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The Mercury News - Top Stories

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East Bay voters decide who will finish Swalwell's term in Congress

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Harriette Cole: I lost their child for just a few minutes, and the parents fired me

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Michelin-starred Indian cuisine chef on board for new restaurant in downtown San Jose

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Crime and Public Safety

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An Oakland murder suspect professed innocence from day one. Now prosecutors say they can't prove guilt

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Brentwood farm worker charged with setting up hidden camera in restroom

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Man charged in Alameda robbery-shooting

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IBM research center in San Jose might receive updated zoning designation

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San Jose celebrates India's 80th Independence Day

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Hayward's Carmen & Family Bar-B-Que founder turns 100

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Coming face to face with the future

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Outside Lands: The xx returns, Charli xcx surprises and young rising star shines

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Photos: National Night Out celebrated in San Jose

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This award-studded Oakland chef is opening a tavern in the Rockridge District

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Bay Area culinary star shares the secrets of making authentic Thai food

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'Cooking Thai' Recipe: Thai Tea Cheesecake

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'Cooking Thai' recipe: Life-Changing Chicken Curry from a Michelin-starred chef

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Asking Eric: Help me with a decision tree for thinking about divorce

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Dear Abby: I just wanted to see what was on my husband's computer. Why do I feel he's hiding something?

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Old friends Joe Farnsworth and Eric Alexander reunite for Bay Area gigs

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There's still time to see gripping production of 'Macbeth' in Santa Cruz

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Early but not the earliest: Starbucks sets 2026 Pumpkin Spice Latte date

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Taves: Trump finds a new excuse to play games with California's cash

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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more

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What I learned from interviewing 49 candidates on Bay Area ballots

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Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump's toxic coal terminal

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Target's revamp hinges on its bet that shoppers want trendy snacks and drinks

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Apple's anti-AI position is becoming stock market baggage

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A look at major lawsuits against Meta and other social media companies over harms to kids

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Country singer Colt Ford injured in tour bus crash in Germany

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Selena Gomez vows to fight 'meritless' investor fraud lawsuit

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Mark Rydell, the Oscar-nominated director of 'On Golden Pond,' dies at 97

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Bruce Springsteen biographer and music critic Dave Marsh dies at 76

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Sale closed in Danville: $1 million for a townhouse

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Single-family home in San Jose goes for $1.3 million

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VTA adjusts bus schedules so Saratoga students can ride to school

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San Jose man arrested in connection with June shooting

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Meta goes on trial in Oakland over alleged harms to children, with up to $1.4 trillion at stake

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