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School shootings remind students to take safety drills seriously

October 29, 2018

With school shootings and terror threats making a daily appearance on the news nowadays, schools are facing increasing pressure to develop new safety protocols that are effective an...

Donald Trump speaks with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Ariz.

ScotSkim: safety

October 23, 2018

US pulls out of long-standing nuclear arms treaty with Russia An agreement that was initially made to avoid nuclear conflict is said to be eliminated, as President Trump announ...

Teens stay at the library on April 27 after the Safe Sex Workshop to discuss what they learned.

Safe sex workshop informs LGBT teens

May 13, 2018

Approximately 20 million new cases of STDs are found in the United States every year. Around half of these are found in young people between the ages of 15 and 24. On Wednesday, April 27, the Belmont Library and the San Mateo County Pride Center host...

The correct way to lock up a bicycle is to wrap the chain through the frame.

Bay Area bicycle thefts increase

November 3, 2017

Bicycle theft in the Bay Area is becoming more common with incidents occurring almost every day. Still, people do not know how to prevent and report a bike theft correctly. Serg...

California charges largest penalty for safety violations ever

March 18, 2015

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) faces an additional $200 million penalty fee due to the San Bruno pipeline explosion in 2010. According to the National Transportation...

Belmont gas line safety in question

October 16, 2013

The safety of Belmont’s gas lines have been called into question after the recent shut down of a San Carlos gas line on Oct. 7. San Carlos shut down one of their gas lines in ...