The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is purchasing more than 600 acres on the southern edge of the city of Half Moon Bay following a vote by the district’s board of directors.

The 644 acres are part of an 868-acre Johnston Ranch property that features the James Johnston House, a well-known landmark visible from state Highway 1 that is open to the public for tours with docents. The land was purchased from the Peninsula Open Space Trust for $4.8 million to keep it protected as part of the district’s adjacent Miramontes Ridge Open Space Preserve.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.