Daly City News

The city could soon require new homes built here to feature environmentally conscious elements.

In Menlo Park on Halloween, Jan Hollander saw a boy of 6 or 7, dressed in a store-bought superhero costume, holding up a pack of Starburst and asking, "Mommy, do these have hydrogenated oil in them?" In Berkeley, Rosemary Graham says a woman delivered a lecture about weaponry, refused to give candy and shut the door on Graham's daughter and pals, ...

Paul McAdoo sounds like an interesting guy -- and if you see him, be sure to stop and have a chat.

A California appellate court on Wednesday referred a Pacifica, Calif., lawyer to the State Bar for investigation, disturbed that she might have manipulated a now-deceased elderly client into marrying her and changing his trust documents for her benefit.

A state appeals court has upheld a Daly City man's murder conviction for beating his 17-month-old son to death.

Menlo Park police said Friday they are searching for an 86-year-old man who went missing earlier this month.

Ryan Cunanan felt abandoned by the city after he was shot in the Castro section of San Francisco on Halloween in 2006.

If Wednesday's plodding traffic and stuffed BART trains amounted to a glimpse into life without the Bay Bridge, there are tens of thousands of people who hope the span reopens quickly.

A man was robbed of his iPod and shot in the leg while sitting in his car at a Daly City shopping mall on Monday, police said Tuesday.

A key witness in a 2006 San Francisco homicide has vanished, forcing prosecutors to drop a murder case on the eve of the trial, authorities said Monday.

A man accused of numerous gang-related attacks was denied bail Thursday and remained in county jail.

A Sept. 24 grand jury indictment added capital murder charges against the men, who were already in federal custody on allegations of taking part in racketeering activity by the gang, which is also known as Mara Salvatrucha.

The Long Island man unveiled as a suspect in the 2001 slaying of a Daly City teen just as his alleged accomplice began trial was extradited back to San Mateo County Monday night and will be charged Thursday with murder.

San Carlos voters will decide Nov. 3 whether their city clerk should be appointed to the job by the city council instead of elected by the public - a move officials say will depoliticize an important job and help draw qualified candidates.

By From staff reports Originally published 04:00 p.m., October 13, 2009 Updated 04:00 p.m., October 13, 2009 The death of a man hit by a train Monday night in Moorpark appears to be a suicide, authorities said today.

Friends of the man police call Erick Romeo Morales said Wednesday they remained loyal, despite the accusation he's been living under a fake name after taking part in the murder of a teenager eight years ago.

The suspected killers stayed at large while Alba's family mourned. With both of them back in custody - one as recently as Monday morning - those who knew and loved the teenager have renewed hope for learning why he died.

Erick Morales, 27, who was first apprehended in Hampton Bays, Long Island, on Oct.

A San Francisco-based taxi driver was killed early this morning on Highway 24 when his car was struck by a big rig that jackknifed trying to avoid him, authorities said.

Erick Morales, 25, was arrested Monday by New York state troopers on Long Island for allegedly driving under the influence and providing a false name, said Daly City police Lt.