Belmont News

With the housing market taking a turn for the better and home loan interest rates remaining low, many people have decided there is no time like the present to buy a home.

A man found with $12,000 hidden between his buttocks when he and two others were arrested for a string of residential burglaries in Redwood City and Belmont will stand trial in July.

The process is more important than the final product for the latest artist with works on display in the Los Banos Library.

San Mateo's first woman mayor, Jane Baker, spent years of her life in a passionate effort to save Sugarloaf Mountain from development.

Two suspects have been arrested for an alleged burglary that occurred 8 a.m. Wednesday at a Redwood City residence.

In the Sequoia Union High School District, the status quo could be in for some rough going as an enrollment growth of kindergarten-through-fourth-graders, particularly in Menlo Park, makes its way toward and through ninth grade.

Belmont is home to a large and diverse community of top-notch public and private schools offering pre-K through graduate programs.

Police discovered 50 M-80 type explosives in a Belmont home they searched after allegedly catching a resident with several pounds of pot and hundreds of pain pills, authorities said Monday.

The Streets Alive! Parks Alive! event in Belmont was a wonderful success, engaging over 150 participants.

A preliminary trial date has been set for Joseph Patrick Kaufman, the 23-year-old San Carlos man charged in the death of a Belmont man after an argument at a Belmont bar on April 29.

There is a general admission price of $5 and children 12 and under are free.

Belmont's veteran and outspoken councilwoman Coralin Feierbach says she won't run for another term.

A judge Friday ordered a man accused of beating a fellow Belmont bar patron to death held on no bail while being prosecuted for murder and causing great bodily injury.

This is in response to the May 1 article in the Daily Journal, "What is Plan Bay Area? Region Adopting Strategy for Future Growth." The article states that San Mateo plans to add 10,000 new housing units by 2040.

The 4 Corners Committee consists of elected officials from the City of San Carlos , San Carlos School District , City of Belmont and Sequoia Union High School District .

Janet Duca Norton / For The Daily News Helena and Bob Wetman enjoy their fragrant pink flowering currant shrub during the April 20, 2013, A Going Native Garden Tour.A The Gamble Garden spring tour, "Down the Garden Path," was a showcase for six gorgeous gardens in several of Palo Alto's neighborhoods.

What started out as a part time job sweeping floors and cleaning oil drains in the family auto repair business led Eric Sevim to a career as one of the area's leading auto mechanics.

The man in charge of the firefighters who rushed to the scene of the deadly limousine fire on the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge said he is satisfied with the response time by emergency personnel.

The Bay Area's cup overflows with amazing small-production locally-sourced beer right now.

Bike to Work Day draws thousands of participants in the celebration of bicycling as a healthy, inexpensive, and fun form of transportation to work.