San Mateo

SAN FRANCISCO -- A passenger's refusal to pull up his saggy pants led to his arrest Wednesday aboard a US Airways flight at San Francisco International Airport, according to police. The passenger, Deshon Marman, was charged with trespassing, battery...

SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — A prolific cat burglar has stolen hundreds of precious possessions from homes near San Francisco. But police are staying off the case — the burglar really is a cat. Dusty, a 5-year-old feline from San Mateo, has...

Death notices and obituaries submitted for tomorrow's newspaper:Dorothy Espeland, 84, of Glenham, formerly of San Mateo, Calif., died Monday. Myrtle Lepp, 79, of Lehr, N.D., died today, Wednesday. Peggy Schaunaman, 79, of Sioux Falls, formerly of...

Selby: Funeral services for Dorothy Espeland, age 84, of Glenham and formerly of San Mateo, Calif., will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, 2011, at Norway Lutheran Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral...

College football player Deshon Marman, 20, was kicked off a plane at the San Francisco International Airport Wednesday when he refused to pull up his pants. The Captain of U.S. Airways Flight 488 said he wouldn’t fly with Marman on the flight...

SAN BRUNO -- Officials say an eighth victim has died from the gas line explosion that consumed a Northern California neighborhood earlier this month. The San Mateo County coroner's office said Tuesday it was notified of 58-year-old James Emil Franco's...

That deadly natural gas explosion last fall in San Bruno may not  have been a simple accident.  According to the San Francisco Chronicle, PG&E pushed the pipeline to its limits; along with close to a dozen others.  One possible reason: PROFITS.   The...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California lawmaker is calling for a boycott of companies that advertise on Rush Limbaugh's radio show after the conservative commentator refused to apologize for mocking China's president. State Sen. Leland Yee launched the...

The first plans have been filed to build a new house on one of the 38 lots where homes were destroyed by a natural gas pipeline explosion last year.       San Bruno officials told the San Mateo County Times on Friday that a family filed plans with the...