Colma, California has a population of fewer than 2,000 people, yet it has a jaw-dropping secret: that this 1.9-square-mile town has room for the souls beyond the bodies.

Colma, with so many cemeteries it has 1,000 times as many dead as living residents, has the highest property crime rate in the nine-county Bay Area. The police chief points to the town's very ...

Originally, Colma’s residents were primarily employed in occupations related to the many cemeteries in the town but since the 1980s, Colma has become more diversified, and a variety of retail ...

Petaluma hires new city clerk. The addition of Caitlin Corley fills an important role in city staff that’s been open since August.

Corley has 12 years government experience working for the town of Colma, of which eight years were spent as its city clerk. ...

(BCN) — A missing at-risk senior man the California Highway Patrol had issued a Silver Alert for early Wednesday morning has been located, according to the Colma Police Department. Kenny Tiapula ...

Town of Colma, CA has spent $18,000 lobbying in 2023, so far. See the issues it lobbied.

Gonzalez began working for the town of Colma in 1989 as the public information officer, beginning her long career in public service. In 2002, she was first appointed, ...

Colma, California, is home to 17 cemeteries housing roughly 1.5 million bodies. ... The town's morbid claim to fame is a result of laws passed in San Francisco in the early 1900s.

This undated photo provided by the Town of Colma Police Department, in California, shows former Officer Kevin Nishita. Nishita, a retired police officer and armed guard who provided security for ...

This undated photo provided by the Town of Colma Police Department, in California, shows former Officer Kevin Nishita. Nishita, ... San Jose, Colma before retiring in 2018.

This article was originally published Oct. 26, 2017. When you drive around the tiny town of Colma, just south of Daly City, you can’t help but notice a certain redundancy of scenery. Tombstones. A ...