San Jose State admissions for Fall 2012

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San Jose State University will accept all CSU-eligible local freshmen and transfer applicants as originally planned…

Palo Alto: 9 burglaries in one day

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Palo Alto police responded to eight home burglaries and one attempted home burglary on Friday, and they are warning residents stay on the alert…

Chinese family loses home in fire while on vacation

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A family of four vacationing in China lost their home in an early morning fire in Sunnyvale this morning….

San Jose cell tower controversy

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Verizon Wireless is proposing to set up a 60-foot tall cell tower next to a San Jose elementary school but the plan is opposed by many parents and neighbors…

San Jose students want minimum wage increase

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(中文) San Jose州立大學一群學生正努力爭取把San Jose市的最低工資由八元增加至十元…

Cinequest Film Festival kicks off Feb 28

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In 1988, Aung San Suu Kyi returned from Oxford in Great Britain to Myanmar (Burma)…

San Jose unveils free CPR app

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The San Jose Fire Department partnered with El Camino Hospital to provide a free, lifesaving PulsePoint CPR mobile phone app for San Jose …..

2011 record year for domestic violence deaths in Santa Clara

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Sixteen people died as a result of domestic violence in Santa Clara County last year…

SF Asian American Film Fest begins Mar 8

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The Center for Asian America Media presents…

Milpitas accident victim remembered

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39-year-old Raul Zapata was a carpenter by profession and had been living in Hayward for the past 12 years…

2012 Silicon Valley Index

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(中文) 有研究報告顯示,受高科技公司增聘人手帶動,矽谷地區的整體失業率,連續兩年下降…

San Jose seeks help solving hate crimes

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One of them opened the door of the victim’s car, threw punches at the victim, spat at him and even hit him with a Tequila bottle…

KMT Vice Chairman visits the Bay Area

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KMT vice chairman John Chiang visited the Bay Area today…

Stanford Pan Asian Music Festival

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Stanford Pan Asian Music Festival

NFL approves $200 million loan for 49ers stadium

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NFL owners have approved a $200 million loan to help the San Francisco 49ers build a stadium south of Santa Clara…

Santa Clara County launches campaign to protect youth from tobacco

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The Santa Clara County Public Health Department launches its Lame Reasons to Smoke 3D animated video as part of its comprehensive strategy against tobacco in Santa Clara County…

Man buried alive in Milpitas accident

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All works have since been halted. The contractor, U.S.-Sino Investment based in Fremont…

Santa Clara County launches health information websites

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The Public Health Department and Department of Aging and Adult Service celebrate the launch of innovative, local-delivery websites that help improve the health and well-being of Santa Clara County residents…..

Sunnyvale: fatal hit-and-run collision

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The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety today announced the arrest of a man in connection with a hit-and-run collision…

Harry Lew hazing case goes to trial

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A Hawaii-based lance corporal accused of hazing a fellow Marine who committed suicide at their remote Afghanistan outpost was scheduled to appear in military court Monday…

Michelle Kwan in Hall of Fame

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It has been six years she last competed in skating…

Two Chinese Americans run for Santa Clara County Supervisor

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Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors…

Suspect in SJSU gropings dorm arrested

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A suspect is in custody in connection with the groping of four women as they slept in a San Jose State University dormitory building early this morning…

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Southbay group asks the San Jose community to help the homeless survive the cold winter …

Two local Chinese students are finalists in Intel’s science contest

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Forty students from around the nation were recognized as finalists in the Intel Science Talent Search 2012 and two Bay Area Chinese students are among them…..

Council rejects petition to place stadium project back on ballot

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The Santa Clara City Council on Tuesday night rejected a petition to place the San Francisco 49ers stadium project before voters a second time…

Santa Clara Lunar New Year Exhibit

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Each year, the Association of Northern California Chinese Schools hosts a painting contest. This year, the theme was the Year of the Dragon…

San Jose Unified hopes to offer Transitional Kindergarten this fall

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San Jose Unified School has been hosting its first parent information meeting regarding Transitional Kindergarten program (TK) in fall 2012….

Santa Clara County launch Ecstasy prevention initiative

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Responding to a growing epidemic of Ecstasy drug use among teens and young adults in Santa Clara County…

Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists

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Twenty-nine high-school students were named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search of 2012. Over half of them are Chinese…