San Mateo News

With the housing market taking a turn for the better and home loan interest rates remaining low, many people have decided there is no time like the present to buy a home.

As a member of the Foster City Council and a longtime resident, I have always been proud that we have some of the top schools in the state right here in our backyards.

Bay Area beaches were put to the test and came out with mostly good grades on the Heal the Bay 2013 Beach Report Card that was released this morning.

The long climb is finally over. After nine years of feverish summertime construction, the College of San Mateo is all dressed up and primed to swing again, which means that the campus's resident radio station, KCSM , is relaunching Jazz on the Hill on Saturday.

Theologian, minister, and Menlo Park resident John Ortberg has been senior pastor at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church since 2003.

San Mateo's first woman mayor, Jane Baker, spent years of her life in a passionate effort to save Sugarloaf Mountain from development.

The California State Firefighter's Association is pleased to announce the establishment of the Marjorie L. Fegles Annual Fund.

SAN MATEO, Calif. -- A baggage handler at San Francisco International Airport faces felony charges after police said a sting operation caught him taking items from travelers' bags.

A Peninsula real estate mogul was found guilty Thursday of murdering his wife in their mansion to collect a $30 million insurance policy as creditors closed in on his crumbling empire.

If you thought 3D printers were only about printing guns to slip past metal detectors think again.

Flightcar, co-founded by CEO Rujul Zaparde, is opening its second car-sharing location at Boston's Logan International Airport in time for Memorial Day weekend.

A small carniceria on the edge of downtown San Mateo is looking to be a bigger force in the local supermarket scene after its owners demolish the old Blu-White Laundry & Cleaners site on North B Street and construct a two-story full-service grocery store.

A rise in residential and auto burglaries is continuing in the county and police are seeking the public's assistance in helping to curb the trend.

Over the past seven months I've met with members of the ice skating community associated with the Ice Chalet at Bridgepointe Shopping Center.

Dr. Stewart Slafter, history and garden teacher at Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, recently received the Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award from The Garden Club of America.

A committee charged with reviewing the boundaries of San Mateo County's supervisorial districts and possibly making changes will hold five public meetings in June and July.

SAN MATEO, Calif., May 22, 2013 - Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2% year over year to $295 billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation Semiconductor Application Forecaster .

New homes in San Mateo are scarce enough. But it's even rarer to find homes that put everything together for you like Landsdowne: a fantastic location, an intelligently-designed master-plan community, a town square with shops and restaurants, public transportation, walkability and green living.

She didn't speak English and does recall the differences in food, like pizza, in the two countries.

For many kids, summertime means emancipation from the shackles of schoolwork, homework and early-to-bed, early-to-rise routines.