Burlingame News

Burlingame resident Trudy Letson took a break on Thursday from the stress of trying to find a job and figuring out how to pay her bills.

You could eat your fill of nigiri sushi, futomaki and sashimi at the new incarnation of Sakae, glad that Burlingame still boasts a fine sushi restaurant.

Elected officials in San Mateo County have responded to their respective budget crises by cutting employee wages or laying them off.

Burlingame voters will decide if a $180 annual parcel tax supporting schools, set to end in 2011, should be extended 10 years after the district Board of Trustees voted to put such a measure to an all-mail ballot in March.

College of San Mateo student Jeanine Robertson got down on the ground to correctly place tealights shining within clear plastic cups to create one letter in a glowing sign from students, staff and community: “Yes We Can.”

A 20-year-old Hayward man is facing the prospect of spending most of his life in prison after being sentenced for a fatal shooting during a road rage dispute.

CSM wide receiver Rahsaan Vaughn goes up high for a catch during the Bulldogs' 31-20 win over Reedley in the fifth annual Bulldog Bowl Saturday afternoon in San Mateo.

As recently as two weeks ago, the Burlingame High football team was peaking, playing well in all three phases of the game.

The downtown specific area draft plan was unveiled on Wednesday night. A citizen's advisory committee has worked along side a hired planning consultant for the past two years, resulting in a vision for downtown that capitalizes on what has worked in downtown Burlingame so successfully for so many years.

Fighting back tears, the mother of murder victim Lon Dell Wilson told her son's killer Thursday afternoon before he was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison that she forgave him.

The need at the Second Harvest food banks of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties echo the alarming picture of food insecurity painted by a national report released this week, according to food bank officials.

No. 8 Serra at No. 1 Pioneer , 7 p.m. CCS titles Serra: 1990 Pioneer: None The Padres lost to Valley Christian, 34-21 last week.

Breast cancer experts at Mills-Peninsula Health Services are urging Peninsula women and doctors to ignore a government panel's new advice to skip mammograms until age 50.

A tree-lined downtown with open space, reconfigured streets and options for outdoor seating is a beautiful vision for downtown Burlingame but residents want to know how realistic the $43.6 million plan really is before the City Council approves it.

The Mercy-Burlingame girls' volleyball team beat Sacred Heart Prep two times en route to a West Bay Athletic League championship.

San Francisco International Airport is attracting more than its share of travelers, and passengers will be stuck at gates with longer delays unless more of them start using the airports in Oakland and San Jose instead, according to a new report.

A proposal to sell the 41-acre school facility that houses Peninsula High School in San Bruno sparked the anger of residents who wanted to maintain open space and were visibly frustrated about the San Mateo Union High School District's poor notification about the issue.

A man accused of peeping through bathroom windows at women over a stretch of several months faces four charges of disorderly conduct, according to Burlingame police.

Six SamTrans routes were cut and fares were increased in a unanimous vote by the SamTrans board of directors last month in the wake of a $28.4 million operational budget deficit for the 2010 fiscal year.

The sound of a jet engine roaring overhead can be earsplitting. But a man living near San Francisco International Airport claims the noise was so powerful it ripped apart his marriage, too.