Community Information

City Sites

• San Mateo County
• Atherton
• Belmont
• Brisbane
• Burlingame
• Daly City
• East Palo Alto
• Foster City
• Half Moon Bay
• Hillsborough
• Menlo Park
• Millbrae
• Montara
• Pacifica
• Portola Valley
• Redwood City
• Redwood Shores
• San Carlos
• San Bruno
• South San Francisco
• San Mateo
• Woodside

Hospitals

• Mills-Peninsula Health Services

  Acute-care hospital also has comprehensive outpatient services.

• Menlo Park Surgical Hospital

  Menlo Park Surgical Hospital is an acute care hospital located on the Mid-Peninsula. We are both Medicare certified and JCAHO accredited.

• Seton Medical Center Coastside

  As a member of the Daughters of Charity Health System, Seton Medical Center Coastside has served the Coastside community for over 35 years.

• Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center

Newspapers

• Almanac

  Provides local news for Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, and Woodside.

• The Mercury News
• San Bruno Beacon

  Grass-roots electronic newspaper.

• San Mateo Daily Journal

  Includes sports, opinions, classifieds, and more.

• Half Moon Bay Review and Pescadero Pebble

Parks

• Bayside Park
• Butano State Park
• City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Dept
• Coyote Point Park
• Coyote Point Museum

  Live animals and exhibits from the San Francisco Bay Area environment.

• Fitzgerald Marine Reserve

  Guide to the seashore life in the San Mateo County, California park.

• Redwood City Parks and Recreation
• San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation

  Contains information on San Mateo County Parks and the Foundation to support those parks.

Library

• San Mateo County Library
• Redwood City Public Library
• Menlo Park Library
• San Mateo Public Library
• South San Francisco Public Library

  South San Francisco Public Library is actively committed to providing the best possible combination of library materials and services to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of our multicultural community, in a professional manner, with a human touch.

Transportation

• Burlingame Shuttle

  The Burlingame Shuttle carries commuters from both the Broadway CalTrain Station and the Colma BART Station to Burlingame businesses in the morning and evening commute hours during the week.

• Commute.org

  Transit Agencies Serving San Mateo County, CA

• Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
• San Bruno BART
• San Francisco International Airport

Entertainment

• Shoreline Amphitheater
• The Fillmore

  (San Francisco)

• Hiller Aviation Museum

  Online walking tour.

• Peninsula Symphony
• Hillbarn Theatre

  Presenting a variety of new and classic plays and musicals.

• Shakespeare Festival
• San Mateo County Fair

  Where else can you pet animals, see garden exhibits, learn how to can fruit and vegetables, ride top quality carnival rides, and see and hear a top quality concert, all in one day?

• San Mateo County History Museum

Hospitals

• California Pacific Medical Center

  Is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in California and is a Sutter Health affiliate. California Pacific is recognized as a tertiary referral center providing advanced medical care with a patient-centered focus.

• Chinese Hospital

  Located in San Francisco, is a unique healthcare provider with a long and rich history of providing access to culturally competent health care services for the Chinese Community.

• St. Mary's Medical Center

  The history of St. Mary's Medical Center, the oldest continuously operating hospital in the city, is an inspiring testimony to the tireless efforts of the Sisters of Mercy.

• Kindred Hospital - San Francisco Bay Area

  Is a 99-bed, regional referral center specializing in the management of medically complex, resource-intensive patients who require extended stays.

• St. Luke's Hospital

  For over 130 years, St. Luke's Hospital has been providing quality health care services.

• San Francisco Spine Center

  Focuses on surgical and nonsurgical care for conditions including failed back and neck surgery, spinal deformity, herniated discs, and spinal fractures.

• San Francisco VA Medical Center

  Serves as a major tertiary care referral center for veterans throughout Northern California.

• UCSF Children's Hospital

  One of the highest ranked pediatric centers in California, with more than 150 experts in 50 specialties.

• UCSF Center for Reproductive Health

  UCSF Medical Center is one of the top 10 hospitals in the nation and a leader in medical innovations.

Parks

• San Francisco Parks Trust
• Alcatraz Island

  Offers a close-up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US fort on the West Coast, an infamous federal penitentiary long off-limits to the public.

• Fort Point National Historic Site

  Fort Point was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1853 and 1861 to prevent entrance of a hostile fleet into San Francisco Bay.

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area

  Golden Gate National Parks chronicle two hundred years of history, from the Native American culture to the growth of urban San Francisco.

• Presidio of San Francisco

  For 218 years, the Presidio served as an army post for three nations. Explore centuries of architecture and admire spectacular vistas.

• San Francisco Botanical Garden

  Ten minutes or a life-time...the San Francisco Botanical Garden is the place for you.

City Sites

• San Francisco Chamber of Commerce

Law Enforcement

• California Office of Emergency Managment
• San Francisco District Attorney's Office
• Office Of Treasurer and Tax Collector

  Serves as the banker, tax collector, collection agent, and investment officer for the City and County of San Francisco.

• San Francisco Superior Court

Transportation

• San Francisco International Airport

  Ground transportation providers serving San Francisco International Airport include public transit, Airporters, vans, taxis, limousines and charter operators.

• Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District

  Based in San Francisco, operates the Golden Gate Bridge, and two public transit systems: Golden Gate Transit buses and Golden Gate Ferry.

• San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency

  Providing safe, reliable, clean, accessible, and convenient transportation to any destination in the City.

• San Francisco County Transportation Authority
• Market Street Railway

  Our Mission: Preserving Historic Transit in San Francisco.

Newspapers

• El Observador
• San Francisco Chronicle
• San Francisco Examinier
• San Francisco Guardian
• San Francisco Weekly

Library

• San Francisco Public Library
• University of California Library

Entertainment

• California Academy of Science

  Founded in 1853 as the first scientific institution in the West, the California Academy of Sciences' mission is to explore and explain the natural world.

• The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

  One of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art.

• Exploratorium

  Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of hundreds of science, art, and human perception exhibits.

• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

  Comprised of the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park.

• San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center

  One of the largest performing arts centers in the United States, covers seven and one-half acres in San Francisco's Civic Center Historic District.

• San Francisco Opera

  "To be the most exciting force in the opera world"

• San Francisco Ballet

  As America's first professional ballet company, San Francisco Ballet has enjoyed a long and rich tradition of artistic "firsts" since its founding in 1933.

• San Francisco Zoo
• Aquarium of the Bay

  A unique educational and entertainment facility dedicated to the rich and diverse aquatic life of San Francisco Bay.

• San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

  Began in 1983, with Free Shakespeare in the Park's debut production of The Tempest in Golden Gate Park.

• American Conservatory Theater
• Carnaval San Francisco