The 9-year-old son of accused wife killer Quincy Norton, Sr., told jurors yesterday he heard his parents arguing with bad language and his mother call for him and his brother the morning in 2006 w...

Some special education high school seniors could receive a certificate of completion rather than a diploma if they are unable to pass the exit exam according to a plan before the San Mateo Union H...

The former juvenile hall ward accused of helping a 17-year-old murder defendant scale a wall to escape the facility in February waived a preliminary hearing on the evidence, electing instead to he...

South City residents hoping to take a walk and learn history will soon have the chance with the opening of Centennial Way — a linear park incorporating interesting tidbits about the pas...

The largest proposal currently under consideration by Foster City will be undergo the City Council scrutiny Monday before the members vote on whether to approve the major development. The Pilgrim...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — A sea of people clad in maroon and orange, some with heads tearfully bowed, others with arms interlocked, paid tribute Wednesday to the victims who died a year ago in the n...

WASHINGTON — Feted at the White House on his 81st birthday, Pope Benedict XVI praised Americans for their deep religious beliefs Wednesday but later told the nation’s bishops that the ...

Warmer weather turns our attention to the great outdoors or, for the children, the great backyard. And sooner or later, they may request a little something extra: a tree house. Tree houses and othe...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Trevor Webb found something worth admiring at the furniture show here: nail holes, scuffs and dents. “It’s pretty cool, isn’t it?” asked Webb, adm...

Thirty-two College of San Mateo students and teachers donning red and orange ribbons laid down in unison yesterday for three minutes marking the one-year anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings...

Menlo-Atherton’s Matt Mosher made history, but it was the Aragon High baseball team that came away with the win. The visiting Dons overcame Mosher’s home run — his 12th round-tripper of the year, bre...

OAKLAND — Felix Hernandez found success with all four of his pitches, throwing his first complete game in more than a year to lead the Seattle Mariners past the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Wednesday night....

NEW YORK — Wall Street rallied Wednesday after better-than-expected quarterly results from JPMorgan Chase and two other Dow Jones industrials raised investors’ hopes that companies and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Just because it’s a bad time to own a home doesn’t mean it’s a good time to be a renter. While homeowners fret about the crumbling value of their houses, a...