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56 min ago | Hollister Free Lance

Morgan Hill woman found dead in San Jose creek

She could have laid dead in the dark tunnel at Almaden's Jeffrey Fontana Park for four days, but nobody knows for sure.

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Related Topix: Morgan Hill, CA, San Jose, CA, San Jose Metro

5 hrs ago | Freerepublic.com

Los Gatos Creek watershed logging showdown comes to a head

After three years of hearings, debates and studies, a plan by San Jose Water Co.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, San Jose Metro, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Santa Clara County, CA, Los Gatos, CA

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Cops say two suspects possibly connected to 25 Bay Area robberies

The two men who allegedly robbed a South San Jose liquor store at gunpoint earlier this week and led police on a massive manhunt before escaping on foot are suspected in as many as 25 armed robberies throughout ...

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, East Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto, CA, Martinez, CA

The Press-Enterprise

Former SF supervisor pleads guilty to corruption

A former San Francisco supervisor pleaded guilty to three felony charges Friday and admitted to trying to shake down city business owners with planning permit problems.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Life, Food, Fast Food, Burlingame, CA

KGO

Service is slowly being resumed to BART trains in and out of San Francisco.

Bay Area Rapid Transit service from San Francisco to the East Bay remains halted this morning due to smoke reported on tracks near the West Oakland station, a spokesman said.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Fire

Ledger Dispatch

Bay Area gospel choirs sing their hearts out at regional competition

On Friday, six Oakland and Bay Area church choirs will go head-to-head in a national sing-off semifinal at the Oracle Arena in the hope of advancing to the final stop next month, where a check for $25,000 ...

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Related Topix: Oakland, CA, San Jose, CA

Santa Cruz Sentinel

San Jose police seeking more possible molest victims of a retired businessman

Ivan Gonzalez, a 23-year-old San Jose man, is suspected by police of having sexually assaulted a woman last month.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, Family, Kids

Thu Oct 09, 2008

San Jose Mercury News

Cell phone leads Fremont police to arrest San Jose man for burglary

Police arrested a San Jose man Wednesday night after the man allegedly left his cell phone in a car that was burglarized in Fremont, a police sergeant said today.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, San Jose Metro, Cell Phones, Electronics

FOXReno

Attorneys Clash In Death Penalty Case Of East Bay Serial Killer

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The defense attorney for a man who was convicted of murdering five young women in the East Bay in 1985 asked jurors Wednesday to spare his life, calling him "an ordinary man who did some very ...

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Alameda County, CA

CBS 5

Fire Weather Watch For Bay Area Thursday

Regions of the Bay Area can expect high-risk fire conditions beginning Thursday and one area has already been warned of high winds Wednesday night, according to the National Weather Service.A wind advisory was ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Weather, San Francisco Metro

CBS13/CW31

Schwarzenegger, Leaders Debate State's Finances

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders emerged from a meeting Wednesday saying they're confident California will be able to repay up to $7 billion in short-term loans, even as the state treasurer ...

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Related Topix: California, California Government, Modesto Metro

Inside Bay Area

Judge seeks $250M down payment for Calif. prisons

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration to say whether California has the $250 million needed to start an $8 billion overhaul of the prison health care system.

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Whittier Daily News

Biker shot dead while riding on the freeway

A motorcyclist died early Wednesday after he was shot in the chest while riding on a connector road between the 210 and 2 freeways, forcing a road closure of more than eight hours.

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Related Topix: Montebello, CA, Arcadia, CA, San Jose Metro, San Francisco Metro

Wed Oct 08, 2008

KCBS

San Francisco Sues Municipal Bond Insurers

San Francisco's city attorney filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing five bond companies of selling California cities insurance policies that have become worthless because of the nation's mortgage meltdown.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Detroit Free Press

Use of fan might cut SIDS

Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported this week.

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Related Topix: Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, Pediatrics, Medicine, University of Virginia

KION CBS 46

Suspect in slaying of Hell's Angels leader surrenders

A suspect in the slaying of the leader of the San Francisco Hell's Angels motorcycle gang a month ago has turned himself into police in Bartlesville.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro

Inside Bay Area

Schwarzenegger warns of more cuts to state budget

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned Tuesday of future cuts to the state budget that was signed into law just two weeks ago and insisted something must be done to address California's mounting financial problems.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Arnold Schwarzenegger, San Francisco Metro

San Jose Mercury News

San Jose police pursuing armed robbery suspects in East Palo Alto

Police were conducting a massive manhunt for a pair of armed robbery suspects in East Palo Alto Tuesday evening, after chasing them up the Peninsula before the men crashed their getaway van and ran off.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, East Palo Alto, CA, Palo Alto, CA

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Bonds says he's enjoying life away from baseball

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Barry Bonds made a rare public appearance Tuesday and said he is enjoying life away from baseball.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro

ABC7.com

Sheehan now a candidate for Pelosi seat

The audience at San Francisco State University clapped generously - and no one booed.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush

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