THE SAN MATEO COUNTY Board of Supervisors selected three finalists to fill the office of sheriff after interviewing six qualified candidates during a special meeting Thursday. 

The initial candidates who faced questions by the board were former San Francisco Police Department Capt. Robert Yick, Solano Community College District Police Chief Brian Wynn Huynh Travis, City Manager of Hillsborough John Doug Davis, Gilroy Interim Police Chief Kenneth Binder, former Assistant Chief of the San Francisco Police Department David Lazar, and Sgt. David Weidner of the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.  

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.