Hockey moms have showed up in force at City Council meetings and at the Bridgepointe Shopping Center in recent weeks in an effort to save the Ice Center of San Mateo from imminent closure. They have...

A state proposal to turn the homeless into a "protected class" allowed to urinate in public, sleep in vehicles and have access to attorneys for even minor infractions would be a financial burden on Sa...

Christian Rosales understood that education was power at a very young age. With his family, he immigrated to the United States as a toddler. His mother left her career as a doctor and his father be...

County residents interested in deciding how the new supervisorial district lines are drawn have five opportunities this summer to make their voices heard at meetings with the committee that will make ...

A teenager who was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Sunday night has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office as 15-year-old Jose Quinonez. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activ...

WASHINGTON — Senate supporters of far-reaching immigration legislation accepted minor changes in public while negotiating over more sweeping alterations in private Monday as they drove toward expect...

WASHINGTON — New government figures underscore the staggering long-term consequences of military sexual assaults: More than 85,000 veterans were treated last year for injuries or illness linked to ...

WASHINGTON — New research is challenging medical guidelines that say people with a heart-zapping device in their chests should avoid intense sports like basketball and soccer in favor of golf or bow...

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other pr...

Finally. Finally, the prominent former child psychiatrist William Hamilton Ayres saw fit to end the circus his legal battle over child molestation charges had become. Finally, he’s done all but...

Editor, The IRS gets caught targeting conservative organizations. The president fires acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller who was scheduled to resign in two weeks. The person responsible (Sarah Ing...

Last week was a rough one for the transit police that patrol more than 80 miles of train tracks across three counties as two pedestrians were struck and killed on Caltrain tracks. First a woman was s...

College of San Mateo thrower Evan McDaniel had been setting himself up all season long for one moment and one stage: the state championships. Last weekend, on his turf, the Bulldogs came through. ...

Love them or loathe them, those are the rules In the end, it really wasn't controversial at all. As far as the Menlo School baseball team is concerned, there was no question the correct call was made...

NEW YORK — Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a subdued start to the week for Wall Street. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first time ...

SAN FRANCISCO — After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 bil...

WASHINGTON — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was th...

Volunteers from the Avalon Academy, a non-profit school in Burlingame dedicated to providing educational services to children with movement disorders, have a blast walking dogs each week at Peninsul...