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Robbers get $100,000 worth of goods from San Carlos consignment store

By: Mike Aldax 10/31/12 6:27 PM
Sledgehammers, cans of pepper spray and less than one minute were all four professional crooks needed to swipe $100,000 worth of jewelry in broad daylight from a San Carlos store Tuesday, according to sheriff’s deputies and a witness. The men, clad in orange-and-black masks, apparently said little when they stormed the Home Consignment Center at 1123 Industrial Road about noon and smashed the cases. Read More

Competency hearing for former child psychiatrist Ayres gets under way

By: Bay City News 10/28/12 7:20 PM
A competency hearing for an 80-year-old psychiatrist accused of molesting boys during examinations in the 1990s began Friday and is expected to continue through Wednesday or Thursday, prosecutors said. William Ayres, a former president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychology, was returned to San Mateo County in August to stand trial after spending nine months under observation at Napa State Hospital. Read More

Peninsula officials trying to ID girl’s body that washed ashore Sunday

By: Bay City News 10/24/12 4:50 PM
Authorities are continuing their efforts to identify a girl whose body washed ashore at San Gregorio State Beach in San Mateo County on Sunday afternoon. The body is that of a white female believed to be between 12 and 16 years old. She was 5-foot-4 and about 108 pounds. She had brown or black hair, Deputy Coroner Roger Fielding said. Read More

Peninsula school official Timothy Hanretty gets two years for fraud, embezzlement

By: Carolyn Copeland 10/22/12 7:11 PM
A former official for two San Mateo County school districts who used public funds to pay for his own home renovations was sentenced Monday to two years in state prison. Timothy Hanretty had worked for both the Woodside and Portola Valley school districts. He pleaded no contest to felony charges of misappropriating public funds and forgery. Read More

Caltrain tax plan gains steam in San Mateo County

By: Will Reisman 10/17/12 4:48 PM
Encouraging signs of support for sales tax ballot measures in San Mateo County could help provide Caltrain with a long-sought dedicated funding mechanism. A recent survey found that 66 percent of San Mateo County voters would support a quarter-cent sales tax increase to provide funding for Caltrain and SamTrans. The poll, conducted at the behest of the San Mateo County Transit District, targeted residents likely to vote in the 2014 election. The transit district manages both SamTrans and Caltrain. Read More

San Mateo County needs district elections

By: San Mateo County political group 10/16/12 8:46 PM
San Mateo County is the only California county that elects its Board of Supervisors in countywide elections. All other counties elect supervisors within individual districts. Voters have an opportunity to replace countywide elections with district elections by approving Measure B this November. District elections are the better choice as they lower taxpayer costs and promote more competition, accountability and citizen involvement. Read More

Time runs out on San Mateo watch scam

By: Mike Aldax 10/09/12 6:45 PM
San Mateo detectives really had this crook’s number. The case against a California inmate who orchestrated robberies from prison last year while using a smuggled cellphone officially closed Tuesday with the sentencing of his accomplice. Read More

San Mateo County voters asked to increase taxes, change supervisor elections

By: Andrea Koskey 10/06/12 9:38 PM
San Mateo County voters have a number of decisions to make in November. Through various tax measures, voters will be asked to help increase revenue to maintain roads, schools and hospitals, and one initiative could change the way Board of Supervisors elections are run. Measure B would change the county Charter so board elections are by district and no longer at large. The change has appeared on past ballots, and a 2009 grand jury report recommended the switch. Read More

Madden cocaine case ends with mistrial

By: Staff report 10/03/12 5:36 PM
A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the federal case against disgraced former San Francisco crime lab technician Deborah Madden, with only a few jurors reportedly rejecting conviction. Read More

Update: Southbound Highway 101 now open after accident results from shooting

By: Bay City News 09/30/12 7:36 PM
UPDATE: All lanes have reopened on southbound U.S. Highway 101 following a police investigation and accident just north of Holly Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. A crash involving an apparent shooting victim was reported around 3:30 p.m. near Holly Street, CHP officer James Evans said. The vehicle was seen swerving before it veered off the roadway, Evans said. Read More
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