New allegations against San Jose coach accused of fondling young...

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

... he was hired to coach in San Jose . The revelations pose questions about how thoroughly USA Swimming the governing body for competitive swimming conducts background checks on coaches. Although one Oak Harbor family told the Mercury News they ...

Santa Clara County DA Dolores Carr says 'no' to open grand jury in ...

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

(Gary Reyes/ Mercury News) (Gary Reyes/ Mercury News) Turning aside calls from some community critics, Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr has ruled out opening a grand jury investigation into why San Jose police shot a knife-wielding, ...

Gap between boys and girls persists in tech

Modesto Bee, CA

By CHRIS O'BRIEN - San Jose Mercury News san jose , Calif. -- My 4-year-old daughter Kalian has become fascinated about printing on the - "'puter," as she calls it. My wife or I will open a Word file on our family PC, and she'll plop down in the chair, ...

Richmond Cop Charged with Felonies

KCBS, CA

The San Jose Mercury News reports that Riley had been fired from the police department after a similar complaint in 2006, but was reinstated after binding arbitration. Riley has been ordered to appear in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez ...

Microlending taking off in US, too

Merced Sun-Star, CA

By mike cassidy - San Jose Mercury News Kiva.org. Muhammad Yunus. Creating entrepreneurs and changing lives for an investment of pennies a day in India, Pakistan, Vietnam and the rest of the developing world. I'm a smart guy, see. ...

49er South Bay Stadium Plan Revealed

NBC Bay Area, CA

Artists' sketches released in the San Jose Mercury News show the proposed stadium would be an an ultramodern facility making an unprecedented strides in it's earth-friendly and rich-people-friendly design. Details of the stadium design published in the ...

Silicon Valley meets Notre Dame in design shaping up for new 49ers ... TMCnet

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Much to learn from denied graduate's story

Milpitas Post, CA

The children in this story... students at Milpitas High School after reading the account of Taylor's plight in the San Jose Mercury News... immediately recognized the difference between right and wrong and stood up for what was right. ...

San Jose won't release 911 tapes of cop shooting now, but council ...

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

(Gary Reyes/ Mercury News) The family lived in the Berryessa neighborhood in San Jose . For now, San Jose police won't be forced to release the 911 audiotapes documenting the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man last month, a City Council ...

One Year Later, Gay Marriage Fight Still On

NBC Bay Area, CA

When asked about that, she told the San Jose Mercury News, an attendant told her, "Well, those people are different." A hospital spokeswoman says an internal investigation found Orbin had received good care and the hospital followed proper procedures. ...

Schwarzenegger Urges Quick Resolution of Prop. 8 Challenge in ... California Chronicle

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Mercury News takes six top honors at Peninsula Press Club awards

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

By Donna Kato The San Jose Mercury News won six first place awards and a second place honor in the annual San Francisco Peninsula Press Club contest presented Saturday evening. It included the top award for General Excellence for the staff of the daily ...

San Jose assemblyman reaps campaign cash as insurance committee chair

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

"The more independent one is, the more effective you're going to be," Coto, D- San Jose , told the Mercury News at the time. That turned out to be a fleeting impulse: Coto has collected insurance money at a pace unrivaled among other legislators. ...

San Jose Falcon Brings Slow News Day to an End With Flight

SFist, CA

Yesterday afternoon, one of the young female falcons that adorn the roof at San Jose City Hall (named Ilahay, which is "angel" in Persian) took her first flight. According to the Mercury News, the falcon "flew over the Martin Luther King Jr. library ...

San Jose pension trustees itching to travel despite critical audit

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

By John Woolfolk Despite a city audit last year assailing San Jose pension officials for excessive travel expenses, some trustees are itching to hit the road again. David Bacigalupi, a retired policeman who chairs the seven-member board overseeing the ...

Lindsay Lohan Posts Topless Photo

TheCelebrityCafe.com, NY

Sources say that the couple's on-again off-again relationship is over for good this time because of Lohan's tendency to start "acting like a maniac." And yesterday, the San Jose Mercury News reported that the actress is under suspicion for the theft of ...

Commercializing lithium-ion technology

WTN News, WI

As I have asked in the past, Where is our equivalent to the San Jose Mercury News? If technology is covered at all around here by the mainstream press or TV, it is more likely to cover the next generation Grand Theft Auto game or the latest pastel ...

Obama, lawmakers will mull immigration reform

SmartBrief, DC

However, opponents say the US economy cannot support a large volume of illegal immigrants. Many analysts say legislation must include a guest worker program as well as additional visa programs. San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) (06/14)

Bright and Early

Voice of San Diego, CA

The San Jose Mercury News reports that a nonprofit leader is stepping down amid suspicions that the organization diverted retirement contributions from teachers and staff at its charter schools. And the Oakland Tribune writes about the impact of gun ...

Soccer Notebook: Kamara wants to keep level head

Houston Chronicle, United States

Kamara was referring to comments by Garcia to the San Jose Mercury News a day earlier in which he suggested Kamara was a mental midget. Kamara and the Dynamo face the Earthquakes tonight at Robertson Stadium. Garcia made the comment in reference to ...

Dynamo shake Quakes, roll to victory MLS - Major League Soccer

Kamara lets his play do all the talking MLS - Major League Soccer

Dynamo see chance for crucial points MLS - Major League Soccer

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Community rallies around young San Jose gardeners

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

(Patrick Tehan/ Mercury News) Thieves may have swiped a bunch of gardening equipment and bug identification kits from Lynhaven Elementary School last weekend. But in the past 24 hours, the San Jose school has reaped a lot more than Creature Peepers and ...

Herhold: The story of the telescope and the blob

San Jose Mercury News,  USA

(Nhat V. Meyer/ Mercury News) An airport is supposed to be functional, the equivalent of a bus terminal on warp speed. You get in and out. If you're on business, you rent a car and go. Who cares what the place looks like? If the point of San Jose's ...