Hillsborough News

You can pack a lot of inspiration into a fashion show when the models are your neighbors and not leggy 15-year-olds. Images View More Images Bloomingdale's partnered with the nonprofit Family Services Agency of San Mateo County to present fall and holiday looks to customers at two shows at Stanford Shopping Center this week.

San Francisco Recreation and Park officials recommended Friday that the city-owned Sharp Park in Pacifica be retained as an 18-hole golf course, but that the course be modified to protect the habitat of a federally protected snake and threatened frog.

Joining the growing list of Peninsula cities that require development projects to be more environmentally friendly, the Redwood City City Council unanimously passed the city's first green building ordinance last week.

SAN MATEO High School is launching its annual canned food drive in partnership with Samaritan House and Second Harvest Food Bank.

Police are looking for suspects in a trio of construction site robberies that netted about $5,000 worth of tools Tuesday night.

Actress and environmental advocate Alicia Silverstone will discuss her new book, "The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight and Saving the Planet" at 7 p.m. Nov.

Concert seems to attract bigger and brighter talent. This year, the event's 23rd installment, was a prime example.

Monetary support for candidates hoping to lead local school districts is starting to pile up with campaign financial forms for those running for office due Thursday.

A powerful rainstorm on Oct. 13 overwhelmed pipes and manholes in San Mateo, spilling 87,000 gallons of untreated human sewage into streets and creeks in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, records show.

Neil Young performs at the Bridge School Benefit concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View,Calif., Saturday, October 25, 2008.

Continuing to offer a large variety in academic offerings while meeting individual student needs despite uncertain financial times will be a challenge in the coming years, according to candidates running for the Hillsborough City Elementary School District Board of Trustees.

A resident of Palo Alto for 35 years, for the past year at the Jewish Home in San Francisco, Mary passed away on October 10, 2009.

Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open , an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world.

Tom Waliany* was spiraling into the sub-par unknown.A Barely passing his classes and on the brink of failing out, Tom was on track to becoming a statistic.A The Waliany's, immigrants from India, were perplexed: the same son who just years ago was a bright, curious computer whiz-kid who wrote his first computer program at age 7, was now failing out ...

Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

A woman found wandering neighborhood streets and crying at 3:45 a.m. Tuesday was arrested after police found mail in her car that she had allegedly stolen from nearby mailboxes.

A 40-year-old woman on parole for identity theft was arrested in Hillsborough Tuesday on multiple charges after officers found stolen mail inside her vehicle, police said Wednesday.

Police Chief Jack Van Etten announced Monday he will retire in December after serving 51 2 years as the city's ninth police chief.

Monetary support for candidates hoping to lead local school districts is starting to pile up with campaign financial forms for those running for office due Thursday.

Forty-two percent of schools in California, compared to 54.8 percent in San Mateo County, are meeting academic assessment goals, according to the 2009 academic performance report released by the California Department of Education this morning.