
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
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San Mateo County trial lawyers named Judge Nicole Healy Judge of the Year. She oversees the court’s Civil Division and handles election and environmental cases.

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San Mateo County's Human Services Agency will host a job fair on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 1500 Fashion Island Blvd., connecting job seekers with employers hiring across industries including health care, retail, government and transportation.

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San Mateo PAL and Parks and Recreation host the 8th Annual Día de los Muertos celebration Saturday, Oct. 10, at the MLK Community Center with free admission, cultural performances, a car show and community altars.


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San Mateo County trial lawyers named Judge Nicole Healy Judge of the Year. She oversees the court’s Civil Division and handles election and environmental cases.

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San Mateo County trial lawyers named Judge Nicole Healy Judge of the Year. She oversees the court’s Civil Division and handles election and environmental cases.

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View MoreB Street & Vine in downtown San Mateo hosts free live jazz every weekend evening from 6 to 9 p.m., offering residents a no-cover night out on the pedestrian corridor that has seen foot traffic jump 20% in the past year.

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View MoreThe San Mateo Public Library is offering free drop-in storytimes and children's programs at King Park, the Main Library, and the Hillsdale Branch throughout August 2026, led by five named librarians, with bilingual programming and a tablet lending option for families.

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View MoreNAMI San Mateo County appointed Stanford IT project manager and STEM education founder Hee-Yeon Woo to its board of directors on July 29, making her the third new board member the mental health nonprofit has added in 2026.

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View MoreSan Mateo County Parks opens a phone-only reservation window on Monday, August 31 for naturalist-led group tidepool tours at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, with schools serving low-income students getting first priority.

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View MoreMartin Billings, a San Mateo High School Athletics Hall of Fame inductee who coached Menlo-Atherton to its first CCS football championship in 2002, was diagnosed with ALS in 2024 and is now the subject of a GoFundMe campaign to support his family.

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View MoreNine Peninsula students completed the first Summer Leadership Internship Program, a partnership between the API Foundation of San Mateo County and Casa Círculo Cultural that paired youth with county supervisors, the incoming schools superintendent, and city officials over six Saturdays of civic and professional training.

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View MoreThe 22nd annual San Mateo County Disaster Preparedness Day brings free hands-only CPR training, Stop the Bleed instruction, go-bag packing guidance, a CAL FIRE emergency cooking demo, and appearances by Smokey Bear and Captain Cal to the San Mateo Event Center on Saturday, August 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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View MoreAnimal keeper Michelle Gibes trains reptiles at CuriOdyssey in San Mateo to become public ambassadors, assessing each animal's temperament and using gradual desensitization before they meet visitors at the Coyote Point museum.

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View MoreThe City of San Mateo is accepting applications through Wednesday, Aug. 5, for its free 2026 City Services Academy, a 12-week Wednesday-evening program giving residents and workers aged 16 and older access to city departments and leaders.
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View MoreSan Mateo's annual Citywide Yard Sale runs Saturday, July 25, and Sunday, July 26, with seller registration closing Friday, July 24; the city-organized event supports Zero Waste goals and features a live map of participating addresses.

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View MoreThe City of San Mateo has published the complete Movies in the Park schedule for September 2026, with four free Friday-night screenings of recent blockbusters at four different neighborhood parks starting Friday, Sept. 4.

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View MoreThe Redwood Symphony performs the Bay Area premiere of Timo Andres' reimagined Mozart Piano Concerto No. 26 at Cañada College Main Theatre on Saturday, July 25, alongside works by Prokofiev and Beethoven.
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