Monday, November 16, 2009

Morning News Round-Up -- 11.16.09: Bad, Sad, Scary Edition...

A series of really bad, sad, scary stories appeared late last week and over the weekend...
And this: A robbery of a 25 year old Redwood City man on the boarder of Palo Alto and Menlo Park that turned into a sexual assault...

The ability (or lack thereof) to ride horses on Half Moon Bay beaches is going to be reconsidered by the HMB City Council. Expect fireworks...

You may have noticed that the Mi Pueblo grocery store opened in East Palo Alto on Saturday... and not one full day into operation, Mi Pueblo got a threatening phone call that was described as "...not a bomb threat..." by officials. However, the caller did say that something bad was going to happen at 9 p.m. Welcome to the neighborhood Mi Pueblo. There is something hysterical in this story, however: apparently a nearby bank is upset at the bright colors that Mi Pueblo is painted... has the bank seen the enormous blue and yellow structure across the parking lot?

The big rail-side development in San Mateo has planners wanting to take a closer look... more details = more time.

It is Monday, which is Sue Lempert's time in the Daily Journal... she breaks down the winners and losers from the election.

Cuts are coming to the City of San Mateo workforce -- but layoffs have been avoided... for now

When you were in high school, how many times did you wish your science teacher would take a long trip to the South Pole? If you are like Watch Dog -- you spent most of your time making such a wish... well, a Carlmont High teacher is heading to the South Pole to advance science, not to grant his students' wishes... the Chronicle gives us the run down.

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