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14 unusual facts about San Mateo


Alonso de Illescas

The journey proved to be typical in that the ship’s pilot had to contend with north and westerly Pacific Ocean currents and therefore decided to seek harbor in San Mateo Bay on the Esmeraldas coast.

Christ the Lord of Harvest Academy

or "CLHA, Inc." is a private Christian institution of learning in San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines particularly in Silangan.

Donald Bogue

Don Bogue is married to Linda Bogue, formerly Linda Baker, and lives in San Mateo, California.

Eddie Panagabko

He is interred at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo, California.

Grady Mathews

When he was 14 years old in San Mateo, Mathews began playing pool at a local bowling alley.

Hero Games

In 1981, George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, from San Mateo, California, printed 1000 copies of a 64 page rulebook for Champions, their super-hero role-playing game, to take to a Bay Area gaming convention.

Jay Mathews

Mathews attended Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California, Occidental College and Harvard College.

Jose Rafael Diaz

Jose Rafael Evangelista Diaz (born April 3, 1968) is the current Mayor of San Mateo, Rizal.

Robinsons Metro East

The name "Metro East" refers to the fact that the mall is located in the eastern district of the Greater Manila Area, which includes the cities of Pasig and Marikina in Metro Manila as well as Antipolo City within the municipalities of Cainta and San Mateo in Rizal.

San Mateo Union High School District

The San Mateo Union High School District is a high school district headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The district consists of seven public high schools, one alternative high school (a "college high school"), and one adult School in San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and San Mateo.

San Mateo-Foster City School District

San Mateo-Foster City School District is a school district in San Mateo and Foster City, California.

Ted Lempert

Ted Lempert (born June 14, 1961 in San Mateo, California) is a Democratic politician who served two stints in the California State Assembly from 1988 until 1992 and from 1996 until he was term limited in 2000.

William J. Justice

His family moved to San Mateo, California in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1946.


Bulacan–Rizal–Manila–Cavite Regional Expressway

C-6 will then pass through San Jose del Monte in Bulacan, turn southward and pass through Montalban (also known as Rodriguez), San Mateo, Antipolo, Angono, and Taytay in Rizal province, finally entering Taguig.

California Juvenile Stakes

The California Juvenile Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds held annually at Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California.

Canarina canariensis

Gran Canaria: Los Tiles de Moya, frequent in the laurel woods, very depleded in other localities near San Mateo, Santa Brigida, Pino Santo, Teror etc.

Crestmoor High School

The view from the school site takes in the East Bay and South San Francisco to San Mateo.

General Antonio Luna Avenue

This is a two-lane national road and one of the major thoroughfares of San Mateo, Rizal

Ichilo River

In its course, after joining San Matéo, it is called Ichilo, flowing in a northerly direction, where it forms the border between the Cochabamba Department and the Santa Cruz Department.

Moyobamba

These include the Tioyacu River and the subterranean river in the cave of the Huacharos (Cueva de los Huacharos), the natural hot springs at San Mateo, the Laguna Azul lake, the Ahuashiyacu and the Gera waterfalls.

Olfaction

Example applications this district has engaged are the San Mateo, California wastewater treatment plant; the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California; and the IT Corporation waste ponds, Martinez, California.

PANACA

There are three other parks under construction; one near Bogotá and two outside Colombia; in San Mateo, Costa Rica and in Puebla, Mexico.

Richard M. Tobin

Tobin maintained homes in San Mateo and San Francisco, and was active in several San Francisco organizations as a board member, officer, and benefactor, including the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Musical Association, and Catholic church.

Rizal

Antipolo, Taytay and Cainta serve as the economic centers of the province, while Angono, Rodriguez, Morong, San Mateo, Tanay, Binangonan and Teresa are taking successful steps to urbanize areas within their jurisdiction.

San Mateo Arboretum

The Arboretum is located in San Mateo's Central Park, which also has a Japanese garden designed by Nagao Sakurai that was dedicated in 1966.