San Mateo police are looking for a man wanted for allegedly making a threat to "shoot up a school" while inside a Big 5 Sporting Goods Store on South El Camino on Friday.

Residents near downtown San Mateo were instructed to shelter in place Thursday afternoon due to police activity. The shelter-in-place directive was issued for the area of Fourth to Seventh avenues ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KGO) -- Wednesday's mass shooting in San Benardino has highlighted some of the changes law enforcement has had to make over the years in dealing with these volatile situations.

(KRON) – A felon was found with a stolen firearm and illegal fireworks after evading police, according to the San Mateo Police Department. At 10:05 p.m. on the Fourth of July, while patrolling ...

At 10:11 p.m., police said a vehicle belonging to the suspect, identified as Daniel Lee Erickson, was stopped by a SMPD officer in the area of North San Mateo Drive and Bellevue Avenue where he ...

S AN MATEO, CA — After the recent departure of a captain who became a police chief at another department, the San Mateo Police Department promoted a woman to fill the position for the first time ...

A construction site in the 2100 block of Palm Avenue was burglarized twice between May 16 and 21, according to San Mateo Police. Video footage from the scene allowed police to identify the suspect.