p class="bylinejb"By Scott Herhold br //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge this morning ordered three men to stand trial in the murder of Mark Achilli, the Los Gatos businessman who was shot to death outside his Los Gatos condo last March 14.
p class="bylinejb"By Mike Zaplerbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
Democratic legislative leaders say talks have broken down with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger over their plan to raise billions in new revenue. Meanwhile, legislative Republicans have filed suit to block the plan, even as the state edges closer to running out of money.
p class="bylinejb"By Paul Rogersbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
A 7.2 quake on the Calaveras Fault could cause the foundation the largest dam in Santa Clara County to liquefy, according to a new engineering report. The Santa Clara Valley Water District won’t fill it all the way until more studies are done over the next 18 months.
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A five-car crash at Capitol Expressway and Story Road in East San Jose has sent at least one person to the hospital with serious injuries, according to San Jose police.
p class="bylinejb"By Nick Wilsonbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"San Luis Obispo Tribune @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
The death of a Cal Poly student from San Jose who was found in his apartment last month was caused by a medical-related condition, according to autopsy results from the county Sheriff’s-Coroner Department.
p class="bylinejb"By Ken McLaughlinbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
The day before an influential group of Chinese-American activists in Silicon Valley was set to release a detailed document building a case against Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor stunned the political world by announcing he was withdrawing his bid to become commerce secretary.
br p class="Byline Affiliation"Bay City News Service/p @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
A man died in a one-alarm fire in an apartment at a senior community home in San Mateo Monday night, according to a battalion chief.
p class="bylinejb"By Hadley Leggett and Lisa M. Kriegerbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
Medical experts said Monday that Steve Jobs’ health problems may be linked to his prior surgery for pancreatic cancer, and are probably treatable, just as Jobs said.
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p class="normalparagraphstyle"By Mary Anne Ostrombr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Mercury News @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
Sources close to the Internet giant’s former CEO say Meg Whitman plans to make a formal announcement soon that she is seeking to become the GOP’s nominee to replace termed-out Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2011.
p class="bylinejb"By Neil Gonzalesbr //pp class="bylineaffiliation"Bay Area News Group @ January 6, 2009 # Comments Off
BURLINGAME — The California Teachers Association has proposed a statewide ballot initiative to raise at least $5 billion a year for public education through a 1-cent sales tax increase.