PACIFICA (CBS SF/BCN) – Police arrested a San Pedro man suspected of breaking into a convenience store in Pacifica and also trying to burglarize a cannabis retailer over the weekend. Around 1 a.m. Saturday, officers from the Pacifica Police Department responded to a potential burglary at a cannabis retailer in the 2100 block of Palmetto Ave. According to the security company, a man had been trying to enter the business. Though he damaged the store entrance, he could not get in and left the scene. Police found the suspect, Curtis Lee Smith Jr., 32, in a nearby vehicle and arrested him. Investig ..read more

PACIFICA (BCN) – Authorities searched for hours Thursday in the area of Rockaway Beach in Pacifica following a report of a surfer in distress but did not find anyone in the water, police said. Pacifica police, North County Fire Authority crews and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to Rockaway Beach around 6 p.m. after witnesses said they saw a surfer in distress in the water but lost sight of the person before first responders arrived. Police said they did not find anything such as unattended property or a vehicle in the area that indicated someone had left and did not return, and they have not r ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF/BCN) – Pacifica police arrested three juveniles Saturday afternoon suspected of breaking into a vehicle, and found a gun in their car. Police responded to a 3:12 p.m. report of the burglary in the 400 block of Old County Road, where three suspects were seen fleeing the scene in a green Toyota Prius with tinted windows. An officer observed the vehicle traveling north on State Route 1 and attempted to make a traffic stop, but the driver of the Prius took evasive maneuvers and was last seen heading east on Brighton Road, where it later collided with a fence at the corner of Brigh ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF) — Pacifica police responded to a call from a home on the 1100 block of Valencia Way, saying a mountain lion was in the resident’s yard, eating a chicken. Officers arrived at 7:33 a.m. and spotted the adult cougar on a hillside, approximately 30 yards behind the house, still consuming its meal from the homeowner’s coup. Police said the puma didn’t appear to be a threat to humans, and neighbors were advised to keep their pets inside. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was contacted, who contacted the Department of Wildlife Management. Police personnel on scene were ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF/BCN) – Officers arrested a 20-year-old woman who worked at a child care center in Pacifica on suspicion of committing cruelty toward children at the facility, police said Thursday. Mikala Ghirarduzzi was arrested Tuesday on a $100,000 warrant for counts of felony child cruelty, misdemeanor willful cruelty to a child and additional related offenses, according to Pacifica police. Investigators received information in July that an employee at a local day care center was possibly harming children there. Police did not identify the facility but noted it is not affiliated with the c ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF) — Pacifica police are at the scene of a major multi-vehicle accident Tuesday on Rockaway Beach Avenue near Highway 1 that hospitalized two people with serious injuries, according to authorities. The Pacifica Police Twitter account posted about what it described as a “large scale traffic collision” shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The Pacifica Police Department is on scene of a large scale traffic collision at Rockaway Beach Avenue and Highway 1. Please be patient and expect delays in both directions of Highway 1. @KCBSAMFMTraffic — Pacifica Police (@PacificaPolice ..read more

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Pavement conditions on the Bay Area’s 44,000 miles of roads continue to be in “fair” condition, with the typical road showing significant wear, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Data released by the agency on Tuesday showed the region’s pavement condition index (PCI) was at 67 out of 100 points for the fifth straight year. According to the agency, a PCI in the 60s means the road is in fair condition and has become “worn to the point where rehabilitation may be needed to prevent rapid deterioration.” The score is particularly critical since major ..read more

PACIFICA (BCN) – Police are searching for a driver suspected in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a bicyclist Sunday night in Pacifica. The collision was reported about 6:50 p.m. along Skyline Boulevard near Sharp Park Road, where the cyclist was headed northbound on the shoulder of the road, Pacifica police said. The cyclist was hit by the passing car, which didn’t stop. Police said the bicyclist was hospitalized with serious injuries and is expected to survive. Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any relevant information is asked to call Pacifica police at (650) 738-7314. Info ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF) — Flooding in Pacifica Sunday forced Caltrans to close a stretch of State Route 1. San Mateo County sent an alert at 4:46 p.m. of the closure of SR 1 in both directions at Manor Dr. in Pacifica, with traffic being diverted to surface streets. Northbound traffic was being diverted to Sharp Park Road to State Route 35. Drivers were being urged to avoid the area. There was no estimated time of reopening available. A portion of HIghway 1 appears flooded at Manor Road in Pacifica, October 24, 2021. (Pacifica Police Department) Several traffic signals through the region are out ..read more

PACIFICA (CBS SF) — Highway 1 near Pacifica has reopened following a head-on collision late Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. A white SUV slammed into a garbage truck between Linda Mar Blvd. and the Tom Lantos Tunnels, closing both northbound and southbound lanes sometime around 11:30 a.m. A wrecked SUV following a head-on crash with a garbage truck on Highway 1 just south of Pacifica, October 21, 2021. (CHP) The circumstances surrounding the crash were not immediately available. The condition of the drivers was not known, but the CHP said the crash involved “major injury ..read more