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New Undersheriff Named In San Mateo County
The sheriff's office is welcoming back a well-known figure who will come out of retirement to take the position.

albert.gregory@patch.com Albert Gregory (he/him) graduated from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he studied documentary filmmaking. At UC Berkeley, he shot, produced and edited his thesis film about the nearly half of domestic violence survivors who will not leave an abusive situation if they cannot bring their pet with them and one woman’s mission to eliminate that barrier. He also graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from SF State where he served as the Managing Editor for Xpress the Magazine and was the Multimedia Editor for the Golden Gate Xpress newspaper. In addition, Albert was Editor-in-Chief at the Oak Leaf newspaper at Santa Rosa Junior College during the 2017 Tubbs Fire. He has also worked as a freelance writer/ photographer, and his work has appeared in The Press Democrat, USA Today, Bleacher Report and more. Albert was born in Portland, Oregon, but grew up a military brat on a Coast Guard base in Novato, California.
The sheriff's office is welcoming back a well-known figure who will come out of retirement to take the position.

The following are names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County from November 17 to November 23, 2025.
The following are names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County from November 17 to November 23, 2025.
The following are names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County from November 17 to November 23, 2025.
The following are names of those recorded deceased in San Mateo County from November 17 to November 23, 2025.
Police conducted a bicycle theft enforcement operation in a local town.
The outage was first reported at 10:43 a.m.
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PG&E will be replacing a power pole causing several power outages in the area.
The woman was sentenced to 40 days in county jail and given an additional 350 hours of community service.
A Patch guide to concerts during the holiday season in the Bay Area.
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The park will be located by a highly populated, ethnically diverse and lower-income section of the County.
The measure would limit federal agents' access to county buildings and lessen their ability to use local law enforcement resources.
The family has started a fundraiser to help support them as they continue to search.
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