San Mateo County is not maximizing its school breakfast participation and is failing to take advantage of an additional $4 million in federal funds, according to a new report from California Food Policy Advocates. However, it is ranked as 55th in hunger and food insecurity and 37th in adult obesity. County ranks are in descending order with one being the worst and 58 being the best.
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A network failure caused the city of Belmont's e-mail system to go down. No word yet on when it will be back up and running.
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A goat for Christmas? San Mateo County Recycleworks is proposing a number of environmentally sensitive gifts for the holidays. One is giving a family in a developing country a goat, which provides them with much-needed milk for years. Your friend gets a card. For more information, check out www.recycleworks.com.
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The Citizens for a Better Burlingame's "$32 Solution" to help fund the school has passed the $24,000 mark, partly because of a recent $2,500 check presented by the Burlingame Lions Club. The idea behind the $32 Solution program is that if 1,000 families donated $32, then the $32,000 needed to fund the program would be found. The school district needs the money after city officials decided they could no longer afford to fund it.
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The grand opening of Trader Joe's in San Carlos was the most successful in the food chain's history, said Mayor Inge Doherty.
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Former Belmont Mayor George Metropulos is a big fan of the new dollar store in town. He likes it so much, new Mayor Dave Warden gave Metropulos a gift certificate Tuesday night during the council reorganization meeting.
Councilwoman Coralin Feiebach, not a dollar store fan, gave Metropulos a box of Godiva chocolates instead of something from the "dive store." The gifts kept coming ... former council contender George Kranen delivered a bumper sticker to Metropulos that read "It's too bad the people who know how to run the country are busy teaching class."
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