Burlingame News

Faced with a surplus of Chihuahuas, animal control officials on the Peninsula are offering sweet deals on the sweet little pups, while San Francisco officials are sending dogs to New York City to find love.

Welcome to the Guittard Chocolate factory in Burlingame, California. Busy all the time, but this time of year, it's truly about the closest you'll come to Willie Wonka in real life.

What's on tap in Burlingame this week? Check out these stories and events going on in Burlingame this week.

A Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be visiting the Bay Area later this month to headline the California Republican Party's spring convention, party officials announced Tuesday.

One of our long time, active bloggers has been following the discussion about the future of the County-run long term care facility on Trousdale Ave., right across from the police station.

Monday Students from around the Bay Area, including Hillsborough high school students, prepared for the Science Bowl .

Erik Oeverndiek/Daily Journal Need an idea for Valentine's Day? Amber Sequine of Flywheel Press will have antique typewriters set up.

Burlingame High School was briefly locked down this afternoon after a threatening e-mail was sent to the school's office, a school district official said.

Parents of students at Burlingame High School can now pick their sons and daughters up at the football field after an e-mailed bomb threat prompted a lockdown.

Transitional kindergarten is back in Burlingame. In the past few months, the program has gone from state-mandated to the chopping block , leaving school districts unable to properly plan for the upcoming school year.

The city of Burlingame has a downtown that should be replicated elsewhere. It has a high school and large park adjacent to a train station with a long pedestrian-oriented shopping street leading directly to it.

Tom Jung/Daily Journal Five young opera singers thrilled audiences Feb. 5 at An Evening of Operatic Highlights, a presentation of Music at Kohl Mansion in Burlingame.

A Menlo Park man seriously hurt in a drunken driving wreck following a 21st birthday celebration aboard a "party bus" claims the bus company and driver are at fault for his injuries, according to a lawsuit.

Foam cups, plates and to-go containers soon may be banned from use in San Carlos restaurants and carry-out plastic bags from the city's stores.

A 33-year-old East Palo Alto woman accused of fatally stabbing her boyfriend with a steak knife this week was arraigned in court Thursday on a charge of murder with a deadly weapon.

Have you noticed the "For Lease" signs popping up around Burlingame? We have here at Burlingame Patch, and it got us thinking.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich will be visiting the Bay Area later this month to headline the California Republican Party's spring convention, party officials announced Tuesday.

The Burlingame Library Foundation will hold its first Winter Book Sale Special on Saturday Feb 11 and Sunday Feb 12 .

Although kindergarten enrollment is underway in Burlingame, the future for some children in the district is still uncertain as district officials grapple with keeping or cutting transitional kindergarten .

The Peninsula is finally getting a chance to see what all the presidential fuss is about.