A plane landed safely on Interstate Highway 280 on Sunday evening, but a car was damaged after it was clipped by the descending Cessna, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The plane, a Cessna 210 that had just taken from San Carlos airport, was conducting a photo mission when it lost engine power, FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.
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A 21-year-old man was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in state prison for a home invasion robbery in South San Francisco last year in which a couple was tied up for several hours and the wife sexually assaulted, San Mateo County prosecutors said.
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One person is dead after a two car collision on the Dumbarton Bridge, according to the California Highway Patrol.Four lanes of the six-lane bridge are blocked with the crash and emergency personnel, according to CHP. Drivers are advised to seek other routes.
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A drunken truck driver and a drunken bicyclist collided on Saturday night on El Camino Real near Redwood City, leaving the cyclist seriously injured, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
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San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks will swear in 14 former Half Moon Bay police officers as sheriff deputies in a ceremony in Redwood City today.The swearing-in ceremony, which is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. at the old San Mateo County courthouse, marks the completion of merging the Half Moon Bay Police Department into the sheriff’s office.The city council voted April 2 to disband its police department and contract its police services with the sheriff.
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The crime was so heinous, the 17-year-old accused of a shooting that killed a 3-month-old infant will be charged as an adult, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
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Prosecutors will likely decide Wednesday whether to file murder charges against a 17-year-old boy for the fatal shooting of an infant in East Palo Alto over the weekend, San Mateo County’s district attorney said today.
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Redwood City, which faces a $2.6 million deficit, has convinced five of six employee labor groups to accept cutbacks in benefits and pensions, but one group is holding out. Service Employees International Union has yet to agree to cuts that would reduce what the city spends on its employees by 7 percent.
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His dog days are over — literally.A Redwood City man was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and ordered to attend anger management classes Friday for the ruthless assault on a leashed dog earlier this month.John Abdon Johnson, 57, has also been denied the right to own or live with any animal after a cop on patrol saw him beat the pooch named “Bucket” over the head with his hand and kick it repeatedly in the ribs on May 13.
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Anti-abortion activists plan to challenge a zoning permit allowing a new Planned Parenthood clinic in Redwood City. Ross Foti, a Belmont resident, said he will submit an appeal of the permit, which was issued Friday, along with San Mateo lawyer Cyrus Johnson and other activists. “That permit was issued without even caring about the consequences of the neighborhood itself,” Foti said. “If they open up, I will be their worst nightmare.”
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