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The Mercury News - Top Stories

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Should Congress bar big investors from buying single-family homes?

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Dear Abby: My mother found out where I get the money I give her, and she's not happy

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Crime and Public Safety

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Death of inmate at Bay Area prison investigated as a homicide

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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end protests in Minneapolis

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At 3 a.m., a gunman waited behind an Oakland lingerie store on 'The Blade', police say. The operator was shot dead minutes later

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Timothy Busfield accused of sexually abusing girl at his Sacramento theater

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10 things Fred Warner said about his push to return to the 49ers' playoff run

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Are 'hot' California housing markets a good thing?

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After 70 years, Rick's Ice Cream turns over its recipes to Pints of Joy

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Trump vowed disruption. Oakland's port shows how little trade really changed.

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Photos: Fans celebrate the life of Grateful Dead's Bob Weir in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury

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How this highly successful East Bay coach found balance, clarity and his way back to Granada

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Comeback complete: Mitty star's return to basketball a year in making

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7 terrific Bay Area things to do this weekend

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Bay Area arts: 10 cool shows and events to catch this weekend

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Julio Iglesias accused by former employees of sexual, physical abuse

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Cycling-themed cafe opens in Sand Hill Road hotel

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Death cap mushroom toll climbs as California officials plead for halt to foraging

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Score free food this weekend at the Onigilly opening in Daly City

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This architecturally beloved Taco Bell in the East Bay is shutting down

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Walters: How Newsom's presidential ambitions complicate his last budget as governor

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Jarvis: The Dry January experiment is working

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Friedman: The president's scheme to sack Powell paves the road to constitutional ruin

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Newsom's final budget faces a litany of political and financial challenges

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Santa Cruz votes to terminate its contract with Flock Safety

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California watchdog says Newsom budget plan sidesteps 'alarming' deficits ahead

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Trump enacts 25% tariff on chips — with a caveat

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'Today' host Jenna Bush Hager reveals major new role at NBC

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Bruno Mars now holds a record that tops even Taylor Swift

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Chris Noth doesn't want to discuss shading Sarah Jessica Parker

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Tommy Lee Jones put late daughter under temporary conservatorship years before death

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The 10 most expensive homes sold in Los Gatos the week of Dec. 15

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Sale closed in San Jose: $2.9 million for a four-bedroom home

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Contra Costa County real estate: House on Chardonnay Court sells for $1.6 million

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Sale closed in Danville: $2.1 million for a four-bedroom home

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