San Mateo County News

Police arrested a 20-year-old Pittsburg woman Friday and are looking for a second woman in connection with the murder and robbery of a San Francisco man in Pittsburg on Nov.

Ending long-running speculation about whether he will run for re-election, San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks confirmed Thursday he plans to seek another term next November, despite a Las Vegas brothel scandal that has clouded his tenure as the county's top cop.

San Mateo County residents struggling with the high cost of prescription medications will soon have access to a free drug discount card that officials say could help them save an average of 38 percent off retail prices.

A gunshot-trajectory expert attempted to demolish assertions on Tuesday morning that Alberto Alvarez, 26, murdered East Palo Alto Police officer Richard May in January 2006 in an execution-style shooting.

Jurors heard opening statements Monday morning in the trial of a teen accused of killing a man in Redwood City in 2005.

A Hillsborough man is suing San Francisco International Airport because he claims airport noise led to his divorce.

A forensic laboratory director testified Monday that San Mateo County crime lab workers missed out on "critical information" when investigating East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May's shooting death by failing to preserve evidence and perform necessary tests.

Police in Menlo Park are still trying to locate a person of interest in Thursday afternoon's hit-and-run crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and seriously injured her mother.

Coroner's investigators are working to determine a cause of death for the 21-year-old man found last Thursday inside a tarp-covered public pool in Redwood City.

South San Francisco drivers are just the latest to join a long-running battle between San Mateo County residents, who have said the cameras are just a way for officials to fill empty coffers, and authorities, who say the devices save lives by reducing collisions.

The 26-year-old man accused of killing East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May testified Thursday that on the afternoon of Jan.

Two groups are suing Redwood City over its approval of a new nine-home subdivision on Finger Avenue.

Santa Clara and San Mateo counties are in line to get more doses of H1N1 vaccines because they have so far come up short in state allocations, officials say.

A mountain lion sighting was reported in Redwood City's Emerald Hills neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.

Responding to a resident's report of a burglar at an Atherton home in the 100 block of Heather Drive, police captured a man on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov.

Around Town , posted by Peter Carpenter, a resident of the Atherton: Lindenwood neighborhood, 3 hours ago In another discussion the issue of consolidation of San Mateo County Fire Agencies was raised.

A 23-year-old man who had faced attempted murder charges for shooting three customers in front of a Redwood City pizzeria has been sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading no contest to lesser charges, escaping a possible life sentence.

Margie Chop is a registered nurse and the single mother of four daughters. Two of those daughters are adopted and the other two - 12-year-old Daniece and 17-year-old Ann - are sisters living with Chop as foster children.

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.