San Mateo County News

San Mateo County attorneys have begun eminent domain proceedings against a La Honda landowner who has so far refused to sell his property to the county for an urgent local land repair project.

Police arrested an East Palo Alto man on suspicion of raping a 2-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon.

A memorial of flowers and notes marked the spot Tuesday where tragedy struck the day before when a construction truck barreled down a hill and crashed its way through a San Mateo grocery store's parking lot, ...

A San Mateo grocery store reopened its doors Tuesday following a fatal crash in which a runaway truck hit a sport utility vehicle, sending both crashing into the store's crowded parking lot Monday afternoon, a ...

For decades, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has protected a small section of unincorporated San Mateo County, consisting of 84 homes, without earning a dollar in property tax.

A 32-year-old man who told police he robbed a U.S. Bank in Burlingame on Aug. 14 because of "the economy" was held to answer on all charges in San Mateo County Superior Court on Tuesday, a chief deputy district ...

When her father died in 2004, Adrienne Tissier faced the sad task of cleaning out his belongings - clothes, furniture, bags of medication.

A female trespasser who was fatally struck by a Caltrain vehicle in Burlingame on Friday evening has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office but her name is not being revealed until her family ...

A 22-year-old Menlo Park man has pleaded not guilty to four counts of attempted murder in connection with a shooting last month that injured three people in front of a Redwood City pizzeria and bar, according ...

Josue Raul Orozco, 18, a member of the Sureno gang, was arrested in Texas Wednesday night.

An organization that works to protect and restore the San Francisco Bay issued a report Wednesday highlighting 23 waterways that drain directly into the Bay and may be in violation of the Clean Water Act.

A 17-year-old boy turned himself in to police Tuesday night for the murder of another 17-year-old in Redwood City on Saturday, the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday.

A marriage license will still cost $78, but getting hitched with all the wedding bells and whistles will be pricier next year, following a decision to increase various fees approved by the San Mateo County ...

A judge has ruled that a 28-year-old man who fatally stabbed a stranger as he walked down the street should be hospitalized rather than incarcerated.

A mountain lion sighting was reported Monday morning in Woodside, according to the San Mateo County Office of Emergency Services.

San Mateo County nonprofit Shelter Network this week locked up $408,072 in federal grants, more than any other shelter group in the state.

Police said Saturday they were searching for a male suspect in the Redwood City shooting death of a 17-year-old. At about 12 a.m. Saturday, police received a 911 call complaining of a large group of young ...

An attorney who litigates on behalf of property owners has filed a lawsuit requesting every document the East Palo Alto Rent Stabilization Board has generated since it was created in 1983.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect in a fatal shooting early this morning in unincorporated Redwood City.

Christopher Sorro, a transient who allegedly shot his girlfriend and left her at the San Bruno Caltrain station last week, pleaded not guilty to all charges Thursday.