{"id":440297,"date":"2026-08-22T08:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440297\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:32:23","slug":"san-mateo-county-sheriff-and-chp-wrangle-a-loose-bull-on-highway-35","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/440297\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo County sheriff and CHP wrangle a loose bull on Highway 35"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Some calls for service require a little extra horsepower or, in this case, bull power.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday evening, San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to assist the California Highway Patrol<\/a> (CHP) after a large bull was found running loose along Highway 35.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photos released by the department captured officers attempting to corral the animal and the moment a good Samaritan arrived and helped bring the wandering bull under control.<\/p>\n

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According to the sheriff\u2019s department, after hours of unsuccessful attempts to corral the animal, deputies decided to call in someone with the right expertise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when Half Moon Bay<\/a> community member Samuel Ramos Palomino arrived to save the day and assist authorities in moving the unyielding animal back to it\u2019s home.<\/p>\n

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San Mateo County sheriff\u2019s deputies work near a bull that had been running loose along Highway 35, creating a hazard for motorists. (San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

Palomino, a foreman at Sea Horse Ranch with 35 years of experience working with large animals, was asleep when deputies reached out shortly after midnight. Despite having to be at work at 4 a.m., he immediately got up, prepared his truck and livestock trailer and came to help.<\/p>\n

What followed was no easy task, authorities said.<\/p>\n

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Palomino worked alongside Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies and CHP officers as they followed the bull for several miles<\/a>, making repeated attempts to lasso it.<\/p>\n

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A loose bull is secured after traveling several miles along Highway 35 as deputies and CHP officers work to clear the roadway. (San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

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Eventually, the team was able to take the bull literally by the horns.<\/p>\n

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Once the animal was secured, Samuel used his expertise to safely load it into his trailer. He then went one step further, providing a secure location for the bull until it could be returned home at daybreak.<\/p>\n

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First responders approach a bull that had been traveling along Highway 35, posing a hazard to passing motorists. (San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

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By the time the job was done, it was about 2:30 a.m. or just 90 minutes before Palomino had to get up for work, the sheriff\u2019s department said.<\/p>\n

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The department lauded the foreman\u2019s hands-on assistance, saying he likely prevented a serious collision or injury on the busy highway.<\/p>\n

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Samuel Ramos Palomino meets with Coastside Patrol Bureau Capt. Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager Chidester after the overnight response on Highway 35. (San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office)<\/p>\n

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Coastside Patrol Bureau Capt. Allen and Half Moon Bay City Manager Chidester later met with Samuel in person to thank him for answering the call.<\/p>\n

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“Samuel, thank you for answering ours,” the department said. “Your skill, courage, and willingness to help made the Coastside a safer place that night.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Some calls for service require a little extra horsepower or,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,49807,10625,22071,1181],"class_list":["post-440297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-cops","tag-police-and-law-enforcement","tag-trending-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}