and AI in the workplace. Join a discussion with a leading expert and investor, Roy Bahat, CEO of Bloomberg Beta.

Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Dine at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company afterwards and ten percent of evening dining proceeds will benefit the Cabrillo Education Foundation.

Guest and Moderator Bios:

Roy Bahat, Bloomberg Beta

Roy Bahat is the head of Bloomberg Beta, an early-stage venture capital firm backed by Bloomberg L.P. that was the first to focus on the future of work, and the first to focus on artificial intelligence. Bloomberg Beta has invested in MasterClass, Slack, Flexport, Codecademy, and Textio, among others. Roy was a commissioner on the California Governor’s Future of Work Commission. He graduated from Harvard College, where he ran the student public service nonprofit, and was a Rhodes Scholar.

Lenny Mendonca, Moderator

Co-founder of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School. He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development, Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm's communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly. He is also the Founding Chair of the Coastside News Group (Half Moon Bay Review and Pacifica Tribune).

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Former Mayor of San Jose will be at the Brewing Company to meet with constituents and field questions. Sam is running for the 16th Congressional District which includes Pacifica down to Pescadero and the cities of Woodside, Portola Valley, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, and Mountain View.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

When: February 1st, 6pm-8pm

Where: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019

Free Admission

Free public forum screening of Poverty and Power followed by a discussion with End Poverty In CA (EPIC) president Devon Gray. POVERTY AND POWER is the story of what happens when you bring people with lived experience—their voices, ideas, and aspirations—to the halls of power. It’s a journey that culminates in a rally in Sacramento and inaugural meeting of the Select Committee on Poverty and Economic Inclusion where we have the chance to hear directly from people living in poverty about the policy changes they want to see.  Ultimately, Poverty and Power is an empowering story of what might happen and how transformative it would be if people in poverty were not just listened to, but actually heard.

Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Dine at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company afterwards and ten percent of evening dining proceeds will benefit the Cabrillo Education Foundation.

Guest and Moderator Bios:

Devon Gray, President End Poverty in California (EPIC)

Devon Gray is the president of End Poverty in California (EPIC), an advocacy organization founded by former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs. At EPIC, Devon aligns the organization’s priorities, both advancing a statewide policy agenda focused on equal opportunity for all and changing narratives around poverty away from ones based in outdated stereotypes to ones that better reflect the lived experiences of individuals and communities.

Devon joined EPIC in 2022 as Mayor Tubbs' chief of staff and was named the organization's first president the following year. He previously served in the administration of Governor Gavin Newsom as Special Advisor to the Governor’s Chief of Staff, and was also a policy advisor for Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign, where he led the campaign's gun safety and criminal justice reform strategies. Prior to joining EPIC, he was a director with Evergreen Strategy Group, where he advised gun violence prevention organizations on policy and communications. 

Devon is a graduate of Stanford Law School and the Stanford Graduate School of Education, and his writings have been featured in CalMatters, Newsweek, The Hill, and other publications.

Lenny Mendonca, Moderator

Co-founder of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School. He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development, Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm's communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

First Season of the New Year! Season 6 Runs through the end of March 2024!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

When: Thursday, November 16th, 6pm-8pm

Where: Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Half Moon Bay, CA, 94019

Free Admission

Brews & Views welcomes CEO of CalMatters Neil Chase, Common Cause Media & Democracy Program Manager Maya Chupkov, and Advisor for Coastside News Group Marie C. Baca in conversation with Lenny Mendonca, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor at State of California, and founder of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company.

Hear from local and regional experts about government support, policy and budget solutions that can help sustain independent, local, and diverse media. The digital age has shattered newspapers’ business model, turning many communities into “news deserts” with no local journalism. Media industry consolidation has also played a role in the decline of local journalism. In recent years, many smaller newspapers have become part of larger conglomerates that are focused wholly on profits, usually at the expense of local reporting.  Find out how philanthropic efforts and community support can be part of the solution.

Admission and snacks are complimentary. Beer, wine and other beverages will be available for sale at the event. Dine at the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company afterwards and ten percent of evening dining proceeds will benefit the Cabrillo Education Foundation.

Guest and Moderator Bios:

JNeil Chase, Chief Executive Officer of CalMatters

Formerly Executive Editor at The Mercury News and the East Bay Times and has worked as a journalist at the San Francisco Examiner, Arizona Republic, CBS MarketWatch and The New York Times.

Maya Chupkov, Media & Democracy Program Manager at California Common Cause

Maya joined Common Cause after serving as the Director of Strategic Communications at the Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission. Before that role, she worked as the Communications Director for the Council of Community Housing Organizations (CCHO), developing and implementing media and political advocacy initiatives around affordable housing and land use issues.

Marie C. Baca, Advisor to Coastside News Group and the New Mexico Local News Fund

Marie is an award-winning business and technology journalist whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Albuquerque Journal and Semiconductor Engineering, among other publications. Marie holds a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University and a master’s degree from Stanford’s Graduate Program in Journalism. She is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Lenny Mendonca, Moderator

Co-founder of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.

Season 5 Runs through the end of 2023!

Geeks Who Drink brings the nation’s best live hosted pub quiz to Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.! Join us for 7 rounds of  audio, visual and live hosted trivia. Our weekly quiz is free to play and we’ll be giving away prizes for answering bonus questions and gift cards for our top teams at the end of the night. Rules limit the total number of players on your team to 6, so gather your smartest friends and come down.