San Carlos News

SAN CARLOS, CA, November 07, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Plaza Florist and Gifts is pleased to announce its new Web site.

With enterprise data growing at an explosive rate, having applications separate from the mountains of data that they rely on has resulted in massive data movement - increasing latency and restricting due analysis.

It will soon be a bit more expensive to buy anything in San Mateo or stay in a hotel near San Francisco International Airport after voters convincingly approved seven tax-hike measures in Tuesday's election.

Thomas Levinson/Daily Journal Mike Vail, a supporter of Robert Ross, watches election results update via the Internet along with Claudia, at Ross' election night party.

Voting problems in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties were far and few between Tuesday, but at least one San Carlos resident with a flight to catch was unable to vote after finding his polling location still being set up at 7 a.m., according to a San Mateo County elections official.

On Monday, November 2, 2009 at approximately 9:00pm, an unidentified man entered Game Stop, located on the 1100 block of Industrial Road , and displayed a handgun at the store manager and ordered two employees against the back wall.

The opportunity is a brick with a brass nameplate inset on the brick. The bricks will be laid in the paving of the park.

AS A RECENT story in the Times noted, elected officials in San Carlos are backing up their views on Measure U, a proposed half-cent sales tax, with serious amounts of cash.

The San Carlos City Council violated a court order by temporarily banning new billboards after being told to review an application to erect a large "Palin for president 2012" sign along Highway 101, a federal judge said Wednesday.

The griddle is cold, the coffee pots are dry and the vinyl booths are empty. Vic's restaurant, widely considered a San Carlos institution, is closed after 33 years of business.

City officials have come out swinging against a legal action by an environmental group accusing the city of sewage spills and other infractions in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

San Mateo County prosecutors charged a San Carlos man Monday with two felonies for allegedly shooting at an acquaintance during an argument Saturday night.

The face of Sarah Palin -- goddess edition -- could soon loom over Highway 101 near San Carlos, Calif., showcased on a 14-by-48-foot billboard that touts her political prowess.

A man was arrested for attempted homicide for allegedly shooting at an acquaintance in an alley in San Carlos on Saturday night, a police sergeant said Sunday.

The city of San Carlos, Calif. , launched its own Facebook page last Tuesday to provide information on city projects and events.

In the not too distant future, a sign that says "Palin for President 2012" could pop up along Highway 101 in San Carlos.

A powerful rainstorm on Oct. 13 overwhelmed pipes and manholes in San Mateo, spilling 87,000 gallons of untreated human sewage into streets and creeks in violation of the federal Clean Water Act, records show.

Numerous meetings have been held over the past month with the engineering, environmental and outreach teams for the High Speed Rail project.

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.

San Carlos leaders have asked their neighbor to the north to hand over about $100,000 more per year to fund the two cities' shared fire department, an idea that doesn't sit well with some Belmont officials.