New section of Bay Trail opens next week in East Palo Alto

The section is located between University Avenue and the Ravenswood Open Space Preserve in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. 

San Mateo County supervisors oppose Caltrain tax measure proposed by supervisors in San Francisco

San Mateo officials, who are promoting instead what they are calling a "clean" ballot measure, said the San Francisco proposal would impose too many conditions on the release of funding. 

San Mateo County on COVID-19 watch list
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The county was added to the state COVID-19 watch list on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, and was the last of the nine Bay Area counties to be added to the watch list.

Mountain lion spotted near College of San Mateo

The sighting was reported around 5:40 a.m. by officers on routine patrol in the area of the college at 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd.

Redwood City community members demand police reform, independent oversight

Among the demands: Creating some type of independent police oversight and establishing a form of emergency response where mental health care and social workers arrive to the majority of 911 calls, as opposed to police.

Human remains discovered by San Bruno public works crew

San Bruno police are investigating human remains that were discovered this week by a city public works crew.

Santa Clara County defers Caltrain tax measure, transit agency at risk of temporary shut down

A new plan unveiled Tuesday would direct revenue from the proposed tax measure into an escrow account controlled by the three-county Joint Powers Board that manages the Peninsula rail system.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak among 18 to file suit against YouTube for ineffective response to bitcoin scams

Both scams allegedly try to convince others that they can double their money by simply sending cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to the celebrities, while the currency actually goes to scammers, and users get nothing in return. 

Steve Wozniak among 18 to file lawsuit against YouTube
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife Janet joined his attorneys Joseph Cotchett and Brian Danitz at the law offices of Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy in Burlingame for an 11 a.m. press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020 to provide initial details about the lawsuit and answer questions from news reporters.

San Mateo Co. warns it may be added to state's COVID-19 watch list

One Bay Area county is bucking a trend by avoiding being placed on the state’s COVID-19 watch list. But just the threat of a rollback of recent reopenings is taking a toll on some San Mateo County businesses.