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Opinion: Sheriff’s use of court’s backdoor angers judge
(Read Capt. Fogarty’s email.) BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor One of the rules in any courtroom is that you never use the door behind the judge’s bench. It’s meant only […]
San Mateo County
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Three home burglaries reported in Emerald Hills and Portola Valley
Three home burglaries in two days in Emerald Hills and Portola Valley have prompted the Sheriff’s Office to ask for the public’s help. The break-ins were reported around 9:30 p.m. […]
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First Amendment advocacy group threatens to sue if county doesn’t open up Corpus hearings
(Read the First Amendment Coalition’s letter to the county.) BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The First Amendment Coalition is threatening to sue the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors […]
San Mateo County
StarVista shutting down
StarVista, which contracts with San Mateo County to provide behavioral health counseling, announced today that it will close on Aug. 1 due to what it said were “financial challenges” and […]
San Mateo County
How much is the sheriff’s corruption scandal costing taxpayers? County won’t say
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post has been seeking information on the cost of investigations into San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, but the county won’t release […]
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Sheriff appears in court to answer corruption charges
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus on Tuesday (July 15) appeared in a Redwood City courtroom and denied four corruption charges. If she’s convicted […]
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Sheriff Corpus denies retaliating against sergeant
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus denied Monday (July 14) that she suspended a sergeant because he provided evidence to outside investigators who concluded […]
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Sheriff Corpus puts critic on leave
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has put a sergeant on administrative leave who complained she was mishandling and delaying Internal Affairs investigations into alleged […]
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Sheriff tried to pass cost of massage chairs onto her sheriff’s bureaus to avoid scrutiny, email shows
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who told the county supervisors she didn’t know about her department’s request to buy 10 massage chairs, actually […]
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Report says sheriff concealed information in order to have critic arrested
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Sheriff Christina Corpus concealed key information from her assistant sheriff so he would arrest the head of the deputy’s union amid heated labor negotiations […]
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Report faults sheriff over delayed officer discipline, interference in investigations
This story first appeared in the Monday, July 7, print edition of the Daily Post. If you want all the important local news first, get in the habit of picking […]
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Email shows sheriff directed purchase of massage chairs, despite what she told supervisors
This article appeared in this morning’s (7/2) Daily Post. Stay on top of local news by picking up a paper at one of our stands every morning. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily […]
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Confidential documents in Sheriff Corpus case posted on court website
Correction: A previous version of this article misstated which side released the confidential documents. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus’s lawyers have posted online confidential […]
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Sheriff’s crime stats in dispute
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Supervisor Jackie Speier accused Sheriff Christina Corpus of making contradictory statements about the amount of crime in the county. In February, […]
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Grand jury returns ‘accusation’ against sheriff — she faces trial over whether she should remain in office
(Read the grand jury’s accusation.) San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus will stand trial on corruption charges to determine if she should remain in office. The county civil grand jury […]
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Civil grand jury expected to reach a decision on Corpus by Monday
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury, which is considering whether to call for a trial to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus for corruption, is […]
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Sheriff questioned about $600,000 TV, $74,000 conference room table
This article appeared in the June 25 print edition of the Daily Post. Want to read the news first when it’s fresh? Pick up a copy at over 1,000 locations […]
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Board approves sheriff’s removal, she’s not out yet
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors this morning (June 24) unanimously voted to fire Sheriff Christina Corpus. But Corpus wasn’t handed a cardboard box or escorted out of the […]
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Trainee corrections officer, with a month on the job, found dead inmate
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer A San Mateo County trainee, who had only been on the job for a month and was working overtime, discovered an inmate — […]
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Sheriff arrives at courthouse where the grand jury is meeting
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who is battling corruption allegations, arrived at the private door of the San Mateo County Superior Court at the Government Center in Redwood City […]