Whether the death of a 37-year-old pregnant woman was murder or manslaughter will now be up to jurors to decide, as closing statements concluded Monday in the trial against the San Mateo man charged with killing both his girlfriend and their unborn baby.
The county is in critical need of treatment facilities due to an onslaught of mental health program closures, but San Mateo residents are opposing a potential 69-bed facility on El Camino Real, claiming its relative proximity to schools and residential homes could put the community in danger.
The San Mateo City Council officially approved updates to its housing element as part of its settlement agreement with the Housing Action Coalition, which claimed the city’s plan hinged on inaccurate assessments of several sites’ housing capacities.
A man was charged with felony assault with a semiautomatic weapon for allegedly firing a round near a 17-year-old boy in San Mateo Feb. 12, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
A train struck a vehicle on the evening of Feb. 28, after a driver allegedly attempted to maneuver around the railroad crossing arms at a South City railroad crossing.
Foster City officers doing a welfare check found a homeless man dead in a tent near Baywinds Park in the early morning hours of Feb. 26, according to police.
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