When Jane Milanes told her son’s elementary school that he’d be out of school for a family vacation early in the school year, she was surprised to receive a letter asking for a donation of about $30, to make up for the money the school would lose because of his absence.
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For 23 years, Sue Jower ran a successful salon in the Marlin Cove shopping center, catering to customers so devoted to her that they came all the way from Napa Valley for her beautifying magic.Then, in 1999, when the shopping center was torn down and redeveloped, she moved to the Charter Square Shopping Center, working hard to retain the clientele she’d built for more than two decades.
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As most cities on the Peninsula are considering layoffs and tax increases to keep from sinking into the red, Foster City’s is afloat with green.The city of about 30,000 will be completely debt-free by 2010, according to a budget report that will be presented to the City Council today.
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A group of mischievous kids may have been responsible for a fire that started at the Bay Meadows Race Track on Saturday afternoon.Around 4:45 p.m., during the last races of the day, a fire started in a pile of boxes and computer parts at the north end of the famous track’s grandstands, San Mateo Battalion Chief Jeff Barile said.
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In the 1960s, master craftsmen from Japan brought 100 crates of rare wood, woven mats and delicate rice paper to San Mateo, where they constructed a meticulous replica of the Japanese emperor’s summer villa on the Watanuki family’s property.
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If you are aching when you pay $3.65 a gallon at the pump, think of the sting you will feel if gas prices increase another 75 cents by Memorial Day, as predicted by a consumer report released Wednesday.Despite declining gas consumption, which should lower the price of gas, a cut in production by oil refiners may drive prices ever higher in the coming months, according to the report by the Consumer Federation of America.
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More and more, San Mateo County residents who want to expand their homes are under a time crunch to make changes or they’ll find themselves owing money to the cities in which they reside.
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San Mateo’s faulty levees could soak Foster City — and the wallets of its residents.
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Picking a major and minor can be a conundrum for college students — but soon it could be one facing Bayside Middle School students.
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Bandits sporting fedoras and wigs, speeding off on bikes and in getaway cars: San Mateo banks have seen it all this year — and it’s only March.
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Despite impassioned protests by students and parents, a longtime teacher at Aragon High School was fired Thursday night amid rumors of alleged misconduct.
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The poet is the executive director of the nonprofit Youth Speaks, which Saturday at 7 p.m. will host the 12th annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam finals in S.F.’s War Memorial Opera House. Tickets are $18 for general admission and can be purchased at www.cityboxoffice.com.
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The two men who went missing Saturday aboard the 32-foot sailboat "Daisy," competed in a boat race despite an advisory warning against the sailing of small crafts as high seas and high winds swept the Bay this weekend.
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For months, Julia Skelly-Hirst has looked for a home.
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In the 18 months since the Hillsdale Garden Apartments changed hands, Laura O’Brien’s rent for her three-bedroom apartment has increased by $530. She said she would move, but can’t.O’Brien is a licensed child care provider who runs a day care out of her home; her business license is linked to her address. Her family includes four children who are excelling at Hillsdale High School and O’Brien doesn’t want to disrupt their education.
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