Morning News Round-Up -- 5.28.09: A new Coastside hero?

The Coastside Family Medical Center, which closed earlier in the year and subsequently filed for bankruptcy, may reopen under a new plan by put forth by former Sheriff, current Sequioa Healthcare District Board member, and soon-to-be Coastside hero Don Horsley. We'll see what happens, but this is the first good news the former patients of Coastside Family Medical Center in a long, long time.

Bad budget news follows... if you don't want to read it, skip ahead...

• The public (including Watch Dog) doesn't want Caltrain to cut their weekend service. But while the public says one thing, Caltrain's budget may say another...
• San Carlos (and everyone else) doesn't really have weekend services to cut like Caltrain, but it does have fees. And the fees are going up for almost everything in San Carlos...
• The County of San Mateo (probably) does have services to cut, but they are going to tap reserves instead of making huge services cuts.

The Bearded One/Assemblymember Jerry Hill speaks (writes) in his own words today in the Daily Journal. The OpEd blends the College of San Mateo graduation with Japanese American's internment.

The Almanac asks an important question about shifting funds from Atherton's flush Library Fund to the not-so-flush City Hall Fund. Like everything else in Atherton, expect a fight. Especially because Councilmember Charles Marsala is leading the charge. The anti-Marsala wing of the Atherton Town Council will put up a fight just because... (at least that's Watch Dog's experience since we've been writing...)