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 County is warning Burlingame and Hillsborough residents to prepare for a potentially historic El Niño winter, with NOAA forecasting a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event. The county listed four steps residents should take now, including picking up sandbags at local sites and signing up for SMC Alert.
Public Safety
San Mateo County is warning Burlingame and Hillsborough residents to prepare for a potentially historic El Niño winter, with NOAA forecasting a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event. The county listed four steps residents should take now, including picking up sandbags at local sites and signing up for SMC Alert.
San Mateo County is warning Burlingame and Hillsborough residents to prepare for a potentially historic El Niño winter, with NOAA forecasting a greater than 90% chance of a very strong event. The county listed four steps residents should take now, including picking up sandbags at local sites and signing up for SMC Alert.
Public Safety
Central County Fire opened free, first-come-first-served registration on Aug. 5 for its Fall 2026 CERT Basic Training, which begins in late September and teaches earthquake preparedness and emergency response skills to Burlingame, Hillsborough and Millbrae residents.
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The Hillsborough Police Department marked the 67th anniversary of Officer Eugene Albert Doran's death on Aug. 5, honoring the only officer in department history killed in the line of duty during a 1959 traffic stop on Bunker Hill Road near Skyline Boulevard.
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Cal Fire confirmed Sunday, August 2, that the Woodside Fire on the Sonoma Coast destroyed four structures and damaged three more. The fire reached 50% containment at 152 acres, with about 135 personnel still on scene for mop-up work expected to last several more days.
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ICE agents arrested Iryna Gorb, a 38-year-old Ukrainian woman, at SFO's Harvey Milk Terminal on the evening of July 22, sparking criticism from elected officials and immigration advocates who say it reflects a growing pattern of airport enforcement in San Mateo County.
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The San Mateo County District Attorney's Office has filed five felony charges against David A. Brown, 41, of Fremont, in connection with an April burglary at a vacant home in Burlingame Hills where the homeowner had recently died.
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A theft on Rollins Road in Burlingame and five nearby San Mateo incidents, including a storage unit burglary and a bike-vehicle collision, appeared in the San Mateo Daily Journal's weekly police report published Saturday, July 25.
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A Fremont man was arrested after a three-month San Mateo County Sheriff's Office investigation into an April 16 residential burglary on the 100 block of Los Robles Drive in unincorporated Burlingame Hills, where personal property and a vehicle were stolen from a vacant home whose owner had recently died.
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A Foster City woman accused by prosecutors of stealing about $700,000 from Burlingame-based nonprofit StarVista over 13 years faces up to a year in county jail after a San Mateo County judge signaled he would forgo state prison at a Friday, July 24, 2026, hearing; sentencing is now set for Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026.
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Burlingame-based freight company K-Apex disclosed a ransomware attack that exposed Social Security numbers, with a class action law firm now investigating and affected individuals offered 24 months of free credit monitoring.
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Deputy Antonio Ochoa was sworn in July 22 as president of the San Mateo County Deputy Sheriff's Association, succeeding Sgt. Carlos Tapia and pledging to refocus the union on community engagement and labor negotiations after years consumed by the fight to remove former Sheriff Christina Corpus.
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Two masked suspects remain at large after a Saturday, July 18, home burglary on the 300 block of West Santa Inez Avenue in Hillsborough; the getaway driver was arrested on scene and police are asking neighbors to review surveillance footage.
Public Safety
A 72-year-old San Bruno man who worked at massage parlors in Millbrae and San Carlos now faces eight criminal counts, including elder abuse and felony sexual battery, after three new alleged victims were added to his case, the San Mateo County DA's Office said.
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