757 days ago - Attempting to stem the tide of foreclosures, San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a resolution calling on subprime lenders to halt foreclosures for three months while renegotiating with their customers.
771 days ago - Pledging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050, supervisors unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday declaring San Mateo County a “cool county.”
778 days ago - Nearly six months after his head was bashed with a rock as his mother cradled him at a Redwood City bus stop, a 2-year-old boy still clings in terror to his parents’ limbs when strangers are near, according to his family.
779 days ago - A measure on the November ballot would significantly increase the Menlo Park Fire District’s spending limit to $40 million for the next four years.
780 days ago - Tippy Irwin regularly investigates elder abuse complaints, but she’s still haunted by the April death of a cancer patient in a small San Mateo County board-and-care home.
783 days ago - What happened moments before a San Mateo man struck a fatal blow to the back of his houseguest’s head remains at the crux of a murder trial that began Thursday in a Redwood City courtroom.
783 days ago - From stimulating the economy to promoting the arts, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is updating its priorities — with the help of the public.
784 days ago - In the wake of the president’s veto of a bill that would have dramatically expanded children’s health coverage, San Mateo County officials are lamenting the possible impact on hundreds of local children.
785 days ago - Two 16-year-old students on a quest to provide sporting equipment to low-income students, a nun who counsels prison inmates and a former drug dealer turned treatment-center-founder are San Mateo County’s nominees for the 2007 Jefferson Awards.
785 days ago - A long and bitter fight between the county Assessor’s Office and parishioners from a Daly City church concerning $64,000 in tax refunds came to an end Tuesday.
786 days ago - Opening statements are expected to begin this week in the trial of a San Mateo man accused of bludgeoning a houseguest to death three years ago.
786 days ago - A man accused of killing his romantic rival two weeks after the victim’s wedding will be held to answer on murder charges, a San Mateo County judge ruled Monday.
790 days ago - Sharon Keyes, a single mother from South San Francisco, juggles two jobs and a full load of classes in order to secure a future for herself and her 7-year-old daughter amid the Bay Area’s astronomical cost of living.