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San Jose |
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VTA fare increases Officials said the fare increases are necessary because of the current economic slowdown in the Silicon Valley
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San Jose Downtown |
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New Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Library is a 7-year joint-development between the city, University and the Redevelopment Agency
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San Jose |
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Vietnam. community mourns police vicitm
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South San Jose |
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Cutbacks at Santa Clara County Fair
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| Aug.2 |
North San Jose |
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Sentenced for Harassing Iraqi Neighbors Ayad and Leila Jindeel, an Iraqi-American family, say Ed Crutchfield is threatening them
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| Aug.5 |
Cisco |
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Profit rises in fiscal fourth quarter Profits grew 27%, despite a decrease in revenues, as Cisco Systems continued to control costs in the challenging economy
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| Aug.6 |
Cisco |
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Shares Off After Results Disappoint
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| Aug.7 |
North San Jose |
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Dennehy memorial service| Family, friends and Baylor University officials gathered to remember the slain basketball player | |
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South San Jose |
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Rocket-fuel blast levels building| An explosion has demolished a building, set off a grass fire on 10 acres and released ammonium chloride | |
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| Aug.8 |
South San Jose |
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Explosion Sparks Tests on Reservoir Anderson Reservoir was closed while officials conducted tests to make sure chemicals did not wash into drinking water
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South San Jose |
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Cause of explosion investigated
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| Aug.10 |
North San Jose |
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Man killed in alleged DUI accident
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| Aug.11 |
eBay |
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eBay Takes a $30 Million Charge
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| Aug.15 |
SFO |
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Travelers Still Stranded The massive blackout in the Northeast left may travelers stranded at airports
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| Aug.16 |
San Jose Downtown |
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World record broken for reading aloud| 6 hardy readers at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library are reading in 3-hour shifts. They have slept inside the library | |
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East San Jose |
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Several men robbed Wells Fargo Bank 2 to 4 men wearing bandanas over their faces allegedly entered a bank and demanded money
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| Aug.17 |
San Jose Downtown |
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257 condos to entice first-time buyers
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| Aug.18 |
North San Jose |
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Man shot to death at his workplace A 47-year-old man had left for work at about noon and didn't return home at the scheduled time
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| Aug.19 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Exhibition Surf Culture The exhibition 'Surf Culture: The Art History of Surfing' had been opened at the San Jose Museum of Art
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| Aug.21 |
eBay |
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Power outage takes eBay down for hours| Web site shut down for 3 hours late due to a power outage at 'hosting facility' | |
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San Jose |
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JDS Uniphase CEO retires Jozef Straus retiring after more than 20 years at the company. The company will consolidate its HQ in San Jose
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Highway 101 |
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Arrest of homicide suspect closes 101  All 4 lanes of southbound highway were shut down as police arrested Francisco Magana, 37, on a parole violation
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| Aug.22 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City to rebalance budget Cty and redevelopment staff have proposed steps to keep the budgets in balance in response to reduced revenues
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San Jose Downtown |
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State Assemblyman Injured in Crash Manny Diaz and another manwere injured after two vehicles collided after one of them ran a red light
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| Aug.24 |
Spartan Stadium |
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Earthquakes 1, United 0
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| Aug.25 |
South San Jose |
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Several trailers caught fire Firefighters have the upper hand on 2-alarm fire
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| Aug.26 |
Pittsburg |
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Lightning Blamed for Grassfires Lightning strikes were the cause of a fire near San Jose's Evergreen Valley College and a blaze in the hills above Pittsburg
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San Jose |
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Teachers voted to allow to call strike A long dispute with the Campbell Union High School District has left teachers without a contract for two years
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| Aug.27 |
East San Jose |
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Wildfire started by lightning Fire burned more than 2000 acres and are in inaccessible areas
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| Aug.30 |
Highway 880 |
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Man died after accident Car swerved to the right and hit a utility pole on I-880. The car tipped over and part of the pole went through its roof
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Spartan Stadium |
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Rapids 2, Earthquakes 1
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| Aug.31 |
Spartan Stadium |
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Police Officer Critically Injured in Accident| Driver ignored the cone pattern, struck the officer and knocked him about 30 feet | |
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