San Mateo County

Half Moon Bay normally welcomes tourists and other beachgoers, especially on the Fourth of July, but the city is asking "potential visitors to consider the public health consequences and not visit."

San Mateo County sheriff's deputies will be stationed at Half Moon Bay's closed beaches, their parking lots and the coastal trail to enforce the closures.

Heal the Bay's 30th annual Beach Bummer list ranks the most polluted beaches in the state on their levels of harmful bacteria in ocean water.

Zuckerberg announced that the company will make policy changes "to connect people with authoritative information about voting, crack down on voter suppression, and fight hate speech."

John Paul Alcutt, 37, is suspected of creating fake credit cards or conspiring with others to fraudulently rent cars that were never returned, going back to 2017, according to the sheriff's office.

California Highway Patrol officers responded at about 3:40 p.m. Tuesday to the crash reported on southbound Highway 280 between Farm Hill Boulevard and Edgewood Road.

A 55-year-old San Francisco man has been charged with making criminal threats with a hate crime enhancement for allegedly threatening to shoot people wearing Black Lives Matter shirts at a restaurant in Burlingame this month.

Around 11 p.m. Monday, an officer in the 900 block of Fassler Avenue found graffiti saying "KILL WHITS" and "UR NX PAC" on a wall in red paint.

Lutz, a native of Los Gatos and raised in Corralitos, just north of Watsonville, attended the Monterey Fire Academy and began his career as a volunteer firefighter with the Corralitos CAL FIRE station.

Jose Armenta Lopez allegedly strangled and sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend after they had argued and she reported the incident to local police after the suspect dropped her off.

Police Chief Dave Bertini surprised the Menlo Park City Council during a meeting Thursday night to address concerns about local police by unexpectedly announcing that the city needed a "fresh start" and he would step down at the end of July.

Hair and nail salons, gyms, and dine-in restaurants can get back to business as San Mateo County moves into its next phase of reopening.

Officers first learned of the attempted burglary around 1:30 a.m. at the Chase Bank located in the Linda Mar Shopping Center at state Highway 1 and Linda Mar Boulevard.

The county is aligning with Gov. Gavin Newsom's road map to recovery.