Safeway plans on enlarging its current Burlingame store from 32,000 square feet to 68,000 square feet. In the proposed store’s path are several old growth trees. Superstore versus 75 year old trees? ...[more]
![Trees in the parking lot of Safeway supermarket](images/pair_of_trees_small.jpg)
According to the city code, any tree that is 48 inches or more incircumference when measured 54 inches above grade is already protected. ...[more]
High school spends $26 million on improvements
As Burlingame High students turn their thoughts to summer vacation, school administrators turn their attention to some $26 million worth of improvements the school is scheduled to undergo. ...[more]
Depending on who you talked to in the past, there may or may not have been a big rift between the Burlingame City Council and the Planning Commission. But if there wasn’t a rift before, there certainly is one now. ...[more]
More Questions Swirl Around New Hospital Plans
Is the proposed new Mills Peninsula Hospital a realistic effort to provide needed medical care for the future? Or is it a real estate venture designed primarily to reap big profits for conglomerate Sutter Health, which has been embroiled in controversy in other Northern California cities? ...[more]
According to their campaign literature during the last city council race,city council members Mary Janney and Mike Coffey put the development of a teen center on the top of their lists. A commentary by Russ Cohen...[more]
A calendar of events that all Burlingamers should know about ...[more]
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