San Mateo County Health has started a program to provide foster care for pets of owners seeking medical, mental health or substance use treatment. The Foster Wellness Program aims to help encourage ...

San Mateo County was assigned 2,833 housing units for the 2023-2031 RHNA cycle but currently shows capacity for about 1,870 ...

San Mateo County officials are looking to rezone about 25 acres of land in a scramble to close a housing shortfall in one of the Bay Area’s priciest apartment markets. The county is required by the ...

Wildlife authorities confirmed Thursday that nine more elephant seals, a sea lion and an otter have died from bird flu at Ano ...

Following news this week of a southern sea otter's death from avian flu, experts are now saying the disease's outbreak has infected more species of marine mammals along the San Mateo County coast.

Some San Mateo residents spoke up during a county Behavioral Health Commission meeting on Wednesday, in opposition to a substance abuse treatment center that's being proposed for their community.

Two weeks after scientists confirmed the first-ever outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu, in elephant seals along the ...

The county aims to convert about 25 acres to allow more housing and drive more development near transit — one of its most effective tools to lower living costs and meet state housing targets.

All deadlines have officially passed to run for the June 2026 election, and a mostly contested ballot will give San Mateo County voters much to consider in the coming months.

Contract talks at the San Mateo County Community College District have hit the kind of wall that sends everyone to the rulebook. The district and its faculty union are now in a formal fact-finding ...

The council unanimously approved Gateway at 668 E. 3rd Ave. near downtown San Mateo, authorizing the construction of an eight ...