Meritocracy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Often described as fairness, it is instead another vehicle for those with more to ...

Pacific Islands Day will be celebrated all day Saturday, followed by the Dia de la Feria on Sunday. Both events will feature ...

Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady threw every pitch for the Red Raiders in the Women’s College World Series, all the way through ...

A four-year-old boy in San Mateo is back home from the hospital after an oak tree toppled onto his father and the family's truck, pinning the boy's legs under the steering wheel. The father says ...

Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe left a game against the Boston Red Sox in the fourth inning with a bruised left elbow, two ...

A man who held an elderly woman as his prisoner for two years throughout multiple states was sentenced to nearly 400 years in ...

Careless media | Not responsible | Military parade. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for June 8, 2025.

Supervisors in San Mateo County are beginning steps to remove elected Sheriff Christina Corpus from office. Supervisors voted ...

Tech mogul Elon Musk offered a modest sign of peace toward the White House late Thursday after an all-out social media war ...

Units with Cal Fire’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit responded around noon Friday to reports of a wildfire in the Mountains in the ...

A San Mateo family is asking their community for help after two of their relatives were injured when a tree collapsed on them ...

Analysis says proposed changes would result in millions more people uninsured by 2034 over previous projections.