San Mateo County News

A man pleaded no contest Wednesday to first-degree murder for fatally stabbing an acquaintance in Millbrae in a dispute that involved a mistaken belief that the victim was having an affair with his wife.

A teenager who was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Sunday night has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office as 15-year-old Jose Quinonez.

Did Parima Parineh commit suicide in the bedroom of her Woodside home on April 13, 2010, or was she shot and killed by her husband, Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, who is charged with premeditated murder for financial gain? That was the key point of contention Friday in San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City as a prosecutor and a defense ... (more)

A person who found a man's phone offered to sell it back at an unknown address in San Mateo before 4:36 p.m. Thursday, May 15.

A state proposal to turn the homeless into a "protected class" allowed to urinate in public, sleep in vehicles and have access to attorneys for even minor infractions would be a financial burden on San Mateo County and limit the ability to enforce its own laws, according to concerned officials.

Bill Silverfarb/Daily Journal San Mateo County sheriff's deputies Sal Zuno and Brandon Hensel are transit officers for Caltrain who saved a suicidal man's life last week.

Finally. Finally, the prominent former child psychiatrist William Hamilton Ayres saw fit to end the circus his legal battle over child molestation charges had become.

More than two dozen family members and friends gathered Tuesday morning at Ocean Beach, where an Emeryville man was last seen after crossing the finish line of Sunday's Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco.

The 2013 Maker Faire Bay Area came to the San Mateo County Event Center this past weekend.

Joey Boldt, 30, will be released from the California Medical Facility on May 14, 2014.

A committee that will review the boundaries of San Mateo County's supervisorial districts and possibly recommend changes will hold its first meeting June 6 in San Mateo.

A series of gun-related crimes over the weekend that culminated with the the death of 16-year-old boy has prompted East Palo Alto police chief Ron Davis to declare a "crime emergency." One person has been killed and eight shot within the past two weeks.

Police discovered 50 M-80 type explosives in a Belmont home they searched after allegedly catching a resident with several pounds of pot and hundreds of pain pills, authorities said Monday.

In December 2009, Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. flew into the San Diego airport, rented a Grand Marquis and headed to a marina Marriott for a five-day taxpayer-funded trip.

Today I went to Maker Faire Bay Area 2013 with my mom, my daughter and some friends and really had a blast.

Maybe you slipped something into your pocket before you paid, or you were caught beer in hand at 20 years old.

One of the biggest challenges California's 1,000 or so school districts face -- the implementation of transformational new Common Core standards, curriculum and testing over the next two years -- may be about to get a lot easier.

Tens of thousands of people descended on the San Mateo County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the eighth annual Maker Faire, the enormously popular Do-It-Yourself festival that features everything from bicycle-powered sculptures to Tesla coils to stilt walkers.

He fooled colleagues, he fooled his profession, he fooled the San Mateo County Supervisors, he fooled the justice system, he fooled parents, but ultimately it was the children he preyed upon that he did not fool which greatly brought this professional child predator to justice.

Maker Faire, the Greatest Show on Earth, announces that over 900 makers will be exhibiting their projects, hobbies, innovations, products, and creativity at the event to be held today, May 18 and the 19th at the San Mateo County Event Center.