Belmont News

So, it's no mystery their professional writing careers - started at relatively mature stages of life - have coalesced in the first Conference on Creative Writing at University of the Pacific.

Signaling a possible mini-rebellion, Belmont has become the third Bay Area town since March to dump its red-light traffic camera program over doubts the devices make the streets any safer for drivers or pedestrians.

Most of 2012 was a transient time for her family. After losing her mom to cancer in March, Cooper struggled to keep the home they shared in Belmont.

Last month, a two-year contract extension for Belmont's red light camera provider was all set to be approved as it was on the City Council's consent agenda.

Michael Milliken, director of secondary education for the Palo Alto school district and former principal of Jordan Middle School, has been named superintendent of the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District.

A San Carlos man who was seen driving a stolen red 1994 Honda Civic was arrested by Belmont police after he led them on a high-speed pursuit that ended in a crash in San Mateo early yesterday morning.

A Belmont police officer on routine patrol Monday night arrested four suspects after interrupting the burglary of a car in a hotel garage.

Ralston Avenue in Belmont is frustrating for pedestrians, drivers and bicyclists, who are looking for the city to make improvements to the road.

A woman was seen running through an intersection several times on El Camino Real and Ralston Avenue in Belmont before 2:10 a.m. Sunday, June 2. Arrest.

Tanya is the daughter of Mike and Brenda Huson of Tahuya. After receiving her bachelor's degree in business and marketing from Notre Dame de Namur in Belmont, Calif., she is employed by Camelot School as a business development analyst in Dripping Springs, Texas.

A signature-gathering effort is underway to urge the Belmont City Council to modernize Ralston Avenue to make it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.

There was both faint and full-throated praise for Woodside High School at the May 29 public forum at Woodside High, the last of six forums in May on ideas for addressing a projected 22 percent enrollment surge by the 2020-21 school year in the Sequoia Union High School District's four comprehensive high schools.

A Belmont church's bell tower underwent emergency demolition today after city inspectors on Friday red-tagged the building, according to police.

A bicyclist received minor injuries Friday when she collided with an SUV on the 1400 block of Ralston Avenue in Belmont, according to police.

June doesn't just bring sunshine and longer days, it also means free music in the afternoons and evenings in many Peninsula cities.

Gallery House in Palo Alto, celebrating its 55th anniversary this year, presents "The Shape of Things," a show of 3D works which opens Tuesday and continues through June 29.

Belmont police have identified but not yet named a suspect in a possible sexual assault last Thursday at a motel in the 1100 block of Shoreway Road.

An apartment tenant mad over worker noise attacked the property manager with "bear repellent" and hit him in the face, police said Tuesday.

The irony of successfully raising sewer rates substantially the next three years is that if the upgrades and maintenance the money funds works, customers will never actually see the result, according to a San Carlos councilman who is among those hoping residents on Tuesday agree the proposed increase is necessary if not exactly welcome.

James Lianides, superintendent of the Sequoia Union High School District, is scheduled to be on stage at the Performing Arts Center at Woodside High School on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to discuss projections predicting that high school enrollment will expand beyond carrying capacity by the 2020-21 school year.