Foster City News

Thomas Levinson/Daily Journal Rafel and Hana Asmar spend time together with their children Rana and Eli Asmar in their home in Foster City.

Robert "Bob the Builder" Fitzgerald was presented Samaritan House's highest volunteer honor, the Kelly Award, at its 20th-annual Volunteer Recognition Event, held at the San Mateo County Event Center in San Mateo.

Harendra S. Chahar, Preeti Bharaj, Lalit Dar, Randeep Guleria, Sushil K. Kabra, and Shobha Broor Author affiliation: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Abstract Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus and chikungunya virus.

FOUR ARTISTS share their individual approaches to color and composition in the exhibit "Color Quartet," opening Tuesday at Gallery House in Palo Alto.

Q: I read about a Bay Area man who was sentenced to a year in jail and a year of house arrest for drunken driving.

Carole Groom should not have been appointed to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors in 2008, according to a civil grand jury report released yesterday.

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Mayor John Kiramis said Tuesday that he will resign from the Foster City Council in order to help take care of his ailing mother-in-law. Kiramis hasn't stepped down yet, and he said his resignation depends on when he sells his waterfront condo, which has been on the market since Saturday, and how long it takes to close his mortgage and real estate ...

The guest of honor walked into a house full of strangers, searching for a familiar face.

A new report-card system that sparked controversy when it was introduced this past school year in the San Mateo-Foster City School District's middle schools will continue.

A week ago I devoted my column to the utter fiasco; the Bay Meadows Development in San Mateo.

The Insider is a newspaper column by Times reporters, so by definition it is thoroughly rotted by liberal bias.

Gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell addressed a joint meeting of the Burlingame, Foster City and San Mateo Rotary clubs on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

All you underpaid and unemployed folks trying to get by in today's bad economy can file this one away in the "Why Didn't I Think of That?" category.

Its shoals produce oysters to feed San Francisco's booming Gold Rush population.

Get 'em while you still can. Yesterday we gave props to Sandip Roy's meditation on the Alphonso mango, an extra-lush variety okayed for import from India in recent years.

There are plenty of photos showing people floating and frolicking in the Dead Sea, a favorite stop on anyone's Israel itinerary.

The San Mateo-Foster City School District is hardly alone in experiencing growing pains.

Jessica Beskind may need to put her head on a swivel during recess. At her school, Brewer Island Elementary, the blacktop is crowded with children scampering this way and that.

Bill Silverfarb/Daily Journal Cathy Schiffer buys groceries once a week for H.J. Petty through a program offered at the San Mateo Senior Center.