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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
San Mateo County police reports for July 23–26 include a $290 Levi's theft arrest at Hillsdale Shopping Center, a stolen vehicle and resisting arrest case on Alma Lane in Foster City, and several drug and traffic-related arrests across Foster City and Half Moon Bay.
Public Safety
The San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed July 27 that invasive Aedes aegypti mosquitoes have been detected in Redwood City's Friendly Acres neighborhood, prompting door-to-door inspections and a countywide call for residents to eliminate standing water.
Public Safety
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office inspected 71 businesses and issued 19 citations during a yearlong, $75,000 state alcohol enforcement grant targeting underage drinking and sales to minors.
Public Safety
San Mateo police contributed officers to a Bay Area task force that identified 53 human trafficking survivors and arrested 25 suspected traffickers during FIFA World Cup matches at Levi's Stadium in July 2026.
Public Safety
NOAA says there's an 81% chance of a "very strong" El Niño by December 2026, with tropical Pacific temperatures already at their highest levels ever recorded; San Mateo County residents can prepare at the county's free Disaster Preparedness Day on Friday, August 1.
Public Safety
A wrongful death jury trial opened July 22, 2026, at San Mateo County Superior Court against the convicted street racers responsible for a 2022 El Camino Real crash that killed San Carlos parents Grace Spiridon and Gregory Ammen, leaving their twin daughters orphaned.
Public Safety
John "Talia" Paasi and Isileli Mahe were sentenced Thursday, July 23, to life without parole for the October 2020 ambush killing of Ueta Savelio Muasika Jr. on Eleanor Drive in San Mateo's 19th Avenue Park neighborhood; Muasika's toddler son was also shot and survived.
Public Safety
San Mateo County mosquito experts say rising temperatures now allow some species to develop from egg to adult in just seven days, and they're urging residents to dump standing water and report bites this summer.
Public Safety
San Mateo County has two confirmed measles cases in 2026, and with local schools opening in early August, health officials are urging families to confirm their children's MMR vaccinations before classes begin.
Public Safety
The San Mateo Police Department's free Community Police Academy begins Thursday, September 17, offering up to 26 residents 10 weeks of hands-on sessions covering SWAT, K-9, DUI enforcement, and more at SMPD headquarters. Applications for 2026 have closed, but the program runs annually.
Public Safety
San Mateo police arrested Ernie Suazo and Jessica Navarro on Monday, July 20, after a witness's vehicle description led officers to stolen Belmont packages hidden in a car at the Laurie Meadows Shopping Center.
Public Safety
Caltrans will close the northbound US 101 off-ramp to East Hillsdale Boulevard starting Monday, July 20, from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. nightly, detouring drivers via Highway 92 while crews install new traffic signals and lighting as part of a $45 million interchange improvement project.
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