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San Mateo Medical Center plans to increase services
- To serve the fastest-growing segment of San Mateo County’s population, the San Mateo Medical Center is planning expansions to almost double the number of senior patients it can serve annually.
- To serve the fastest-growing segment of San Mateo County’s population, the San Mateo Medical Center is planning expansions to almost double the number of senior patients it can serve annually.
Chlorine spill forces street closures
- Four containers of chlorine spilled Monday morning onto Delaware Avenue, not far from Central Park, closing off five blocks for close to 10 hours.
- Four containers of chlorine spilled Monday morning onto Delaware Avenue, not far from Central Park, closing off five blocks for close to 10 hours.
San Mateo residents to discuss 'cursed' site
- Residents are giving the thumbs down to a proposed project at a San Mateo intersection, a site jokingly referred to by a city planner as “cursed” and that has seen at least five previous projects shot down.
City Council may endorse Foster City school bond
- Just in time for Valentine’s Day this year, San Mateo and Foster City voters could give their elementary and middle schools a gift — $175 million to improve facilities, from adding new classrooms to improving air conditioning in some buildings. On Monday, the Foster City Council is expected to pass a resolution supporting the San Mateo-Foster City School District’s Measure L, a $175 million general-obligation bond slated for the Feb. 5 ballot.
- Just in time for Valentine’s Day this year, San Mateo and Foster City voters could give their elementary and middle schools a gift — $175 million to improve facilities, from adding new classrooms to improving air conditioning in some buildings. On Monday, the Foster City Council is expected to pass a resolution supporting the San Mateo-Foster City School District’s Measure L, a $175 million general-obligation bond slated for the Feb. 5 ballot.
County braces for heavy winds and rain
- With forecasters predicting that the heavy winds and rain due this weekend will knock down power lines and possibly flood local roads, agencies around the Bay Area are gearing up to battle any natural mishaps.
Woman who cried ‘rape’ may have to pay back county
- The San Mateo woman who will be serving 90 days in county jail for a false rape report in June may also be required to repay the county agencies that spent time and resources investigating her false claims.
Tests show Bay water is clean
- Although concerns of residual oil from the Nov. 7 Cosco Busan spill still linger around the Bay, two separate tests have shown no conclusive proof that fuel has threatened an important fishery in the North Bay or a shipping channel in Oakland.
- Although concerns of residual oil from the Nov. 7 Cosco Busan spill still linger around the Bay, two separate tests have shown no conclusive proof that fuel has threatened an important fishery in the North Bay or a shipping channel in Oakland.
Half Moon Bay seeks reversal of $36.8 million judgment
- Claiming that the developer had more responsibility for being aware that his 24-acre property was a development problem, Half Moon Bay is preparing to appeal a November decision against it that could save the city from a judgment of almost four times its entire operating budget. Developer Charles Keenan was awarded a $36.8 million judgment against the city for creating wetlands on his “Beachwood” property, preventing him from turning the 24 acres — purchased for $1 million in a foreclosure sale — into an 83-unit housing complex.
SFO, food service workers avert strike
- Holiday travelers will not have to fend for themselves when it comes to snacks, drinks and meals at San Francisco International Airport after representatives for the airport and the union representing its concession workers announced late Friday that a tentative agreement was reached with one company that runs restaurants there.
Parolee apprehended in alleged Foster City robbery
- In a span of less than five minutes, a Berkeley man allegedly went from citizen to criminal to captured crook after a brazen “holdup” bank robbery Thursday morning on Edgewater Boulevard.
High-speed rail to run through South Bay
- In what was called a landmark decision, state officials set a course for the proposed high-speed rail that would send a passenger from San Francisco to Los Angeles in just more than 2½ hours, with trains cutting through the heart of the Peninsula and South Bay along the way.
Belmont noise study strikes the wrong chord
- Concerns about the results of a third-party noise study on Notre Dame de Namur University’s Koret Field may force the city to pay for a second look at the sound coming from the school’s new athletic field.
- Concerns about the results of a third-party noise study on Notre Dame de Namur University’s Koret Field may force the city to pay for a second look at the sound coming from the school’s new athletic field.
High-speed rail showdown
- It’s the East Bay versus the South Bay in the race to claim the route of California’s proposed high-speed rail that will zip riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles in just more than 2½ hours.
- It’s the East Bay versus the South Bay in the race to claim the route of California’s proposed high-speed rail that will zip riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles in just more than 2½ hours.