San Mateo News

We all know what Viagra is supposed to do. Now the question about the sex-aid drug also can help cyclists, uh, get up the mountain.

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After more than 25 years of shuttling the 49er Faithful to and from Candlestick Park, SamTrans is calling it quits due to stricter federal regulation that benefit a private charter company.

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A committee authorized to investigate elected San Mateo County officials accused of wrongdoing could go on "witch hunts" unless its reach is clearly defined, supervisors said Tuesday.

The real concern I have is that we have an independent body," Tissier said.

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The San Mateo American Legion Post 82 Orioles found themselves in a position not often experienced over the last five years in the Area 2 tournament.

Sometimes the fastest way from point A to point B is not a straight line. That's true when it comes to the bridge linking San Mateo with Hayward.

A November trial date has been set for William Ayres, the former prominent child psychiatrist charged with molesting his patients, authorities said Friday, although his defense will argue for the case’s dismissal this week.

Two San Mateo County supervisors today intend to press their colleagues to place at least one tax measure on the November ballot to generate millions in needed revenue.

Traffic on state route 92 came to a grinding halt early Monday morning and stayed that way much of the day after a big rig jackknifed in unincorporated San Mateo County and spilled approximately 120 gallons of diesel fuel onto the roadway.

A man in sunglasses and a plaid shirt robbed a popular San Mateo bank in broad daylight Saturday.

The man entered the Wells Fargo bank at 12 17th Ave. at approximately 12:15 p.m. Saturday. The man approached a teller with a demand note for money. The teller complied and handed over an undisclosed amount of money. The man left the bank on foot in an unknown direction, San Mateo police Lt. Mike Brunicardi said.

The City Council decided late Monday not to continue reserving city-owned land for the proposed Magnolia Science Academy.

The Southern California-based Magnolia Educational & Research Foundation and supporters of the proposed academy wanted the council to keep four acres of a 15-acre property near the Government Center open for a public charter high school — an area that might otherwise become part of a larger residential and commercial project.

There are too many deficiencies for me," said Councilmember Linda Koelling.

San Mateo County homeowners are selling their houses for an average of $105,000 less than they were at this time last year, new data shows, proving that even the state's second-wealthiest county is not immune ...

Ten-year-old Sanchit isn’t the average college student. At around four-feet-tall, the soon-to-be fifth-grader from Foster City was nervous to start taking classes at the College of San Mateo this summer. He didn’t know anyone and the campus is much bigger than that of Foster City Elementary. However, Sanchit was pleasantly surprised to find how easy it was to meet people.

If you're looking for a bargain, look no further than the local apartment rental market.

The price of a studio and one-bedroom apartments in San Mateo County have dropped slightly in the second quarter of the year while larger apartments only increased by a few dollars. It’s still 5 percent to 6 percent higher than last year’s average rents, according to a report issued Thursday by research company RealFacts.

If two San Mateo County supervisors get their way, people who walk into a Burger King and order up a Whopper and large fries will know exactly how fattening their meal is because the menu will spell it out.

If you're going to go into a Burger King, you're going to find the same menu day in and day out. You're not going to find the sea bass special with risotto," Hill said.

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Local school leaders hope a new report by the San Mateo County Office of Education will help them avoid the kind of construction-related problems the San Mateo Union High School District has endured in recent years.

Typically, those of us in public education are not in the construction business," said Peter Burchyns, special-projects consultant for the office. "At least with the small districts, that's not the kind of thing we've been doing as part of our regular business all the time."

San Carlos police investigating reports of a burglary Sunday afternoon located a suspect hiding in the rear bedroom of a home previously lived in by his father.

Someone with a flare for drama and destruction set ablaze a storage locker at San Mateo’s Hillsdale High School Friday, destroying theater props and costumes.

It’s definitely suspicious,” Borean said.

Stop the presses!

Parking will be hard to find in downtown San Mateo this upcoming Sunday; surely a staggering development to all who live and work in the area.

OK, so Second Avenue will be congested, like always. However, for once, there will be a worthwhile reason, as the 22nd annual Festa Italiana street fair once again returns to San Mateo, beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting until 6 p.m. One of the most popular annual events in San Mateo, the community street fair provides people of all ages the opportunity to shop for art and handmade goods in over 200 arts and crafts booths, sample Italian cuisine and barbecue, listen to live music from local bands such as The Refugees, San Franz and The Rodeo Clowns; and marvel at the annual chalk art gallery.

The Festa Foundation was established five years ago. The foundation was set up to support different Bay Area groups that support adults and children with developmental disabilities like autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and other neurological diseases. All proceeds will benefit the Festa Foundation and everyone working there will be a volunteer,” she said.

The San Mateo-San Francisco-Marin region had no change in job totals in June, the state's Employment Development Department reported Friday. But the East Bay plunged in June to its worst month of job losses in seven years, and California also suffered employment losses, prompting two economists to declare on Friday that both regions have lurched into a recession.

A business plan for the proposed Magnolia Science Academy leaves serious questions whether the proponent can raise the funds to build the charter school on city-owned land, according to a city staff report.

The lack of a credible financing plan is a major deficiency in the business plan" submitted by the Southern California-based Magnolia Educational & Research Foundation, the report said.