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14 hrs ago | Palo Alto Weekly

Fugitive escapes police manhunt in Palo Alto

A man who is wanted by police for burglary escaped a manhunt in Palo Alto on Friday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, Mountain View, CA

18 hrs ago | Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Clara County settles redevelopment lawsuit with Morgan Hill

Santa Clara County and Morgan Hill officials this week announced they have settled a lawsuit over the transfer of some Morgan Hill redevelopment agency assets to the city's economic development corporation in March 2011.

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Related Topix: Morgan Hill, CA

19 hrs ago | CBS Local

No Charges For Woman In San Jose Starbucks Alleged Poisoning Case

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office will not be filing charges against a woman who was accused of placing rubbing alcohol in two bottles of orange juice at a Starbucks in San Jose last month, a prosecutor said Friday.

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20 hrs ago | The Campbell Reporter

Tax break disappears as housing values rise

Tens of thousands of homeowners will see their property taxes go up significantly this year as rising home values restore some or all of their homes' lost equity, Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone said Monday.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA, Sunnyvale, CA, San Jose, CA

Yesterday | CBS Local

Santa Clara County Looks To Update Building Codes For Electric Cars

With more electric cars driving on Bay Area roads and less charging stations than needed, Santa Clara county supervisors are looking to change local building codes as a solution.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara, CA

Yesterday | Santa Cruz Sentinel

Cupertino: Deputies searching for two men who robbed bank

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday afternoon at a US Bank in Cupertino.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA

Yesterday | KLIV

Fundraising reports for Santa Clara County District 2 Supervisor candidates out

The candidates in the June 4th special election to replace disgraced Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Junior have released their campaign fundraising reports.

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Yesterday | San Jose Mercury News

Cupertino secures balanced budget for 2013-14 fiscal year

Cupertino city staff is presenting a balanced budget to the community and its five-member council of $86,150,772 for the 2013-14 fiscal year.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA

Yesterday | Mountain View Voice

Unlikely barbecue joint

If Mountain View had a resident ribs master, it would be Harold Willis. And you won't find him -- or his ribs -- in a local restaurant, but in the parking lot of Lozano's Car Wash on El Camino Real.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA, Los Altos, CA

Thu May 23, 2013

Inside Bay Area

Homeroom: Hayward schools roll out food program

A canvas-covered cart, loaded with bright yellow buckets filled with breakfast goodies, is rolled out to the playground during morning recess at four of the district's elementary schools, said Robin Gallagher, director of child nutrition.

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Related Topix: Hayward, CA, Education Etc., Cherryland, CA, Los Altos, CA

Professional Carwashing/Detail

Carwash also serves up bbq ribs

Wash Equipment Integrate into Building: Autec Soft-Touch In-Bay Express Wash Equipment Set-up Belanger Touch-Free Wash Equipment Unitec Wash Select II's Includes Large equipment room w/office ... More Boomerang Carwash is currently seeking experienced tunnel express carwash Managers, and a Regional Team Leader for our Shreveport, LA market.

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Related Topix: Mountain View, CA

Contra Costa Times

Health insurance: California's new marketplace picks 13 plans to offer coverage in 2014

California's new health insurance marketplace has selected 13 plans that will offer coverage in 2014 to as many as 5.3 million consumers.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, Health

Examiner.com

South Bay school teacher arrested for lewd conduct

A San Jose teacher has been arrested for illegal sexual acts with a minor, the San Jose Police Department reports.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA

UPI

Burger, distractions led to $15 million in police car crash settlement

Santa Clara County, Calif., agreed to settle for $15 million a suit stemming from a car crash triggered by a police officer eating a hamburger while driving.

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The Union

New leader for Nevada County Tea Party

New leader for Nevada County Tea Party Michael Walker, a private investigator, is the new leader of the Nevada County's Tea Party Patriots.

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Related Topix: Nevada County, CA, Grass Valley, CA

Wed May 22, 2013

Milpitas Post

San Francisco man arrested afterattempted burglary, foot chase in Milpitas

Terrell Jamar Rhodes, a 20-year-old San Francisco resident, was arrested in connection to a residential burglary in northeast Milpitas Monday afternoon, Milpitas Police Department reported.

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Related Topix: Milpitas, CA, San Francisco, CA

CBS Local

Suspicious Man Flees From San Jose PG&E Substation Previously Vandalized

A suspicious man fled early Wednesday morning after he was spotted in a field near a PG&E transmission substation that was damaged by gunfire in a vandalism case last month , a Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said.

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CBS Local

San Jose Weekly Paper Pressured To Remove Escort Service Ads

Santa Clara County prosecutor Chuck Gillingham is among those who said the newspaper is promoting the sexual exploitation of young boys and girls and the proliferation of prostitution in its classified ad section.

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KTVU Oakland

Elderly man killed in SJ crosswalk on Monday identified

An 81-year-old man who was killed while walking in a crosswalk in East San Jose on Monday night has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office as David Stearns, of San Jose.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA

Palo Alto Weekly

Will -- or should -- adult schools remain 'the quiet corner' of local education?

Jay Thorwaldson's Blog , posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, 1 hour ago Jay Thorwaldson is a member of Palo Alto Online In about eight years, the Palo Alto Adult School will be observing its 100th anniversary -- a century of promoting the notion that learning can be for a lifetime.

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, Blog News, Los Altos, CA, Los Gatos, CA