Fear is in the air and thousands of little ones get ready with their best costumes to knock on the door and say trick or mischief. So get those bowls of candy and your fangs ready as we bring you our weekly roundup of local news for October 22-28 that you need to know to stay up to date. Happy Halloween.
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San Mateo County has placed itself as the one with the lowest unemployment rate in the state during the month of September, placing itself in September at 1.9 percent, according to the California Department of Employment Development ?EDD, for its acronym in English?.
The data issued by the department details that the workforce in the county is 457,000 people, of which 448,100 are employed, while 8,900 are still looking for a job.
In contrast, Imperial County is the most affected, since it has 16 percent unemployment, after 11,300 workers out of 70,500, do not have a job, which puts it in a greater vulnerability than it would have expected. normally faces the area.
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A coalition of top local elected and civic leaders last week launched a new initiative to improve public safety by boosting efforts to take firearms out of the hands of criminals, stalkers and others prohibited from possession. of firearms in San Mateo County.
The launch of San Mateo County's new Gun Violence Prevention Program comes with a pledge of $2 million in funding over the next two years.
Notably, the campaign focuses on keeping guns out of the reach of people who are prevented by law from possessing firearms such as: felons, convicted stalkers, and individuals with active domestic violence, gun violence, and other civil restraining orders in his against.
Also, to people convicted of hate crimes, and individuals ordered by a court not to possess firearms as a condition of probation.
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A 17-year-old boy was arrested last Saturday, October 22, after he dangerously skidded his car inside the Hillsdale Shopping Center and found a firearm inside, said the San Mateo County Police Department -SMPD, for their acronym in English?.
The young driver was arrested and transported to Hillcrest Juvenile Hall and booked on multiple charges.
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San Francisco city leaders gathered Saturday to celebrate the opening of a new community center on the city's south side.
The 45,000-square-foot Southeast Community Center is located at 1550 Evans Ave. and includes a childcare center, cafeteria, free Wi-Fi and public workspaces, according to a statement from the Mayor of San Francisco, London. Breed.
The community center contains $1 million worth of local art commissioned by the San Francisco Arts Commission, according to Breed's statement.
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The Redwood City School District ?RCSD, for its acronym in English? pointed out that so far no immediate damage has been reported to schools in the area after the earthquake registered this Tuesday at 11:42 a.m. in Seven Trees, near San José, of magnitude 5.1, which was felt throughout the area of the Bay.
This was stated by Superintendent John Baker, who explained that at the time of the seismic movement some students were in class and others were at lunch or on the patio, while part of the District Office staff participated in meetings.
In turn, he pointed out that the maintenance staff followed the process to check each of the school facilities and gave the go-ahead to each school principal.
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A magnitude 5.1 earthquake with an epicenter east of San Jose, recorded around noon Tuesday, was felt across much of the Bay Area and caused some traffic delays, but no major damage has been reported.
According to the US Geological Survey ?USGS, for its acronym in English?, the quake occurred at 11:42 a.m. and had its epicenter about 12 miles east of San Jose.
The USGS initially said the quake had a magnitude of 5.0, however they later upgraded it to 5.1. An aftershock of magnitude 2.9 also occurred in the same place about five minutes later, while the last aftershock was recorded at 5:08 p.m. with a magnitude of 3.6 in the same epicenter.
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The Redwood City Council on Tuesday approved an emergency ordinance that temporarily prohibits retail establishments from selling firearms or ammunition in the city.
And it is that, the growing concern of the community has led the federal government, the state of California and several local jurisdictions to consider additional options to mitigate firearms violence.
Thus, the City has instructed staff to conduct community engagement and investigate possible local regulations on firearms retailers. The moratorium on retail establishments that sell firearms or ammunition will be in effect while this investigation and engagement takes place.
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Jose Alejandro Ventura, 54, was taken into custody by detectives with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office in East Palo Alto on suspicion of sexually assaulting a child inside a car multiple times over three years, authorities said.
Authorities began investigating Ventura earlier this month after a report of assault on a minor, noting that the alleged assaults took place in a car at different locations in San Mateo County from January 2015 to January 2018.
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An inmate at the San Mateo County Maguire Correctional Center was found dead Thursday afternoon during a security check. San Mateo County medical personnel responded and pronounced the person incarcerated at the Redwood City facility dead. A preliminary investigation indicates that the inmate likely died of natural causes.
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