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  • Fire in Redwood City
  • A six-alarm fire at a Redwood City apartment building has been contained this morning. Four people have been injured.
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redwood city, fire, peninsula news
  • Now Hiring
  • A resurgence in hiring in the Bay Area has recruiters and applicants showing up in record numbers.
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san mateo, jobs, unemployment, jackie speier, peninsula news, david louie
  • Organizers with the Mavericks big-wave surf contest have announced a multi-year title sponsorship with surf brand Body Glove.
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half moon bay, mavericks, peninsula news
  • PG&E is headed back to court over its natural gas pipeline that runs underneath San Carlos.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, california public utilities commission, peninsula news
  • PG&E is venting natural gas in the same San Bruno neighborhood devastated by an explosion three years ago.
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PG&E, san bruno, peninsula news
  • Former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Serrano of San Jose.
  • Budget cuts have hit the Marine Corps, which delayed its annual muster from October until February.
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marines, veterans, palo alto, budget cuts, government shutdown, unemployment, peninsula news, wayne freedman
  • The Palo Alto Fire Department is taking some heat for using its emergency notification systemto tell residents about a charity event.
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palo alto, peninsula news
  • Gary Millers 1,985-pound pumpkin
  • One man's wearing a crown of gourd after winning the annual pumpkin weigh-off before the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival.
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half moon bay, safeway, competition, san mateo county, peninsula news
  • Pumpkin weigh-off in Half Moon Bay today
  • Pumpkins weighing nearly a ton are rolling into Half Moon Bay this weekend to take part in an annual pumpkin weigh-off.
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half moon bay, safeway, competition, san mateo county, peninsula news
  • Sleeping in your car may soon be illegal in Atherton.
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atherton, homeless, peninsula news
  • Police say two teens who were arrested for attempted burglary in South SF last week have admitted to burglarizing two other homes.
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south san francisco, crime, peninsula news
  • Hundreds of cyclists started a 450-mile ride Sunday from Palo Alto to Los Angeles in an effort to benefit injured veterans.
  • Hundreds of cyclists started a 450-mile ride Sunday from Palo Alto to Los Angeles in an effort to benefit injured veterans.
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palo alto, los angeles, peninsula news
  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly bought four homes next to his five-bedroom Palo Alto property.
  • Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly bought four homes next to his five-bedroom Palo Alto property.
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facebook, mark zuckerberg, housing market, palo alto, peninsula news, wayne freedman
  • Wrecked cab after Highway 101 crash
  • A Stanford business student has been booked for DUI and manslaughter in connection with a fatal wrong-way crash on Hwy 101.
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crash, highway 101, south san francisco, alcohol, DUI, stanford university, peninsula news
  • San Carlos is considering hiring technical experts to investigate whether a PG&E gas pipeline under the city poses a danger.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, california public utilities commission, peninsula news
  • A Bay Area symphony's asking for help after someone stole $500K from the group, wiping out their endowment and operating budget.
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crime, music, peninsula news
  • Larry the Italian greyhound got loose at SFO
  • A $2,500 reward is being offered to help find a dog that got loose at San Francisco International Airport earlier this week.
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san francisco international airport, animal, animals in peril, reward, peninsula news
  • Its a home away from home -- a new state of the art hotel for veterans being treated at the VA in Palo Alto.
  • A new state of the art hotel for veterans being treated at the VA in Palo Alto opened Tuesday. The best part is -- it's all free.
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palo alto, veterans, military, peninsula news, vic lee
  • Superintendent Craig Bakers home
  • The San Carlos Elementary School Board president resigned over a questionable loan given to the superintendent.
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san carlos, loans, peninsula news
  • The CPUC ordered PG&E to keep natural gas Pipeline 147 in San Carlos out of service during an investigation.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, california public utilities commission, peninsula news
  • Asiana Airlines is retiring flight number 214
  • According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the pilots in the Asiana Airlines crash are blaming mechanical problems.
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Asiana Airlines crash, plane crash, crash, san francisco international airport, peninsula news, katie marzullo
  • San Bruno fire
  • The power is off but frustration is still boiling over in San Carlos because of safety issues involving a PG&E pipeline.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, peninsula news, wayne freedman
  • USGS Menlo Park office sign
  • Sunday's earthquake in the East Bay underscores just one impact of the government shutdown -- no one was at the USGS office.
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government shutdown, furloughs, USGS, lawrence livermore lab, lockheed martin, sunnyvale, uc berkeley, silicon valley, menlo park, peninsula news, david louie
  • A Palo Alto home that was scheduled for a renovation is a total loss after an early morning blaze, a battalion chief said.
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palo alto, fire, peninsula news
  • San Carlos gas pipeline
  • PG&E has begun turning off a major pipeline that San Carlos city officials believe is a potential danger to the neighborhood.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, peninsula news, lilian kim
  • San Carlos wants PG&E to shut off major pipeline
  • San Carlos officials activated an emergency operations center in limited capacity due to concerns over the safety of a gas pipeline.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, peninsula news
  • San Carlos wants PG&E to shut off major pipeline
  • San Carlos wants PG&E to immediately shut off service to a gas pipeline running beneath the city.
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san carlos, san bruno fire, explosion, fire safety, gas leak, state of emergency, PG&E, peninsula news, ama daetz
  • Wrecked cab after Highway 101 crash
  • A wrong-way driver who caused fatal crash on Highway 101 in South San Francisco has been arrested on suspicion of DUI.
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crash, highway 101, south san francisco, alcohol, DUI, stanford university, peninsula news
  • Daly City resident Richard Willis, 38, arrested for allegedly beating a woman with a baseball bat in Pacifica.
  • A 38-year-old Daly City man has been arrested for allegedly beating a woman with a baseball bat in Pacifica last weekend.
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pacifica, san mateo county, burlingame, daly city, crime, violence, peninsula news
  • Truck flips over in Redwood City, California. (Ruben Ruiz)
  • A 24-year-old mother and four underage passengers, including a 1-year-old, were hospitalized after a car accident.
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redwood city, crash, peninsula news
  • Asiana Airlines is retiring flight number 214
  • Prosecutors will decide in two weeks whether charges are warranted in the death of an Asiana Airlines crash victim.
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Asiana Airlines crash, plane crash, crash, san francisco international airport, peninsula news, dan noyes
  • John F. Kennedy Middle School in Redwood City, California.
  • Redwood City police are adding extra security at schools after an attempted abduction of a young boy on school grounds.
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redwood city, crime, children, peninsula news, matt keller
  • A mountain lion was spotted in the backyard of a home in the hills of Burlingame early Wednesday morning.
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burlingame, san mateo county, animal, peninsula news