Peninsula

SolarCity and Goldman Sachs create $500 million solar fund

By: Staff report 05/16/13 7:23 PM

Goldman Sachs pledged $500 million to SolarCity's projects. Read More

San Mateo-based SolarCity Corp. announced Thursday that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would finance more than $500 million of its solar power projects. The funding for U.S. residential solar leases is the largest such deal ever announced, SolarCity said in a statement. The agreement was initiated last year and the funding expanded in April. SolarCity has raised similar funds from banks such as U.S. Bancorp and from corporations including Google Inc. and Honda Motor Co Ltd. Read More

Covenant Aviation Security could lose its contract at SFO

By: Rachel Swan 05/16/13 7:12 PM

The firm that screens baggage at San Francisco International Airport could lose its decadelong contract this fall as the Transportation Security Ad Read More

Marina project is mired in delays

By: Max Cherney 05/15/13 9:34 PM

A Colorado developer’s plan to rehab a Redwood City harbor is encountering delays on many fronts. Read More

County parks outlook improves thanks to extra funding

By: Rachel Swan 05/15/13 9:28 PM

After four years of austerity, the tide may finally be turning for San Mateo County’s park system. Read More

Community fighting to save San Mateo ice skating rink

By: Ben Martin 05/14/13 6:49 PM

The Peninsula’s only ice skating rink is scheduled to close its doors at the end of the month, but a surging public movement has been fighting to h Read More

Misplaced ballots were likely due to human error, elections official says

By: Max Cherney 05/14/13 6:45 PM

An ongoing investigation into 65 ballots that were not found or counted for months after the November election points to human error as the cause, Read More