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South San Francisco: A two-alarm structure blaze Monday night at a housing complex sent four people to the hospital for smoke inhalation. Credit: Danny Robles 

San Bruno: A train clipped a BMW on the Caltrain tracks Wednesday, causing major delays for passengers throughout the area. The car couldn’t immediately be found, but the woman was located at a nearby supermarket and transported to a hospital with minor injuries. Credit: Martin Ricard 

Millbrae: Two Millbrae restaurants re-opened last week after the San Mateo County Health Department closed them for cockroach infestations. Hong Kong Flower and Chu Kong were again inspected on September 21 and allowed to reopen, then underwent additional inspections on September 25 and were rated as good. Credit: Nick Sucharski

Burlingame: Kids enjoyed hula hooping—and many other activities—at the St. Catherine of Siena Fall Festival Sept. 25 and 26. Credit: Stephen Duncan 

Half Moon Bay: Shelly Masur, candidate for San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, visited Sonrisas Community Dental Center in Half Moon Bay. Sonrisas serves low income publicly insured/uninsured children, adults and seniors on the Coast from Montara to the Santa Cruz County boarder, providing basic services such as exams and cleanings to extractions and dentures. Judy Macias and Dr. Torrey Rothstein gave the tour. Credit: Judy Macias

Pacifica: A high surf advisory was in effect Monday through Wednesady along the Pacifica coastline with swells of 9 to 12 feet. There were some gnarly wave action going on in Pacifica. Credit: Deb Wong, Spring Mountain Gallery, Half Moon Bay

San Mateo: A 25-year-old San Francisco man has been arrested in connection with an attempted child abduction near Parkside Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 21. Bradley Mvorzek was arrested on Sept. 22 after authorities linked him to the incident at Parkside Elementary, as well as to two other incidents at other San Mateo schools. Credit: Courtney Krueger

Foster City: Public Works Director Ray Towne will retire. Towne has served as the city's public works director since 2005, and before that worked as the city engineer. Credit: City of Foster City

Belmont: Chocolate candy, ice cream, cookie and dessert makers from the Peninsula and the entire Bay Area will offer their chocolate wares for tasting Oct. 5 and 6 at the 30th annual Chocolate Fest, sponsored by the Congregational Church of Belmont. Proceeds benefit local hunger and homeless programs. Credit: Michelle Carter 

San Carlos: San Carlos-based Lightning Motorcycle showcased its new electric sport bike at the Electric Vehicle Rally at De Anza College. Credit: Martin Towar

Redwood City: Twenty-five Sequoia High School students, from a variety of programs, including the International Baccalaureate program, English language learners, band, advanced dance, and orchestra, are producing an exciting Spanish-themed variety show on Fri., Oct. 12 at 7:00pm in historic Carrington Hall on the Sequoia campus. They need your help in naming their variety show! Credit: Virginia Chang Kiraly 

Atherton: The Atherton Police Officer’s Association recently delivered a post card to Atherton residents that claims the city is considering outsourcing police services to San Mateo County. City staff say the card is an attempt to get a head start on next year’s benefit and salary negotiations. However, city council members believe the mailer is a scaremongering attempt. Credit: Atherton Police Association 

Menlo Park: Oak Knoll students asked “Are You In?” at the second annual Are You In? joint fundraising campaign Thursday between the school PTOs and the Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation (MPAEF). Credit: Clint Chao 

Palo Alto: Bagel and his best friend, Cookie, were surrendered by their owners on August 13th as their home was foreclosed and they could not find rental housing that would take two pets. If you’d like to meet Bagel & Cookie please come to Palo Alto Animal Services at 3281 E. Bayshore Rd. Palo Alto, 650-496-5971 Credit: Cody Macartney

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DJ May 20, 2013 at 05:51 am
Please come to the San Mateo City Council meeting tonight at 7:00 or shortly after and voice yourRead More concern about replacing our community's skating rink with a retail store. Bring something to read/do while we wait for our turn to speak. City of San Mateo 330 West 20th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94403 dina.artzt@comcast.net if you are interested in updates on our cause.
CP May 15, 2013 at 10:05 am
The City has spent time working with the developer, behind closed doors it would seem, yet inputRead More from the public was an afterthought due to MANY families showing up at a May 6 City Council Meeting (not on the Agenda, yet rink to close June 1 !) So many kids spoke so sincerely and eloquently how the closure would hurt them and their friends. Does San Mateo City Hall care about the residents of our community? Especially the children. City Hall has the upper hand (the Master Plan agreement), we expect them to step up. Why has City Hall allowed SPI to make the children of our community suffer so much agony and pain over this process? Shame on City Hall for letting this drag out !!
CP May 13, 2013 at 02:30 am
Don't give up....the kids are worth it! It is wrong for SPI to be in non-compliance with the masterRead More plan. City Hall should be filing some type of injunction to stop closure of the ice center....this is not right. Repeat of what happened with 7 Eleven on North San Mateo Drive when the developer ignored our City ordinances/plans. Why is this happening again in our City of San Mateo?
Z April 5, 2013 at 03:23 pm
I suggest contacting Menlo Park Presbyterian Churh 650.323.8600 or Peninsula Covenant Church (650)Read More 365-8094 Blessings to you!
Linda Thomas April 5, 2013 at 03:14 pm
Eileen, you are heartily invited to visit the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Redwood City. WeRead More are a welcoming, caring group of about 177 people who find music, laughter, social, intellectual and social action pursuits to be eminently spiritual. Our services are at 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 2124 Brewster St. Best work advice at this time is to keep checking Craig's List, the Peninsula section, under both Etc. and part-time jobs.
Joc C May 14, 2013 at 06:49 pm
Parents supporting Redwood Shores Schools for Redwood Shores Kids, very well said. You have my fullRead More support.
Pearl April 29, 2013 at 06:51 pm
Thanks for sharing, Ari!!!! It's been my experience that when you volunteer, you get back way moreRead More than you give! Thanks for the great example you are setting for us all.
Kelly O'Dea April 29, 2013 at 06:23 pm
Ari-Thanks for sharing the adventures of your volunteering projects! You are a great inspiration toRead More our entire community and we are all very proud to have you as a spokesperson on how volunteering can make a huge impact! Thank you very much! Keep on having fun!
Joan S. Dentler (Editor) April 29, 2013 at 04:13 pm
This is a great reminder that any other local volunteers who would like to share their projects withRead More the community may do so on Belmont Patch! Simply email the editor at joan.dentler@patch.com. Great job Ari!
KP May 2, 2013 at 09:43 pm
Again, thank you Brian for this great article about Nesbit. I'm unsure of how it turned into aRead More sounding board for the petulant to vent but those of us who know how wonderful Nesbit is sure appreciate your article.
Joc C May 2, 2013 at 09:30 pm
API of 800 is not bad but parents are comparing it with other schools in the district. There areRead More other issues that make parents unhappy. The residents in RWS and Belmont Shores are paying property tax which contributes to the building of RWSE. There is an expectation that their kids will go to the kids they help fund. The RWS parents are unhappy because they were told they would not be affected by the no boundary policy. Then, a year later 26 families are affected. No one like surprises. The board's decision to use a 'walking distance' algorithm to promote neighborhood schools is not working. Well, hypothetically if Nesbit API is over 900 and the other schools has API of 800, would we still have this discussion? We would not know for sure but something to think about if API is a factor among others.
Brannigan May 2, 2013 at 08:40 pm
I just moved into the neighborhood behind Iron Gate and we bought in Belmont because of the schools.Read More I am kinda shocked to find people bashing Nesbit. The API score is over 800, has great diversity, and the location seems to be pretty convenient. Our son has 2 more years before he starts, but we wouldn't mind one bit if we ended up at Nesbit. What's the difference of 100 points on API that an extra 5 minutes of father-son tutoring time can't fix. Besides, we all end up at Ralston and Carlmont anyways. To me, those are the schools that matter most.
Karen Haas-Foletta May 6, 2013 at 03:32 pm
We have an on-site after care program at Ralson Middle School. Middle School youth are not too oldRead More to be in aftercare. The youth have a chance to exercise, eat a healthy snack, get their homework done, do arts and crafts, be with their friends and most importantly be in a safe, secure and educational environment. We have around 35 youth enrolled on Wednesdays and room for more if anyone is interested. The program is called Footsteps@RAMS.
Joe May 2, 2013 at 11:19 pm
You have to love the Patch, there is always someone complaining about public education. The schoolsRead More really must have failed all of you, because you don't know how to Google anything to educate yourself before you spew your negative opinions. Below are a couple of links that will help you learn. The first informs you of what minimum days are actually for and the second tells you legally why all schools in the county either have them or have shorter school years. For those of you that aren't the best readers or researchers I'll just tell you that BRSSD adheres to the required instructional minutes in the state. In fact, it is actually over in some grade levels. If you don't feel like believing the information I provided or don't like BRSSD's policy I've also linked the District's website so you can contact the administration or the board members. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-minimum-day.htm#did-you-know http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/au/ag/reducingit.asp http://www.brssd.org
Old Timer May 1, 2013 at 05:05 pm
Was nice when children actually did chores and became responsible young adults with a part time jobRead More to manage finances.