Foster City News

PERFORMANCES at the Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City will be more pleasant for performers and audience members alike following a fundraiser Thursday night at the Carolands Chateau in Hillsborough.

QuinStreet Inc. plans an initial public offering of $250 million in common stock, according to a regulatory filing.

A seven-year renewal of a parcel tax with a $96 increase - to about $180 - could go before San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District voters in an all-mail ballot in February if officials call for such an election Thursday.

Today Activision finally revealed why they signed Visceral Games' Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey earlier in the year.

A gingerbread house made by Rachell Tsang in Foster City,Calif., photographed Friday, December 19, 2008.

After two middle school students raised more than $1,000 each for Canine Companions for Independence, the proverbial light bulb clicked above Daniel Y. Harris' head.

Put on your thinking caps, the ones with the deely-boppers, and write up to 750 words that evoke a chuckle.

A salary dispute involving teachers at Vice Mayor Linda Koelling's former school emerged into public view Tuesday afternoon when a group of teachers and their supporters held a protest against Koelling outside City Hall.

Editor's Note: This is the second part of a two-part series on the race for El Dorado County Sheriff.

Complete Genomics , a start-up based in Mountain View, CA, has again lowered the stick in the financial limbo dance of human genome sequencing, announcing in the journal Science that it has sequenced three human genomes for an average cost of $4,400. The most recently sequenced genome--which happens to be that of genomics pioneer George ...

A few weeks before he died, Harry Thalheimer organized an 87th birthday party for himself.

It doesn't take a visionary to stomp his foot and declare, "No way, pal - it's my way or the highway." But that seems to be the illogical posture being considered these days by some members of the Menlo Park City Council.

The Foster City Council is set to decide whether to approve the final environmental impact report for the Chess-Hatch Master Plan in a public hearing tonight.

Officials warned Wednesday that the bridge linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland will likely remain closed Thursday morning, promising more delays for Bay Area commuters.

It was a Caltrans hope that just didn't float. Speaking at a hastily arraigned late-evening press conference Thursday, Caltrans officials said, should all repairs and testing be completed ahead of Friday morning, there was a slight chance the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge could go into service in time for the Friday morning commute.

A noise dispute between martial arts studio owner Herb Perez and nearby homeowners has led the city to look into a potential change to the city's noise ordinance.

The indefinite closure of a major artery linking the California cities of San Francisco and Oakland snarled traffic Wednesday and left commuters frustrated.

Carlos Juan, Antonio J. Rulln, Jos L. Prez, and Clara I. Berrocal Author affiliations: Saniconsult Ibrica SL, Palma de Mallorca, Spain ; Instituto Universitario de Investigacin en Ciencias de la Salud, Palma de Mallorca ; Hospital Son Dureta.

THEY CALL IT the SmartMeter. It's a new, computerized device intended to help consumers - not to mention PG&E - figure out their energy use anytime they like.

Mary Yonkers, right, with a bike trail friend. Photo courtesy Barry Grossman. Mary Yonkers, 58, of San Mateo, was killed by a truck driver while riding her bicycle to work on Shorewood Road in Redwood City last week.