Stanford dance instructor, Richard Powers, gets even the most reluctant dancers on the dance floor. He teaches around the world, but he came late to dancing and started in an unexpected way.
Cooking is one of the most popular classes offered by Job Train, a Menlo Park program that teaches former inmates skills that will help them get jobs. However, the program lacks funding in tough economy.
San Mateo County minimum-security inmates are helping the Peninsula Humane Society train difficult dogs so they can be adopted by Bay Area families.
Thanks to the passion of two chefs, the San Mateo County Transitional Facility now teaches inmates cooking skills that prepare them for possible jobs when they re-enter society.
Susan Manheimer is now San Mateo’s first female chief of police, but she never considered police work until she and her daughter were victims of a 1982 robbery.
A federal grant is making it possible for the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office to reopen 247 cold cases, using advanced DNA technology to help bring closure to victims’ families.
After protecting her 2-year-old daughter from a robbery in 1982, Susan Manheimer was motivated to become a police officer. She is now the first female police chief in San Mateo.
On Nov. 1, the city’s 26 sworn officers and 34 other full-time employees — along with police equipment and facilities — will become part of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, which is taking over law enforcement for San Carlos.