When the Crystal Springs Dam opened in 1888, Benjamin Harrison was the nation’s 23rd president, National Geographic magazine published for the first time and gasoline-powered automobiles were in their infancy.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today chose District Two Supervisor Carole Groom as its 2019 president during its annual reorganization ceremony at which San Mateo Superior Court Presiding Judge Jonathan Karesh swore in her and District Three Supervisor Don Horsley for their new terms.