San Mateo County News

The San Mateo County coroner's office has identified the body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday.

The arrests were made after a month-long undercover operation conducted by the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force in cooperation with the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park police departments.

The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office Monday dropped child molestation charges against a piano teacher whose 2006 conviction for allegedly molesting one of his students was overturned upon appeal.

The physician who examined a 26-year-old man accused of gunning down East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May testified today that the defendant apparently sustained a single bullet wound to the back of his right thigh and no other major injuries.

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.

Palo Alto Online News The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office today identified a motorcyclist who died after crashing on state Highway 84 near La Honda on Sunday morning as 29-year-old Sundararajan Venkatesh.

State narcotics agents and local authorities raided two houses containing dozens of people in East Palo Alto this morning, arresting one person and seizing drugs and a gun.

Registered nurses at hospitals in San Mateo County and elsewhere could back off a planned one-day strike after all.

San Mateo County prosecutors charged a San Carlos man Monday with two felonies for allegedly shooting at an acquaintance during an argument Saturday night.

A judge has ruled that if a former Atherton finance director who says the town wrongly fired him can prove his claims, he could get his job back - at least temporarily.

The griddle is cold, the coffee pots are dry and the vinyl booths are empty. Vic's restaurant, widely considered a San Carlos institution, is closed after 33 years of business.

A San Mateo County Superior Court judge agreed to allow DNA samples to be taken from a 17-year-old boy accused of bringing weapons and explosives to Hillsdale High School in August.

Original allotment of 211,000 doses for Santa Clara County drops to 8,800; doses down in San Mateo County by 81,000 Santa Clara County officials announced Wednesday that fewer residents will be able to receive the H1N1 vaccine due to a lower distribution of doses than expected.

Construction crews work to repair the Bay Bridge which is closed for emergency repairs on Wednesday October 28, 2009 in Oakland, Calif.

With the Nov. 3 election nearing, candidates running for City Council seats across San Mateo County are starting to separate themselves in the race for donations.

Pacifica Currents on PCT 26 creates various videos of San Mateo County coastal wildflowers and other natural sights and sounds.

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.

The Millbrae BART and Caltrain station reopened following an investigation into a suspicious package found in a bus on the Caltrain side of the station Wednesday night, a BART spokesman said.

The San Mateo County Health System has canceled the remainder of its temporary clinics offering vaccines for seasonal flu.

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman was registered as a Republican voter in San Francisco from 1982 to 1985, city records show, contrary to a report last month that there was no record of her registration when she lived in the city in the 1980s.