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CA Lawmakers Seek to End Loophole on Foreign Tax Havens

Thursday, January 28, 2010

California lawmakers seeking to give college students a break took aim Thursday at corporations that dodge taxes by stashing their profits in foreign banks.

City Starts "Verde Teams" to Reduce Energy, Water Use

Sunday, January 31, 2010

January 27 , 2010 - As part of Redwood City Verde, the City's environmental program, Redwood City is recruiting groups of neighbors to form Verde Teams which will join together and implement tools to save energy and water in their households.

Crime is on the rise in San Carlos

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

San Carlos experienced a "very significant" uptick in crime last year, with more robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries and thefts than in 2008, police Chief Greg Rothaus said Friday.

Fence will let bikers know they're not welcome in Redwood City skate park

Saturday, January 30, 2010

BMX bikers soon will be fenced out of a popular Redwood City skate park. The city is finishing plans to build a 6-foot-tall, black steel fence around the perimeter of Phil Shao Memorial Skate Park, more than two years after officials first pledged to do so.

Former Daily editor takes plea deal in porn case

Monday, January 25, 2010

Brian Bothun, a former editor for the Palo Alto Daily News and former reporter for the Daily Post, pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of possession of pornography on Friday , said San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.

Man Accused In Fatal Belmont Beating Delays Entering Plea

Friday, January 22, 2010

A man accused of committing the only murder in Belmont last year but whose trial was put on hold while he was in Yolo County jail for unrelated charges delayed entering a plea at his initial arraignment in San Mateo County Superior Court Thursday morning.

Man set to stand trial for Redwood City cabbie's murder

Friday, February 05, 2010

More than six years after the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old Sikh cabdriver in Redwood City - a killing other Peninsula cabbies feared was a hate crime - the trial of the man accused of his murder is set to begin Monday.

Mexican-Americans fear violent Mexico

Saturday, January 23, 2010

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Poverty and joblessness aren't the only factors keeping Mexican immigrants in the United States from returning to their home country.

More details emerge about Cargill water transfer plan

Saturday, February 06, 2010

Drinking water could flow to a huge proposed housing development on the Redwood City salt flats under a complex series of series of agreements between water agencies stretching from Kern County to the Peninsula, an environmental consultant told the city council.

News report inspires man to display gun in E. Palo Alto store

Friday, January 29, 2010

A man apparently inspired by a news report on Open Carry gun activists strolled into an East Palo Alto supermarket with a handgun on his hip Wednesday and began shopping for groceries, police said.

Police vehicles lined up at Skyline College during last September's shooting incident.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Share + Jan 27, 2010 12:08 pm US/Pacific CBS 5 CrimeWatch REDWOOD CITY A 20-year-old man who was allegedly carrying a gun during a shooting at Skyline College in San Bruno has struck a deal with prosecutors.

Redwood City Judge To Sentence Cop Killer Alvarez

Sunday, February 07, 2010

A San Mateo County Superior Court judge will decide Monday morning whether a 26-year-old man who murdered East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006 will receive the death penalty or life in prison without the chance for parole.

Redwood City man admits molesting friend's 10-year-old niece

Saturday, January 23, 2010

A Redwood City man was sentenced to 14 years in prison this week after pleading no contest to two charges of child molestation.

Redwood City Sexual Assault Suspect Sketch Released

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Mountain View police have released a sketch of a man who sexually assaulted a 26-year-old woman as she took out her trash late last month.

San Mateo County workers call for end to court closures

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Chanting and waving signs, San Mateo County court workers rallied Wednesday outside the courthouse in Redwood City, calling for an end to statewide court furlough days.

State lawmakers from Peninsula keeping eye on Speier's status

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

The news that U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, is eyeing a run for state Attorney General has Peninsula political pundits buzzing about who might covet her congressional seat if she were to give it up.

Supreme Court passes on Redwood City man's lawsuit over constitutionality of Highway 101 billboard

Friday, January 22, 2010

The legal odyssey of Nano Maldonado - a Redwood City man who argued that California's Outdoor Advertising Act is unconstitutional - ended in defeat this week at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Venture capitalist leads local pols in fundraising for Ruskin's Assembly seat

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Former Palo Alto mayor Yoriko Kishimoto has given her state Assembly campaign a $40,000 loan to help her compete in a tough three-way Democratic primary race to replace Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, in the 21st District.

What new ways will iPad users find to hurt themselves?

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Orthopedic doctors are increasingly seeing injuries from people using smartphones, mainly from people slumping over to use the devices.

Will massive development clog local streets?

Thursday, February 04, 2010

Any commuter who uses Marsh Road to get to U.S. 101 -- and there are quite a few of them -- could tell you about the white knuckles they've developed, waiting to enter the freeway on their way to work.

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