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A lengthy search for a new city manager led Redwood City elected officials to someone who is already in City Hall: interim City Manager Peter Ingram.

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The cultures and contributions of the county's multiethnic melting pot will take center stage today as the San Mateo County History Museum celebrates its annual Immigrants Day Festival.

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Push is on for open space Signature gatherers are out in force the recent day I visit Woodside Plaza in Redwood City - one in front of the Rite Aid drugstore and two in front of the Lucky supermarket.

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“Things really aren't that bad on the Peninsula”

For the Peninsula, the bad news from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's new congestion study is that San Mateo County saw the biggest one-year jump in gridlock of any county in the region - at 36 ... via Redwood City Daily News

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A jury in San Mateo County Superior Court today found a Daly City man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in 2006 guilty of first-degree murder. via Inside Bay Area

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“Schools still must absorb the 10 percent cut made to specific programs like class-size reduction, counselors and targeted remediation programs”

Large crowds of educators, parents and students converged at numerous intersections along El Camino Real from the Peninsula to Silicon Valley on Wednesday to protest proposed statewide school budget cuts. via Redwood City Daily News

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“We really didn't think we were going to be competitive going in”

With San Mateo County's hopes of getting state money for a new jail dashed, the county likely will rely on bonds to pay for a facility that would ease severe overcrowding, officials said Wednesday. via Burlingame Daily News

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“I'm saddened to hear that, quite frankly”

More of the water spraying from sprinklers and filling toilet bowls in Redwood City will be recycled wastewater under a new ordinance adopted by the city council Monday. via San Mateo Daily News

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An 18-year-old San Carlos man will be charged with involuntary manslaughter after a fight outside of AT&T Park over the weekend turned fatal. via KCBS

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“He would be the last one to start a fight, but if something was going down, he wouldn't back down”

As the grieving parents of Anthony Giraudo made funeral arrangements Monday, stunned students at three Peninsula high schools preparing for graduation festivities tried to make sense of the tragic death of a ... via Redwood City Daily News

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