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.
Police pursuit on Peninsula reveals catalytic converter heist
A police pursuit on the Peninsula ended with one suspected catalytic converter thief in custody.
Millions of dollars worth of jewelry stolen from armored truck traveling from San Mateo to Southern California
A jewelry show traveling from the Bay Area to Southern California was interrupted when an estimated $10 million dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from an armored truck.
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.
Mountain lion weak and anemic after being rescued from Pescadero High classroom
A young mountain lion who hunkered down in an English classroom at Pescadero High School for hours is recovering but is still weak and anemic.
Man arrested after thousands of dollars stolen from Peninsula mosques
Police believe the suspect stole thousands of dollars from mosques on the Peninsula, including the Fiji Jamaat Ul mosque in South San Francisco and the Daly City Islamic Center.
Sex offender arrested after argument, stabbing death at SamTrans bus stop
Officers had found Tedrick Towns, pictured with his family in the photograph that police provided, slumped over a bench with a pool of blood underneath him just before 7 a.m. at 11 West Hillsdale Boulevard.
Man found dead at San Mateo SamTrans bus stop, police investigating
San Mateo Police Department are investigating a homicide after a body was reported slumped over at a SamTrans bus stop early Saturday morning, officials say.
At least 60 students test positive for COVID at Los Gatos High
A South Bay high school is dealing with dozens of new COVID cases among its student body.
San Mateo High School prom sparks COVID outbreak
San Mateo High School students danced and ate and gave each other corsages at their prom this month at the Asian Art Museum. And then, at least 90 of them got COVID.
Two arrests in slaying of Bay Area rapper
Arrests have been made in the 2020 murder of a South Bay rapper. Ueta "Juice Boi" Muasika was gunned down in his driveway.
San Mateo police arrest alleged drunk driver who slammed through wall
San Mateo police posted photos Sunday of a car sticking out of a wall, indicating it was the aftermath of an apparent drunk driver.
Man arrested in connection with exposing himself to ride share driver
A Daly City man has been arrested in connection with exposing himself to a ride share driver on Wednesday.
Road closure in San Mateo County due to downed power lines
Interstate Highway 1 just south of Coronado Avenue in El Granada is closed in both directions due to downed power lines, according to San Mateo County authorities.
COVID hospitalizations, deaths stay low even though San Francisco has Bay Area's highest case rate
San Francisco's rate of new COVID-19 cases is outpacing all other Bay Area counties as well as most of the state, according to local and state health data.
San Mateo police search for suspect who fled twice and held victim at knife point
A suspect is on the loose after fleeing authorities and holding a woman at knife point, San Mateo police said.
Man arrested after shooting flare gun at San Mateo cop car
A 44-year-old man who allegedly filmed himself shooting a flare gun over San Mateo police headquarters and sent it to government agencies last month was arrested Tuesday night after allegedly shooting a flare gun at a passing police patrol car.
Report: Oakland saw slowest growth in rent prices in the U.S., has least expensive median rent in Bay Area
In a sign suggesting that rent prices in Oakland may be leveling out -- at least for now, a new report found the East Bay city saw the nation’s slowest growth in rent over the past year, as figures showed the city also had the least expensive median rent prices in the Bay Area.
Police arrest 4 16-year-olds in connection to shooting that injured man at mall parking lot
Police arrested four 16-year-old boys in connection to a shooting Wednesday evening at the Hillsdale Shopping Center's parking lot. A 20-year-old man was injured from the shooting.
San Mateo man allegedly shot in face by brother after argument
A heated argument between two siblings led to one of them being shot in the face on Christmas Eve, authorities said.