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Plans to cut over $7 million from the three community colleges means reductions in class offerings and opportunities for faculty to teach but officials hope to achieve the goal of maintaining core c...
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge Monday morning sentenced 26-year-old Alberto Alvarez to death by lethal injection for killing East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006. “The c...
A community college district trustee and an investment advisor are the latest candidates to throw their hat into the ring for the county treasurer/tax collector and both say they are the right perso...
Kelly Mitter will leave his post as executive director of the Downtown San Mateo Association in April, he told the Daily Journal yesterday. Mitter, the former owner of The Great River Company on ...
Rosanne Foust, vice president of the San Mateo County Economic Development Association, is taking over as acting president and CEO while Dan Cruey recovers from a recent motorcycle accident. Cruey ...
BERKELEY — Finding a bathroom on the UC Berkeley campus may be getting a bit more difficult because thieves have been making off with some of the university’s plumbing. Police say burgl...
SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities have suspended the license of a San Francisco nightclub after a deadly shooting outside the club. City officials say an emergency suspension was imposed on the Sue...
WASHINGTON — A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack. After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list o...
A woman’s chance of having a child with autism increase substantially as she ages, but the risk may be less for older dads than previously suggested, a new study analyzing more than 5 million ...
Diana Clock/Daily Journal Burlingame Mayor Cathy Baylock at a city study session on high-speed rail. Baylock made it clear she wants the train to be underground and not placed on an elevated platform that has the potential to divide her city.
The Burlingame City Council is forming an action plan to help give it a stronger voice when it comes to determining how high-speed rail trains will go through the city. Mayor Cathy Baylock’s ...
When Charlotte Sagan tore all of her ligaments in her left ankle in a freak trampoline accident during the middle of her seventh-grade year, one of the first things that crossed her mind was whether s...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway. The IndyCar star will drive the No. 7 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports in Saturday’s second...
TOKYO — Toyota says it is recalling about 437,000 Prius and other hybrid vehicles worldwide to fix brake problems — the latest in a string of embarrassing safety lapses at the world’...
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones industrial average closed below 10,000 for the first time in three months Monday on nagging concerns about debt loads in Europe. The Dow, down almost 104 points, had it...