Burlingame News

A salary dispute involving teachers at Vice Mayor Linda Koelling's former school emerged into public view Tuesday afternoon when a group of teachers and their supporters held a protest against Koelling outside City Hall.

Burlingame, Calif., November 10, 2009 - Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, announced today that Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands for the Nintendo DS has shipped to retail! It is available at an MSRP of $29.99, and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

Racial discrimination is not only occurring in the Millbrae police department but city officials did nothing to stop the behavior, according to an eight-page federal lawsuit filed against the city and Cmdr.

Drunken drivers, scofflaws and speeders may want to think twice. A handful of San Mateo County cities have landed nearly $1 million in grants that will pay for additional DUI checkpoints, extra patrols and new equipment such as motorcycles and the latest in technology for catching speeders.

Shortly after a Newlands Avenue home sale unraveled over questions surrounding its historical significance, a nearby property owner has been forced to fund a $3,000 report for the same reason.

The owners of the home at 309 Occidental Ave. — about two blocks from Newlands Avenue — have funded the historic resources report, but it is not yet complete, said Community Development Director Bill Meeker.

A debate is cooking over whether to allow "mobile restaurants" after the recent emergence of an Indian food truck that has been parking downtown, a previously unprecedented sight in the affluent city.

The Little Big Game has big meaning this year. The winner of the 82nd annual meeting between San Mateo and Burlingame, at San Mateo on Saturday at 11 a.m., will win a league championship and earn an automatic berth in the Central Coast Section playoffs.

Police arrested a Long Beach woman Sunday after they realized she still had a car that was supposed to have been returned to a rental agency three months ago, a police official said.

A Burlingame man with eight DUIs still had a valid driver's license when he got his ninth in January because he apparently never hurt or killed anyone and many of his previous convictions were outside a 10-year cutoff period used by the Department of Motor Vehicles to assess drivers, a department official explained Monday.

Questions raised over the possible historic status of a Burlingame house halted its pending sale and resulted in additional costs for the owners primarily because the city does not have an ordinance for such situations - which could be addressed after the Planning Commission suggested a study of the neighborhood in question.

Union Bank established "priority banking" offices within existing branches in Burlingame, San Mateo and Palo Alto as the San Francisco bank steps up its efforts to reach the affluent on the Peninsula.

Not long after a San Mateo County man with a valid driver's license was sentenced to two years in jail for his ninth drunken driving conviction, a local legislator has called for a rule that would automatically revoke the licenses of motorists who are repeatedly over the limit and behind the wheel.

A $200,000 project to reduce the volume of train horns was completed one month ahead of schedule, Caltrain officials announced Friday.

Burlingame's Ilan Lesov rushed for 125 yards and two TDs on 23 carries during the Panthers' 28-12 win over Half Moon Bay Friday.

San Mateo Measures L, M: Voters approve tax hikes Nov. 4--SAN MATEO -- Voters made it clear in Tuesday's election that they would prefer to endure higher taxes rather than face cuts to city services.

Burlingame's Brooke Tsu hits a return during her 6-3, 6-0 win over San Mateo's Sammy Huang to capture the PAL tournament singles championship.

Questions raised over the possible historic status of a Burlingame house halted its pending sale and resulted in additional costs for the owners primarily because the city does not have an ordinance for such situations - a conversation the Planning Commission will begin Monday.

Daily Journal file photo Burlingame Councilwoman Rosalie O'Mahony looks upon five red roses given to her when she became mayor for the fifth time in 2007.

With big-ticket items absent from Tuesday's election, voters trickled into polling places at a low rate, leaving some candidates to sweat out whether late ballots will swing results of races in coming days.

San Mateo Public Works Director Larry Patterson participated in a Context Sensitive Solutions workshop on high-speed rail in Burlingame yesterday.