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An industry group said Thursday that more wine could be consumed globally this year thanks to crisis-fueled demand for cheaper or discounted tipples. While that might benefit some low-end producers, the organization's director cautioned wine growers to...
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In a land defined by impatience and a fixation on the next new thing, five years is an eternity...But the beauty of the annual fundraising run, or walk, or meander, through downtown San Jose is that it is a chance for a valley that is work-obsessed to...
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Those who question whether the city is getting its marketing money's worth may be wondering why the firm sent a story pitch to this hallowed publication, perhaps thinking the Mercury News had never heard of the city whose history and happenings it has...
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Two men were charged Friday in a street racing accident in San Jose, Calif., that claimed the life of a 20-year-old woman, police said. The San Jose Mercury News reported Emmanuel Pourmand, 21, and Joseph Anthony Inocencio, 18, are facing charges of gross...
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When I recently wrote about my fondness for the one-story-high Knight Ridder signs floating like ghosts above downtown San Jose, I suggested we might repurpose the signs' letters, which currently stand in memorial to a newspaper company that no longer...
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San Jose, Calif., police say they're investigating officers who allegedly used a Taser on an unarmed college student and beat him while he was handcuffed. A grainy cell phone video taken by a roommate of Phuong Ho, 20, a math major from Vietnam, appears...
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A man and a woman, both in their 30s, collapsed and died during a half-marathon in California. The two runners were among 11,500 people who participated Sunday in the Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon in San Jose, the San Jose Mercury News reported.
Venture capitalist William "Boots" Del Biaggio III, 41, of San Jose must surrender Jan. 8 to begin serving a sentence of eight years and one month, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said at a hearing in San Francisco. The judge also ordered Del Biaggio...
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Former Florida State baseball All-American Buster Posey is expected to join the San Francisco Giants today after the team purchased his contract from their Triple-A affiliate in Fresno, according to the San Jose Mercury News. In his first full season...
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According to the San Jose Mercury News, Lisa A. Burns wants to add her two cents to the debate over our country's housing crisis. Actually, she wants to hurl her two cents. After all, she received a letter from her lender threatening foreclosure of her...
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