San Mateo County gets state Project Roomkey funds to help house homeless during pandemic

The county project known as Bayfront Station leases a block of rooms at an undisclosed hotel in the county for homeless people who do not have COVID-19 symptoms, but are categorized as high risk under federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines.

Protest at Vallejo nursing home with deadly coronavirus outbreak

The protest came on the same day the American Health Care Association and National Center of Assisted Living said it would cost $36 million to test all nursing home residents and workers in California.

San Mateo County Sheriff investigating arson incident at vacant Millbrae apartment building

On Friday at 10:51 p.m., deputies with the Millbrae Police Bureau of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office responded to an apartment building at 1007 Hemlock Ave. on a report of two subjects trespassing and possibly breaking things.

Loading zones and shuttle stops at Millbrae BART station being relocated starting Monday

The passenger loading and unloading zone on the east side of the station will be permanently moved to a location on the first floor of the parking garage, while shuttle bus stops are moving to Rollins Road.

Facebook buys Giphy, popular tool for creating animated GIFs

The companies did not disclose financial terms. Citing unnamed people familiar with the matter, Axios said the deal is valued around $400 million.

2-day COVID-19 testing site to open in East Palo Alto

A coronavirus testing site will open for two days next week in East Palo Alto, city officials said Thursday.  

2 arrested in attempted burglary at San Carlos gun store

Deputies from the San Carlos bureau of the sheriff's office responded around 3:48 a.m. and found broken glass in front of the store. The deputies established that no one had entered the store because the security bars behind the glass remained intact. 

Rash of deadly shootings by police in Bay Area

​​​​​​​There have been six deadly officer-involved shootings in the Bay Area since Easter.