Local Briefs

A South San Francisco woman died Sunday after she was ejected from the rear of a sport utility vehicle headed northbound Highway 101 just south of Holly Street in San Carlos, according to authorities.

Kathy Norman, 53, was one of four passengers in the vehicle, a white Ford Explorer driven by a 21-year-old man also from South San Francisco.

According to the CHP, around 5:45 p.m. the vehicle's left rear tire went flat and when the driver steered toward the right shoulder, he lost control of the vehicle and the SUV overturned onto its roof.

Three other passengers in the vehicle were taken to Stanford Hospital with minor injuries, according to the CHP.

The driver was traveling at the posted speed limit. It appears the fatally injured passenger was not wearing her seat belt, the CHP reported. It is unknown whether drugs or alcohol were a factor in the incident.

Anyone with information regarding this accident is asked to contact CHP Officer Adam Rakela at (650) 369-6261.

Foundation awards

round of community grants

Several Bay Area nonprofit organizations were among the recipients of a series of grants awarded by the San Mateo-based Peninsula Community Foundation, a foundation spokeswoman reported Friday.

The foundation provides grants on a competitive basis to support community building, education, families and health and wellness efforts.

Recipients in the latest round of funding include the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, awarded $95,000; the high-risk youth mentoring organization Friends for Youth, awarded $60,000; Pacific News Service, awarded $50,000; the city of South San Francisco's literacy program, Project Read, awarded $50,000; and the family literacy organization Redwood City Even Start Collaborative, awarded $50,000, the foundation reported.

More information about the Peninsula Community Foundation's grants can be found on the Internet at http://www.pcf.org/community_grants.

Man suspected of

murdering wife arrested

A 32-year-old father of three suspected of murdering his wife on July 22 has been arrested, the Daly City Police Department announced Monday.

Quincy Norton Sr. was arrested by San Jose police around 8 a.m. Sunday morning after police received a tip that Norton was at a bus stop near the Capitol Expressway.

Police also arrested Aprel Wade, 27, as an accessory to the homicide of 31-year-old Tamika Norton. Police suspect Wade of harboring Quincy Norton Sr. at her residence at 482 Tanfield Lane in San Jose.

Norton was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on a no bail warrant.

Wade was booked into the San Mateo County Jail and is being held without bail. She will be arraigned Tuesday at 1:30 p.m., according to a deputy at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City.<