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San Mateo County Fair canceled

April 5, 2020 4:29 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Fair will not be occurring this year because the San Mateo County Event Center has become a COVID-19 testing […]

County’s new coronavirus website omits information on hospitalizations

April 1, 2020 7:55 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Public Health Department yesterday (March 31) unveiled a website that provides data about COVID-19, however it lacks information on how […]

Three finalists announced in search for community college district leader

March 31, 2020 11:38 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three veterans of higher education are vying for the job of San Mateo County Community College District chancellor, including one familiar face. Current […]

County unveils website to help people find food, clinics, parks

March 31, 2020 5:10 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County officials yesterday announced a new website designed to help people find open restaurants, nearby medical centers and parks. The website, […]

County wants first responders to be first in line for COVID-19 tests

March 31, 2020 1:01 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County is working to make sure first responders are the first to get COVID-19 tests when needed. County Manager Mike Callagy […]

House flipper arrested on suspicion of trying to take 82-year-old man’s two homes

March 31, 2020 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A house flipper tried to swindle an 82-year-old man with dementia out of his two properties, one in San Carlos and another in […]

San Mateo County Event Center to become a temporary hospital

March 30, 2020 6:22 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In preparation for a potential surge of COVID-19 patients, San Mateo County is working with the National Guard turn the the county’s event […]

Small business owners anxious over uncertainties

March 23, 2020 4:31 pm

The crisis surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus has forced some small businesses to close their doors, and firms that remain open are expressing growing anxiety about what lies ahead. An informal […]

County looks to cut 80 jobs, reduce psych beds, close pharmacy

January 27, 2020 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Health System is proposing to make $16 million in cuts, including halving the number of psychiatric beds, closing its […]

Retired San Mateo County District Attorney Jim Fox

Retired DA Jim Fox dead at 75

January 10, 2020 2:13 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former San Mateo County District Attorney Jim Fox, who was the top prosecutor in the county for 27 years, died yesterday (Jan. 9). […]

Funds sought for Dumbarton rail bridge

January 7, 2020 7:40 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent SamTrans, with a little help from Facebook, is applying for funding to restore service to the Dumbarton Rail Bridge, which many believe would reduce […]

The 2000 block of Stockbridge Avenue is in unincorporated San Mateo County between Redwood City and Atherton. Google maps.

Men in surgical masks spotted running from home

December 31, 2019 1:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff A neighbor called 911 to report seeing three men wearing black hoodies and yellow surgical masks run from a house in the 2000 block of […]

Arson suspect who feared zombie apocalypse to get psych treatment

December 22, 2019 4:31 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman who was charged with setting fire to 1,665 hay bales in Half Moon Bay because she was worried about a cult […]

College district trustees distancing themselves from former chancellor

December 13, 2019 6:45 am

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported San Mateo County Community College District board member Dave Mandelkern’s vote on Nov. 20 on personnel changes in the district. He […]

Canada College students and faculty fear that the proposed Kinesiology and Wellness building, shown here, will become a private athletic club.

Planning process for Canada College gym ‘hi-jacked,’ college trustee says

November 21, 2019 6:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A member of the San Mateo County Community College District board agreed last night with a dozen students, teachers and residents in saying […]

Students, faculty at Canada College worried new gym will become a private club

November 18, 2019 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District Board on Wednesday (Nov. 20) will hear from students and teachers at Canada College who are […]

Stanford woke up the sleeping dragon, says county supervisor

November 8, 2019 7:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If Stanford tries to bring back its proposal to expand campus by 3.5 million square feet, it should be prepared to fully mitigate […]

San Mateo County officials see Stanford’s withdrawal as a win

November 2, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Manager Mike Callagy said Stanford’s decision yesterday (Nov. 1) to drop its General Use Permit (GUP) application may have been […]

Power outages coming this weekend to San Mateo County

October 25, 2019 8:30 am

UPDATE, noon, Friday, Oct. 25 — PG&E says it will disconnect power to more than 65,000 customers in San Mateo County starting tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 26) in the “early afternoon.” […]

UPDATE — PG&E will cut power to 372 local customers

October 23, 2019 1:00 pm

UPDATE, Wednesday, 1 p.m., Oct. 23, 2019 — PG&E announced today that it will be shutting off power to 372 customers in San Mateo County at 1 a.m. tomorrow morning […]

Sewer agency to fight former manager’s bid for secrecy regarding $875,000 payout

October 22, 2019 9:02 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewer agency that paid its former general manager $875,000 to resign decided yesterday (Oct. 21) it will fight his lawsuit that attempts […]

New coalition from San Mateo County presses Stanford over growth

October 22, 2019 7:00 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A local government coalition in San Mateo County said it is looking at ways to force Stanford to address the impacts of the university’s […]

DA executes search warrants in case involving former college chancellor

September 29, 2019 1:00 am

This story was printed Saturday, Aug. 24, in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said yesterday (Friday, Aug. 23) […]

Former sewer official goes to court to stop release of records about him

September 27, 2019 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The former head of a sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City plans to go to court […]

Brennan voted out as president of harbor board, will remain as a commissioner

September 23, 2019 12:03 pm

This story originally appeared in Friday’s print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the Post every […]

Documents over $875,000 payout to former sewer manager withheld

September 7, 2019 7:20 am

By the Daily Post staff The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City is withholding documents that would explain why it paid its former […]

An arrangement to conceal — separation agreement prevents officials from explaining Galatolo’s removal

September 4, 2019 7:05 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Community College District officials haven’t told the public why Ron Galatolo was removed as chancellor because of a clause in […]

Harbor board member won’t get funds for Hawaii trip

August 24, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sabrina Brennan got nowhere in her attempt to get her colleagues on the San Mateo County Harbor District board to approve spending money […]

Opinion: College district stuck with two very expensive chancellors

August 20, 2019 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Facts are slowly beginning to emerge about the decision by the board of the San Mateo County Community College District to remove longtime […]

Double murder suspect has high hopes, but judge wants a psych exam

July 22, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man charged in the stabbing murders of two men on Skyline Boulevard told a judge yesterday that he believes he will be […]

Sheriff to put bean-bag guns in all patrol cars

July 20, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Bean-bag guns will soon be in every patrol vehicle of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, according to a report from Sheriff Carlos […]

Tesla asked for more records in autopilot DUI case

July 18, 2019 2:20 pm

By the Daily Post staff The DUI case of a Los Altos planning commissioner who was asleep in his Tesla while it was on autopilot has been put off while […]

SamTrans and Caltrain should improve schedule coordination, grand jury says

July 15, 2019 6:00 am

By the Daily Post staff SamTrans and Caltrain, whose management is housed in the same building in San Carlos, can do a better job of coordinating schedules to reduce wait […]

County upgrades voting technology

July 11, 2019 8:00 am

San Mateo County will have new voting technology for the fall elections. The county Board of Supervisors approved a $5.8 million contract Tuesday (July 9) with Dominion Voting Systems for […]

San Mateo County sheriff’s officers investigate two homicides on Skyline Boulevard. Photo by Karl Mondon, Bay Area News Group, via AP.

Skyline Blvd. murder suspect wants to represent himself

July 10, 2019 11:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man accused of the stabbing murders of two men on Skyline Boulevard, who may have mental issues, wants to serve as his […]