San Mateo is planning to widen pedestrian walkways, add green space in place of parking spots and improve lighting. But the project relies on Caltrans funding at a time when the transportation agency is fighting bankruptcy.
San Mateo plans to make city streets safer for pedestrians, but funding questions linger Read More »
The housing crisis continues to hit San Mateo County, with notices of default and foreclosures sharply rising in the month of September and drawing crowds to a Menlo Park foreclosure prevention fair.
Foreclosures rise in San Mateo County; local officials try to help Read More »
For decades, the Williamson Act kept taxes low for property owners who protected open land from development. Now, as state faces budget crunch, some landowners must farm or see tax rates nearly double.
128 San Mateo County landowners must farm natural land or pay higher taxes Read More »
In the early 2000s, San Mateo was YouTube’s home. Then Google moved it to San Bruno. San Mateo’s new economic council hopes to promote local business and ensure that the next YouTube doesn’t slip through its fingers.
Half Moon Bay must cut spending by as much as $1.2 million. The city will likely contract police services with the San Mateo County sheriff or partner with a nearby city.
To cut costs, Half Moon Bay police may merge with county or nearby city Read More »
The San Mateo South Bayfront Levee Improvements Project is designed to reduce flood risk for 8,000 local properties. The city’s public works department is working with FEMA to lower insurance rates in the area.
San Mateo to improve levees and lower residents’ flood insurance rates (VIDEO) Read More »
In 1979, San Carlos and Belmont created a joint fire department to reduce the cost fire services. Now, San Carlos has decided to break from the joint Fire Department – claiming it’s less expensive.
San Carlos and Belmont prepare for split of fire department after 31-year partnership Read More »
San Mateo’s public works department has proposed taking $1.4 million budgeted for a downtown parking garage and using the money to bolster flood prevention in neighborhoods south of San Mateo Creek.
San Mateo levee project may pull funding from parking expansion Read More »
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.
From crime victim to San Mateo police chief – Manheimer shares her story (VIDEO) Read More »