San Mateo County News

A rise in residential and auto burglaries is continuing in the county and police are seeking the public's assistance in helping to curb the trend.

A San Francisco International Airport baggage handler suspected of pilfering items from dozens of travelers' bags was caught in a police sting and now faces felony theft charges, a prosecutor said.

A committee charged with reviewing the boundaries of San Mateo County's supervisorial districts and possibly making changes will hold five public meetings in June and July.

A suspected bomb that prompted evacuations at the South Bay Waste Authority facility Wednesday turned out to be a harmless piece of pipe, police said.

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.