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21 hrs ago | Santa Cruz Sentinel

Cutthroat race for Santa Clara County district attorney begins

Kicking off what promises to be a cutthroat race, homicide prosecutor Jeff Rosen announced Wednesday he is running for Santa Clara County district attorney against his boss - and immediately faulted her for poor judgment and questionable ethics in recent episodes.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Free Lance

Police: Gavilan abduction story was a hoax

During questioning, the 14-year-old who told police she had been kidnapped from Gavilan College said she lied about her allegations, police said.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Gilroy, CA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Santa Clara County reaches third settlement in case of deputy who ran over cyclists.

Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $800,000 to the father of Kristy Gough, the bicyclist killed in a traffic accident involving a sheriff's deputy.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA

KRON-TV San Francisco

All Four Teens Arrested in San Jose Trick-or-Treater Attacks to be Charged as Adults

Santa Clara County prosecutors are filing adult charges against three juveniles accused of attacking two Halloween trick or treaters.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Mercury-Register

Legislators approve landmark water deal

Monumental plans to overhaul California's water system - decades in the dreaming and months in the works - finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday, defying regional squabbles to become the signature accomplishment in a year mostly lamented for budget cuts.

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA, San Luis Obispo, CA

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Examiner.com

Sustainable vegetable gardening classes offered by master gardeners of Santa Clara County

Photo: S.Smith Healthy vegetable garden filled with squash, peppers, herbs, nasturtiums, carrots, sweetpeas, and tomatoes Starting this month and January 2010, the master gardeners of Santa Clara County will again be offering their popular Sustainable Vegetable Garden classes in five locations.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Life, Food, Vegetables, Sunnyvale, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KRON 4

Rancho San Vicente Transferred to Santa Clara County Parks Department

The Peninsula Open Space Trust announced Monday that the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department is the new owner of San Jose's 966-acre Rancho San Vicente.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, San Francisco Metro, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Monterey, CA

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Free Lance

Girl reports abduction from Gavilan campus

Gilroy Dispatch A 14-year-old girl went missing from an advanced high school on Gavilan College's campus this morning, only to surface at noon when she called police to tell them she had been abducted.

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Related Topix: Gilroy, CA, Education Etc.

KRON 4

San Jose Police Name Officers Involved in Taser Incident Caught on Video

A criminal investigation has begun into the actions of four San Jose police officers, two of whom were captured on a cell phone camera using a baton and a Taser stun gun last month on a 20-year-old Vietnamese exchange student at San Jose State University.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, San Jose State University, Vietnamese-American, Asian-American

Sun Nov 01, 2009

NBC Bay Area

Palo Alto Ballot Issue on Business Tax

Palo Alto residents will vote Tuesday on whether to establish a business license tax to support basic city services.

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, Libraries, Cupertino, CA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Bizjournals

Drugstore chain CVS looks to add 12 Santa Clara County stores

CVS aims to add numerous drive-through pharmacies in Silicon Valley. This is a different model than the Longs Drugs chain, which CVS purchased last year for $2.7 billion.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

County officials report shortage of H1N1 vaccine

Original allotment of 211,000 doses for Santa Clara County drops to 8,800; doses down in San Mateo County by 81,000 Santa Clara County officials announced Wednesday that fewer residents will be able to receive the H1N1 vaccine due to a lower distribution of doses than expected.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, San Mateo County, CA

San Jose Mercury News

5-year-old Cupertino boy accidently run over by teacher at day care

Nelson Wei would have turned 6 on Sunday. But instead of a birthday party to celebrate another year for their only child, Nelson's parents and friends held a ceremony to honor the young but tragically short life of a boy born to smile.

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Related Topix: Cupertino, CA, Chino, CA, Science / Technology

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KRON-TV San Francisco

Santa Clara County Officials Express Concern Over H1N1-Swine Flu Vaccine Shortage

Santa Clara County officials announced Wednesday that fewer residents will be able to receive the H1N1 vaccine due to a lower distribution of doses than expected.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

The Dispatch

Firefighters contain Loma blaze

Firefighters say a blaze in the mountains northwest of Gilroy was contained Tuesday evening.

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Related Topix: Fire, Gilroy, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Watsonville, CA

KGO

Santa Clara County has not received even one dose of the H1N1 vaccine in the injectable form.

Santa Clara County supervisors are upset that as of late Wednesday, the county has not received even one dose of the H1N1 vaccine in the injectable form.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Free Lance

Crews expect to contain Loma Fire today

Firefighters expect to have a fire that broke out early Sunday morning in the hills northwest of Gilroy contained today.

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Related Topix: Gilroy, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Santa Cruz, CA, Watsonville, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA

San Jose Business Journal

Apartment rents plunge in Silicon Valley

Rents on apartments in Santa Clara County dove by 10 percent in Santa Clara County in the third quarter compared with a year earlier, a report said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: San Francisco County, CA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Firefighters get handle on blaze but Cal Fire commander says his crew may have caused wildfire

Frank Deto poured 5-gallon jugs of water into a tin bucket inside his goat corral, a rare patch of fire-spared land on the Mount Madonna Road property he is the live-in caretaker for.

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Related Topix: Fire, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Hurricane, Santa Cruz County, CA

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Thecalifornian.com - Local News

Salinas man arrested on suspicion of North Carolina child-sex crimes

Monterey County Sheriff's investigators arrested a man in Salinas today who's suspected in North Carolina of serious sex crimes against a child.

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Related Topix: Monterey County, CA, Salinas Metro, Salinas, CA

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