San Mateo County News

Thrill-seekers who delight in the sight of a stranger's bare flesh will no longer head to the Cow Palace for their autumn bacchanal.

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The struggles of two school parcel-tax measures during this month's election have not discouraged education leaders in San Mateo County from pursuing a slew of similar ballot proposals in the next year or so.

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San Mateo County supervisors have not ruled out negotiating for property in Redwood City that could house a new county jail, but they have agreed to take a more thorough tally of potential sites for the ...

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Hours before 19-year-old Robert Wetzel died in a car crash Thursday night, he got a call on his cell phone from his sister, Lucy.

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A Colorado doctor accused of illegally prescribing generic Prozac to a Stanford College student who later committed suicide will stand trial in San Mateo County this fall.

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An accident Thursday night seriously injured the driver of a black BMW and killed his passenger, a 19-year-old Redwood City man, after the car crashed into a tree shortly before 11:30 p.m. in the 800 block of ...

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Voter turnout in San Mateo County during the June 3 election was the lowest for a primary in at least eight years, according to final election tallies released Thursday.

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A 54-year-old man charged with brutally beating to death his employers in their Millbrae home in 2006 sat quietly in a suit today as a San Mateo County deputy district attorney said he was guilty of committing ...

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San Mateo County officials said Wednesday that improvements to the county's youth lockup facility must be a top priority to prevent another escape, even though the county faces a budget deficit.

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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Wednesday in connection with a brush fire that scorched 7.5 acres just east of Half Moon Bay, while fire officials warned that a dangerous fire season is ...

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