In 1987, a Redwood City CHP officer made a routine stop along Highway 280. What he found was anything but routine.
The defendants allegedly stole $40,000 from Caltrain ticket machines they had been hired to repair.
The car 32-year-old Alfred Jeter was driving had been stolen out of Millbrae late Thursday or early Friday.
Yan Feng, 39, of Daly City, told the agents he placed containers near the front entrance of the building, poured gasoline on the front door and front steps, and attempted to light a fire with his passport, but the fire did not ignite.
Police believe the mail from the 13 cities in multiple Bay Area Counties, found during a search of the suspects' car, is likely stolen.
Antioch resident David Allen Douglas is arrested Friday evening, Jan. 3, 2014 after police issue Amber Alert for 7-year-old girl later found safe.
The car was stolen out of Millbrae sometime last Thursday night or early Friday morning.
Thanks to interference by passing motorists on the bridge, the intended victim was rescued while the suspect fell 15 feet into the Bay.
The driver got into a confrontation with a Good Samaritan and jumped over a center divide into a southbound lane of the highway, in front of oncoming traffic.
No injuries were reported. The Wednesday night fire is being investigated as an act of arson, according to authorities.
Daniel Eugene Price's death is being investigated "as an accident, and both suicide and foul play have been ruled out in the case."
Nearly 150 arrests have already been made in San Mateo County's Avoid the 23 campaign.
The crash occurred last week on state Highway 1 near Pescadero.
About 6 a.m., San Mateo police received a call, reporting a suspicious person rummaging through garbage cans on 36th Avenue.
The crash prompted one-way traffic control on Highway 1 for about two hours.
Some football fans had to be turned away from the game Monday because the tickets they held were counterfeit.
"There's going to be a no-tolerance policy of any crime activity. If people are ... wanting to consider taking things, they would just be arrested. There's no ifs, ands or buts about it."
Heavy fire was seen coming from the garage of the home on Parkside Drive Sunday afternoon.
The blaze was reported Sunday morning at a home on Los Robles Drive.
Don't dare drink and drive. You'll likely be caught.
According to the San Mateo County Sheriff's office, the suspect represented himself as a high school junior in texts and agreed to meet up with the girl.
A man who was killed in a crash on northbound Interstate Highway 280 in Daly City on Wednesday has been identified.
The homeowner was only gone for an hour, but couldn’t get in the door when they returned.
Several motorists who witnessed the incident got out of their vehicles and barely prevented the victim from falling by grabbing her legs.
During another stop, a passenger got out of a car and allegedly became combative with officers. The passenger was arrested on suspicion of being drunk in public.
You're sitting in front at a stop light with traffic all around when a fire truck comes up from behind. It's trapped, and so are you.
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Ultimately, we are striving to improve outcomes for those incarcerated in our county and as a result, reduce recidivism and make our county an even safer place to live.” San Mateo County Sheriff Greg Munks.
The man's name is not being released by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office until his family members are notified of the death.
The mountain lion was seen on surveillance video and had jumped over a fence to enter the yard which contains a large koi pond.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene of the Tuesday crash, and the passenger, also a San Mateo resident, was hospitalized with injuries.
The girl's abductor has not yet been found.
"It's a fact-gathering phase of the process," says the NTSB. "The purpose is to gain more information from experts."