The Latest Breaking News from San Mateo County

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect lived at mushroom farm where 4 were killed, vice mayor says

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The shooting rampage in Half Moon Bay that left seven people dead Monday in the coastal agricultural community in San Mateo County appears to be a case of workplace violence, law enforcement officials said.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

2 victims identified in Half Moon Bay shootings that left 7 dead

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — The San Mateo County coroner’s office has identified two of the seven victims killed Monday in a pair of related shootings in Half Moon Bay and is working to notify the families.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 24, 2023

Everything we know about Half Moon Bay shooting suspect Chunli Zhao

Chunli Zhao, who worked for decades as a farmer at a mushroom farm, allegedly opened fire at two different agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay on Monday

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

7 people killed in Half Moon Bay shootings; suspect arrested

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A 67-year-old “disgruntled worker” shot and killed four people at a coastal farm and three more people at another farming business near the heart of Half Moon Bay on Monday afternoon, authorities said, marking the state’s second mass shooting focused on Asian Americans in the…

Tribune News Service · Jan 24, 2023

San Francisco Bay Area set lofty goals to house homeless residents in 2022. Did it succeed?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Francisco Bay Area cities and counties set big goals to combat homelessness in 2022, as public outrage over the crisis intensified and officials took advantage of extra state and federal resources doled out in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023

Driver arrested on attempted murder charges following cliff plunge off California coastal highway

SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities on Tuesday arrested the driver of a Tesla that plunged off a cliff near Devil’s Slide a day earlier on suspicion of attempted murder and child abuse.

Tribune News Service · Jan 4, 2023

Brickbat: That's Bats, Man

The San Mateo, California, Board of Supervisors has asked the state attorney general's office to investigate both Sheriff Carlos Bolanos and the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office after Bolanos sent deputies to Indiana to raid automobile customizer Mark Racop's business. Racop builds working replicas of the Batmobile from the…

Reason · Sep 12, 2022

2 dead, another possibly missing after truck plunges into ocean south of San Francisco

Two people were killed and another possibly missing after the truck they were in drove off a cliff and into the ocean Friday evening at Pescadero Beach in San Mateo County, south of San Francisco, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 30, 2022

Why does Scott Peterson want to go back to San Quentin?

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — After nearly four months as an inmate in the San Mateo County Jail, Scott Peterson made a special request through his lawyers on Friday: Transfer me back to San Quentin.

Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2022

Woman arrested for 1993 cold case murder of California store owner

Rayna Hoffman-Ramos is charged with murdering Taiwanese immigrant Shu Ming Tang in a robbery gone wrong almost three decades ago

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022