San Carlos News

The city of Menlo Park raided its sofa and found some pocket change, bumping up its projected 2013-14 fiscal year budget by approximately $400,000.

Switching the county's solid waste board from senior city staff members to elected officials has no demonstrable advantage, according to the civil grand jury which also concluded in the same report that customers aren't that informed about the agency overseeing their garbage and recycling services.

Well, there was a bit before that. The partnership of Trio Hikers wine really began in 2005 when Joe Vella, 73, asked a couple friends Bob Nafziger, 76, and Joe Ruggiero, 74, if they would be interested in going on a hike.

RethinkWaste is holding public tours at the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos this summer.

Six applicants, many with familiar names, filed by Friday afternoon in hopes of filling the vacancy on the Millbrae City Council created by the unexpected death of Nadia Holober.

A three-alarm fire Thursday afternoon destroyed the front attic and patio of an Atherton home and damaged a neighbor's roof, according to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.

A new exclusive airline is making it easier for commuters to jet back-and-forth from the Silicon Valley to the Southland.

After 18 months of planning, new airline Surf Air finally took off on Wednesday from Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, beginning flights to San Carlos Airport near San Francisco.

VIP Car Vault is opening in Redwood City on June 17, 2013. A great place to store your luxury and vintage automobiles.

The Remote Hands file management is an add-on service to outsource file management and heavy document uploading.

With hope of one day attracting a hotel or some other big tax generating business, the city council voted 3-2 Monday night to slap a zoning restriction on an area it considers a gateway to the city.

Grab late-night picnic snacks, a blanket, your family and friends, and head to Burton Park for our first Movie Night of the summer! Friday, June 21st "The Lorax" Movie begins at sunset, approximately 8:30pm Burton Park For more information, contact Parks & Recreation at 650-802-4382

Four locations, Wednesday afternoon Reports of residential burglaries in the 2300 block of Brittan Avenue, the 2600 block of Eaton Avenue, the 2700 block of Bromley Drive and the 100 block of Rogers Avenue were received along with a description of a possible suspect, a man in his late 20s or early 30s with curly brown collar-length hair associated ... (more)

It's all about pastrami and Belgian beer at "The Refuge" restaurant in San Carlos.

If San Carlos has its way, claims and lawsuits like that filed late last week by Kaiya Storm will be a thing of the past.

A 34-year-old Palo Alto doctor accused of setting two fires at a business he co-owned in San Carlos has pleaded not guilty to felony arson and vandalism charges, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

If San Carlos residents put Michael Corral on the City Council this fall, the 51-year-old wine specialist says they'll be getting someone whose attributes might be unique for the city's elected body.

The city of San Mateo has survived the great plastic bag ban of 2013. Months in progress, the ban had a sliding start date - first it was Earth Day, then there were rumors it would be later in the summer.

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Applied Materials, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent developed by Sanjeev Baluja, Campbell, Calif., Juan Carlos Rocha-Alvarez, San Carlos, Calif., and Alexandros T. Demos, Fremont, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for modulating wafer treatment profile in UV chamber."

The New Millennium Orchestra presents a Solo Summer Fest at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 8 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1106 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Carlos .