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Judge upholds key evidence in Ayres trial
A defense motion to suppress key evidence in the molestation trial of San Mateo child psychiatrist William Ayres was denied Thursday by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Norman Gatzert.
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Belmont vice mayor may face charges
Belmont Vice Mayor Bill Dickenson intends to keep his position on the city council after being jailed on suspicion of domestic battery.
San Mateo County supervisors revise watershed plans
Protecting streams and creeks from the pressures of urban development seems like a laudable goal but when the county gets involved, finding common ground on the issue can be tough.
Supervisors worry that committee formed to investigate wrongdoing would go on `witch hunts"
A committee authorized to investigate elected San Mateo County officials accused of wrongdoing could go on "witch hunts" unless its reach is clearly defined, supervisors said Tuesday.
Airport companies protest proposed taxes
New taxes on parking and rental car companies in unincorporated San Mateo County would spell disaster for airport businesses struggling in a slumping economy, company officials said Tuesday.
Burlingame trying to clean up its act
Burlingame is on the cusp of amending its garbage collection laws in an effort to clean up the town.
Peninsula candidates line up for November election
Potential candidates have begun trickling into election offices to file for the November general election.
Proposed San Mateo County menu-labeling ordinance targets chain eateries
If two San Mateo County supervisors get their way, people who walk into a Burger King and order up a Whopper and large fries will know exactly how fattening their meal is - the menu will spell it out.
Shooting victim still on life support
A man shot early Sunday morning outside Palo Alto City Hall was in critical condition Monday night while officers searched for his assailant across two counties, police said Monday.
Millbrae shooting suspect in custody
The suspect in the murder of a 28-year-old Millbrae man, whose body was found last week in a parked car in Burlingame, has been apprehended in Redding, police officials announced Friday.
Sudden oak death moving into San Mateo County
David Moore is used to dealing with trees suffering the ravages of sudden oak death.
Peninsula ranks high in human development
San Carlos bills itself as the "City of Good Living," but a new national study shows that its neighbors up and down the Peninsula could well make the same claim.
Report: Public should know about bonds
A controversial way that seven local districts chose to refinance bonds in recent years has added more than $15 million in taxpayer obligations that people did not directly vote on but should still know about, ...
Former Atherton finance director cleared in criminal probe
While he continues to press a wrongful termination lawsuit against Atherton, former finance director John Johns won't have the burden of criminal charges on suspicion of misusing town time and property weighing ...
San Mateo County schools urged to expand online learning
Local school districts should take more advantage of online programs to expand instruction in math, science, foreign languages and other areas, the San Mateo County civil grand jury said in a new report.
A federal judge has rejected a Daly City woman's claim that the San Mateo County coroner violated her civil rights when he kept her deceased son's heart after an autopsy.
Man dies in tractor accident near Portola Valley
A 58-year-old man died Sunday after he was ejected from his tractor and run over by it in unincorporated San Mateo County south of Portola Valley, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Woman hit, killed walking on Hwy. 101
A 54-year-old woman walking on Highway 101 was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler early Saturday in Burlingame.
Woman killed while crossing Highway 101
California Highway Patrol officers are trying to determine why an Irish woman was crossing U.S. Highway 101 in Burlingame early this morning, where a truck fatally struck her.
Slain person ID'd as Millbrae man
Millbrae police continued to investigate an apparent homicide Friday after a man was found dead early Thursday morning in a car parked on Chula Vista Avenue in Burlingame.