Redwood City News Archives

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.

A man who may be connected with jewelry store robberies locally and as far away as the East Coast was arrested in Redwood City last weekend, police said.

A Redwood City man has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm in the 2007 Christmas Day shooting of two men in East Palo Alto, attorneys said Wednesday.

Balancing the Redwood City School District's budget is a top priority for three of four candidates running for the district board, though they have different ideas about how to accomplish that.

Two candidates for Redwood City City Council have built a significant lead in campaign fundraising, according to updated campaign disclosure statements released this week.

Mary Yonkers, right, with a bike trail friend. Photo courtesy Barry Grossman. Mary Yonkers, 58, of San Mateo, was killed by a truck driver while riding her bicycle to work on Shorewood Road in Redwood City last week.

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. a " San Mateo County prosecutors have filed murder charges against a 28-year-old man who was on the lam for eight years after allegedly taking part in the killing of a Daly City teen.Erick Romeo Morales was arraigned Thursday.

Mountain View resident David Mitchell has given blood 625 times, starting in 1954 when he joined the military at age 17.

After visiting the Exploratorium, Bob Lambertson of Redwood City was so inspired by the spirit of experimentation that he decided to do a first-person investigation of the speed of sound in train rails.

Redwood City became the latest city Monday to sign up for a statewide program intended to let local governments recoup property tax dollars that state officials plan to borrow to balance California's budget.

Though Redwood City hasn't determined whether Cargill's application to do a massive development east of Highway 101 is complete, some Menlo Park City Council members already have taken a firm stance against the proposal.

Police in Redwood City are investigating a gang-related attack that left two injured Friday night, one hit with shovel handle and another stabbed multiple times.

The recently renovated Port of Redwood City Boat Launch Ramp Facility will be rededicated to highlight more than $1 million in improvements.

The driver of the tractor-trailer truck that ran over a woman as she rode her bicycle this morning in Redwood Shores told investigators that he drove away from the scene because he didn't realize he struck her, police said.

Authorities are looking for the driver of a dump truck that hit and killed a bicyclist Wednesday morning in Redwood City, then drove off without stopping.

A woman was killed this morning when her bicycle collided with a tractor-trailer truck that then drove away from the scene, police said.

San Carlos isn't the only Peninsula city looking to land an In-N-Out Burger. The popular fast food chain could get approval as soon as next week to construct a new restaurant on Veterans Boulevard in Redwood City, officials said Tuesday.

All 12 jurors have been selected in the trial of a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006, but the selection of five alternate jurors has pushed back the trial another week, an assistant district attorney said.

Sand bags are now available for San Mateo County residents who live in flood-prone areas to pick up at numerous locations around the county.

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The commission that oversees a wastewater treatment facility that sued San Mateo County, claiming jail inmates clog the sewer system by flushing clothing and other items down the toilet, accepted a $2.35 million proposed settlement from the county Thursday morning.

The settlement was reached with the South Bayside Systems Authority, a publicly owned system that handles sewage for several Peninsula cities, including Redwood City.

If you feel like you're getting nickel and dimed to death, you probably are. In an attempt to create "sticker swoon," - an irresistibly low price - an increasing number of businesses are advertising bargain prices for everything from cell phone service to hotel stays before tacking on hidden fees and charges to boost the final cost and make it ...

Redwood City police said Wednesday they're searching for several suspects in the non-fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man.

A San Mateo County judge has ruled that the superintendent of the Sequoia Union High School District should not be a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Everest Charter School over a facilities dispute.

Call it money down the drain. San Mateo County supervisors have tentatively agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit that claims inmates at the county jail are damaging the sewer system by putting gobs of jail junk into the commode.

Love it or hate it, the California high-speed train will bolt through each neighborhood along the Caltrain tracks on either 20-foot high rail bridges, alongside the current railroad, or underground, according to state plans revealed Wednesday.

The budget, transportation, housing and the overall quality of life are among the issues the five candidates hoping to join the Redwood City Council think are key to the city's future and to showing voters just who is best to lead the way to that goal.

Redwood City's historic Fox Theatre is headed to the auction block. A creditor claiming the theater's owners owe thousands of dollars filed a notice of trustee sale on Thursday, kicking off foreclosure proceedings for the majestic building considered a key to the city's efforts to revitalize its downtown.

Facing an attempted murder charge and a potential sentence of up to life in prison, Raul Esparza struck a deal with San Mateo County prosecutors on Aug.

Whether Redwood City's future holds development, high-speed rail, a balanced budget, a nearby new jail or downtown housing remains unclear.

Menlo Park police said Wednesday they arrested two men in a strong-arm robbery that sent two other men to a local hospital early the same day.