Redwood City News

This is an excerpt from prepared remarks by Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, for the Sequoia High School commencement in Redwood City on June 7. Given the spirit and drive you have, I decided what I wanted to tell you today is simple to believe in yourselves.

Atherton Vice Mayor Jerry Carlson plans to hit the road soon after he steps down from the city council on July 1. "I felt that while on the council that I shouldn't take time off for vacations," Carlson, 76, said in an interview Tuesday.

The Redwood City Fire Department is getting a brand new fireboat - and of course every boat needs a name.

Dolphins are fascinating. Intelligent and interested in humans, the cetaceans have been part of the entertainment business since long before Sea World.

The city of Menlo Park raided its sofa and found some pocket change, bumping up its projected 2013-14 fiscal year budget by approximately $400,000.

Switching the county's solid waste board from senior city staff members to elected officials has no demonstrable advantage, according to the civil grand jury which also concluded in the same report that customers aren't that informed about the agency overseeing their garbage and recycling services.

A Yep, Mrs. Roadshow and I made that trek not too long ago. I don't think our poor Prius has recovered.

In this Oct. 1, 2011 file photo, a Netflix DVD envelope and Netflix on-screen television menu are shown in Surfside, Fla.

In late February, a thief or thieves cracked into Evernote's digital vault filled with log-ins, passwords and email addresses belonging to 50 million users.

The move comes as a direct result of strong company growth and sustained marketplace traction.

It was just a few months before Linda and I got married. We were living in Redwood City, California, and renting a split-level house.

A man hanging off the side of a train jumped off at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Middlefield Road in Redwood City before 8:27 p.m. Tuesday, June 11. Petty theft.

The San Mateo County Fair greets visitors with high-pitched carnival music, aromas of deep-fried foods and the roaring of rickety rides.

Kenny Metcalf, an Elton John tribute musician, will perform tomorrow, June 14, as part of Redwood City's "Music on the Square" summer live music series.

Menlo Park Fire Protection District firefighters help extinguish a three-alarm blaze that destroyed the front attic and patio of an Atherton home and damaged a neighbor's roof on Thursday, June 13, 2013.

Vibrant landscapes in oil by Menlo Park artist Alice Weil are featured in "Fresh Impressions" at the Portola Art Gallery at the Allied Arts Guild.

SOMA, the Financial District and Embarcadero will share 35 stations with 350 bikes during the first stage of the pilot, which ends in early 2014.

A new event, Music To A Tee , to raise funds for the East Palo Alto P.A.L. Jr. Golf Program will be held on Sunday, June 16 at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center.

It's not always obvious when we as individuals arrive at a crossroad. Decisions that seem inconsequential at the time can lead to events and situations that can be life-changing.

While some hospitals excelled at keeping patients alive, more than half of institutions around the Bay Area had worse-than-average death rates for at least one medical procedure or patient condition in 2010 and 2011, a new state report reveals.