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  5 hours ago

  Containment of Electra Fire near Amador-Calaveras county line surges to 40%

  The Mercury News - Jason Green

  JACKSON – Aided by unseasonably cool weather and higher humidity levels than normal, firefighters on Wednesday made considerable progress in …

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  7 hours ago

  Boy drowns in Mountain View apartment complex pool

  The Mercury News - Jason Green

  MOUNTAIN VIEW – Detectives on Wednesday were investigating the drowning death of a 9-year-old boy in Mountain View. Around 4 p.m., city dispatchers …

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  10 hours ago

  Oakland man takes plea deal, three-year prison term, in girlfriend’s fatal shooting

  The Mercury News - Nate Gartrell

  OAKLAND — Just six months after he was charged with murder, an Oakland man has accepted a plea deal and three-year prison term in the shooting death …

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  13 hours ago

  After six long years, this elite all-girls school in Palo Alto can finally expand. But why did it take so long?

  The Mercury News - Aldo Toledo

  PALO ALTO — When Castilleja School Head Nanci Kauffman went into her first public meeting on the elite, all-girls school’s expansion plans in 2016, …

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  14 hours ago

  Mexico, Colombia set for men’s pre-World Cup match at Levi’s Stadium

  The Mercury News - Michael Nowels

  Mexican soccer fans in the Bay Area will have the opportunity to see their men’s team off this fall before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Mexico will …

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  14 hours ago

  Judge issues narrow injunction in challenge to Santa Clara County’s employee vaccine order

  The Mercury News - Gabriel Greschler

  In a partial victory for workers challenging Santa County’s vaccination mandate, a federal judge has ruled that the county must treat employees with …