Peninsula

COVID-19 cases are once again rising in the Bay Area and counties are issuing new masking orders ahead of the holidays. Here’s a breakdown of new orders by county.

Five Menlo Park police officers were injured Saturday while arresting a reported “body builder” who was said to be running in and out of traffic while bleeding from his head.

Around 30 women graduated from a police training program in San Mateo Saturday morning, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. 

Bay Area bird fanciers have a chance to adopt a fancy bird, thanks to a recently wrangled peacock now living at the Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA facility in San Mateo.

The California professor who testified that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted her while they were in high school has written a memoir. Christine Blasey’s Ford’s “One Way Back” is scheduled for publication next March. According to St. Martin’s Press, she will share “riveting new details about the lead-up” to her testimony in 2018; ...

San Mateo County’s plan to create more housing for homeless people is not sitting well with some people in the Millbrae community where supervisors are considering buying a hotel.

A Palo Alto restaurant that thought it would have to close Monday has been given a new lease on life.

A reported landslide on Friday afternoon has shut down eastbound Highway 84 in San Mateo County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Victims advocates are raising a red flag in San Mateo County Thursday, saying every one of the county’s five homicide victims this year was also a victim of domestic violence.

A Bay Area company is taking its flying car to the upcoming Detroit Auto Show.

The California Highway Patrol is investigating a road rage incident Tuesday evening that ended in a freeway shooting, prompting the CHP to shut down several parts of Interstate 280 between Burlingame and San Bruno.

Authorities in San Carlos arrested two suspects Monday night after they allegedly stole more than $1,000 worth of makeup from a CVS store, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.

It was a somber moment at Mountain View High School when community members joined together for a moment of silence during a football game Friday night.