A group of around 20 men are seated in a circle on a recent Thursday afternoon at the Soledad Correctional Training Facility. They are reading “The New Jim Crow,” which focuses on the institutional racism that’s shaped the U.S. prison system.
Redwood City residents will vote in November on stricter rent control and tenant protections, with the City Council opting to leave the matter up to voters rather than adopt the proposed ordinance as written.
Former Millbrae councilmembers who have served three consecutive four-year terms should be required to sit out a full four-year period before running again, the city is interpreting its elections law to say.
Two of 10 men allegedly involved in a fight that broke out at the Maguire Correctional Facility in September 2025 have taken plea deals, San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Shin-Mee Chang said.
Murdered out vehicle— Someone saw blood on the exterior of a vehicle in a car wash on South El Camino Real in San Mateo; it was reported 1:59 p.m. Sunday, July 5.
Police have detained two 15-year-olds who they say were drinking and shooting water beads while riding a self-driving Waymo around town. San Mateo police say they detained the teens on Monday after the company alerted authorities and then remotely forced the vehicle into a parking lot. Photos show the teens hanging out of the Waymo’s windows. Police found they were drinking and shooting Orbeez, which are water-absorbent beads. Waymo did not respond to emailed questions about how the company was alerted to the teens’ behavior and if the teens were informed the car was being pulled over.
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