Thursday, September 3, 2009

Morning News Round-Up -- 9.3.09: The good news: Carlmont traffic was fixed, The bad news: it still sucks...

Skyline College remains closed today after one student was shot in the butt. Thankfully, nobody was killed, but the gunman is still on the loose. A shooting and a bombing all in one month in San Mateo schools. Yikes.

Here is a news blast from past: Carlmont High traffic. Despite the recent traffic "improvements" that were made to the "improvements", traffic still sucks around Carlmont High School.

Burlingame seems to be the easiest place for minors to get their hands on alcohol. That's a good thing to promote: Burlingame, Where Kids Get Drunk...

East Palo Alto City Council passed a resolution condemning a recent court decision to allow 57-year-old Donald Robinson, a convicted rapist, to move into a home on Beech Street. Two words: Philip. Garrido.

San Carlos Mayor Bob Grassilli says increasing taxes is “normal.” We guess that definition of "normal" is relative -- and voters have a funny way of deciding what is normal Mayor Grassilli.

SFO closed security checkpoint for two hours after a “suspicious package” was found. Naturally it turned out not to be a threat. That's because the real threat was at Skyline College.

More than 1,000 people showed up to Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's town hall meeting on health care reform. Apparently, people booed and cheered in equal amounts

While California public schools suffer, San Mateo County private schools are flourishing. Students are starting off the new school year with a new gym, a new science building, and a new football program, to name a few.

SamTrans is sparing the Coastside from losing its bus routes after all. No word on how East Palo Also will be affected or not.

The Mommy e-mail is re-circulating in South San Francisco, just in time for the election.

Seems that money isn’t an issue in Woodside elections. Despite the fact that all three candidates are running unopposed, the Council decided to go ahead and shell out the $12 grand to hold an election so that residents can actually vote the three unopposed candidates into office. Watch Dog likes this a lot more than appointing a Supervisor for a decade without an election... hint, hint.

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