Dozens of residents lose homes in apartment fire

San Jose Mercury News - Thu Nov 05

Jessica Arias anxiously watches as firefighters try to locate a few, specific valuables in her burned out apartment in Sunnyvale.

Santa Clara County residents miss water-savings goal

San Jose Mercury News - Thu Nov 05

Like dieters nibbling dessert as New Year's resolutions become more distant, Santa Clara Valley residents' water conservation efforts have weakened with each passing month this year.

Santa Clara Co. Settles Again In Cyclist's Death

CBS 5 - Thu Nov 05

Santa Clara County will pay $800,000 to the father of a bicyclist who was killed when a deputy fell asleep while driving his patrol car.

San Jose Unified: Swine flu shots should begin Nov. 16

San Jose Mercury News - Wed Nov 04

San Jose Unified School District has set a Nov. 16 target date to begin a free, voluntary H1N1 vaccination program to inoculate all its 32,000 students against the widespread virus.

Cutthroat race for Santa Clara County district attorney begins

San Jose Mercury News - Wed Nov 04

Kicking off what promises to be a cutthroat race, homicide prosecutor Jeff Rosen announced Wednesday he is running for Santa Clara County district attorney against his boss - and immediately faulted her for poor judgment and questionable ethics in recent episodes.

Legislators approve landmark water deal

San Jose Mercury News - Wed Nov 04

Monumental plans to overhaul California's water system - decades in the dreaming and months in the works - finally emerged from an exhausted Legislature early Wednesday, defying regional squabbles to become the signature accomplishment in a year mostly lamented for budget cuts.

Santa Clara Principal investigated

KLIV - Homepage - Wed Nov 04

A reassignment has taken place at a high school in Santa Clara. Wilcox High Principal Tab Taber has been replaced, at least temporarily, while school officials investigate whether or not he was warned about a teacher who is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a student.

Water bills grinding through California Legislature

San Jose Mercury News - Tue Nov 03

The monumental effort to remake California's water system stretched into a second day of debate, with the state Senate passing all but one of the bills in the wide-ranging effort as of early Tuesday night and the Assembly finally beginning to cast votes of its own.

HTML 5 progresses despite challenges

InfoWorld - Tue Nov 03

The new standard still faces video codec issues but could reach the candidate-recommendation phase by 2011 Development of HTML 5, the highly touted upgrade to the language of the Web, is progressing but still faces obstacles, including lack of a standard video codec, said an official of the World Wide Web Consortium at a gathering on Tuesday.

Group worries elder abuse underreported in Calif.

The Press-Enterprise - Tue Nov 03

A state watchdog group says elder abuse may be underreported because of budget cuts to programs aimed at ensuring the safety of California seniors, and confused interpretations of state and federal law.