San Mateo County News

Officials with San Mateo County requested a federal bailout during a hearing Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee.

State health officials have confirmed one case of swine flu and dismissed another in San Mateo County, health officials said Wednesday.

Rachel Holt photographed in the unfinished upstairs bedrooms of her Redwood City, Calif.

A Muslim imam, a Mills High School student and a Stanford University professor were among 20 honorees from 20 cities at the first San Mateo County Mayors' Diversity Celebration Awards.

San Mateo County Manager David Boesch has declared a local health emergency so the county can tap into state and federal funds if needed to fight an outbreak of swine flu.

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The boys left the minimum-security Log Cabin Ranch in unincorporated San Mateo County near La Honda at about 9 p.m., said sheriff's Lt.

May 7, 2009 11:23 am US/Eastern Norman Hsu arrives at a San Mateo County Superior Court in Redwood City, Calif., to face a grand theft charge on Aug.

Two school parcel-tax measures won big while another fell short in Tuesday's all-mail election.

San Ramon Unified High School District voters today approved Measure C with about 72 percent support.

San Mateo County officials said they are pleased with a hearing Tuesday morning before the House Financial Services Committee in Washington, D.C. in which they asked for federal funds to help compensate for millions in local taxpayer dollars lost in the collapse of the Lehman Bros.

A judge on Monday declared a mistrial in the case of a 35-year-old man accused of renting a hotel room in San Mateo to carry out identity thefts with two other accomplices.

A woman was struck and killed by a train on the Caltrain tracks at Mountain View's San Antonio station late Monday morning.

San Mateo County law enforcement agencies are deploying special patrol officers to specifically look for drunk drivers throughout the county in preparation for Cinco de Mayo celebrations.

Two probable cases of swine flu have been reported in San Mateo County, bringing the Bay Area's total number of probable cases to at least 11, according to health officials.

Two probable cases of swine Flu fave been reported in San Mateo County, health officials said Thursday.

Bay Area health officials confirmed three cases of swine flu Thursday morning in Solano, San Francisco and San Mateo counties.

San Mateo County health officials confirmed two cases of swine flu Thursday morning involving a 50-year-old man who lives out of state and a 46-year-old woman who showed no symptoms and had not traveled to Mexico.

A girl wears a face mask as a precaution against swine flu while attending a mass inside the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

A judge on Tuesday set a jury trial date for a San Mateo woman prosecutors say fraudulently withdrew $20,000 to finance her wedding but ended up spending the happy day in county jail.