There are two free papers, but this one is truly local to San Mateo. They have a lot of news off the AP wire, but also local reporters covering sports, business and schools. The classified ad section is sort of slim, but they also have ads and news linked up from a web site. The paper is good, but the paper boxes all over town are sort of a fright, a battle between the black and red boxes that I have to maneuver around at nearly every street corner downtown while riding my bike!
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