College student hospitalized after being struck by alleged drunk driver in San Mateo

A 20-year-old college student was hospitalized last week after she was allegedly struck by a drunk driver going 80 mph. The collision comes just days after another crash on the same road took the lives of a married couple.

Purse snatchers steal bag in San Mateo with tracking tech inside: police

Suspects plucked the wrong purse from a shopping cart on Wednesday in San Mateo, as a tracking device inside the bag gave police a literal roadmap to collar the alleged thieves.

San Mateo police 1st in California to offer anti-theft catalytic converter kit

The San Mateo Police Department has become the first law enforcement agency in California to offer a self-install marking kit designed to combat the theft of catalytic converters in automobiles.

Driver dies following wreck in San Mateo Target parking lot

A driver injured in a multi-vehicle crash in a San Mateo Target parking lot has died, authorities said on Thursday.

Family alleges 93-year-old woman poisoned at San Mateo assisted living facility

The family of a 93-year-old woman who was poisoned and died at an assisted living facility in San Mateo filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging elder abuse and wrongful death. Trudy Maxwell was one of two residents who died in this incident.

Suit filed against senior home accused in deaths of 2 residents who drank 'dishwashing liquid'

A second elderly person died after ingesting "dishwashing liquid" at a San Mateo senior living facility. A wrongful death suit filed by the victim's family says it was a much stronger chemical that killed the 93-year-old.

Bay Area clinics pause vaccinations, awaiting new omicron-targeted booster shots

Bay Area health officials in some counties decided to temporarily suspend their vaccination clinics, in order to wait for the new COVID booster shots that were approved by federal authorities Thursday.

93-year-old woman dies after served dishing washing liquid at San Mateo senior home

A San Mateo senior living facility is under investigation after the company admitted that staff members accidentally served dishwashing liquid to residents. As a result, a 93-year-old woman died, and two others were hospitalized.

1 dead, 2 hospitalized after dishwashing liquid served at San Mateo senior home

A 93-year-old woman is dead and two other residents were hospitalized after being poisoned in a San Mateo senior home. Investigators said they were called to the Atria Park Senior Living Facility Sunday night and discovered they had been served dishwashing liquid instead of drinking juice.

Fish kills: Deadly Bay Area algae blooms could last for weeks

The red algae bloom in the San Francisco Bay killing hundreds, if not thousands, of fish since last week likely won't end for at least a couple weeks, as the warm weather gets hotter going into Labor Day weekend, according to experts.   

San Mateo's Samaritan House donates 3,500 backpacks to families in need

To help ease back-to-school anxieties, the Samaritan House, a local non-profit aimed at helping families out of poverty, held its annual backpack donation drive on Saturday. The organization gave out 3,500 backpacks full of school supplies to 1,000 families in San Mateo County.

San Mateo company sees 5,200% increase in demand for birth control

Favor, formerly known as The Pill Club, has 200,000 active members, and allows access to birth control after consultation.