Morning News Round-Up -- 10.30.08: It Takes A Thief (and a murderer in SSF) Edition

Reminiscent of "It Takes a Thief," Palo Alto police released an image of the truck robbers used to rob a home on October 17th.

In a (hopefully/probably) unrelated story, a guy robbed a Wells Fargo in San Mateo yesterday. As of the writing of the story in the Daily Journal, the dude wasn't found even though he left on foot...

Again, in a (hopefully/probably) unrelated story, SSF police are investigating a murder from last night. The Coroner is not releasing details about the victim.

And thanking the folks that investigate and solve these things, Michelle Durand is "Off the Beat" again today in the Daily Journal. This time not talking about her dog Riley, but talking about the One Hundred Club, which helps families who lose law enforcement officers on the job, and the officers that serve the County.

Now, onto something a bit lighter...like school districts that got screwed and NIMBYs...

The Burlingame Elementary School District double-whammy. Lost money because of the Lehman Bros. fiasco and increasing enrollment. This may lead to the District re-purchasing the Hoover School. Look out for this type of thing to be a trend here and elsewhere. Districts lost money and now have to do more with a less and do it more efficiently. We'll see what Burlingame does on November 18th at their Board meeting.

More parks are coming to Belmont for the first time since 1970.

I'm sure there is something more to it, but the San Carlos City Council unanimous NO vote on a plan for multi-family development along Holly Street and Springfield Drive sounds a lot like NIMBYism...

Not to be outdone on the NIMBY issue, residents in Palo Alto are citing "parking" and "traffic" as they oppose development. "Coincidently," the development is for lower income workers.

The Palo Alto Parks and Rec Commission decided to not move forward with a smoking ban in City Parks. cough...cough

Pacifica businesses feel the pinch in the economic downturn. An interesting tidbit in this story which Watch Dog didn't know. The largest employer in Pacifica is the Pacifica School District (no surprise) and the second is Safeway (ok). The third? French Patisserie...hmm...and yum...