Foster City versus the San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District.
We have seen this before. Well, here is a new twist: The City Council mentioned maybe building a new elementary school on the 11.5-acre Boothbay Park -- the pleasure of the school folks. Of course, this has sparked a new grassroots effort to maintain the park as is.
That of course prodded the school advocates to further pressure City leaders to build the school.
No murder charges filed against the 21-year-old man arrested on suspicion of shooting another man in front of his son in
San Mateo last weekend.
Belmont
former Mayor Dave Warden wants back on the City Council.
Students are scoring better in English and Math, yet the achievement gap between white or Asian children compared to Hispanic or black children is stark even in San Mateo County,
according to the Daily Journal.
The
man who drove into a group of Girl Scouts in front of Burlingame’s Mollie Stones market in March is not a criminal. The
DA decided it was nothing more than a tragic accident.
Smokers are now second-class citizens at Skyline College. The College has banned smoking, sending puffers to
designated areas near parking lots.
Brownsville Station has a solution for all you smokers out there... so does
Nikki Sixx.
Burlingame Avenue area shoppers and workers are no longer entitled to free parking. The City Council agreed to start charging for parking at Lot H, which is located at the end of the downtown shopping drag of Burlingame Avenue, on the opposite side of El Camino Real.
Relax it is only $1 for 10 hours.
The San Mateo County Fair is taking the lead on health care reform. Instead of the usual artery-cloggers, fairgoers can opt for
vegetarian chicken nuggets, samosas, and organic ice cream at one of several food vendors that focus on healthful, organic foods. Nothing says "good time" like a vegetarian chicken nugget...
The public is much happier with the way police in Palo Alto are treating minorities,
according to Rev. Anthony Darrington, pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist Church. Darrington was one of the first local leaders to call for former Police Chief Lynne Johnson to resign after she made statements in a television interview that many construed an endorsement of racial profiling. How could anyone forget
that chapter in Palo Alto's history?...
A man described as 5'11" and wearing a dark jogging suit with white shoes is believed to have burglarized four vehicles near El Camino Real and Vista Avenue in
Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood just after 5 a.m. Monday. What would Lynne Johnson do? (Or
do-rag...)
A cross-country coach at Menlo-Atherton High School lost his cool with the kids and is now facing misdemeanor charges for threatening two 12-year-olds and an 11-year-old after the kids bounced a soccer ball off his house. The kids said it was an accident. The coach allegedly told the kids he hated “
your kind” and Mexicans in general. He allegedly pushed one of the kids and said he could “kill” them. Very nice.
Cyclists are invited to join the 2009 Tour de Menlo, a scenic ride over Peninsula roads that benefits
Rotary Club tutoring and scholarship programs. No word yet if the M-A cross-country will be cheering folks on...
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo is looking forward to her Town Hall –
sans healthcare. Eshoo has picked another thorny subject to keep constituents hopping –
High Speed Rail. On the Peninsula, she may
want to have a healthcare Town Hall...
A wildfire at the back of Montara has been contained to about half an acre, as of shortly after 4pm yesterday, the
Coastsider reports.
There is this little unincorporated area on the Peninsula called Broadmoor. There are two open seats for the Broadmoor Police Commission.
Watch for Hanley Chan, according to
PP Examiner.
The Woodside Council is holding a Special meeting on August 19th at 6:00 to decide whether to appoint the three uncontested candidates for the town council Districts 2, 4, and 6 or to allow the
election to go forward as scheduled on November 3, 2009. Election! Election! Election!
