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Super Bowl to be boost for region
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| Super Bowl L is expected to bring up to $500 million in economic benefits to the region when Santa Clara hosts the event in 2016.
It will be the National Football League’s 50th anniversary of the world’s most watched television event at the San Francisco 49ers’ new 68,500 seat stadium — a r... |
| By Bill Silverfarb Daily Journal staff |
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San Mateo County Board of Supervisors to pump tax cash into health van
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| The county’s coastside medical care will get a near-million dollar infusion in the form of a mobile health van from the Measure A half-cent sales tax revenue, the Board of Supervisors tentatively agreed yesterday.
The board must still take a final vote on the plan along with a sweeping list of ot... |
| By Michelle Durand Daily Journal Staff |
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Redwood City: Police chief offers red light camera alternative
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| Redwood City can better prevent intersection collisions through a combination of education, enforcement and message boards, the police chief told the City Council after the expiration of the city’s red light camera contract.
“We are very confident that the combined strategies outlined here this... |
| By Michelle Durand Daily Journal Staff |
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Experiencing the American Dream
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 Paniz Amirnasiri doesn’t remember much about the move from Iran to Foster City at age 6.
She didn’t speak English and does recall the differences in food, like pizza, in the two countries. On the other hand, Amirnasiri traveled to the United States with her mother and sister. Her father stayed... |
| By Heather Murtagh Daily Journal Staff |
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San Carlos: Public invited to view Transit Village plans
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 The public gets its first look this week at revamped plans for the Transit Village mixed-use project around the historic San Carlos train station.
Developer Legacy Partners submitted new designs for the debated plan last week but held off sharing too many details about the tweaks until the communit... |
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Armed gas station robber takes plea deal
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 The second of two men accused of robbing $220 from a San Mateo gas station last August using a realistic-looking pellet gun pleaded no contest to the felony and admitted a prior strike in return for no more than four years in prison.
Prosecutors also dropped drug possession charges and a separate f... |
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Super excitement: The 50th Super Bowl is coming to Bay Area
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 BOSTON — The NFL will celebrate its 50th Super Bowl in northern California, where its newest, most high-tech venue is being built.
That makes South Florida, in the midst of a spat over expensive stadium renovations, a loser for the 2016 game.
And Miami took a double defeat when Houston was awar... |
| By Barry Wilner The Associated Press |
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Report highlights factors of San Mateo County’s sustainability
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| What gets measured, gets managed. That’s the philosophy that inspired Sustainable San Mateo County to begin its indicators report, said Executive Director Adrienne Etherton to a group of government and nonprofit workers Tuesday.
This week, SSMC launched its 2013 report, which offers a comprehensi... |
| By Sally Schilling Daily Journal correspondent |
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Downed power pole prompts street closure
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| A downed power pole closed streets in San Carlos yesterday evening, sheriff’s officials said.
Cedar Street was closed between Orange Avenue and Cherry Street. Cherry Street was closed between Cedar and Chestnut streets.
Power did not go out but Pacific Gas and Electric responded.... |
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Car fire slows traffic on San Mateo Bridge
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| A car fire on the San Mateo-Hayward bridge blocked two lanes of westbound traffic yesterday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The fire was reported at about 6:30 p.m. in one of the westbound lanes of the bridge, the CHP said.
Two lanes were quickly blocked off as fire crews work... |
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Mercy High School in Burlingame names new principal
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| Mercy High School in Burlingame announced Tuesday the selection of Ivan Hrga as the school’s next principal.
Hrga is currently assistant principal for academics at St. Francis High School in Sacramento, a Catholic girls’ high school of more than 1,100 students. During his tenure there, he impl... |
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The Peninsula Volunteers Decorator Show House 2013
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 The Peninsula Volunteers Decorator Show House 2013 in Woodside features 20 beautifully decorated rooms that reflect the visions of local interior designers. Proceeds from the Show House, which continues through Friday, May 24, benefit Meals On Wheels, Rosener House Adult Day Services and Little Hous... |
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San Mateo County police reports
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| Family matters
An intoxicated man called a stranger “mom” while drinking from a bottle in front of a pharmacy on the 4200 block of El Camino Real in San Mateo before 8:04 a.m. Thursday, May 15.
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Suspicious person. A man was loitering in front of a residence on Gull Avenue before ... |
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