San Gregorio News

Peninsula Open Space Trust announced Thursday that it has surpassed its fund-raising goal of $6.9 million to save Mindego Hill, 1,047 acres of open ranchland near La Honda on the San Francisco Peninsula.

The world's oceans now absorb millions of tons of the global warming gas each year, and thus help to slow the pace of climate change, but the benefit is far outweighed by extreme and damaging changes in the ...

Charles Schuttloffel, 37, of San Gregorio did not make any statements before Judge Clifford Cretan of San Mateo County Superior Court pronounced sentence in a Redwood City courtroom.

Rising ocean acidity is one of the results of increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and scientists are worried that the phenomenon could make it impossible for key species in the marine food ...

Ocean acidification is like a neglected stepchild when it comes to the public's consideration of the impact of rising atmospheric carbon.

A Half Moon Bay man who once faced up to life in prison without parole for the deaths of his two young sons in a 2004 San Gregorio house fire may soon find himself out of custody. via Inside Bay Area

“He feels vindicated by the disposition that the District Attorney's Office and law enforcement recognize this was not a murder case”

The murder case against a father accused of the burning deaths of his two sons fizzled Friday after he accepted a plea deal that ensures he will only be in prison until the middle of 2009. via San Francisco Examiner

Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, April 22, 2008 Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B6 In the ongoing saga that pits man against fish, the news is generally bleak. via Sacramento Bee Newspaper

REDWOOD CITY No-contest plea in killing of sons A man charged with murdering his two young sons by intentionally setting fire to their house four years ago has pleaded no contest to reduced charges. via The Press Democrat

A man charged with murdering his two young sons by intentionally setting fire to their house four years ago has pleaded no contest to reduced charges. via Press-Enterprise

“The wards were on a field trip and they were out in the water, and the beach which they were at has a sharp drop-off”

A young ward of the San Mateo County Probation Department was hospitalized Saturday after being rescued from the water while on a field trip to San Gregorio State Beach. via Redwood City Daily News

A judge will rule in one week if prosecutors took too long to charge a San Gregorio father with murder and arson in the May 2004 deaths of his two young sons by not seeking a grand jury indictment until nearly ... via San Mateo Daily Journal

“This demonstrates why the fire scene renders me unable to use his opinion”

Authorities took such an unnecessarily long time to arrest a San Gregorio father for the arson-related murder of his two young sons in 2004 - and allowed the razing of the alleged crime scene - that evidence ... via San Mateo Daily Journal

“The main feature you see from Russian Ridge is Mindego Hill”

Someone would have to take down the entrance sign warning: "If you trespass, hope you can outrun the bull." This spring, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District could acquire the Mindego Ranch, a ... via Palo Alto Daily News

“It sits too long, it doesn't matter. You 'refresh”

Off the coast of California, a fishing boat is taking on water -- deliberately. The seawater is poured into gallon jugs that eventually make their way to the kitchen of Fin Fish, one of two Charlie Palmer ... via Reno Gazette-Journal

When the world's winemakers hit town for next week's milestone 30th annual Vancouver Playhouse International Wine festival they'll have their work cut out for them, getting their message through a sea of some ... via Northwest Newspapers (Northwest Herald)

“A lot of people, when they first wake up, have to have a cigarette”

Tobacco, says San Gregorio health educator Sue Henkin-Haas, is one of the most addictive substances known to humankind - and harder to kick than heroin, which reaches the brain more slowly than tobacco. via The Half Moon Bay Review

By David F. Smydra Jr.--[ david@hmbreview.com ] The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and state fire investigators began exploring Charles Schuttloffel's possible involvement in a San Gregorio house fire that ... via The Half Moon Bay Review

Catch All, posted by rockwell_lancer, a resident of San Gregorio, 2 hours ago How difficult is it to send a check or money order? If you don't have a checking account or do not wish to cut a check, then how ... via The Half Moon Bay Review