Sen. Leland Yee spoke Friday at the Tesla Motors dealership in Menlo Park to discuss his Senate Bill 286, which would allow clean vehicles to travel in HOV lanes.
State officials have released figures on every zip code in the state showing which communities are most at risk from pollution. See how we rank using the interactive map below.
Flushing drugs down the toilet or throwing them in the trash pose potential safety and health hazards.
Head to the streets this weekend for some fun outdoor activities.
The woman, in her 60’s, was hit by an SUV in a Burlingame crosswalk.
See the complete list of Peninsula cities that have banned single-use plastic bags.
New rules will only affect particular types of lots in Burlingame.
Friday's training is geared toward hotel managers to teach them how to recognize victims.
A new U.S. Census Bureau map of migration patterns between counties shows where San Mateo County residents moved to and from between 2006 and 2010.
One way San Mateo County will celebrate Earth Day 2013 is the implementation of the county-wide plastic bag ban.
City council is seeking solutions raise the money needed to improve train tracks and station near Broadway.
Council vote could raise some fees for everything from building permits to DVD’s of city council meetings.
Have your say: Are government cuts putting residents at risk?
President Obama is traveling from San Francisco to Atherton. Chances are his motorcade could mess with your commute.
Dense breast tissue makes cancer more difficult to detect on a mammogram, and it increases a woman's risk of cancer, according to cancer specialists.
Sequestration seems inevitable and San Mateo County will feel some of the effect.
The Burlingame City Council meeting is 7 p.m. today.
The Burlingame, California Planning Commission will hear from neighbors who are unhappy about parking in the neighborhood and the size and scale of the project.
PG&E started work on Burlingame Avenue last week.
Rep. Jackie Speier wept briefly as she watched hundreds of guns being collected at Saturday's County gun buyback event.
The state of California also received failing grades from the American Lung Association.
The retailer agreed to terms after being sued by district attorneys in four Northern California counties.
Local firearms trainer thinks prescription drugs and violent videogames are to blame for mass shootings.
But a new stamp will allow customers to mail letters anywhere in the world for one set price of $1.10.
Cars parked at expired meters will get warnings during first two weeks of metered parking.
Congresswoman has first hand experience of what it's like to be at the wrong end of a gun.
It’s too early to start planning really long showers but state water managers are optimistic after the first snow survey of the year.
In two years, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has collected $800 in fines for illegal residential wood burning.
Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) authored AB 45 in memory of Brett Studebaker, 19, of Burlingame, who died after being allowed to drink on a party bus and then crashing his car.
The legislation requires ignition interlock devices on vehicles after a second DUI conviction.
The approval angered officials from San Bruno, where a pipeline explosion killed eight people in 2010.
The vice consul at the Japanese consulate in San Francisco was charged with 14 counts of domestic violence.
The unidentified woman's photos have been posted online, to Facebook and Twitter by investigators who hope the images go viral, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said 'the current antiquated facility is beyond repair.'
If the election had been by-district instead of at-large, District 4 tallies would have declared Masur the winner, instead of Slocum.
Five cents of every dollar in the state budget goes to incentive programs in California, a new study by the New York Times shows.
Youth crime is at an all-time low at the statewide level, according to a new study.
Rallyers are now waiting to see if a decision to hear the case on Prop. 8 - which bans same-sex marriage - could be announced this Friday or next Monday.
The former County Supervisor died of cancer on Saturday.
The FDA shut down the plant whose peanut butter products under many brands were recalled because of salmonella contamination linked to people sickened in 20 states. The items were sold by Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Safeway and others.