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  • San Jose police release student, say nothing connects him with alleged threat against school

    San Jose / Valley News
    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez and Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:23 pm
    Rumors of a student threat to "shoot-up" Evergreen Valley High School prompted a lockdown of the campus and the questioning of a teenager Friday, but police say there is no evidence connecting the boy to a threat.

  • Suspect in SJSU dorm gropings arrested

    Crime & Courts
    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez and Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    The suspect is also a San Jose State student, but does not live in one of the campus residence halls.

  • Girl, 15, killed in San Leandro stabbing, police looking for boyfriend

    San Jose Mercury News Most Viewed
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:00 am
    A 15-year-old girl died from multiple stab wounds Friday evening and police are asking the public for help in finding her assailant. Police said Henry Leon, 19, of Oakland, is the primary suspect in the homicide that occurred in the 1900 block of Pacific Avenue, near Castro Street.

  • Carl Steward: Darting here and there . . .

    News
    <p class="bylinejb">By Carl Steward<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bay Area News Group
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:26 am
    We're not saying it won't work, but the Raiders couldn't have gone more against the Al Davis grain if they'd hired Marcus Allen.

  • State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps

    Breaking News
    <p class="bylinejb">By Steven Harmon and Lisa Vorderbrueggen<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Staff writers<br /></p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:27 am
    The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Senate districts drawn by a citizens' panel must be used this year, even if the Republican Party's referendum to overturn the panel's maps gets enough signatures to reach the November ballot.
 
 
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    World News

  • Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal

    <p class="bylinejb">By Nicole Winfield<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:46 pm
    Summary for story goes here and here's more summary to go with this story if you want it and here's even more summary to go with this story

  • Violence rises sharply in Syria, flustering league monitors

    <p class="bylinejb">By Kareem Fahim and Rick Gladstone <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times <br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:45 pm
    Regime forces attack targets in three cities, rights activists say

  • U.N. weapons experts going to Tehran

    <p class="bylinejb">By George Jahn<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:45 pm
    U.N. makes clear mission will focus on arms program

  • France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jamey Keaten<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:07 pm
    Plan parts from U.S. goal of withdrawing forces by end of 2014

  • Suicide bomber kills 33 at Shiite funeral in Iraq

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press</p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:02 pm
    BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a counterattack by Shiite militias on Sunnis that could pave the way toward open sectarian warfare now that U.
 
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    Crime & Courts

  • Girl, 15, killed in San Leandro stabbing, police looking for boyfriend

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris De Benedetti<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cdebenedetti@bayareanewsgroup.com'>cdebenedetti@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br /></p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:22 am
    SAN LEANDRO -- A 15-year-old girl died from multiple stab wounds Friday evening and police are asking the public for help in finding her assailant.

  • Driver dead after crashing into San Jose power pole

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:52 am
    San JoseMan killed after vehicle slams into power poleA young man drove his vehicle into a power pole in southeast San Jose on Friday and was dead within 15 minutes, police said.

  • Suspect in SJSU dorm gropings arrested

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez and Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    The suspect is also a San Jose State student, but does not live in one of the campus residence halls.

  • Student charged in Utah school bomb plot

    <p class="bylinejb">By Paul Foy and Jennifer Dobner<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:59 pm
    ROY, Utah -- The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives.

  • Sketch released of San Jose hate crime suspect

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:06 pm
    San Jose police on Friday released a sketch of a hate crime suspect who was part of a gang that smashed a tequila bottle over an Indian man's head and called him a terrorist.
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    Police Blotter

  • Police Blotter

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    SAN JOSEFirst and Santa Clara streets, 8:21 a.m. Wednesday Several people were arrested on vandalism charges.

  • Police Blotter

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:31 pm
    SANTA CLARA2100 block of Pasetta Drive, 7:03 a.m. Jan. 17 A wanted parolee was sleeping in his vehicle when police located and arrested him on an outstanding warrant.

  • Police Blotter

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:58 pm
    SAN JOSEWestern Division, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Friday Police made contact with 37 people during gang suppression detail.

  • Police Blotter

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:17 am
    CAMPBELL100 block of Echo Avenue, 4:40 a.m. Friday A male making a lot of noise while celebrating his birthday was arrested following complaints from a neighbors and a previous warning from police.

  • Police Blotter

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled from police department reports</p>
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am
    SAN JOSE1400 block of North First Street, 8:50 a.m. Thursday A stolen vehicle was located. A short time later, two people associated with the vehicle were in possession of stolen property from a business when police located and arrested them.
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    Politics

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:24 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • San Jose to drop pot club rules

    <p class="bylinejb">By John Woolfolk<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com'>jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    Mayor Chuck Reed had sought to modify city pot club rules adopted last fall to address critics concerns in light of a referendum drive. But with statewide changes anticipated, he said the city should hold off.

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • Ties to Goldman enrich Romney's public and private lives

    <p class="bylinejb">By Nicholas Confessore, Peter Lattman and Kevin Roose <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times <br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:59 pm
    Firm is the largest single source of campaign funding

  • St. Louis hosts first big parade on Iraq War's end

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jim Salter<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:57 pm
    Project has raised $35,000 to salute Iraq War veterans
 
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    The Merc: Same Sex Marriage

  • Liberalism spreading among college freshmen, survey finds

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Matt Krupnick<br><a href='mailto:mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com'>mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br> &#169; Copyright 2012, Bay Area News Group<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:14 am
    More leaning left on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion and marijuana, according to a UCLA survey of more than 200,000 college freshmen around the country

  • College of Alameda to offer LGBT courses

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Nathan Donato-Weinstein<br>Correspondent
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:21 pm
    'There's clearly a need,' vice president says

  • Rep. Barney Frank to marry longtime partner

    <p class="bylinejb">By Andrew Miga<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm
    WASHINGTON -- Retiring Massachusetts congressman Barney Frank, a gay pioneer in Congress, plans to marry his longtime partner Jim Ready of Maine.

  • Maine poised for 2nd public vote on gay marriage

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:22 am
    AUGUSTA, Maine -- Gay rights activists in Maine, the only New England state that doesn't allow gay marriage or civil unions, said Thursday that they are forging ahead with plans to put the marriage question up to a second statewide vote.

  • Gay marriage returns to the political spotlight

    <p class="bylinejb">By David Crary<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:14 am
    State-level battles likely to raise issue in presidential race
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    Education

  • Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sharon Noguchi<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:snoguchi@mercurynews.com'>snoguchi@mercurynews.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    A new law and continuing state budget distress has parents and school officials confused and frustrated over who can enroll in kindergarten in the fall. While more than 80 percent of the children turning 5 this year can start school in August, those with late birthdays may get turned away

  • Liberalism spreading among college freshmen, survey finds

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Matt Krupnick<br><a href='mailto:mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com'>mkrupnick@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br> &#169; Copyright 2012, Bay Area News Group<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:14 am
    More leaning left on issues such as same-sex marriage, abortion and marijuana, according to a UCLA survey of more than 200,000 college freshmen around the country

  • Stanford, Santa Clara universities join global solar competition

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:55 pm
    Teams to compete in building homes for energy efficiency

  • Research by 3 Bay Area Intel science contest finalists called 'brilliant, revolutionary'

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sharon Noguchi and Mark Gomez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Staff writers
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:25 am
    Three South Bay students among 40 finalists in prestigious Intel science contest

  • States weaken tenure rights for teachers

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Kimberly Hefling<br>Associated Press
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Some are basing protection on proof of student learning
 
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    Health

  • HPV study finds 7 percent of US teens, adults carry virus in mouths

    <p class="bylinejb">By Shari Roan <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Los Angeles Times <br /></p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:13 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- A new study showing an estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults carry the human papillomavirus in their mouths may help health experts finally understand why rates of mouth and throat cancer have been climbing for nearly 25 years.

  • Barefoot rebels switch to new breed of minimalist shoe

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Meghan E. Rosen<br>Santa Cruz Sentinel
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:24 pm
    You'll hear them coming before you see them -- the flap, flap, flap of rubber-clad feet on concrete. These rebels of the 'barefoot' running movement are trying something traditional runners find crazy: They're wearing shoes. Their shoes aren't like any you've seen before.

  • CDC: Study of freakish mystery illness finds no cause

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Stobbe <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:37 pm
    ATLANTA -- Imagine having the feeling that tiny bugs are crawling on your body, that you have oozing sores and mysterious fibers sprouting from your skin.

  • School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mary Clare Jalonick<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:24 pm
    First lady introduces guidelines for more nutritious ingredients

  • New studies show Avastin may be helpful for early-stage breast cancer

    <p class="bylinejb">By Marilynn Marchione <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found.
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    Weather

  • Despite soaking, Bay Area rainfall totals remain well below normal

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mgomez@mercurynews.com'>mgomez@mercurynews.com</a>
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    It was a rain-soaked weekend for sure, but the Bay Area's rainfall totals are still well below normal.

  • After drizzles, first real storm in two months to arrive Friday

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    19 Jan 2012 | 11:56 pm
    umbrellas: After weeks of dry weather, South Bay can expect showers this weekend

  • Overnight temperatures in San Jose, Oakland, Napa drop to record lows

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mgomez@mercurynews.com'>mgomez@mercurynews.com</a>
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:37 am
    Historical marks surpassed as temperatures dip below freezing; rain over Bay Area finally forecast on Wednesday

  • After dry stretch, rain coming to Bay Area, snow to Sierra

    <p class="Byline">By Mark Gomez and Matt O&#8217;Brien
    17 Jan 2012 | 9:43 am
    The first splash of wet winter weather in more than a month is bearing down on the Bay Area, threatening a cold rain for the NFC Championship game at Candlestick Park on Sunday and promising relief for snow-starved Sierra skiers.

  • Hose laid for fuel transfer at iced-in Alaska town

    <p class="bylinejb">By Rachel D'Oro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    16 Jan 2012 | 9:33 pm
    Crews lay out hose that will transfer gas, diesel to Nome
 
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    Lottery

  • Iowa Lottery sets deadline in mystery jackpot case

    <p class="bylinejb">By Ryan J. Foley<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:21 am
    Officials want real holder of the ticket

  • San Jose financial analyst wins $208 million lottery jackpot in New York

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:57 pm
    San Jose resident Daniel Bruckner visited relatives in New York for the holidays last month, and came home with quite a souvenir: a $208 million winning lottery ticket.

  • Lotteries

    California State Lottery
    8 Feb 2007 | 4:07 am
    Lotteries All numbers picked Wednesday unless otherwise indicated Super Lotto Plus Estimated jackpot:$25 million. Recent Super Lotto drawings Saturday, Feb.

  • Lotteries

    California State Lottery
    6 Feb 2007 | 4:12 am
    Lotteries All numbers picked Monday unless otherwise indicated Mega Millions Next drawing today. Super Lotto Plus Next drawing Wednesday.

  • Lotteries

    California State Lottery
    5 Feb 2007 | 4:09 am
    Lotteries All numbers picked Sunday unless otherwise indicated Super Lotto Plus Saturday, Feb.
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    Obituaries

  • 'Danger, Will Robinson!': Dick Tufeld, voice of 'Lost in Space' robot, dies

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:18 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- Dick Tufeld, a radio and TV announcer best known as the voice of the robot in the 1960s television show "Lost in Space," has died.

  • L.A. detective in Simpson-Goldman murders dies at 70

    <p class="bylinejb">By Christopher Weber<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    22 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm
    Vannatter was lead investigator in '94 O.J. Simpson case

  • Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Southern California

    <p class="bylinejb">By Nekesa Mumbi Moody and Robert Jablon<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- Etta James' performance of the enduring classic "At Last" was the embodiment of refined soul: Angelic-sounding strings harkened the arrival of her passionate yet measured vocals as she sang tenderly about a love finally realized after a long and patient wait.

  • Homestead High's longtime coach Chuck Camuso dies

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matt Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mwilson@community-newspapers.com'>mwilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    Homestead High School is reporting that its beloved longtime coach, Chuck Camuso, died Monday night. Camuso was a popular baseball coach and referee who began working, teaching and coaching in the Fremont Union High School District in 1963. The cause of death is not yet known.

  • Johnny Otis, legendary R&B singer who grew up in Berkeley, dies at 90

    <p class="bylinejb">By Robert Jablon<br><br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    19 Jan 2012 | 2:36 pm
    LOS ANGELES -- Johnny Otis, the "godfather of rhythm and blues" who wrote and recorded the R&B classic "Willie and the Hand Jive" and for decades evangelized black music to white audiences as a bandleader and radio host, has died.
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    San Jose Mercury News Obituaries

  • Irving, Lorraine

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Lorraine V. Irving July 25, 1934 - January 22, 2012 Resident of San Jose Lorraine Irving, devoted wife, mother and friend, died after an .....

  • Tomac, John

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    John Phillip Tomac Resident of Mountain View John was born on March 20, 1932 in Van Houten, New Mexico, to John (Ivan) and Mary .....

  • Landis, Clyde

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Clyde Landis Resident of Redwood City Clyde was born on March 18, 1922 in Palo Alto, California and peacefully passed away in his home .....

  • Carson, Elena

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Elena F. Carson "Sunshine" April 15, 1932 - January 25, 2012 Resident of San Jose Elena passed away on January 25, 2012, with her .....

  • Johnson, Anne Mae

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Anne Mae Johnson Resident of San Mateo Age 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 14th, 2012 in San Mateo. She had just .....
 
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    Local News

  • High school basketball players wear pink sneakers to honor teammate's mother, promote breast cancer awareness

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Rodriguez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:39 am
    After losing every game last year, Independence High in East San Jose is undefeated in pink shoes; Nobody yells “sissies!” when they take the floor and opposing players actually think the shoes are cool.

  • Mercury News interview: Alain Pinel, Intero Real Estate

    <p class="bylinejb">By Pete Carey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pcarey@mercurynews.com'>pcarey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:11 am
    New Intero manager says downtown San Jose market is emerging from long 'hibernation.'

  • Driver dead after crashing into San Jose power pole

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:52 am
    San JoseMan killed after vehicle slams into power poleA young man drove his vehicle into a power pole in southeast San Jose on Friday and was dead within 15 minutes, police said.

  • San Mateo hotel to become Draper University

    <p class="bylinejb">By Aaron Kinney<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:akinney@bayareanewsgroup.com'>akinney@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:28 am
    Menlo Park venture capitalist Tim Draper is moving forward with plans to convert the long-vacant Third Avenue landmark into a boarding school for entrepreneurs that will draw students from around the globe.

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:24 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines
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    San Jose / Valley News

  • High school basketball players wear pink sneakers to honor teammate's mother, promote breast cancer awareness

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Rodriguez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:39 am
    After losing every game last year, Independence High in East San Jose is undefeated in pink shoes; Nobody yells “sissies!” when they take the floor and opposing players actually think the shoes are cool.

  • Sentencing of Paul Garcia postponed again in Los Gatos murder-for-hire

    <p class="bylinejb">Julia Prodis Sulek<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jsulek@mercurynews.com'>jsulek@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:23 am
    Defense lawyer Ed Sousa says he needs more time to review security tapes from Mountain Charley's Saloon and the 180 Restaurant & Lounge that he hopes will show that drugs were responsible for Mark Achilli's 2008 killing, not Garcia's jealousy over a beautiful bartender.

  • Pizarro: A familiar face at VMC Foundation retires

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    Friends and colleagues gathered this week to bid a fond farewell to Judy Cosgrove, who spent 10 years spread over two decades at the Valley Medical Center Foundation.

  • San Jose to drop pot club rules

    <p class="bylinejb">By John Woolfolk<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com'>jwoolfolk@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    Mayor Chuck Reed had sought to modify city pot club rules adopted last fall to address critics concerns in light of a referendum drive. But with statewide changes anticipated, he said the city should hold off.

  • San Jose police release student, say nothing connects him with alleged threat against school

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Gomez and Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:23 pm
    Rumors of a student threat to "shoot-up" Evergreen Valley High School prompted a lockdown of the campus and the questioning of a teenager Friday, but police say there is no evidence connecting the boy to a threat.
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    Los Gatos

  • Silicon Valley Reads 2012 offers many ways explore a wide-ranging topic

    <p class="bylinejb">By Heather Zimmerman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com'>hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    As a community-wide reading program, by its nature, Silicon Valley Reads has always focused on encouraging the widest participation possible.

  • Westmont parents hard at work on Grad Night

    <p class="bylinejb">By Casey Jay<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cjay@community-newspapers.com'>cjay@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    Westmont High School parents have been working all year to raise funds for the 2012 safe and sober Grad Night.

  • Residents are Dining for Women by staying in for dinner

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris Vongsarath<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cvongsarath@community-newspapers.com'>cvongsarath@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:01 pm
    Going out for dinner gives local businesses a boost, but a group of women is choosing instead to dine in and make a global impact.The women are part of Dining for Women, a nationwide organization that brings together local people for an evening of good food and friendly conversation, while at the same time helping them learn about impoverished women and girls around the world and what to do to help them.

  • Nasturtium are best grown from seed and come in a wide variety of colors

    <p class="bylinejb">By Tony Tomeo<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Silicon Valley Community Newspapers
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:50 pm
    Before I was in kindergarten, my great-grandfather gave me a few seeds from the nasturtiums in his garden in Sunnyvale.

  • Pairs partner stays with Los Gatos skater through heart surgery

    <p class="bylinejb">By Elliott Almond<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:ealmond@mercurynews.com'>ealmond@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    Nick Barsi-Ryne of Los Gatos and Callie Fujimoto of Hillsborough finished 11th in the pairs event during 2012 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships at HP Pavilion. But coming just two 21/2 years after Barsi-Ryne's heart surgery, it was a victory just to make it to the national championhips.
 
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    Saratoga

  • Silicon Valley Reads 2012 offers many ways explore a wide-ranging topic

    <p class="bylinejb">By Heather Zimmerman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com'>hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    As a community-wide reading program, by its nature, Silicon Valley Reads has always focused on encouraging the widest participation possible.

  • Westmont parents hard at work on Grad Night

    <p class="bylinejb">By Casey Jay<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cjay@community-newspapers.com'>cjay@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    Westmont High School parents have been working all year to raise funds for the 2012 safe and sober Grad Night.

  • West Valley gets new sheriff's captain

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matt Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mwilson@community-newspapers.com'>mwilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    There's a new face for law enforcement in the West Valley and his name is Capt. Ken Binder.Binder will take over in March for Capt. Carl Neusel as the head of the Santa Clara County Sheriff Office's West Valley Division. Neusel, promoted last month to assistant sheriff, will head the enforcement bureau for the county sheriff's office, replacing retiring assistant sheriff Edward Perry.

  • Prospect holding its annual Peewee Cheerleading Clinic

    <p class="bylinejb">By Brian Babcock<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bbabcock@community-newspapers.com'>bbabcock@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:02 pm
    The Prospect High School junior varsity and varsity cheerleading squads will hold their annual Peewee Cheer Clinic fundraiser.

  • Residents are Dining for Women by staying in for dinner

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris Vongsarath<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cvongsarath@community-newspapers.com'>cvongsarath@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:01 pm
    Going out for dinner gives local businesses a boost, but a group of women is choosing instead to dine in and make a global impact.The women are part of Dining for Women, a nationwide organization that brings together local people for an evening of good food and friendly conversation, while at the same time helping them learn about impoverished women and girls around the world and what to do to help them.
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    Cupertino News

  • Cupertino: Residents asked to weigh in on Lehigh Cement EIR

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matt Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mwilson@community-newspapers.com'>mwilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:01 pm
    County residents and watchdogs of Lehigh Southwest Cement are being asked to get on record about their thoughts on the cement facility's latest environmental impact report. The cement and rock quarry located just outside Cupertino in unincorporated Santa Clara County is working on a reclamation plan that will some day see the mined property returned back to its natural beauty and a beneficial state, according to county staff.

  • Registration kicks off in Cupertino, Sunnyvale school districts

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alia Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:awilson@community-newspapers.com'>awilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    Registration is under way for the 2012-13 school year and school districts are ramping up for the annual affair.

  • American Lung Association releases tobacco grades for Cupertino, Sunnyvale

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alia Wilson, Sunnyvale Sun<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:awilson@community-newspapers.com'>awilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    While the majority of Santa Clara County's cities received low scores for their anti-tobacco efforts by the American Lung Association in a report released last week, a few cities saw some improvements.

  • Cupertino shorts: Poet laureate kicks off 'Winter Light' poetry readings

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Silicon Valley Community Newspapers</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    City seeks new members on commissionThe city of Cupertino is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the library commission, following commissioner Ron Miller's resignation earlier this month.

  • West Valley gets new sheriff's captain

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matt Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mwilson@community-newspapers.com'>mwilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    There's a new face for law enforcement in the West Valley and his name is Capt. Ken Binder.Binder will take over in March for Capt. Carl Neusel as the head of the Santa Clara County Sheriff Office's West Valley Division. Neusel, promoted last month to assistant sheriff, will head the enforcement bureau for the county sheriff's office, replacing retiring assistant sheriff Edward Perry.
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    Sunnyvale News

  • Cupertino, Sunnyvale libraries find aid through Friends and foundation

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matt Wilson and Alia Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Silicon Valley Community Newspapers
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:11 pm
    Local libraries depend on a partnership with community organizations, most notably library foundations and the Friends of the Library.

  • Kindergarten? Transitional class? More preschool? Shifting state law and budget has parents confused

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sharon Noguchi<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:snoguchi@mercurynews.com'>snoguchi@mercurynews.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    A new law and continuing state budget distress has parents and school officials confused and frustrated over who can enroll in kindergarten in the fall. While more than 80 percent of the children turning 5 this year can start school in August, those with late birthdays may get turned away

  • Silicon Valley Reads 2012 offers many ways explore a wide-ranging topic

    <p class="bylinejb">By Heather Zimmerman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com'>hzimmerman@community-newspapers.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    As a community-wide reading program, by its nature, Silicon Valley Reads has always focused on encouraging the widest participation possible.

  • Registration kicks off in Cupertino, Sunnyvale school districts

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alia Wilson<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:awilson@community-newspapers.com'>awilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    Registration is under way for the 2012-13 school year and school districts are ramping up for the annual affair.

  • American Lung Association releases tobacco grades for Cupertino, Sunnyvale

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alia Wilson, Sunnyvale Sun<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:awilson@community-newspapers.com'>awilson@community-newspapers.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:03 pm
    While the majority of Santa Clara County's cities received low scores for their anti-tobacco efforts by the American Lung Association in a report released last week, a few cities saw some improvements.
 
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    Peninsula

  • Palo Alto cop to lead U.S. Olympic Badminton Team

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jason Green<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Daily News Staff Writer
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:08 am
    After a 20-year absence, Palo Alto police Officer Ben Lee is set to return to the Olympic Games. USA Badminton announced Friday that the San Jose resident has been selected to serve as coach of the U.S. Olympic Badminton Team.

  • Man found dead near Stanford Hospital ID'd

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jason Green<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Daily News Staff Writer
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:08 am
    The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office has identified a man found dead near Stanford Hospital as Raymond Vieira.

  • Idea to build playing fields at Palo Alto golf course receives rough reception

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jason Green<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Daily News Staff Writer
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:08 am
    Some die-hard golfers are teed off at the prospect that playing fields may be added to the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course.

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    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Daily News Staff Report</p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    Roundup of public meetings

  • Merlin falcon found injured in Palo Alto on road to recovery

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jason Green<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Daily News Staff Writer
    28 Jan 2012 | 2:48 am
    A rare Merlin falcon found injured in Palo Alto is on the mend and could be released in just a few short weeks, according to the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA.
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    Alameda County

  • Lead toys in South Bay, Peninsula, East Bay lands store $350,000 fine

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:46 pm
    Company to pay $350,000 after exceeding limits

  • Two dead and Gilroy woman arrested after San Jose DUI crash

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joshua Melvin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jmelvin@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    16 Jan 2012 | 8:32 am
    A Gilroy woman is behind bars after a crash Saturday afternoon on Highway 85 in San Jose that left a Gilroy man and Fremont woman dead, said police, who suspect drunken driving was involved.

  • South Bay DA, others get $1.2M settlement against diet company

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    6 Jan 2012 | 9:21 am
    Prosecutors in the South Bay and around the state announced Thursday a $1.5 million settlement against a company that used false advertising to sell dietary supplements around California.

  • Emeryville's Lithium Technologies snares $53.4 million in venture capital

    <p class="bylinejb">By Peter Delevett<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pdelevett@mercurynews.com'>pdelevett@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    5 Jan 2012 | 1:38 pm
    Funding round, firm's fourth, will help the maker of social media software beef up its sales and marketing efforts and expand to new markets.

  • Shootings and stabbings mar New Year's celebrations in San Jose and around Bay Area

    <p class="bylinejb">By John Boudreau<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jboudreau@mercurynews.com'>jboudreau@mercurynews.com</a>
    1 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm
    In San Jose and Santa Cruz, police respond to a spate of shootings and stabbings
 
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    Santa Cruz/Central Coast

  • Long-time Santa Cruz drug offender pleads guilty to maintaining drug house

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jessica M. Pasko<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jpasko@santacruzsentinel.com'>jpasko@santacruzsentinel.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:43 pm
    SANTA CRUZ -- A Santa Cruz man with a long history of drug use and a lengthy rap sheet pleaded guilty Friday morning to one count of maintaining a location for unlawful drug use under a plea bargain with the District Attorney's office.

  • Patrols tightened for off-leash dogs in Santa Cruz County

    By Stephen Baxter - Santa Cruz Sentinel
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:52 pm
    LIVE OAK — Fido's cute, but he needs a leash. He also needs a license and someone to clean up after him.

  • Watsonville police find 7-year-old girl who had been reported missing

    <p class="bylinejb">By Stephen Baxter<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com'>sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:04 pm
    WATSONVILLE -- Police say they have found a 7-year-old girl who disappeared from H.A. Hyde Elementary School on Wednesday.

  • Judge throws out rodeo lawsuit against Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds

    <p class="bylinejb">By Donna Jones<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:djones@santacruzsentinel.com'>djones@santacruzsentinel.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 4:52 pm
    WATSONVILLE --A Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Tuesday tossed a lawsuit that challenged a charity rodeo hosted by the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds for the first time in October.

  • Two arrested at Occupy Santa Cruz after chaining themselves to courthouse steps

    <p class="bylinejb">By Stephen Baxter<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com'>sbaxter@santacruzsentinel.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:46 pm
    SANTA CRUZ -- Santa Cruz police cleared the remaining protesters from the Occupy Santa Cruz camp in San Lorenzo Park this morning.
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    California

  • State Supreme Court spurns Republican request to keep old maps

    <p class="bylinejb">By Steven Harmon and Lisa Vorderbrueggen<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Staff writers<br /></p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:27 am
    The state Supreme Court ruled Friday that Senate districts drawn by a citizens' panel must be used this year, even if the Republican Party's referendum to overturn the panel's maps gets enough signatures to reach the November ballot.

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:24 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • Actress' claim to be gay by choice riles activists

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Lisa Leff<br>Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:37 pm
    Magazine interview with lesbian actress sets off backlash

  • California man's gumball (already chewed) called world's largest

    By Nick Green, Daily Breeze
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:21 pm
    Palos Verdes Estates resident Barry Chappell understands that the almost universal reaction of those who initially see his, um, achievement - a 175-pound chewed gum ball - is a loud "Ewwwww!
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    Action Line

  • Action Line: What consumer items changed your life and why?

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dennis Rockstroh<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"> <a href='mailto:drockstroh@mercurynews.com'>drockstroh@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:11 am
    Consumer Reports come out with lists from readers and its staff

  • Action Line: Lease problem might have to go to mediation

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dennis Rockstroh<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"> <a href='mailto:drockstroh@mercurynews.com'>drockstroh@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:31 pm
    If you have a landlord/tenant problem, contact your city to find the nearest help. In most cities '“ not San Jose '“ Project Sentinel offers free help

  • Action Line: Beware the self-appointed plastic bag vigilante nut cases

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dennis Rockstroh<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"> <a href='mailto:drockstroh@mercurynews.com'>drockstroh@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:41 pm
    These are not city inspectors who check if you are using plastic bags; if they stop you, they are violating the law; best advice: ignore them

  • Action Line: When rain comes, AT&T goes

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dennis Rockstroh<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"> <a href='mailto:drockstroh@mercurynews.com'>drockstroh@mercurynews.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:28 pm
    Phone company customer reports rain-caused outages and technicians tell them the wiring is falling apart

  • Action Line: Fry's returns double warranty

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dennis Rockstroh<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"> <a href='mailto:drockstroh@mercurynews.com'>drockstroh@mercurynews.com</a>
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am
    Customer accidentally signed up for two warranties
 
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    Mike Cassidy

  • Cassidy: Silicon Valley Reads 2012 kicks off

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Cassidy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    25 Jan 2012 | 6:59 am
    This year’s Silicon Valley Reads programs provides a chance for Muslims and non-Muslims to better understand each other. Sumbul Ali-Karamali and G. Willow Wilson have written two books that in their own ways tackle the issues of being a Muslim woman in the post-9/11 world.

  • Storify: Silicon Valley Reads: Being Muslim and American

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:51 pm
    Tenth annual community reading program hits on a subject that could hardly be more relevant.

  • Cassidy: Clay Christensen sees Silicon Valley non-profits' dilemma as the innovator's dilemma

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Cassidy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:15 am
    The Health Trust brought author and Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen to Silicon Valley to preach his gospel of disruptive innovation to the region’s beleaguered non-profits. Bottom line? There is a lot of work ahead.

  • Cassidy: Don't bet against Neeru Khosla's idea to save our schools

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Cassidy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 8:08 am
    Neeru Khosla is mounting a revolution that could help rescue public education and, more important, save kids who believe learning isn’t for them. Sure, she’s had some help from her billionaire venture capitalist husband, Vinod, in launching the CK-12 Foundation. But if you think anyone besides Neeru is leading the charge, you’ve got another think coming.

  • Cassidy: Silicon Valley woman's plan for out of this world vacation not so crazy after all

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Cassidy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    20 Jan 2012 | 8:55 pm
    Me? I’ve got plenty of places to see on this planet before I book a vacation into outer space. But after talking to Virgin Galactic customer Cathy Culver, I’m thinking the idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds.
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    Scott Herhold

  • Herhold: Ultimately, Gunderson High mutiny points back at the coach

    By Scott Herhold<br />Mercury News Columnist
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 am
    I've been following the Gunderson High School basketball revolt with immense sadness. Thirteen players walked out after a confrontation with coach Mike Allen, who had suspended the starting five for being disrespectful and tardy.

  • Herhold: Another view of the death of Phil Gustafson

    <p class="bylinejb">By Scott Herhold<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    My column last week on the death of Phil Gustafson struck a nerve that went deep. The 67-year-old MIT graduate and Unix programmer died alone earlier this month at his unkempt home on San Jose's Martin Avenue, with only accumulating newspapers in his driveway as a death notice.

  • Herhold: The Supreme Court got it right: You just have to wait

    <p class="bylinejb">By Scott Herhold<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:15 am
    Even though I sometimes entertain libertarian impulses, I am no fan of the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts.

  • Herhold: The link between baseball and pension reform

    <p class="bylinejb">By Scott Herhold<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:17 am
    I've seen too much of politics to be an unbounded optimist. But as events have unfolded at San Jose City Hall, there's reason to believe in a favorable link between two major issues that could go to the voters -- pensions and baseball. South Bay baseball | Scott Herhold columns

  • Herhold: Dying alone is a sad end

    <p class="bylinejb">By Scott Herhold<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:32 am
    Above the front door of Phil Gustafson's house on San Jose's Martin Avenue, to the right of the palm tree that hugs the roof, hangs a rusty horseshoe.
 
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    Sal Pizarro

  • Pizarro: A familiar face at VMC Foundation retires

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:12 am
    Friends and colleagues gathered this week to bid a fond farewell to Judy Cosgrove, who spent 10 years spread over two decades at the Valley Medical Center Foundation.

  • Pizarro: Silicon Valley Reads, the 10th year

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:48 pm
    The authors of this year's two community books -- 'The Butterfly Mosque' by G. Willow Wilson and 'The Muslim Next Door' by Sumbul Ali-Karamali -- will be at the Campbell Heritage Theater to launch more than three months of events examining the Muslim-American experience.

  • Pizarro: Women skaters get their day at Lake Cunningham Regional Skate Park

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:31 pm
    The Women Skate It Up

  • Pizarro: Menlo Park cafe showcases some special artwork

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Through Feb. 10, Cafe Zoë in Menlo Park is displaying 40 pieces of art created by developmentally disabled artists from Palo Alto-based Abilities United.

  • Pizarro: Postgame brawl video shows negative version of downtown San Jose

    <p class="bylinejb">By Sal Pizarro<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:spizarro@mercurynews.com'>spizarro@mercurynews.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    A fight between 49ers and Giants fans after Sunday's game across the street from San Jose City Hall was captured on a cell phone video.
 
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    Editorials

  • Mercury News editorial: Let California voters follow the money

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pm
    As political action committees pour millions into often-vicious campaign advertising in the Republican presidential primaries, the most outrageous thing is the murky source of funding: Donors behind the ads usually aren't identified until after the primary is over.California could prevent that from happening in state and local elections with a bill coming to a vote Tuesday in the Legislature. The California DISCLOSE Act would make sure that political ads placed by PACs prominently name the top three people or corporations that have contributed $10,000 or more. It wouldn't cover…

  • Mercury News editorial: Obama lays campaign groundwork -- and why not?

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:29 pm
    President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address was his most political, clearly a set-up for this year's re-election campaign. But in some ways, it also was his most effective. The speech was more a statement of his values, and what he believes are American values, rather than a litany of detailed programs. It was the most practical approach for the time. Given the frequent gridlock of the past three years, it would be crazy to think Republicans would join him in a bipartisan agenda as they pull out all the stops to end his presidency. From Obama's first day in office, the GOP placed…

  • Mercury News editorial: Romney should release 10 years of tax returns

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:14 pm
    In a curt nod to growing public pressure, Mitt Romney on Tuesday finally released his tax return for 2010 and an estimate for 2011. As if that's enough.Romney is one of the richest men ever to run for the White House, with an accumulated wealth of more than $250 million. He is campaigning on his assertion to be a "jobs creator" in the private sector -- but we've seen nothing to convince us that it's true. Having made the argument, Romney has a special obligation to release records that can help show where his money came from, what causes he supports and how the tax policies he…

  • Mercury News editorial: Valley should help bring a Super Bowl to Santa Clara

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pm
    OK, 49ers fans, let's all take a deep breath, get over Sunday's travesty, er, game, and think ahead. Next year's Super Bowl will be in New Orleans' Super Dome. In 2014 it'll be in New York and in 2015, Phoenix. In 2016, or as soon as possible after, why not a Super Bowl in the 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium? It could happen, but only if Silicon Valley leaders make it a priority and start working on it together.The National Football League loves to showcase new stadiums by awarding them Super Bowls if they meet NFL criteria, and the Santa Clara stadium will more than do that. The seating…

  • Mercury News editorial: State still has far to go on prison health care

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    21 Jan 2012 | 9:05 pm
    It's hard to celebrate California's progress in meeting constitutional health care standards for prison inmates when it's spending the outrageous sum of $10,000 per inmate each year to do it.If voters want someone to blame, they should look in the mirror. They passed the Three Strikes Law that led to overcrowding in the prison system and then made it clear they didn't want to spend tax dollars on new prisons or providing medical care for inmates.U.S. District Court Judge Thelton Henderson seized control of the prison medical system six years ago after a lawsuit demonstrated that inmates…
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    Letters

  • Jan. 28 Readers' letters

    <p class="Byline">From Mercury News readers</p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:52 pm
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  • Jan. 27 Readers' letters

    <p class="Byline">From Mercury News readers</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pm
    Letters from Mercury News readers.

  • Jan. 26 Readers' letters

    <p class="Byline">From Mercury News readers</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:26 pm
    Letters from Mercury News readers.

  • Jan. 25 Readers' letters

    <p class="Byline">From Mercury News readers</p>
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:14 pm
    Letters from Mercury News readers.

  • Jan. 24 Readers' letters

    <p class="Byline">From Mercury News readers</p>
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pm
    Letters from Mercury News readers.
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    Opinion

  • Raman Bhatia: Paterno's values transcended wins and losses on the gridiron

    <p class="bylinejb">By Raman Bhatia <br /></p><br /><br /><p class="bylineaffiliation">Special to the Mercury News
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pm
    A Californian who spent childhood years in State College pays an impromptu call on Coach at Christmas and finds the legend intact.

  • Mercury News editorial: Let California voters follow the money

    <p class="Byline">Mercury News Editorial</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:11 pm
    The Legislature needs to pass the DISCLOSE act so that voters can see who’s bankrolling political action committees.

  • Dan Walters: California judges resume war over money and power

    <p class="Byline">By Dan Walters</p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:02 pm
    As the Legislature reconvened this month, California's judges resumed their civil war over money and power.

  • Barack Obama: A blueprint for renewing American values

    <p class="bylinejb">By Barack Obama<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Special to the Mercury News
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:02 pm
    An economy built to last insists on a return to the American values of fair play and shared responsibility. These values should guide us as we look to pay down our debt and invest in our future.

  • Opinion: Let Newt Gingrich energize the race, then go away

    <p class="bylinejb">ByRichard Cohen <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Special to the Mercury News
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:13 pm
    Where is the Democratic Gingrich? I do not mean that Newt Gingrich -- the one who is a virtual Michelin Man of grandiosity, pneumatically overstuffed with self-references and appeals to the political gutter.
 
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    Financial Markets

  • Chevron fourth-quarter profit slips on weaker refinery operations and gasoline sales, although full year profit sets record

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By George Avalos<br>Contra Costa Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm
    San Ramon-based Chevron's fourth-quarter earnings fell amid losses for its refinery and retail operations, although for the full year of 2011, the energy giant said Friday that it posted record profit.

  • North America boosts Ford in 4Q

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dee-ann Durbin <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:26 pm
    DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford has shown it can make money even with U.S. car sales at depressed levels. Now it needs to show it can manage myriad challenges outside its home region.

  • Fourth-quarter economy grew slightly faster

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Catherine Rampell<br>New York Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:26 pm
    Improvement considered OK but less than what's needed.

  • Zynga stock closes higher than IPO price for first time

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:28 pm
    After more than a month of public trading, San Francisco social-gaming company Zynga on Friday finally ended a trading session with a stock price higher than what original investors paid in its initial public offering.

  • Biz Break: Facebook IPO news helps Silicon Valley stocks, but economic growth hurts rest of Wall Street

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Today: Facebook could file for its initial public offering as early as Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Also: U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent clip in final quarter of 2011, but economists say that could slow; and Zynga and LinkedIn get a bump from Facebook news.
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    Green Energy

  • Storify: The debate over PG&E's Smart Meters

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm
    State regulators will vote Feb. 1 on opt-out proposal regarding the controversial Smart Meters; PG&E customers can choose to keep analog meters for a monthly fee.

  • Obama aides knew Solyndra planned 2010 layoffs, emails show

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Bloomberg News </p>
    13 Jan 2012 | 10:31 pm
    The Obama administration knew before the 2010 election that Solyndra, the Fremont solar-panel maker that received a $535 million government loan guarantee, planned to fire workers, according to emails released Friday.

  • Oregon wind farm a first under new eagle kill rules

    <p class="Byline">By Associated Press</p>
    6 Jan 2012 | 7:02 pm
    A proposed Central Oregon wind project is the first in the country to be considered for a permit that allows wind turbines to kill a few golden eagles so long as developers make up for the loss.

  • Santa Cruz nonprofit hopes to make fuel from ocean-based plastic

    <p class="bylinejb">By Amy E. West<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Santa Cruz Sentinel<br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    4 Jan 2012 | 12:59 pm
    Clean Oceans Project was founded three years ago by ocean conservationists Nick Drobac and Jim 'Homer' Holm, who hope to convince investors and donors of the feasibility of cleaning up plastic pollution and creating fuel at the same time. The proposed solution addresses one of the world's biggest environmental problems: A non-biodegradable material that clogs landfills and waterways, strangles wildlife and contaminates food sources.

  • In solar power, India begins living up to its own ambitions

    <p class="bylinejb">By Vikas Bajaj <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times
    30 Dec 2011 | 8:43 pm
    Country starting to live up to ambitiousplans for solar power
 
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    Technology

  • A Dummies guide to Macworld

    <p class="bylinejb">By Patrick May<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pmay@mercurynews.com'>pmay@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    Organizers expect as many as 25,000 visitors, up about 10 percent from last year's Macworld at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The increased popularity may be due to the event's more intimate feel, with more smaller app developers replacing the large companies that used to come each year.

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook promises vigilance in ensuring proper working conditions in Asian factories

    <p class="bylinejb">By Anand Krishnamoorthy <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bloomberg News
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:31 pm
    Apple is 'attacking problems' with conditions at its supply factories and is committed to educating workers about their rights, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in an e-mail to his employees.

  • Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm
    Former Palm CEO and Apple executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, where he has worked since the Palo Alto tech giant acquired Palm.

  • Big fourth quarter made Apple world's largest smartphone seller, analyst says

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm
    Apple's record 37 million iPhones sold in the last quarter of 2011 made it the world's leading smartphone vendor for the quarter, barely topping rival Samsung, an analysis firm reported Friday.

  • Magid: The growing political clout of Web companies is worrisome

    <p class="bylinejb">By Larry Magid<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">for the Mercury News
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pm
    Was it 'people power' or a new form of corporate lobbying that stopped, at least temporarily, the controversial online piracy legislation? The ability of Google and the nonprofit Wikipedia Foundation to drive people to sign online petitions is indeed impressive. But it's also a little scary.
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    Personal Technology

  • A Dummies guide to Macworld

    <p class="bylinejb">By Patrick May<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pmay@mercurynews.com'>pmay@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    Organizers expect as many as 25,000 visitors, up about 10 percent from last year's Macworld at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The increased popularity may be due to the event's more intimate feel, with more smaller app developers replacing the large companies that used to come each year.

  • Magid: The growing political clout of Web companies is worrisome

    <p class="bylinejb">By Larry Magid<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">for the Mercury News
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pm
    Was it 'people power' or a new form of corporate lobbying that stopped, at least temporarily, the controversial online piracy legislation? The ability of Google and the nonprofit Wikipedia Foundation to drive people to sign online petitions is indeed impressive. But it's also a little scary.

  • Build up your phone's defenses against hackers

    <p class="bylinejb">By Kate Murphy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:51 pm
    Technology experts expect breached, infiltrated or otherwise compromised cellphones to be the scourge of 2012

  • New startups offer ways to manage your money online

    <p class="bylinejb">By Pete Carey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pcarey@mercurynews.com'>pcarey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:50 pm
    Silicon Valley, birthplace of personal finance and investment heavyweights like Intuit, Financial Engines and Mint, is percolating with new startups that help people manage their money and portfolios online.

  • Review: Download these games for your smartphone or iPad

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Gieson Cacho<br>Contra Costa Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:10 pm
    So you received a new smartphone or iPad over the holidays. You downloaded all the must-have apps. You have Twitter and Facebook.
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    Personal Finance

  • Retirement Planner: Crunching the numbers on taxes, Mitt Romney

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Steve Butler for Contra Costa Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:57 pm
    I think we've heard enough by now about how much Mitt Romney pays in taxes and comparing that to the rate the rest of us have to pay.

  • New startups offer ways to manage your money online

    <p class="bylinejb">By Pete Carey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pcarey@mercurynews.com'>pcarey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:50 pm
    Silicon Valley, birthplace of personal finance and investment heavyweights like Intuit, Financial Engines and Mint, is percolating with new startups that help people manage their money and portfolios online.

  • 3 tips to kick-start your job hunt

    <p class="bylinejb">By Eileen AJ Connelly<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:02 pm
    You've let most of January pass by, and you still haven't revised your resume. Don't despair. There's still a long way to go in 2012, and you can still keep your resolution to find a new job.

  • Getting Hired: Dress professionally for good first impression

    <p class="bylinejb">By Marvin Walberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Scripps Howard News Service
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:42 pm
    My wife and daughter love the cable TV show 'What Not To Wear,' and they record episodes so they can have marathons while I sit on the sofa and make obnoxious comments about what the hosts are wearing. For the most part I am joking, but I am a job search coach and part of what I do is teach people how to make good first impressions.

  • J.C. Penney gets rid of sales, permanently marks down merchandise

    <p class="bylinejb">By Anne D'Innocenzio <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:04 pm
    J.C. Penney is permanently marking down all of its merchandise by at least 40 percent so shoppers will no longer have to wait for a sale to get the lowest prices in its stores.
 
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    Drive

  • North America boosts Ford in 4Q

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dee-ann Durbin <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:26 pm
    DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford has shown it can make money even with U.S. car sales at depressed levels. Now it needs to show it can manage myriad challenges outside its home region.

  • Government closes Volt probe, says car is safe

    <p class="bylinejb">By Nick Bunkley and Bill Vlasic <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times
    21 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Safety investigation concludes that the Volt and other electric cars don't pose a greater fire risk than gasoline-powered cars.

  • China dictates design as GM Sail big back seat goes global: cars

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Bloomberg News </p>
    20 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm
    Automakers to gain share by yielding to country's priorities

  • SCU Law School holds conference on self-driving cars

    <p class="bylinejb">By Brandon Bailey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bbailey@mercurynews.com'>bbailey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:27 pm
    Speakers at the symposium on 'Driving the Future' will discuss legal issues including criminal and civil liability for accidents, privacy concerns and how to deal with the threat of hacking into a car's automatic controls.

  • Average age of U.S. vehicles hits record 10.8 years

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Associated Press
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:29 pm
    The average age of a car or truck in the U.S. hit a record 10.8 years last year as job security and other economic worries kept many people from making big-ticket purchases such as a new car
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    Real Estate

  • US gov't to extend and expand foreclosure program

    <p class="bylinejb">By Derek Kravitz<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    The Obama administration said Friday that will expand its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those with heavy debt loads avoid losing their homes.

  • Google taking over Mountain View: Office space expanded by 67 percent in 2011

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Swift<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mswift@mercurynews.com'>mswift@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Google's footprint in Mountain View didn't just expand in 2011, it exploded. Even as Google completed a record number of company acquisitions, spending almost $2 billion to snap up 79 companies, the physical space Google owns or leases in and around its headquarters grew by 67 percent in a single year.

  • Real Estate Watch: Fight property tax bill with these tips

    <p class="bylinejb">By Marcie Geffner<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='http://Bankrate.com'>Bankrate.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:41 pm
    Each jurisdiction has its own rules, procedures and deadlines to appeal property taxes. The bottom line is that a little research, communication and patience can pay off when you fight a property tax bill.

  • Business spending and job market look good, but home sales keep damper on economy

    <p class="bylinejb">By Christopher S. Rugaber and Martin Crutsinger <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:25 pm
    Businesses are growing more confident in the economy, investing in more equipment and laying off fewer workers. Still, 2011 ended up as the worst year on record for new-home sales, a reminder that the economy has a long way to go.

  • Foreclosures made up 20 pct. of home sales in 3Q

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alex Veiga <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Percentage still much higher than level before recession.
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    Employment

  • Getting Hired: Dress professionally for good first impression

    <p class="bylinejb">By Marvin Walberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Scripps Howard News Service
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:42 pm
    My wife and daughter love the cable TV show 'What Not To Wear,' and they record episodes so they can have marathons while I sit on the sofa and make obnoxious comments about what the hosts are wearing. For the most part I am joking, but I am a job search coach and part of what I do is teach people how to make good first impressions.

  • Foreclosures made up 20 pct. of home sales in 3Q

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alex Veiga <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Percentage still much higher than level before recession.

  • South Bay expected to recover lost jobs by 2014; recovery slower in East Bay

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By George Avalos<br>Oakland Tribune
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    The current economic boom will be robust enough for the South Bay to recover the jobs it lost during the recession by 2014 -- but the East Bay and the San Francisco metro regions might need until at least 2015, the chief economist with the Bay Area Council Economic Institute said Wednesday.

  • Bay Area lost 2,900 jobs in December in a surprising setback

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By George Avalos<br>Contra Costa Times
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:48 am
    But experts cautioned that one month does not make a trend, and most remained optimistic about the Bay Area job market.

  • South Bay to lead Bay Area in job gains, but East Bay will perk up

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By George Avalos<br>Oakland Tribune
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:59 pm
    UOP forecast: In 2012, job growth will be 1.9 percent in the South Bay, 1.1 percent in the East Bay, and 1.6 percent in San Francisco metro region
 
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    Apple

  • A Dummies guide to Macworld

    <p class="bylinejb">By Patrick May<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:pmay@mercurynews.com'>pmay@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    Organizers expect as many as 25,000 visitors, up about 10 percent from last year's Macworld at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The increased popularity may be due to the event's more intimate feel, with more smaller app developers replacing the large companies that used to come each year.

  • Apple CEO Tim Cook promises vigilance in ensuring proper working conditions in Asian factories

    <p class="bylinejb">By Anand Krishnamoorthy <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bloomberg News
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:31 pm
    Apple is 'attacking problems' with conditions at its supply factories and is committed to educating workers about their rights, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in an e-mail to his employees.

  • Big fourth quarter made Apple world's largest smartphone seller, analyst says

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm
    Apple's record 37 million iPhones sold in the last quarter of 2011 made it the world's leading smartphone vendor for the quarter, barely topping rival Samsung, an analysis firm reported Friday.

  • Biz Break: Netflix, economic reports can't drag Wall Street to a gain as Apple investors ponder possible dividends

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Today: Netflix shares hit levels not seen since the stock crashed after subscribers left en masse after a series of management missteps. Also: Wall Street falls despite optimistic economic reports, and analysts expect Apple to give cash back to investors.

  • AT&T still leans heavily on iPhone, sold 1 in 5 Apple smartphones worldwide

    <p class="bylinejb">By Peter Svensson <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:35 pm
    AT&T is still the home of the iPhone. It activated 7.6 million of them in the latest quarter, accounting for one out of every five iPhones sold globally. And AT&T remains heavily dependent on the iPhone to gain and keep customers, despite a vow by CEO Randall Stephenson a year ago to 'very aggressively' market competing smartphones in 2011.
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    Google

  • Google overhauls its privacy policies

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Swift<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mswift@mercurynews.com'>mswift@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
    As Google increasingly seeks to meld what were once separate services into a single overall experience, the Internet giant is also consolidating its network of privacy policies into a single umbrella statement.

  • Google, Facebook jack up spending in D.C.

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Swift<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mswift@mercurynews.com'>mswift@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Google and Facebook are rapidly pumping up their spending on lobbying in Washington, increasing their clout in the nation's capital as the federal government takes an increasing interest in regulating the Internet through bills like the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

  • Google taking over Mountain View: Office space expanded by 67 percent in 2011

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Swift<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mswift@mercurynews.com'>mswift@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:47 pm
    Google's footprint in Mountain View didn't just expand in 2011, it exploded. Even as Google completed a record number of company acquisitions, spending almost $2 billion to snap up 79 companies, the physical space Google owns or leases in and around its headquarters grew by 67 percent in a single year.

  • Original programming from Netflix, YouTube and Hulu could signal big changes for TV industry

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jake Coyle <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Over the next few months, YouTube, Netflix and Hulu will roll out their most ambitious original programming yet -- a digital push into a traditional television business that has money, a bevy of stars and a bold attitude of reinvention. The long-predicted collision between Internet video and broadcast television is finally under way.

  • Google opens social network to users younger than 18

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:07 pm
    Google's social network continues to adapt in an attempt to add more users and challenge Facebook, allowing teenagers younger than 18 the ability to join Google+ and expanding the use of pseudonyms on the site.
 
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    HP

  • Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein leaves Hewlett-Packard

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm
    Former Palm CEO and Apple executive Jon Rubinstein has left Hewlett-Packard, where he has worked since the Palo Alto tech giant acquired Palm.

  • Foxconn says it resolves pay dispute with workers

    <p class="bylinejb">By David Barboza <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:31 pm
    Foxconn Technology, the largest contract electronics manufacturer in the world, said Thursday that it had resolved a pay dispute with scores of workers at one of its factories in central China, following a large protest that involved threats by some workers to commit suicide by leaping from the top of a factory building.

  • HP's PC business suffered big hit last quarter

    <p class="bylinejb">By Brandon Bailey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bbailey@mercurynews.com'>bbailey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    12 Jan 2012 | 4:32 pm
    Hewlett-Packard suffered a major drop in demand for its personal computers in the last quarter of 2011, two leading research firms said Wednesday, as competitors moved aggressively to capitalize on a period of confusion over HP's plans for its flagship PC division.

  • CES: Ultrabooks take show's spotlight

    <p class="bylinejb">By Peter Svensson <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    12 Jan 2012 | 12:23 pm
    Thin, light laptops --known as 'ultrabooks'-- are a much-hyped category at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, an annual showcase for the latest smartphones, tablet computers and other consumer-electronic devices.

  • HP CEO Whitman brings ex-eBay executive on board

    <p class="Byline">By Associated Press</p>
    11 Jan 2012 | 2:28 pm
    Henry Gomez, a 48-year-old former eBay executive who was on the leadership team of Whitman's failed 2010 California gubernatorial bid, will become HP's chief communications officer.
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    Intel

  • Intel buys technology from SoCal company for $125 million

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Intel on Monday said it had agreed to buy Qlogic Corp.'s line of Infiniband adapters, used to tie processors together into supercomputing clusters, for $125 million.

  • Analysts say Intel's management shuffle may give clue about next CEO

    <p class="bylinejb">By Steve Johnson<br /></p><a href='mailto:sjohnson@mercurynews.com'>sjohnson@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    22 Jan 2012 | 5:44 am
    Chipmaker Intel reshuffled its management on Friday in a move some analysts said may give a hint of who eventually will succeed CEO Paul Otellini, who is barred by company's rules from remaining in his job after he turns 65 in four years.

  • Microsoft and IBM push Dow up, Google falls

    <p class="bylinejb">By Matthew Craft <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    20 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm
    Shares of Google tumbled 8.4 percent Friday after its earnings per share fell a dollar short of analysts' estimates. IBM and Microsoft drove the Dow Jones industrial average higher after the tech giants reported stronger earnings than analysts expected.

  • Biz Break: Google and Apple suffer on Wall Street, but Intel, Microsoft and Zynga find gains

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    20 Jan 2012 | 4:52 pm
    Today: Google's earnings report leads to losses on the stock market, but Intel, Microsoft and IBM ride their quarterly reports to solid days; Also: Apple falls, possibly due to lack of iPhones in China, but Zynga gains after announcing it wants to get into online gambling; and the housing market has a good December.

  • Intel posts record profit in 2011

    <p class="bylinejb">By Steve Johnson<br /></p><a href='mailto:sjohnson@mercurynews.com'>sjohnson@mercurynews.com</a><br /><p class="bylinecopyright"></p>
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:03 pm
    Slightly exceeding analysts' expectations, chip-making giant Intel said Thursday it earned $12.9 billion on sales of $54 billion for the year and reported earnings amounting to $2.39 per share -- all records for the Santa Clara company.
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    Microsoft

  • Biz Break: Google and Apple suffer on Wall Street, but Intel, Microsoft and Zynga find gains

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    20 Jan 2012 | 4:52 pm
    Today: Google's earnings report leads to losses on the stock market, but Intel, Microsoft and IBM ride their quarterly reports to solid days; Also: Apple falls, possibly due to lack of iPhones in China, but Zynga gains after announcing it wants to get into online gambling; and the housing market has a good December.

  • Xbox sales help Microsoft's earnings stay stable

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press
    19 Jan 2012 | 6:27 pm
    Microsoft says its net income for quarter through December was roughly flat from a year ago as revenue rose 5 percent despite a soft market for personal computers.

  • Biz Break: Google's a great place to work, but investors may not be happy; plus Intel, Microsoft and IBM earnings, and Apple's education initiative

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    19 Jan 2012 | 4:42 pm
    Today: In a gigantic day of tech company earnings reports, Google, Intel, Microsoft and IBM release results from the fourth quarter. Also: Apple's big announcement involves an entire suite of products aimed at marrying education and the iPad, Google is named the best place to work in America and economic reports help Wall Street.

  • Microsoft execs jab at Google after signing Android patent-licensing deal

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:55 pm
    Microsoft signed a patent-licensing contract with yet another Android-based smartphone manufacturer, the company announced Thursday, and executives immediately took to Twitter to taunt Android creator Google and rival Apple about the deal.

  • Intel pushes Macbook Air-like notebooks, but for Windows

    <p class="bylinejb">By Nick Wingfield <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times
    9 Jan 2012 | 11:57 pm
    Last year, Intel began talking about a new category of superthin notebook computers called the Ultrabook. At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, the company, the world's biggest maker of computer chips, made it clear that it planned to pour a lot of money, advertising and effort into turning Ultrabooks into the next big computing phenomenon.
 
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    Oracle

  • France probes HP's competition complaint against Oracle

    <p class="Byline">By Associated Press</p>
    10 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm
    The complaint claims that Oracle is attempting to squeeze HP by making future versions of its database software incompatible with Intel's Itanium processor, which HP's servers use.

  • Larry Ellison proposes museum for Rhode Island mansion

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Associated Press
    6 Jan 2012 | 12:22 pm
    NEWPORT, R.I. -- The co-founder of the Oracle Corp. (ORCL) has plans to turn the Beechwood Mansion in Newport into an art museum showcasing his collection of 18th and 19th century art.

  • Oracle stock nose-dives after earnings report falls short of projections

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    22 Dec 2011 | 12:35 pm
    Oracle's stock price plummeted more than 14 percent in Wednesday trading after the Redwood City software giant reported quarterly revenues and profits that did not live up to internal or external expectations.

  • Oracle's revenue and profit up, but by less than expected

    <p class="bylinejb">By Brandon Bailey<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bbailey@mercurynews.com'>bbailey@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    21 Dec 2011 | 8:29 am
    Oracle reported Tuesday that revenue and profit both increased during its most recent fiscal quarter, but the company fell short of its own forecasts and the expectations of Wall Street analysts.

  • Biz Break: Wall Street's surge, Apple's acquisition, Oracle's poor performance

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeremy C. Owens<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jowens@mercurynews.com'>jowens@mercurynews.com</a>
    20 Dec 2011 | 4:50 pm
    Today: With most investors paying attention elsewhere, the stock market rises up to 3 percent, and Zynga makes its first daily gain. Also: A report says Apple has finalized the largest acquisition in its history, and Oracle's earnings disappoint, lead to big fall in stock price.
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    Chris O'Brien

  • O'Brien: SOPA defeat a victory for tech, but influence will remain muted

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    The campaign to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act showed what can happen when the tech industry can harness the power of the Internet to unleash a grassroots movement. But such campaigns will remain the exception for a simple reason: Tech's interests so rarely align across the industry.

  • O'Brien: Vivek Wadhwa emerges as Silicon Valley's most provocative voice

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 9:17 am
    Three years ago, Vivek Wadhwa landed in the Bay Area for an academic appointment. The entrepreneur turned researcher and blogger became a Silicon Valley celebrity by challenging the belief that the tech industry is a meritocracy. More O'Brien columns | Silicon Beat blog

  • O'Brien: Our gadget lust has reached a crossroads

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    16 Jan 2012 | 8:03 am
    For decades, the average number of consumer electronic devices in each household has climbed. Now it's hit a plateau and may start to decline. Why?

  • O'Brien: New Legos aimed at girls raise questions about gender and play

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    16 Jan 2012 | 7:17 am
    At first glance, the new Legos seem like the answer to the prayers of parents such as myself. But the new sets have also provoked debate and controversy, with critics complaining they play into the worst stereotypes of girls.

  • O'Brien: 2011 was a disappointing year for IPOs, but is it a crisis?

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris O'Brien<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    15 Jan 2012 | 4:14 pm
    A group of venture capital insiders is pushing legislation to boost the number of IPOs. But are things so bad that we need the government to intervene?
 
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    Sports

  • Carl Steward: Darting here and there...

    <p class="bylinejb">By Carl Steward<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Bay Area News Group
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:26 am
    We're not saying it won't work, but the Raiders couldn't have gone more against the Al Davis grain if they'd hired Marcus Allen.

  • U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Jeremy Abbott wins men's short program

    <p class="bylinejb">By Elliott Almond<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:ealmond@mercurynews.com'>ealmond@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:46 am
    With pre-skate tip from his coach, Abbott holds a 7.29-point lead in the competition over training partner Adam Rippon.

  • Golden State Warriors lose to Oklahoma City Thunder 120-109

    <p class="bylinejb">By Marcus Thompson II<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com'>mthomps2@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:57 am
    Warriors' subpar effort not nearly enough vs. Durant, Westbrook

  • Friday's High School sports scores

    <br> <p class="Byline Affiliation">Compiled by the Mercury News</p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:34 am
    Boys basketballSanta Clara ValleyDe Anza DivisionCupertino 34, Gunn 25Gunn          7"‚11"‚ 0"‚7--25Cupertino          10"‚ 4"‚12"‚8--34Gunn (6-12, 1-6) -- Kao 1-1-3, Eamon 0-1-1, Yip 4-0-12, Kresie 2-1-5, Barry 2-0-4.

  • Michelle Kwan set to enter U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame

    <p class="bylinejb">By Elliott Almond<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:ealmond@mercurynews.com'>ealmond@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am
    Michelle Kwan, one of the most iconic names in figure skating, reflected Friday on a glorious career that ended with nine U.
 
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    High School Sports

  • High school boys basketball: Palo Alto edges Mountain View to keep title hopes alive

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alex Pavlovic<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:apavlovic@mercurynews.com'>apavlovic@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:55 am
    Palo Alto's post duo was just a shade better than Mountain View's on Friday night, and as a result the Vikings are back in the De Anza Division race.Israel Hakim and E.J. Floreal did the heavy lifting in a 51-48 victory at Palo Alto, combining for 35 points and a wide array of clutch plays in the fourth quarter. The victory allowed the Vikings to inch closer to Mountain View and keep their hopes alive for a third straight league title. Mountain View sits at 6-1 in league play; Palo Alto is 5-1."The title probably would have been (Mountain View's) if we lost, but we came out and fought…

  • Piedmont Hills improves to 19-0

    <p class="bylinejb">By Glenn Reeves <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com'>greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am
    The Piedmont Hills boys basketball team is now 19-0. But not without some doing. The Pirates survived a challenge Friday night at Leigh.Leigh, an up-tempo team that can score in flurries, trailed 46-31 late in the third quarter. Piedmont Hills had bombed in six 3-pointers in the third quarter and was on one of those rolls where everything comes with ease.But Leigh got it going in the fourth quarter and turned the game around.Piedmont Hills (19-0, 9-0 BVAL Mount Hamilton) led 53-40 after a Walter Bateast free throw, but then Leigh (12-7, 5-4) went on a 13-0 run to tie it up. Trevor Peterson…

  • Burlingame goes down low to Loew

    <p class="bylinejb">By Glenn Reeves<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com'>greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:18 pm
    With the departure of three-year starting post players Rodrigo Puliceno and Kyle Shaffer, the Burlingame High boys basketball team had to redefine itself this season. No longer were the Panthers able to pound the ball inside as a steady diet. Instead they had become a perimeter-oriented team featuring the 3-point shooting of sophomore Frankie Ferrari and junior Connor Haupt.Until Wednesday, that is, when they found a low-post scoring option.Trailing 27-23 at halftime in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division showdown with Mills, Burlingame went inside to 6-foot-7 sophomore Nick Loew to…

  • High school basketball: Serra defeats Sacred Heart Cathedral this time

    <p class="bylinejb">By Glenn Reeves<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com'>greeves@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:35 am
    The Serra basketball team avenged its one West Catholic Athletic League loss Wednesday with a 60-57 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral.The Irish beat Serra 67-56 in a WCAL opener Jan. 3 in San Francisco. But this time the game was at Serra."The difference in the two games was the venue," Serra coach Chuck Rapp said. "We defend our home court ferociously. It's part of the Serra culture."In something of an oddity for a game as close as this one was, Sacred Heart Cathedral led only once the entire game, 13-11 in the first quarter. Serra scored the next five points and never trailed…

  • Balanced Monarchs remain undefeated in WCAL

    <p class="bylinejb">By Alex Pavlovic<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:apavlovic@mercurynews.com'>apavlovic@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:04 am
    With a showdown at St. Ignatius looming, Tuesday night's matchup with Presentation could have been a trap game for Archbishop Mitty.Instead, the Monarchs were the ones who did all the trapping.Mitty rode a stifling full-court press to a 66-44 win over the Panthers and remained unbeaten in West Catholic Athletic League play heading into Friday's game against the second-place Wildcats. "St. Ignatius is really good — they rebound and run really well," Mitty coach Sue Phillips said. "All five of our players need to defend on every possession."The Monarchs (15-4, 7-0) did…
 
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    Oakland Athletics

  • Fans can meet with Oakland A's co-owner Lew Wolff during the team's FanFest

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Stiglich<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Wolff to meet individually with fans at A's FanFest

  • A's make Gomes signing official

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Joe Stiglich<br>Bay Area News Group<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:47 am
    Team gives up on once highly-touted prospect

  • Jose Canseco wants to DH for the Oakland A's

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Stiglich<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:24 am
    Former Bash Brother, 47, has reached out to Billy Beane via Twitter, but says 'I can't get anybody to give me a chance."

  • Oakland A's sign Bartolo Colon to one-year, $2 million deal

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Stiglich<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    Right-hander to join rotation after signing 1-year deal

  • A's add pitcher Bartolo Colon to staff

    <p class="bylinejb">By Joe Stiglich<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com'>jstiglich@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:20 pm
    The A's made it official that they've signed right-hander Bartolo Colon to a one-year deal.The 38-year-old Colon, who went 8-10 with a 4.
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    San Francisco 49ers

  • Vacaville boy's tearful video after 49ers' loss goes viral

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Melissa Murphy<br>The Reporter, Vacaville
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:46 am
    Missing out on the chance to watch their team play in the Super Bowl is heartbreaking for San Francisco 49ers fans, young and old -- and the Price family of Vacaville in Solano County has the video evidence to prove it.

  • San Francisco 49ers pack up for the offseason

    <p class="bylinejb">By Cam Inman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cinman@bayareanewsgroup.com'>cinman@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Fourteen players are ticketed for free agency, including quarterback Alex Smith

  • 49ers' Carlos Rogers, Dashon Goldson will miss Pro Bowl

    <p class="bylinejb">By Cam Inman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:cinman@bayareanewsgroup.com'>cinman@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:39 am
    Cornerback Carlos Rogers and safety Dashon Goldson, two of the 49ers' pending free agents, won't play in Sunday's Pro Bowl because of injuries, the team announced Tuesday.

  • Report: 49ers' Seely to interview for Indianapolis Colts head coaching job

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Cam Inman<br>Bay Area News Group
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:28 am
    Seely, the 49ers' assistant head coach and special teams coordinator, will interview Wednesday for the Indianapolis Colts' coaching vacancy, according to FoxSports.com's Alex Marvez

  • Tim Kawakami: Wide receiver the one glaring weakness for San Francisco 49ers

    <p class="bylinejb">By Tim Kawakami<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:17 am
    How in the world, in the 49ers' largest game in multiple generations, could their wide receivers combine for only a single reception, for 3 yards?
 
 
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    South Bay Pro Baseball

  • Herhold: The link between baseball and pension reform

    <p class="bylinejb">By Scott Herhold<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 6:17 am
    I've seen too much of politics to be an unbounded optimist. But as events have unfolded at San Jose City Hall, there's reason to believe in a favorable link between two major issues that could go to the voters -- pensions and baseball. South Bay baseball | Scott Herhold columns

  • A's soon-to-expire lease is a bargaining chip for Oakland

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Angela Woodall<br>Oakland Tribune
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    Time is running out for the A's. The team's contract at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland expires at the end of the 2013 season. Even if Major League Baseball decides to grant the wish of A's co-owner Lew Wolff to move the team to San Jose, they won't have a ballpark to play in for several years.

  • Mark Purdy: Bud Selig says A's future now on front burner

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    12 Jan 2012 | 11:58 pm
    Selig said he anticipated a decision soon, which would then require a 75 percent affirmative vote of those owners. Their next scheduled meeting is set for May in New York. A vote could also be conducted by phone any time.

  • Selig: A's bid to pursue ballpark in San Jose is `on the front burner' for MLB

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Mark Purdy<br>San Jose Mercury News
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:56 pm
    After agreeing to stay on as commissioner through 2014, Selig left no doubt what was at the top of his task list: a resolution of the A's ballpark situation and whether they will be permitted to pursue a ballpark in San Jose

  • MLB owners meet in Arizona, but decision on A's move to San Jose still up in the air

    <p class="bylinejb">By Tracy Seipel<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:tseipel@mercurynews.com'>tseipel@mercurynews.com</a>
    11 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am
    It's not on their official agenda, but when the owners of Major League Baseball's 30 teams gather Wednesday in Scottsdale, Ariz.
 
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    South Bay Pro Football

  • Santa Clara City Council rejects second 49ers stadium ballot measure

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:28 am
    The fight appears destined for court.

  • Drive to block Santa Clara 49ers stadium clears first of three hurdles

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:43 am
    Opponents of the San Francisco 49ers move to Santa Clara have cleared the first of three high hurdles needed to overturn plans to build a stadium after election officials on Monday verified the group collected enough signatures to put the project back on the ballot.

  • Santa Clara: Group says it has enough signatures to force vote on 49ers stadium loan

    <p class="bylinejb">By Lisa Fernandez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:lfernandez@mercurynews.com'>lfernandez@mercurynews.com</a>
    19 Jan 2012 | 9:41 am
    SANTA CLARAAnti-stadium group submits signaturesA group of Santa Clara residents opposed to a new 49ers stadium said Wednesday that they have collected enough signatures needed to force a referendum on an $850 million construction loan for the project.

  • Impeccable timing aids Santa Clara in 49ers stadium

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mike Rosenberg<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:mrosenberg@mercurynews.com'>mrosenberg@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:17 am
    Return to playoffs couldn't come at better time for Santa Clara

  • Santa Clara city attorney: 49ers stadium loan approval not eligible for referendum

    <p class="Byline">By Lisa Fernandez<br><a href='mailto:lfernandez@mercurynews.com'>lfernandez@mercurynews.com</a> </p>
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:56 pm
    The Santa Clara Stadium Authority's vote on an $850 million construction loan to build the 49ers stadium cannot be the subject of a referendum, according the city attorney. An anti-stadium group, however, vows to continue its fight.
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    Mark Purdy

  • Mark Purdy: Expect San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh to continue aggressive approach

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:15 am

  • Mark Purdy: In the end, miscues end 49ers' magical season

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:04 am

  • Purdy: 49ers are a hit show

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    22 Jan 2012 | 2:48 pm
    Your local listings do not lie. The 49ers really are in the NFC title game. Gore embodies 49ers' against-all-odds story | Poole: NFC Championship game is all about defense Kawakami: In the end, Giants will edge 49ers for NFC title | Laid-back Eli Manning is impervious to pressure Friday's special section: Read it, buy it Full coverage of the 49ers playoff games Facebook fan page | Blog | Twitter

  • Mark Purdy: Candlestick Park is 'a fortress' for 49ers

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:28 am
    It has been called many names over the years, most of them bad, but the 49ers can't get enough of the place right now

  • Mark Purdy: Breaking down Alex Smith's improvement

    <p class="bylinejb">By Mark Purdy<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Mercury News Columnist
    19 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am
    How did Smith get to this point? Everybody seems to want one secret key, one magic answer. But football is a team game. So there is never one key or one answer.
 
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    Books

  • Authors on their work

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Bruce Manuel<br><a href='mailto:bmanuel@mercurynews.com'>bmanuel@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Upcoming Bay Area events

  • Review: From Matthew Bowman, a timely, dignified history of Mormonism

    <p class="bylinejb">By Dwight Garner<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times<br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:16 pm
    With prominent Mormon Mitt Romney running for president, 'The Mormon People: The Making of an American Faith' will answer questions on some people's minds about the church's beliefs and practices.

  • Review: In 'The Operators,' Michael Hastings takes an inside look at the Afghanistan war

    <p class="bylinejb">By Bob Drogin <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Los Angeles Times <br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm
    A 2010 Hastings exposé in Rolling Stone got Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal fired as U.S. commander in Afghanistan that year.

  • Authors on their work

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Bruce Manuel<br><a href='mailto:bmanuel@mercurynews.com'>bmanuel@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pm
    Upcoming Bay Area events

  • Review: Charlie Louvin's posthumous memoir traces rise and fall of Louvin Brothers duo

    <p class="bylinejb">By Chris Talbott<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press<br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pm
    'Satan Is Real: The Ballad of The Louvin Brothers' reveals a subtle picture of the author as a survivor with a clear-eyed toughness.
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    Celebrities

  • Celeb Pix: Justin Bieber mingles with Michael Jackson's kids at Grauman's Chinese Theatre

    Bay Area News Group
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:50 pm
    Blake Lively and Chloe Moretz among the stars celebrating Jason Wu's new fashion line at Target. Diane Keaton does the Santa Barbara International Film festival. Daniel Radcliffe is all smiles at 'The Woman in Black' premiere in Toronto.

  • Hicks: Fran Drescher says she was abducted by aliens

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Tony Hicks<br>Contra Costa Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Fran Drescher says she was abducted by aliens.Well, that explains a lot.Speaking to the Huffington Post -- and likely realizing she doesn't get much attention anymore -- she said that having a close encounter of the third kind was something she has in common with ex-husband Peter Jacobson.

  • Hicks: Journey drummer arrested for assault

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Tony Hicks<br>Contra Costa Times
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:37 pm
    Also: Ferris Bueller to make Super Bowl comeback; Monty Python reuniting; Pat Sajak hosted 'Wheel” drunk; Merle Haggard on the mend.

  • Hicks: Ferris Bueller to return?

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Tony Hicks<br>Contra Costa Times
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:30 pm
    Only on Super Bowl Sunday could they be dusting the mothballs off Ferris Bueller.Will we finally find out what Cameron's dad did when he found out about the car?

  • Celeb Pix: Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte hang out in L.A.

    Bay Area News Group
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:11 pm
    Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte get jolly at the L.A. premiere of HBO's "Luck." New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg helps the cast of "Gossip Girl" celebrate its 100th episode. As usual, Kate Beckinsale looks stunning, at latest "Underworld" premiere.
 
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    Events

  • Good Stuff

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Contra Costa Times
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Good stuffGet a charge Free electric vehicle charging -- To celebrate the opening of five new electric vehicle charging stations, Pleasanton is offering free charges until April 1.

  • Calendar of events

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Contra Costa Times
    24 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    We have changed how we collect calendar information. Readers must now submit items through our website -- go to www.

  • Good Stuff

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Contra Costa Times
    24 Jan 2012 | 1:49 pm
    Good stuffCrab season in bloom Alamo Chamber of Commerce Installation -- The public is invited to the chamber's annual crab feed and installation dinner.

  • Arts Notes, Walnut Creek Journal and Lamorinda Sun

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Walnut Creek Journal
    18 Jan 2012 | 2:04 pm
    Drop-in sessions to learn about reading Kindles and suchElaine Grab, an Internet docent at the Clayton and Pleasant Hill libraries, will help the public navigate their way through the world of electronic reading devices at sessions on at 2 p.

  • Good Stuff

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Times Herald
    17 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Good stuffWalk on the arty side Art Walks -- There will be free monthly art walks in Pleasanton through April.
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    Horoscopes

  • Horoscope: January 26, 2012

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeraldine Saunders <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Tribune Media Services
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:33 pm
    BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Kelly Stables was born in St. Louis, Mo., on this day in 1978. This birthday gal most recently starred in the doomed series "Romantically Challenged.

  • Horoscope: January 28, 2012

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeraldine Saunders <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Tribune Media Services
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:59 pm
    BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Rosamund Pike, known for being the Bond girl of "Die Another Day," was born in London, England on this date in 1979.

  • Horoscope: January 27, 2012

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeraldine Saunders <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Tribune Media Services
    24 Jan 2012 | 12:58 pm
    BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Susanna Thompson was born in San Diego today in 1958. This birthday gal starred on the short-lived series "Kings" and has played recurring roles on "NCIS" and "Cold Case.

  • Horoscope: January 25, 2012

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeraldine Saunders <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Tribune Media Services
    19 Jan 2012 | 4:25 pm
    BIRTHDAY GAL: Actress Jenifer Lewis was born in Kinloch, Mo., on this date in 1957. This birthday gal most recently starred in the short-lived series "The Playboy Club.

  • Horoscope: January 24, 2012

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jeraldine Saunders <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Tribune Media Services
    19 Jan 2012 | 4:24 pm
    BIRTHDAY GUY: Actor Ed Helms was born in Atlanta today in 1974. This birthday guy played Andy Bernard on "The Office" for five seasons.
 
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    Music

  • Review: Jefferson Starship soars in San Francisco

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Jim Harrington<br>Oakland Tribune
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:31 am
    Whatever fans were expecting from Wednesday's concert, this latest version of Jefferson Starship likely surpassed all reasonable hopes as it delivered a blistering 80-minute set filled with many of the best songs in the Airplane/Starship catalog.

  • Review: Two works by composer David Lang showcased at Stanford

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Richard Scheinin<br><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm
    There was 'The Little Match Girl Passion,' inspired by Bach (which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2008), and 'Death Speaks,' inspired by Schubert and performed by Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices.

  • Only two songs for Oscars

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Randy Lewis and Deborah Vankin<br>Los Angeles Times<br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:40 pm
    Only two songs made the cut in this year's Oscar nominations.

  • Kenny Chesney leads ACM Awards nominations

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Chris Talbot<br>Associated Press
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:41 am
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Kenny Chesney's steamy duet, "You and Tequila" with Grace Potter, continues to radiate heat.

  • Being Jeff Tweedy: Life with Wilco

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Jim Harrington<br>Oakland Tribune
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:29 pm
    Jeff Tweedy and his band hit stardom favoring substance over style
 
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    Food & Dining

  • On Wine: The Zin Scene

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:35 pm
    Wine columnist Laurie Daniel discusses the current zinfandel scene.

  • Iconic Benicia restaurant undergoes TV show overhaul

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Tony Burchyns<br>Vallejo Times-Herald
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:33 pm
    BENICIA -- Food Network reality show "Restaurant: Impossible" overhauled longtime family-run Pappas Restaurant on East Second Street this week.

  • A la Carte: 'I Love Meatballs'

    <p class="Byline">By Jackie Burrell<br>Bay Area News Group </p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:22 pm
    If pie, macarons and/or cake pops are the new cupcake, then surely meatballs should be the new bacon, says Rick Rodgers, the prolific New York City-based food writer.

  • Produce picks: Honey Tangerines

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Michael Marks<br>For the Bay Area News Group
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm
    The Honey tangerine is the sweetest, juiciest, tangerine-iest tangerine you will ever eat. But you'll have to get past its less-than-beautiful appearance and overabundance of seeds first.

  • 2011 a vintage year for sales of California wine

    <p class="bylinejb">By Cathy Bussewitz <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Santa Rosa Press Democrat
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:07 pm
    2011 marked largest shipment increase in over a decade in spite of dry economy
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    Quick Bite

  • A Quick Bite: Cafe Sun in San Jose

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Natalie Martinez<br><a href='mailto:nmartinez@bayareanewsgroup.com'>nmartinez@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:44 pm
    A Quick Bite: Cafe Sun in San Jose

  • A Quick Bite: San Jose's Pizza Bocca Lupo

    <p class="bylinejb"> <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">
    12 Jan 2012 | 2:05 pm
    Pizza Bocca Lupo serves fresh toppings on Neapolitan crust

  • A Quick Bite: Oren's Hummus Shop in Palo Alto

    <p class="bylinejb"> <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">
    28 Dec 2011 | 12:02 pm
    Attentive service, casual atmosphere at new Palo Alto eatery

  • A Quick Bite: Frost Cupcake Factory in Campbell

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jason Bennert <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Correspondent
    22 Dec 2011 | 6:33 pm
    The frosting on topmakes these moistcakes a must-have

  • A Quick Bite: Star Café in San Jose

    <p class="bylinejb"> By Natalie Martinez<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:nmartinez@bayareanewsgroup.com'>nmartinez@bayareanewsgroup.com</a>
    23 Nov 2011 | 1:26 pm
    Good food at decent prices is served with a personal touch
 
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    Karen D Souza

  • Review: 'The Pitmen Painters' at TheatreWorks

    <p class="bylinejb">By Karen D'Souza<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:kdsouza@mercurynews.com'>kdsouza@mercurynews.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm
    Lee Hall's 'The Pitmen Painters' is a strong work given a fine treatment by TheatreWorks.

  • Rajiv Joseph's 'The North Pool' wins Glickman Award

    <p class="bylinejb">By Karen D'Souza<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:kdsouza@mercurynews.com'>kdsouza@mercurynews.com</a>
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:52 pm
    The award is given annually for the best play making its world premiere in the Bay Area.

  • Whitworth's a jack of all theater trades

    <p class="bylinejb">By Karen D'Souza<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:kdsouza@mercurynews.com'>kdsouza@mercurynews.com</a>
    23 Jan 2012 | 5:17 am
    In 12 years at the helm of Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Paul Whitworth made his mark as the ultimate actor/manager. More: Theater | Karen D'Souza's blog

  • Review: In 'Humor Abuse' Lorenzo Pisoni recalls his childhood as a Pickle Family Circus attraction

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Karen D'Souza<br><a href='mailto:kdsouza@mercurynews.com'>kdsouza@mercurynews.com</a>
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:15 am
    His thoroughly endearing one-man homage to his family's business somersaults between mirth and melancholy with the greatest of ease. It continues at ACT through Feb. 5. More: Theater | Karen D'Souza's blog

  • Review: 'West Side Story' from Broadway San Jose

    <p class="bylinejb">By Karen D'Souza<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:kdsouza@mercurynews.com'>kdsouza@mercurynews.com</a>
    18 Jan 2012 | 3:58 pm
    The revival of 'West Side Story' at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts packs a punch.
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    Bruce Newman

  • SF Film Society director Bingham Ray dies following stroke

    <p class="bylinejb">By Bruce Newman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bnewman@mercurynews.com'>bnewman@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:42 pm
    Ray became director of the Film Society -- which presents the San Francisco International Film Festival -- just two months ago, following the death in August of its previous leader, Graham Leggat, who died of cancer at 51.

  • Players change, coaches change -- but true Niners fans remain

    <p class="bylinejb">By Bruce Newman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bnewman@mercurynews.com'>bnewman@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    22 Jan 2012 | 9:31 am
    From the front office to the seven-man front, this San Francisco playoff team would be unrecognizable to the last one in 2003 by anything other than its uniforms. Players come and go; coaches are hired and fired. The true keepers of the 49ers' flame -- which will burn crimson bright when the team takes the field Sunday -- are the fans. Video: 49ers fans show their true colors Full coverage of the 49ers playoff games

  • San Francisco Film Society's new director suffers two strokes at Sundance

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Bruce Newman<br><a href='mailto:bnewman@mercurynews.com'>bnewman@mercurynews.com</a>
    22 Jan 2012 | 12:37 am
    57-year-old Bingham Ray suffered a mild stroke last week while attending the Sundance Film Festival, followed by a second, more serious, one Friday morning.

  • One way or the other, drought is over for Niners -- and the rest of us

    <p class="bylinejb">By Bruce Newman<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:bnewman@mercurynews.com'>bnewman@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p><p class="bylinecopyright">
    22 Jan 2012 | 12:37 am
    What seemed certain by Saturday afternoon, during a brief pause between storms, was that the South Bay had received a significant surge in its water supply -- and was likely to get a lot more by Monday.

  • San Francisco Film Society's new director suffers two strokes at Sundance

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Bruce Newman<br><a href='mailto:bnewman@mercurynews.com'>bnewman@mercurynews.com</a>
    22 Jan 2012 | 12:20 am
    57-year-old Bingham Ray suffered a mild stroke last week while attending the Sundance Film Festival, followed by a second, more serious, one Friday morning.
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    Richard Scheinin

  • Review: Two works by composer David Lang showcased at Stanford

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Richard Scheinin<br><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:28 pm
    There was 'The Little Match Girl Passion,' inspired by Bach (which won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2008), and 'Death Speaks,' inspired by Schubert and performed by Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices.

  • Review: Cello soloist Joshua Roman stands out in excellent California Symphony program

    <p class="bylinejb">By Richard Scheinin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    Guest conductor Robert Moody clearly connected with the orchestra, and Roman, a versatile 28-year-old up-and-comer, returns to the Bay Area later this month and again next.

  • Review: Trumpeter Roy Hargrove's extended area visit is like the good old (pre-recession) days

    <p class="bylinejb">By Richard Scheinin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    14 Jan 2012 | 6:57 pm
    He continues at Yoshi's-San Francisco through Sunday, then plays two shows Monday at Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz.

  • Review: Superb production of Debussy's 'Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien' at San Francisco Symphony

    <p class="bylinejb">By Richard Scheinin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a><br /></p>
    13 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am
    The spectacle repeats at Davies Hall through Saturday. One need only focus on the spoken narration by mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade to understand the aesthetic at work here: the sound of the French language is irresistibly sensuous.

  • The weekend's Symphony Silicon Valley concerts will be a family affair

    <p class="bylinejb">By Richard Scheinin<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:rscheinin@mercurynews.com'>rscheinin@mercurynews.com</a>
    11 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    For the first time in 12 years, guest conductor Mitchell Sardou Klein and his wife, violist Patricia Whaley, will collaborate in concert -- on Mozart's darkly delectable Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola. The work will also feature violin soloist Robin Mayforth.
 
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    Fashion & Style

  • Hose regains a toehold

    <p class="bylinejb">By Elizabeth Wellington <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">The Philadelphia Inquirer
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:08 pm
    The popularity of pantyhouse is on the rise, thanks to Kate Middleton's penchant for them. Couple that with ultra-fashion-forward stars like Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Jessie J wearing them. But, after years of bare-legged freedom, it's going to be a challenge for pantyhose manufacturers to get consumers to squeeze back into them. We're not going to go easily.

  • Effort outfits Super Bowl volunteers with scarves

    <p class="bylinejb">By Rick Callahan<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:01 pm
    A nationwide army of knitters, crocheters and weavers has created more than 13,000 blue-and-white scarves to help keep Super Bowl volunteers warm and highly visible when the big game comes to cold-weather Indianapolis.

  • The perfect button-down shirt is all in the details

    <p class="bylinejb">By Suzanne S. Brown <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">The Denver Post
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:58 pm
    Clothing designers and manufacturers have thrown themselves at creating the perfect button-down shirt, and we're happy to report that there have been improvements lately on a number of these fronts.

  • Royal crackdown on fascinators at Ascot racecourse

    <p class="bylinejb">By Raphael Satter <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    19 Jan 2012 | 5:47 pm
    Fascinators -- the delicate, whimsical pieces of headwear favored by the young and posh in Britain and beyond -- have been banned from the royal enclosure at Royal Ascot, one of the most exclusive events in Britain's social calendar.

  • For jewelers, entertainment award season is priceless advertising -- if their baubles are worn

    <p class="bylinejb">By Booth Moore <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Los Angeles Times
    19 Jan 2012 | 5:30 pm
    The finest jewelry in the world is in Hollywood during the weeks leading up to the Golden Globes and Oscars. Because no matter how valuable a diamond may be, a photo of a celebrity wearing one on the red carpet is priceless.
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    Green Living

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:24 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • California passes landmark rules to curb auto emissions

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Paul Rogers<br><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:07 am
    Air Resources Board rules will require 15 percent of new vehicles sold statewide by 2025 to be electric, plug-in-hybrid or hydrogen-fuel-cell and are expected to dramatically cut tailpipe pollution from gasoline engines

  • California air board to vote on landmark electric-car rules

    <p class="bylinejb">By Paul Rogers<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:39 am
    By 2025, one in seven cars in California showrooms would have to be battery electric, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel-cell under California Air Resources Board proposal.

  • Small non-profit works to reduce massive sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

    <p class="bylinejb">By Paul Rogers<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation"><a href='mailto:progers@mercurynews.com'>progers@mercurynews.com</a>
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:34 am
    With 17.5 million gallons spilled last year, Baykeeper has its work cut out for it, but one lawsuit at a time, is forcing cities to make tens of millions of dollars in repairs to crumbling pipes

  • Scientists team with art designers to restore Año Nuevo Island, a place where animals reign supreme

    <p class="bylinejb">By Erin Loury<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">For the Bay Area News Group<br /></p>
    22 Jan 2012 | 4:55 pm
    Thousands of people visit Año Nuevo State Reserve at this time of the year to see the elephant seals breed, but most barely notice an island just offshore, a wildlife reserve that's been closed to the public for more than half a century. Science & wildlife news
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    Home & Garden

  • A Peek Inside: New owners love their Willow Glen classic

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Joan Morris<br>Contra Costa Times<br /></p>
    28 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    When Ed Stoll and Nancy Masunaga decided to downsize from their 12,000-square-foot McMansion, they knew giving up all that spaciousness would be a challenge. More: Home & Garden

  • Now Growing: Understanding your place in the world

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Patrice Hanlon<br>Contra Costa Times correspondent<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:08 pm
    Know your 'ecological address' for intimate connection with land

  • Master Gardener: What's growing on in our soil

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Rebecca Jepsen<br>San Jose Mercury News correspondent
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:07 pm
    Tiny microbes thrive beneath the earth.

  • Garden as Art: Frozen in time

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Joan Morris<br>Contra Costa Times<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:07 pm
    The arrival -- at last -- of winter weather transformed Colleen Wheaton's fountain into a frozen sculpture earlier this month.

  • At Home with Marni: DIY for chicks, Part 2

    <p class="normalparagraphstyle">By Marni Jameson<br>Bay Area News Group correspondent<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:06 pm
    Author offers tips for helping women to fix it themselves
 
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    Recipes

  • Recipe: Stir-Fried Napa Cabbage

    <p class="Byline">Recipe courtesy of Kenneth Lo, 'The Top One Hundred Chinese Dishes'<br>(Ten Speed Press, 1992)</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:56 pm
    Stir-Fried Napa Cabbage Serves 4-61-pound Napa cabbage 2 to 21/2 tablespoons dried shrimp, or 3-4 small fresh shrimp plus 1 tablespoon fish sauce3 tablespoons oil 1/2-inch piece ginger, shredded1/4 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons soy sauce1.

  • Recipe: Simple Lettuce Stir-Fry

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Recipe courtesy of Grace Young<br>For the Chicago Tribune
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:55 pm
    Simple Lettuce Stir-FryServes 4Note: Accent this dish with dried shrimp, chilies, oyster sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce or grated ginger or bell peppers.

  • Recipe: Tex-Mex Slow Cooker Enchiladas

    <p class="Byline">Recipe from Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann, &#8220;Not Your Mother&#8217;s Slow Cooker&#8221;<br>(Harvard Common Press, 2004)</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:51 pm
    Tex-Mex Slow Cooker Enchiladas Enchilada red sauce:1 tablespoon olive oil3 cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon oregano1/2 teaspoon ground cumin28-ounce can red chile sauce, preferably Las Palmas2 tablespoons masa harina2/3 cup water1-2 tablespoons red chile powder or to taste1 tablespoon brown

  • Recipe: Fundamental Squash Soup with Sage

    <p class="Byline">Recipe courtesy of Deborah Madison, 'Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen' <br>(Broadway Books, 2006)</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:51 pm
    Fundamental Squash Soup with SageMakes about 2 quarts1 cooking pumpkin or winter squash, about 3 pounds, cut in half2 onions, divided2 thyme sprigs or 1/2 teaspoon dried3 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons chopped parsley1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage, or 1 teaspoon driedSalt, pepperGarnish:3

  • Recipe: Black Bean Soup with Meyer Lemon Crème Fraiche

    <p class="Byline">Recipe adapted from Kate McMillan, 'Williams-Sonoma Soup of the Day'<br> (Weldon Owen, 2011)</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:51 pm
    Black Bean Soup with Meyer Lemon Crème FraicheServes 4-61/2 pound dried black beans, picked over and rinsed1 tablespoon olive oil1 small white onion, chopped2 cloves garlic, minced1 small jalapeño chile, seeded and minced1 teaspoon ground cumin1/4 cup dry sherry4 cups vegetable or
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    Religion

  • Interfaith, international prayer service Sunday in Walnut Creek

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">Contra Costa Times
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:25 pm
    WALNUT CREEK -- The 4th All Nations Intercessory Union Prayer Conference for Revival Of Our Nations will be held from 6 to 8 p.

  • Administration rules insurers must cover contraceptives

    <p class="bylinejb">By Robert Pear <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times <br /></p>
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:58 pm
    White House allows church employers extra time to comply

  • Raising children in a different faith has its challenges

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Jessica Yadegaran<br>Contra Costa Times
    17 Jan 2012 | 8:15 pm
    Teaching children about religion is complicated. Raising them in a faith other than your own can be even more challenging. With Hanukkah and Christmas approaching and mixed-faith households on the rise -- they jumped from 16 percent in 1988 to 25 percent in 2006, according to the General Social Survey -- experts says knowledge and honesty are parents' best tools for raising children of a different faith. More: Family & Relationships | Bay Area Living

  • African-American children in Mennonite families bridge two worlds

    <p class="bylinejb">By Carolyn Davis <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">The Philadelphia Inquirer
    5 Jan 2012 | 5:57 pm
    Twins are among about 100 children, most of them black, born to women who were incarcerated at Pennsylvania prisons and sent by their mothers to Mennonite foster families in Central Pennsylvania as part of an informal caretaking program. About 29 remain in Mennonite homes.

  • For bishops in Illinois, a battle over whose rights prevail

    <p class="bylinejb">By Laurie Goodstein <br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times <br /></p>
    28 Dec 2011 | 10:58 pm
    Instead of allowing gays to adopt, some groups end services
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    Travel

  • A serene isle (for now) off Tanzania

    <p class="bylinejb">By Brendan Spiegel<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">New York Times<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:42 pm
    Mafia Island is hardly a tourist hot spot, and has few of the high-end accouterments that draw hordes of honeymooners to other Indian Ocean isles like the Seychelles, Mauritius and Zanzibar. Over the past decade, though, it has built a small but passionate following among travelers drawn by its simple charms and serene atmosphere.

  • Plans for Diamond Jubilee river pageant unveiled

    <p class="bylinejb">By Gregory Katz<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Associated Press
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:38 pm
    A flotilla of 1,000 boats will be lined up for tribute to Queen Elizabeth.

  • Travel Q&A: Will Costa refund my airfare for upcoming Concordia trip?

    <p class="bylinejb">By Catharine Hamm<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Los Angeles Times
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:33 pm
    If I'm holding airline tickets for an upcoming Costa trip -- the Concordia, which collided with rocks and ran aground Jan.13, was scheduled to sail again from Rome (Civitavecchia) -- will the company give me back my money?

  • Around the Web: PicCollage

    <p class="bylinejb">By Jen Leo<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Los Angeles Times<br /></p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:32 pm
    This free app for the iPhone and iPad helps you organize and export photo collages.

  • Seeking guidance: 'Living Abroad in Hong Kong'

    <p class="bylinejb">By John Bordsen<br /></p><p class="bylineaffiliation">Charlotte Observer
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pm
    "Moon: Living Abroad in Hong Kong" by Rory Boland (Avalon Travel, 288 pages, $19.99) Boland, 29, grew up in Tamworth, England, and moved to Hong Kong in 2006 to pursue writing.
 
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    Laurie Daniel

  • On Wine: The Zin Scene

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:35 pm
    Wine columnist Laurie Daniel discusses the current zinfandel scene.

  • On Wine: A critic's year of discovery

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    11 Jan 2012 | 7:45 pm
    I rarely make New Year's resolutions these days. But I did spend some time at the end of 2011 reflecting on what I learned during the year.

  • On Wine: Cava, prosecco and other bubblies

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    23 Dec 2011 | 2:29 pm
    French Champagne is fabulous, but other sparkling wines will put the bubbles in your celebration just as well -- and with less pocketbook damage.

  • On Wine: Books for Wine Lovers

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    7 Dec 2011 | 1:19 pm
    The end of the year always brings flurries of new wine books, many of which are destined to become gifts for some wine lover.

  • On Wine: Charles Krug and the Mondavis

    <p class="Byline">By Laurie Daniel<br>For the Bay Area News Group</p>
    6 Dec 2011 | 6:12 pm
    Wine columnist Laurie Daniel explores the world of Charles Krug Winery and the cabs and sauvignon blancs the Mondavis have created there.
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    Home Plates

  • Home Plates: Enchilada casseroles and more

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Kim Boatman<br>For the Bay Area News Group
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:39 pm
    Readers share recipes for enchilada casserole in the slow cooker.

  • Recipe: Tex-Mex Slow Cooker Enchiladas

    <p class="Byline">Recipe from Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann, &#8220;Not Your Mother&#8217;s Slow Cooker&#8221;<br>(Harvard Common Press, 2004)</p>
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:51 pm
    Tex-Mex Slow Cooker Enchiladas Enchilada red sauce:1 tablespoon olive oil3 cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon oregano1/2 teaspoon ground cumin28-ounce can red chile sauce, preferably Las Palmas2 tablespoons masa harina2/3 cup water1-2 tablespoons red chile powder or to taste1 tablespoon brown

  • Recipe: Chili-Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges

    <p class="Byline">Recipe from Stephanie Chipman <br>For the Bay Area News Group </p>
    18 Jan 2012 | 2:45 pm
    Chili-Roasted Sweet Potato WedgesServes 411/2 pounds sweet potatoes2 tablespoons olive oil1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon chili powder1 teaspoon coarse salt1/2 teaspoon ground pepper1.

  • Home Plates: Spicy Sweet Potatoes and More

    <p class="NormalParagraphStyle">By Kim Boatman<br>For the Bay Area News Group
    18 Jan 2012 | 2:44 pm
    Readers share recipes for spicy sweet potatoes and seek recipes for apple desserts.

  • Recipe: Peanut Butter Mississippi Mud Bars

    <p class="Byline">Recipe from 'Debbi Fields' Great American Desserts'<br> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 2000)</p>
    11 Jan 2012 | 2:39 pm
    Peanut Butter Mississippi Mud BarsMakes about 161 stick unsalted butter, softened1 cup packed light brown sugar1/2 cup creamy peanut butter1 large egg, room temperature1 tablespoon pure vanilla1 cup flour1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon salt8 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped, divided8
 
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