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    It was a wacky, wild and weird last year
    Columnists

    It was a wacky, wild and weird last year

    • By John Horgan
    • Dec 22, 2021

    Some things seem to never change. The human condition is nothing if not surprisingly strange and occasionally downright bizarre. It’s who we a…

    San Mateo County police reports: Friday • Oct. 22, 2021
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    San Mateo County police reports: Friday • Oct. 22, 2021

    • Updated Apr 13, 2025

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    • Updated Apr 13, 2025

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    Man charged with 19  felonies in attempted ‘suicide  by cop’ at Half Moon Bay RV Park 
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    • Sep 24, 2020

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    Former San Mateo cop pleads not guilty to embezzlement from Foster City Little League
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    Former San Mateo cop pleads not guilty to embezzlement from Foster City Little League

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    • Updated Jul 30, 2020

    A former San Mateo police officer has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing more than $100,000 from the Foster Cit…

    White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation
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    White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation

    • Jul 6, 2020

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    • By Zachary Clark Daily Journal staff  
    • Updated Jun 18, 2020

    The San Mateo City Council Monday adopted the 2021 budget without making cuts to the Police Department as was called for by numerous residents…

    'Cops,' on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network
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    'Cops,' on air for 33 seasons, dropped by Paramount Network

    • Updated Apr 13, 2025

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 33 seasons on the air, "Cops" has been dropped by the Paramount Network as protests against police proliferate around…

    Former San Mateo cop gets 81 years prison
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    Former San Mateo cop gets 81 years prison

    • By Ryan McCarthy Daily Journal staff
    • Updated May 30, 2023

    Noah White Winchester, the 35-year-old convicted of sexually assaulting three women in San Mateo while a police officer for the city, was sent…

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