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  • A dead body was found on Mount Hamilton.
  • Mt. Hamilton Road in has been reopened about five hours after authorities shut it down to investigate an apparent suicide.
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santa clara, south bay news
  • The Santa Clara County District Attorney appears to be softening her boycott of a superior court judge.
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santa clara, san jose, south bay news
  • A skunk was rescued in Aptos after being entangled in a batting cage.
  • A Bay Area wildlife rescue organization came to the aid of a skunk that got its head entangled in a batting cage in Aptos.
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animals in peril, animal, aptos, south bay news
  • The fire, burning at an abandoned warehouse at 1880 Dobbin Drive,  was reported at about 2:50 p.m.
  • Firefighters have contained a fire that escalated to four alarms at a large warehouse in San Jose.
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san jose, fire, south bay news
  • The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority rolled out its Rosa Parks memorial bus.
  • Monday is the 10th annual Rosa Parks Day in California.
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VTA, south bay news
  • A University of California Santa Cruz student is dead after police say he fell next to the railroad tracks and struck his head in an alcohol-related incident.
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south bay news
  • A SuperLotto Plus ticket purchased in San Jose is worth $20 million from Saturday night's draw, according to California State Lottery officials.
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san jose, south bay news
  • A fire burned a business in Sunnyvale.
  • Firefighters in the South Bay are investigating the cause of an early morning blaze at a large commercial building.
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sunnyvale, fire, highway 237, south bay news
  • San Jose State University in San Jose, Calif.
  • Officials at SJSU say federal stimulus money will allow the university to offer additional classes and break up some larger classes.
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san jose state, stimulus funds, south bay news
  • Crews battled a fire at the Nordstrom department store inside the Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall in San Jose.
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fire, shopping, san jose, south bay news
  • The Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department added a special new vehicle to its fleet Friday.
  • The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department added a special new vehicle to its fleet Friday.
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crime, south bay news
  • The minority and Asian community meets with San Jose police representatives.
  • The minority community and Asian Americans for Community Involvement met with San Jose Police representatives to build trust.
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san jose, south bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • Three Santa Cruz residents were arrested in connection with the beating of a 20-year-old woman.
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santa cruz, crime, south bay news
  • A 30-year-old Morgan Hill man pleaded no contest to stabbing his neighbor during an last summer.
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morgan hill, crime, south bay news
  • James Hill III appears on Jeopardy.
  • A Santa Clara University student matched wits with some other very intelligent college students Wednesday.
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television, ABC, south bay news
  • Gov. Ed Rendell
  • The governors of California and Pennsylvania stress the importance of fixing infrastructures while creating jobs.
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jobs, transportation, arnold schwarzenegger, south bay news, teresa garcia
  • Authorities are asking for help in finding Santa Cruz-area victims of a man arrested in San Jose last year.
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crime, south bay news
  • An injured California sea lion rescued at Moss Landing Harbor in late January after evading rescuers for nearly a month is scheduled to be released Friday, a Marine Mammal Center spokesman said today.
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animals in peril, monterey, south bay news
  • Possible 49ers stadium
  • The San Francisco 49ers have so far given more than $350,000 to a campaign for a new stadium for the team in Santa Clara.
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santa clara, san francisco 49ers, south bay news
  • Longtime Santa Clara University economics professor Mario Belotti said today the U.S. economy could experience growth of up to 4 percent this year, but it might take another year to see an improvement in California's economy.
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economy, recession, south bay news
  • 28-year-old Los Gatos resident Joshua West was killed Monday morning.
  • Police in Los Gatos have arrested a driver who allegedly struck and killed a bicyclist with a SUV Monday morning.
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car crash, los gatos, south bay news
  • A drop in property taxes this year will likely translate into reduced public services, including further belt-tightening for schools.
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santa clara, housing market, school cuts, south bay news, teresa garcia
  • Property taxes graphic
  • Homeowners in the South Bay can expect a break on their property taxes this year.
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taxes, santa clara, san jose, south bay news, lilian kim
  • Scene of Los Gatos fatal accident
  • The Santa Clara County medical examiner's office has identified 28-year-old Joshua Ryan West as the bicyclist who was fatally struck by a sport utility vehicle in Los Gatos this morning.
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car crash, los gatos, south bay news
  • Mikey Halpin
  • A South Bay father who lost his own son, is doing what he can to help prevent more deaths of teen athletes.
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los gatos, health care, athletes, south bay news, karina rusk
  • Breast cancer awareness bracelets at Busches Middle School.
  • School district officials says they never banned a provocative breast cancer wristband from Buscher Middle School.
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santa clara, cancer, south bay news
  • The upside to declining property values is that people are likely to get a tax break.
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santa clara, real estate, taxes, south bay news
  • A group of men attacked two off-duty CHP officers who were trying to help pull their car out of ditch.
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crime, monterey, south bay news
  • Breast cancer awareness bracelets at Busches Middle School.
  • Administrators in Santa Clara say the bracelets are for a good cause, but say their message is distracting some students.
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santa clara, cancer, south bay news, cecilia vega
  • Family members supporting undocumented workers rallied with the support of Silicon Valley leaders.
  • Family members supporting undocumented workers rallied Saturday with the support of Silicon Valley leaders.
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san jose, immigration, south bay news
  • A former San Jose swim coach who pleaded no contest to 20 child molestation charges has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
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san jose, crime, south bay news
  • Walgreens will start selling alcohol at one Palo Alto location.
  • Residents in Palo Alto are upset Walgreens is going to start selling beer and wine.
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palo alto, south bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • The shocking death of a child by a fallen, rotted tree is raising discussion about a tax hike in San Jose.
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san jose, south bay news
  • A San Jose dentist accused of inappropriately touching several female patients, including a 14-year-old girl, will spend more time in jail and lose his dental license.
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san jose, crime, south bay news
  • Beginning Tuesday, changes will be afoot at Mineta San Jose International Airport.
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  • San Jose police car
  • Two California assemblymen are calling on the state to investigate the use of force by San Jose police.
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san jose, south bay news
  • A San Jose milk bank received the call for help that Haitian infants were in dire need of milk.
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san jose, south bay news
  • citizenship ceremony, Rena Salomon
  • More than 1,300 people will officially become U.S. citizens at naturalization ceremonies in Campbell Thursday.
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campbell, south bay news
  • The Santa Clara County Black Firefighters Association is collecting shoes for earthquake survivors in Haiti.
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santa clara, haiti, south bay news
  • Police are trying to identify the person who shot through the front windows of a home in Gilroy early this morning.
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gilroy, crime, south bay news
  • Sheriff's deputies arrested a man after he allegedly pointed a powerful laser at a sheriff's helicopter flying overhead.
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crime, san jose, south bay news
  • helicopter
  • A report of a plane crash that triggered a massive search in three counties is now believed to be a hoax - an Only On 7 report.
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plane crash, search and rescue, south bay news, vic lee
  • Chuck Reed
  • San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed outlined a plan to create jobs, and at its core are fees and tax breaks to companies that add workers.
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chuck reed, san jose, economy, south bay news, david louie
  • Veterinarians say it is still too early to know if an entangled sea lion rescued after avoiding capture for a month will survive.
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animals in peril, animal, south bay news
  • A man shot to death in San Jose while playing pool Saturday night in an open garage graduated from San Jose State in 2008.
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san jose, crime, south bay news
  • A two-alarm fire at a Los Gatos home sent an 86-year-old man to the hospital.
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los gatos, fire, south bay news
  • An injured sea lion captured at Moss Landing Harbor Sunday after evading rescuers for almost a month has been named Abagnale.
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animals in peril, animal, south bay news
  • A South Bay family was changed forever when a tree fell without warning, crushing their family truck and killing their son.
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san jose, south bay news, cecilia vega
  • A 30-year-old man fatally shot in San Jose on Saturday night is the city's first homicide victim this year.
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san jose, crime, south bay news
  • A three-county search is underway for the survivor of a small plane crash somewhere around the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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plane crash, search and rescue, south bay news
  • Cmdr. Otto Lee
  • Sunnyvale City Councilmember Otto Lee returned from a 13-month-long deployment in Iraq.
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sunnyvale, iraq war, south bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • A fallen tree flattened a truck in San Jose trapping a family inside and killing a 2-year-old boy.
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south bay news, lisa amin gulezian
  • Police arrested a man who apparently bolted from the security screening area at SJ Airport and ran shoeless from the building.
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mineta san jose international airport, south bay news
  • The Asian American Donor Program has organized a series of bone marrow registration drives in the South Bay.
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south bay news
  • A one-alarm fire at a San Jose mobile home park displaced four people this morning.
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fire, san jose, south bay news
  • Firefighters have controlled a two-alarm fire at a duplex in San Jose this morning, a fire captain said.
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fire, south bay news
  • plane landing
  • A jet flying from Texas to San Francisco made an emergency landing in San Jose after it was hit by a powerful gust of wind.
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mineta san jose international airport, san francisco international airport, south bay news, lilian kim
  • Freedom Train, San Jose
  • The San Jose chapter of the NAACP withdrew its support of the annual Freedom Train event in recognition of MLK Day.
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NAACP, caltrain, san jose, south bay news, david louie
  • Tree down in the South Bay
  • The rain event hit the South Bay with an early morning punch that included high winds.
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storm, rain, water, san jose, south bay news, karina rusk
  • sea lion
  • Marine mammal rescue crews are back in Monterey Bay to try to and help an injured sea lion.
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animals in peril, animal, south bay news, teresa garcia