Posts Tagged ‘daly city’

Daily Fetch 4.29.13: Buy all the things!

Monday, April 29th, 2013

Cameron Johnson thinks that more young people should get involved in politics because old people are the only ones who vote.

Freeway potholes near Peninsula Avenue (apparently) are to blame for a really bad traffic accident.

Check out the State’s pollution risk scores; no surprise that San Carlos and Belmont did pretty well.

Rep. Jackie Speier is co-sponsoring a prevention summit for law enforcement authorities to discuss how they’ll respond to events like a school mass shooting.

If you’re a Daly City resident and are wondering where your mail went, this guy may have something to do with it.

San Mateo County Community College District’s credit cards (apparently) have ridiculously high spending limits. This guy couldn’t overcome the temptation. buyallthethings

Charitable cat lady won’t be allowed to foster or keep more than 5 cats even though she doesn’t own the foster kittens. It sounds like Burlingame needs a belly rub.

Tip of the day…It’s probably not a good idea to mix hydrochloric acid, ammonia, Marine Resin, and a drain cleaner containing sulfuric acid because these materials may cause an explosion and hurt people.

Speaking of tips, if you have a burning desire to share something with us,  email The Daily Fetch at wd@thedailyfetch.com. We promise we will not divulge your identity, but please no Elvis sighting stories.

Daily Fetch 4.19.13: Stop for pedestrians at crosswalks

Friday, April 19th, 2013

Millbrae Elementary School District may put another parcel tax on the 2014 ballot. We’re sure the teacher’s association will want a portion of the pie.

Millbrae and Daly City drivers have (apparently) forgotten their basic driver’s education. Stop for pedestrians at crosswalks, drivers.crosswalk

Not only is Caltrans murdering swallows, its subcontractor is to blame for the awful traffic delays in downtown San Mateo.  Oops.

Someone has some explaining to do. San Mateo County residents’ November 2012 ballots were “misplaced” according to the Mark Church, the Chief Elections Officer. A bigger oops. San Mateo County just posted a job opening for an elections specialist, we think they found their culprit.

Leo Padreddii, the longtime San Mateo County Harbor Commissioner, passed away yesterday. Condolences to the family.

Newsflash: Woodside residents need to obtain a permit to remove trees from their property or risk being fined up the wazooo. We can’t believe this guy still wants to live there.

The Atherton City Council will need to decide whether they’ll hold a special election or appoint a new member.  Carlson will be stepping down by the end of June. We hope the new member cares more about the facts.

Daily Fetch 4.16.13: Chatty Apple Thief Back in the News

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

25 Bay Area marathoners registered for the Boston Marathon. Check the Google “people finder” page to search for loved ones.

A teenager was arrested last week for burglarizing a home in unincorporated Menlo Park, and may be a culprit for recent burglaries in San Carlos and Redwood City. What a greedy fellow.

A hotel developer wants the City of San Bruno to foot the bill for a new, swanky hotel on city land. We can’t wait to see how this one plays out.

Daly City Police are looking for three suspects who allegedly stabbed a teenager in broad daylight.

(Apparently), the Belmont folks didn’t read our Chatty Apple Thief blog very closely; these thieves had a very similar modus operandi to Chatty McChatterson who is also back in the news. This guy must seriously be one of the most interesting men in the world…interestingchatty

Daily Fetch 4.05.13: Learn from Lindsay

Friday, April 5th, 2013

A Daly City woman gets 16 years to life in prison for pouring boiling water over her sleeping ex-husband that she thought was cheating on her. We can’t even imagine what she would’ve done if he had confirmed her assumptions.

It’s never a good idea to lie to police (just ask Lindsey Lohan), especially when it comes to using your own mother as an excuse for stealing $4,000 from a Redwood City bank to fund your drug habit.  Shame, shame on you.

We haven’t seen these words in a very, very long time; Redwood City residents should brace themselves for the next two years. We’ve told to expect lots of dirt, noise, and way more traffic.

The residents of San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and Hillsborough will be able to weigh in about a new temporary fire station that will consolidate fire services in these areas. Stations in Burlingame and Millbrae will be closed. Is this (really) a good idea?

Menlo Park OK’d fee increases for many City services and staff expects to raise an additional $178,000 a year.  Yay.

The modern day Bonnie and Clyde duo horrifies at least two people in San Mateo. The young couple met online and soon decided to start robbing people at gunpoint.  We’ll be sure to tell our staff to thoroughly screen their prospective dates from now on.

Look for a new feature on the Fetch soon. We know many of you out there have juicy tidbits that you’d like to share but want to remain anonymous—we aim to please.

Daily Fetch 1.9.13: 7-Eleven controversies and Garbage Saga

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Aaron Kinney backs up from the specific 7-Eleven controversy in San Mateo to look at the broader 7-Eleven controversies in the US… No Slurpees for Mr. Kinney…

To the Garbage Saga, North Fair Oaks style… Rates are going up by 6 percent.

With all the talk of Supervisor Slocum taking office, Bonnie Eslinger gets the Rose Jacobs Gibson wrap-up story… (Michelle Durand takes a look too…)

Here’s a headline:  “…Newell Road bridge proposal divides East Palo Alto, Palo Alto residents…”  Someone should let the headline writer at the Palo Alto Daily News that more than a bridge separates East Palo Alto from Palo Alto…

From the “how dumb can you be” file, Joshua Melvin brings us the story of two teenagers that videotaped themselves vandalizing a police patrol car in Daly City.  They have since been arrested

Here’s some interesting municipal labor-relations news… from the Almanac:  Atherton police union dumps Teamsters, hires law firm for labor talks.  Not for nothing, but isn’t crossing Teamsters a bad idea?

 

Daily Fetch 12.12.12: Crabs, IPOs, Garbage Saga, and huge salaries…

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Some good news to start your day: the Dungeness crab season is back on

To some less good news…

San Mateo’s SolarCity “…puts off planned IPO abruptly…”  Oops…

Hardly a week has gone by during the lifetime of The Daily Fetch where some story related to the Garbage Saga hasn’t graced these pages… Today’s installment from Bonnie Eslinger:  Pickup of small garbage cans and San Carlos to cost 20.5 percent more.

If that doesn’t get you all steamed up this morning, perhaps this will (also from Bonnie Eslinger) – County Supervisors bumped up the County Manager’s salary to the $300,000 level… but wait, there’s more:  “…In addition to the salary, health and retirement benefits, Maltbie will receive nine weeks of paid vacation per year and an automobile allowance of about $1,000 a month, according to the approved contract. If the board decides to fire him, he would receive a severance check equivalent to one year salary and benefits, according to the agreement…”  Supervisors must feel very, very secure in their own jobs…

You know who needs money more than John Maltbie?  Daly City.  Remember that water main break and subsequent mudslide in November?  Well, it will cost a cool million to fix and clean up.  If only a local agency had lots of money lying around that could help out?  I’m sure the County is tapped out, what with the salary they are paying to their County Manager…

In perhaps his least original idea ever – Jerry Hill wants to have a “there oughta’ be a law… or not” contest.  Ugh.  (We wrote about this long ago when it was Simitian’s unoriginal idea.)  There ought to be a law that State Senators should use proper grammar when possible…

Daily Fetch 11.26.12: A big refund from San Mateo County… just in time for cyberMonday…

Monday, November 26th, 2012

We took a few days off, and we’re taking a few moments from our online shopping to wrap up the news of the day…

Speaking of shopping, that’s what some local cities will be able to do with this cash influx:  San Mateo County is poised to repay its cities roughly $3 million for administrative fees on property tax after the state’s highest court last Monday upheld a ruling that the withholdings were improperly collected.

The San Mateo 7-Eleven fight takes new turns this week:  Sue Lempert writes about it and the Daily Journal writes about how it “will be a fight” between lawyers and neighbors.  Can’t we all just get along and drink a Slurpee?

San Carlos will pick a new Mayor this week.  Grocott again?  Perhaps… but for how long?

Development battles in San Mateo County?  Say it ain’t so.  Well, it is so.  This time ground zero is the dunes in Daly City

Finally, if you want more information on Pacifica’s proposed plastic bag ban, head over the Riptide

 

Daily Fetch 11.14.12: Two big, dirty stories to start your day…

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

The big, dirty, scary story of the day is the bursting of a water pipe in Daly City.  Everyone saw it on the news yesterday, of course… today we learn the “1930s pipe at source”…

From a big, dirty, scary story, to simply a big, dirty story (from the DJ):  Bay Area Rapid Transit Director James Fang has been urged to recuse himself from ongoing negotiations related to a real estate development in Millbrae and has been accused of unethically lobbying on behalf of a personal friend’s proposal to build a new hotel on BART-owned land

NIMBYs are trying to get their way in Redwood City by filing an appeal of the approved plans for Pete’s Harbor…

Daily Fetch 9.21.12: If you fall off a 40-foot cliff and live, buy a lottery ticket…

Friday, September 21st, 2012

Here’s an amazing story to start your day:  a dude fell off a 40-foot cliff in Daly City yesterday and lived.  That guy should buy a lottery ticket…

Here’s an even more amazing story:  someone (and insurance company, actually) is going to pay Half Moon Bay $10 million!  They can certainly use it… Details in the DJ.

To politics, where it is a good day on the Slocum campaign.  The Daily Journal gave Mr. Slocum the nod…again.

Finally, if you thought the Garbage Saga was only in cities on this side of the hill, perhaps you aren’t paying close enough attention to what’s happening in Pacifica.  Lucky for you, Riptide is.  Lionel Emde, Riptide Correspondent, has the details

Daily Fetch 7.13.12: A terrible news day in San Mateo County…

Friday, July 13th, 2012

We hate to say it, but it seems that there are more corrupt/inept officials in San Mateo County than almost anywhere else in the Bay Area.  Think about it:  the garbage agency is being investigated and they just got over the Garbage Saga, the mosquito control folks are about to shut down because of embezzlement, the last controller “lost” several billion dollars, two County employees were (allegedly) stealing from dead people, and now this:  Until early this year, San Mateo County reported the names of arrested minors suspected of living illegally in the United States to federal immigration authorities because it mistakenly enforced a law ruled unconstitutional nearly 20 years ago. 

Speaking of the Mosquito and Vector Control District, the Daily Journal wants the place shut down and taken over by the County… Because as the previous story indicates, the County is a well-oiled machine…

In two other stories that make our County look terrible:  A Redwood City man was sentenced this week for hiding a loaded gun under his son and a Daly City woman faces charges of killing her ex-husband with boiling water… Remember, we’re the same County where a guy tried to teach his toddler a lesson about not going near a hot oven by putting his toddler into the oven