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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo bayshore through Tuesday
A coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo County’s bayshore through Tuesday afternoon, with possible flooding of low-lying roads, parks and trails.
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CHP investigates Highway 92 death in San Mateo
A pedestrian was found dead on westbound Highway 92 near the San Mateo Bridge on Oct. 6. The investigation temporarily closed two lanes, which reopened around 7:30 a.m.
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San Mateo bayshore faces potential El Niño flood risk
An El Niño-driven Kelvin wave could reach the Bay Area as soon as mid-October, potentially raising regional water levels and increasing flood risk when combined with high tides or storms.
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Coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo bayshore through Tuesday
A coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo County’s bayshore through Tuesday afternoon, with possible flooding of low-lying roads, parks and trails.
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Coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo bayshore through Tuesday
A coastal flood advisory covers San Mateo County’s bayshore through Tuesday afternoon, with possible flooding of low-lying roads, parks and trails.
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View MoreSan Mateo sets DUI checkpoint at Norfolk, Shoreview Friday
The San Mateo Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint at S. Norfolk Street and Shoreview Avenue on Friday, Aug. 21, from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m., funded by a state traffic safety grant.
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View MoreSan Mateo man sentenced to three years for assault
Tijon Jacques Dajour Ammons, 29, was sentenced to three years in state prison and denied probation after a jury convicted him of felony assault with a deadly weapon, witness dissuasion and battery stemming from a February 2025 fast food restaurant altercation in San Mateo County.
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View MoreMillbrae spa therapist convicted of sex crimes, again
Guosheng Chen, 49, was convicted Friday, Aug. 14, of two felonies and a misdemeanor for sexually assaulting a client at Water Lounge Spa in Millbrae in December 2024, marking his second sex crime conviction after a 2023 sexual battery case.
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View MoreSan Mateo's Woman of Year gets 6 months jail
Clarise Blanchard, 79, a Foster City woman and 2008 San Mateo County Woman of the Year, was sentenced to six months in county jail for embezzling more than $813,000 from StarVista, the local mental health nonprofit that later closed.
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View More500 residents demand Caltrans fix deadly Woodside highways
More than 500 Peninsula residents are pressuring officials to address 26 deaths in five years on Highways 35, 84 and 9, with San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller pursuing enforcement measures and Caltrans planning a $500,000 four-way stop at Four Corners this fall.
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View MoreJudge denies new trial for ex-college chancellor Galatolo
San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Leland Davis III denied former SMCCCD Chancellor Ronald Galatolo's motions for a new trial and to reduce his felony convictions, telling him at the July 31 sentencing that he showed "your readiness and willingness to cheat and lie."
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View MoreMan arrested with loaded Glock hidden in waistband in Millbrae
San Mateo County sheriff's deputies arrested a man on Aug. 10 after finding him carrying a loaded, concealed Glock 17 on Broadway in Millbrae without a valid CCW license; he was booked into Maguire Correctional Facility on two weapons charges.
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View MoreSan Mateo County faces $230M budget shortfall crisis
San Mateo County supervisors held an emergency study session Aug. 13 to address a $226-$230 million Vehicle License Fee shortfall that threatens shelters, rental assistance and other services across all 20 county cities, including the City of San Mateo.
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View MoreSan Mateo Caltrain elevator outage strands riders
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.
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View MoreCaltrain shifts boarding at two San Mateo stations
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.
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View MoreFoster City resident arrested after six-alarm condo fire
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.
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View MoreSamTrans police answered 3,487 calls in 2025
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.
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