These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments' daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by city.
South City
Green thief: At 3:41 a.m. March 28 on Ridgeview Court, the driver of a small, white car full of plastic bags was driving in and out of driveways, stealing recyclables out of bins.
Daly City
Gate crasher: Mischief was caused when a man snapped a parking garage exit gate stuck in the down position on the 1800 block of Junipero Serra Boulevard at 11:27 p.m. March 30.
Foster City
Dishonest appraisal: A man knocked on a door on Port Royal Avenue at 11:15 a.m. March 28 to take appraisal photos. The landlord had not scheduled any photos to be taken. The photographer was gone when police arrived.
Moving target: A paintball was reported to have been fired at a car going north on Foster City Boulevard at 9:27 p.m. March 28.
San Mateo
This Bud’s for me: A thief stole some Bud Light and escaped in a dark blue van going north on El Camino Real. The van was driven by a man in his 20s with short hair, a baseball cap and sandals at 1:32 a.m. March 28.
Redwood City
Security threat: A male security guard on El Camino Real reported that two subjects confronted him at 12:47 p.m. March 30 and threatened to shoot him.
Burlingame
Balloon toss: Two youths who might have been smoking marijuana were throwing water balloons into the street on the 3000 block of Arguello Drive before 1:21 a.m. on March 29.
San Bruno
Raiding the neighbor’s garage: A man drove his car into his neighbor’s garage, then fled to his house with the car still partially in the garage on the 200 block of Castleton Way before 4:07 p.m. on March 31.
Automotive mischief: A man threatened to break someone’s car windows on the 700 block of Seventh Avenue at 7:23 p.m. on March 31.