A guy who (likely) thought he was walking into a friend's house at 4:20 a.m. Sunday in Foster City was shot multiple times by a guest in the home who thought he was an intruder. The 24-year-old victim is, sadly, now in intensive care, and it appears he was very intoxicated at the time of the incident. The shooter, a Brentwood man in his 40s whose name has not been released, has not been charged with any crime, but it remains unclear whether he actually believed he was in any danger when he shot the unarmed intruder, which could lead to a charge. more ›

Hey, a local 12 year old from Foster City just won the world chess championship for the boys 12 and under age bracket. Champ Daniel Naroditsky won 9 games, lost 1, and played to a draw with the previous number 1 ranked preteen male. The Chron was unable to talk to him because of the time difference in Turkey (where the championships were held), but Daniel's proud father reports that Daniel's first question after winning was "do I have to go to school on Friday?" more ›

Foster City is debating about lowering the speed limit on some roads in an attempt to encourage people to drive electric cars. Not those spiffy little electric cars that were killed by the car companies and buried somewhere in the desert, but whatever electric cars are running around these days. Like golf carts. Or Segway scooters. Or, well we're not exactly sure what other kinds of electric cars are out there. Maybe one of those old bullpen carts baseball teams had in the 70's to bring a pitcher in from the bullpen. Man, that would be pretty sweet to own one of those. Talk about pimped out rides. more ›

The Olympics are done -- the last broom has been swept by the curling team, the snowboarders are done Fakey McTwistying, or whatever their jumps are called; the last ice skater has fallen down. And what's the Bay Area medal count? Two -- one gold from tiara-topped skiier Julia Mancuso in the women's giant slalom, and one silver in the women's bobsled (or, as NBC calls it now, the "bobsleigh") from Foster City's Valerie Fleming. Yes, we're now counting Tahoe as "the Bay Area," why do you ask? Other Bay Area Olympians include Bode Miller's ski teammate Darren Rahlves who also flamed out; Elli Ochowitz, a Palo Alto speedskater whose mother was also a speedskater and who blamed a false start for throwing her concentration; Elena Hight, the youngest women's halfpipe snowboarder; and Shannon Bahrke and Travis Cabral, two moguls skiiers, among others. You're all winners to us! Especially because we don't write for Bode Miller's Easton, New Hampshireist! Picture of Julia Mancuso, in tiara from the AP more ›

So much bike-on-bike violence -- a 64-year-old woman pedaling her bike off the sidewalk on Oak and Scott was broadsided by another biker going 25-35 mph down Oak. The woman (who wasn't wearing a helmet) is in the hospital with serious injuries. The other biker was found not at fault and won't be cited. The first murder of a paraplegic man in Foster City in almost 10 years, from last week, just got a little more complicated: the authorities think the murder might be linked to another weird incident llast week in the South Bay, where a man went to a gun shop in San Carlos, asked to see a gun, and then ran outside and shot himself. Turns out that man and the victim, Brandon Hepponstall, had recently been introduced to one another. Hepponstall was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident 11 years ago, was an avid horse gambler, and had a criminal record involving an incident where he brought an obviously-fake bomb to the Bay Meadows race track. And a couple who visited San Mateo from New Mexico for a church retreat back in June were sentenced in absentia to three years probation for child endangerment, after authorities found one of their eight children sleeping on the sidewalk behind the tailpipe of their SUV, with the car still running, at 4:30 a.m. No one seems to know why only seven of the kids made it inside the house, or why the car was still running. more ›

basketball stars). We think it goes without saying here, but what will they tell the children? more ›