San Bruno News

BART is nearly doubling the number of Airport/Long-Term parking spaces this Thanksgiving season and is urging the public to purchase their parking permits early as the agency expects a heavy demand from people who are getting ready to fly out of town.

A vial of white powder dropped off at police headquarters with the word "cyanide" written on it was found to be harmless after chemical testing, an emergency official said.

The San Mateo County Elections Office will begin its 1 percent manual count of votes cast in the Nov.

Even if you knew the way to San Jose, it was a real challenge to actually get there.

Brianna Sylvers still lurches up in bed sometimes, screaming, as memories flood her mind.

Drunken drivers, scofflaws and speeders may want to think twice. A handful of San Mateo County cities have landed nearly $1 million in grants that will pay for additional DUI checkpoints, extra patrols and new equipment such as motorcycles and the latest in technology for catching speeders.

The T.G.I. Friday's restaurant across from the Hillsdale Mall has been shuttered for nearly a year, and until some optimistic Midwest entrepreneurs arrived there seemed to be every reason to keep it that way.

Brandon Centeio ,27, his dad Gary ,54, and wife Lindsey Dunbar-Centeio at the gravesite of a relative buried at the Golden Gate National Cemetary, in San Bruno, Calif.

Then the Millbrae resident - his grandson Joseph, 4, and granddaughter Marissa, 7, standing beside him - tucked a bouquet of yellow flowers into the ground.

San Luis Obispo City Attorney Jonathan Lowell, who is also the incoming president of the League of California Cities City Attorney Department, will succeed Michael Roush as City Attorney for Pleasanton starting Jan.

A recruiter is seen working at a Costco booth at a holiday job fair at Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif.

BOB MARSHALL SR., aka "Mr. San Bruno," livened up Linden Avenue at Jenevein Avenue in San Bruno with an outdoor, Western-themed 50th-anniversary celebration of his company, Marshall Realty, at 683 Jenevein Ave.

The economy is rebounding from its deepest slump since the 1930s, but it probably won't seem that way when the government releases its monthly employment report on Friday.

THE 13TH ANNUAL Coats for Kids giveaway will be held 4 to 7 p.m. Nov. 19 at the Firemen's Hall, 618 San Mateo Ave., San Bruno.

Two incumbents on the San Bruno Park School District board won re-election and a newcomer will join them.

With 8 of 26 precincts reporting, 70 percent of voters have approved increasing the hotel tax from 10 to 12 percent.

Oct. 30--Six cities in San Mateo County are looking to boost their hotel tax rates in an effort to balance their budgets without increasing the tax burden on local residents.

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

Police in San Bruno are investigating a suspicious circumstance that occurred Tuesday near Parkside Middle School.

Pacifica's troubled trash hauler may be purchased by Recology if the city agrees to award a franchise to the San Francisco-based company, formerly known as NorCal Waste.