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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
San Mateo Police Department is one of only five agencies that signed new, stricter agreements to regain access to Menlo Park's license plate reader network after the city revoked all 242 data-sharing agreements following a second round of improper federal-agency searches.
Public Safety
San Mateo Police Department is one of only five agencies that signed new, stricter agreements to regain access to Menlo Park's license plate reader network after the city revoked all 242 data-sharing agreements following a second round of improper federal-agency searches.
Public Safety
San Mateo Police Department is one of only five agencies that signed new, stricter agreements to regain access to Menlo Park's license plate reader network after the city revoked all 242 data-sharing agreements following a second round of improper federal-agency searches.
Public Safety
The northbound elevator at San Mateo Caltrain station is out of service due to a technical issue, with no repair timeline given, marking the third disruption at a San Mateo-area station in five days.
Public Safety
Caltrain's single-tracking operation announced Aug. 5 forces all trains at Hayward Park and Hillsdale stations to board from the southbound platform only, disrupting normal service at two of San Mateo's three stations.
Public Safety
Foster City police arrested a 61-year-old resident on Thursday in connection with the six-alarm fire at the Spinnaker Cove condominium complex that injured four San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department firefighters and displaced more than 150 residents; investigators confirmed an unattended propane grill caused the blaze.
Public Safety
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Transit Police Bureau responded to 3,487 calls for service on SamTrans and Caltrain in 2025, Lt. Lou Aquino reported to the SamTrans board on Aug. 5, with theft and signal outages topping the call list.
Public Safety
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District extended an air quality advisory for San Mateo County through Friday, Aug. 7, as smoke from uncontained wildfires in Oregon and Washington drifts into the region, posing health risks for vulnerable residents.
Public Safety
A San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury report found most local law enforcement agencies, including those operating cameras in San Mateo, lack sufficient documentation to prove their license plate reader data-sharing complies with California law, raising concerns that federal immigration authorities could access the networks.
Public Safety
The San Mateo County DA filed felony vehicular manslaughter charges against John Roland Deloach, 76, on Aug. 4, 2026, alleging he ran a red light at Alameda de las Pulgas and Highway 92 in July 2025, killing a 30-year-old mother and critically injuring her two young sons.
Public Safety
A judge sentenced former San Mateo County Community College District chancellor Ronald Galatolo to eight months in county jail on Friday, July 31, after a jury convicted him of eight felonies for perjury and tax fraud tied to contractor kickbacks and undisclosed luxury trips during his 18-year tenure overseeing College of San Mateo and two sister campuses.
Public Safety
The six-alarm fire at 815 Sea Spray Lane in Foster City has been fully extinguished, and all four injured San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department firefighters are expected to make full recoveries; all 51 units in the complex have been red-tagged and at least 50 households remain displaced.
Public Safety
Four San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department firefighters were injured, two hospitalized, while battling a six-alarm apartment fire at 815 Sea Spray Lane in Foster City on Sunday, Aug. 2; all residents were safely evacuated.
Public Safety
California's confirmed measles cases have doubled to 52 in 2026, with San Mateo County among eight affected counties, as local school districts prepare to start classes Tuesday, Aug. 11.
Public Safety
A bystander's CPR revived an 18-year-old who was pulled unconscious and not breathing from the lagoon at San Gregorio State Beach on Sunday evening, with seven agencies including San Mateo County Fire responding to the scene.
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