Burlingame News

It's recognized by most anyone who grew up snacking on faux-fruit-flavored candy.

Candidates are already lining up for a slew of school board slots though the November election is still more than three months away.

In response to a recent surge in deaths on the Caltrain tracks, regional officials said Thursday they are forming a safety task force to complete what may be the most intensive effort to prevent suicides and accidents in the railroad's history.

The southwest corner of Burlingame and California avenues has housed so many restaurants - Mijana, Fishalicious and Avenue Bar and Grill - that I was skeptical when I saw it turning over again.

CITY SUFFERS PHONE OUTAGE: Burlingame City Hall, along with the city's corporation yard, library, and parks and recreation and fire departments, experienced a phone outage Wednesday after the central processing board of the city's phone system crashed in the morning.

Hillsborough police are warning residents to use extra caution after a deer that may have been killed by a mountain lion was discovered on a town road Monday morning.

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The same giant Pez dispenser that got the owners of a Burlingame museum into the Guinness World Records has now gotten the pair into legal trouble.

The men's and women's pro races at the Burlingame Criterium usually come down to a half-dozen cyclists in each field making a mad dash to the finish.

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More than half the 50,000 homes reassessed in San Mateo County qualified for tax reductions - cutting property tax revenue by $25 million and leaving the just-approved county budget already $2 million over budget.

Burlingame's Dennis Carson was having a hard time this weekend finding his putting stroke on the greens at Blue Rock in the 2009 Vallejo city championships.

Firefighters ignited hay and wood pallets in the rear bedroom of an abandoned Roblar Avenue home.

Photo courtesy of the Burlingame Historical Society Painters give the Burlingame train station a fresh coat of paint.

The Burlingame Museum of Pez Memorabilia might have an impressive collection of the kitschy candy dispensers but do they have one in the guise of a lawyer? Connecticut-based Pez candy isn't so sweet on the Burlingame shop boasting about housing "the world's largest dispenser of Pez" and selling T-shirts emblazoned with "Got Pez?" The company sued ...

Scott Laurence, the new superintendent of the San Mateo Union High School District, was given grim news at his first board meeting last night - the district faces a $3.5 million shortfall in next year's budget which may lead to layoffs.

Cyclists are gearing up for the Burlingame Criterium, a race that will take them through the city's downtown streets on Sunday.

For more information about this program, please go to http://www.greencitizen.com/member.The program consists of different types of recycling membership levels for individuals, non-profits, businesses, and commercial buildings.

Police arrested a 27-year-old man Tuesday who had tried to break into his grandfather's house, authorities said.

Ryan's Ride, a fundraiser for cancer, began in 2004 when Ryan's parents John and Michele Phua of San Mateo along with their twin son Matthew worked with the Peninsula Velo Cycling Club to create a special, non-competitive cycling event for children which is part of the annual Burlingame Criterium, a competitive race in downtown Burlingame every ...

A bill to give Half Moon Bay a $10 million no-interest loan to pay off a court-ordered settlement was pulled from committee yesterday by Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo.