From the archives

tentative agreement

The California Nurses Association reached a tentative contract agreement with San Mateo County the week of May 20, 2006, averting a two-day strike by 380 RNs.

The proposed settlement was achieved after nearly four months of negotiations between the two sides, CNA officials reported.

The 380 RNs affected by the negotiations worked in the county’s acute care medical center, outpatient clinics, long-term care centers, public health department, community mental health department and jails, CNA representatives reported.

Devil’s Slide closed

until September

Coastside residents were told the week of May 20, 2006 they would have to endure traffic snarls and desolate shopping districts four more months, the length of time California Department of Transportation officials said was needed to repair state Highway 1 at Devil’s Slide following a landslide that forced its closure in April 2006.

San Mateo County Manager John Maltbie declared a state of emergency for San Mateo County following the closure of the dangerous road on April 2, 2006 between Pacifica and Montara.

Oil spills in harbor

The U.S. Coast Guard and state Fish and Game officials spent one day the week of May 20, 2006 responding to a diesel spill that threatened wildlife at Pillar Point Harbor near Half Moon Bay.

The Pillar Point Harbor Master reported the spill from the 42-foot fishing vessel Delaware to the Coast Guard. It’s unclear when the boat sank and how much of its 100-gallon diesel tank leaked, said Coast Guard Lt. John Fu.

The leak left a visible sheen on the water that measured approximately 6 feet wide and 1,500 feet long.

Donations pour

in for stolen tricycle

To a Foster City girl with cerebral palsy, a tricycle was more than a toy; it was her means of transportation, and the story of it being stolen the week of May 20, 2006 inspired many people to help her.

Seven-year-old Marina Webb’s specially designed tricycle was reported missing from a carport at an apartment complex at 1137 Foster City Blvd.

"We’ve gotten a number of phone calls from the community,” Foster City police Capt. Jon Froomin said that week.

One resident actually went door-to-door asking others to donate whatever they could to help out, Froomin said. He raised about $200, Froomin said.

Though individual members of the community have shown their support, the biggest donation was delivered Thursday by Wells Fargo, which is giving the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program $2,000 to make Marina a new tricycle.

From the archives highlights stories originally printed five years ago this week. It appears in the Thursday edition of the Daily Journal.