Caltrain CEO Michael Scanlon and Deputy CEO Chuck Harvey played defense in front of their Board of Directors about the horn-y train issue that’s got everyone on the Peninsula all riled up. They said they were sorry for the amplified horns… but it was the only way to meet federal safety requirements quickly.
Remember this duo: Amritpal Singh Dhaliwal and Kulbir Singh Dhaliwal. The San Jose guys made headlines in 2007 when Tatiana, the Siberian tiger fatally shot after the Christmas Day 2007 mauling. The 250-pound animal leapt from her enclosure over a too-short wall, injuring the brothers and killing their friend, Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, of San Jose. They made the news again after Police pulled them over along San Mateo's Peninsula Avenue where they had an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka in their car and smelled of marijuana. They are making quite a name for themselves...
Talk about bad timing. The feds gave CORA, the County’s cash-strapped domestic violence agency, $500,000 just a few days after the agency slashed positions and services thanks to the State budget woes. To make matters worse, the money is earmarked specifically for the agency’s Expanded Transitional Housing Program, which means it can’t rob Paul to pay Peter.
San Mateo Fire officials unveiled designs for the new fire station No. 23’s at a community meeting last night. It’s going to be “roomier” and have accommodations for both men and women. Battalion Chief Mike Borean defended the current station’s shabby quarters, pointing out “There were no women on the force when this fire station was built.” That was in 1951.
Police in Burlingame are shocked and awed at the increasing number of Internet prostitute postings, with the “transactions” (sex for cash) happening too close to home. Police arrested two people Wednesday in a prostitution sting at a local motel. They assure everyone, more arrests are to come. Stay tuned -- and stay off of those ads on Craigslist for a while folks...
Speaking of good detective work. An 11-year-old girl scared off two burglars as they tried to break into her family’s Eichler Highlands home near Belmont. She spotted the two men trying to break in while she was reading. She yelled at the two men, who then ran off.
If you live in Atherton near the Fair Oaks Lane Railroad you won’t be bothered by those deafening Caltrain horns during two weekends this month. Officials announced they will close off that railroad crossing for two weekends for construction work. See if you can find something else train-related to complain about in the interim...
Some things never change… lifelong Coastside resident and elected official Naomi Patridge says she is running for re-election (again) to Half Moon Bay City Council. Along with this young guy...
The Half Moon Bay Review reports that some 138 concerned (more like pissed off) Coastside residents packed Cunha Intermediate School to hear out SamTrans officials about why they plan to cut service and hike fares. Actually, they came to protest the unpopular proposal, which SamTrans claims is due to a $28.4 million deficit.
A panel of California Fish and Game Commissioners voted Wednesday to approve changing the name of the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve to Montara State Marine Reserve. According to the Review, part of a broader initiative to expand protections in coastal waters from Half Moon Bay to Mendocino.
East Palo Alto officials are trying to clean up the City’s outdated rent control law. They are on track to place a new law before voters in November, one that will close the “loopholes” in the current rent control code... (and perhaps one that will avoid costly lawsuits that drag on for years?)
Monday, August 10, 2009
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