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Caught in a budget meltdown, the state is forcing schools to abandon one of the most popular education reforms — smaller class sizes.
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Arturo Vasquez revisits his destroyed home in San Bruno a month after the massive pipeline blast.
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Photographers with the San Jose Mercury News share some of their favorite images from the San Francisco Giants postseason run to their World Series Championship.
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As the nation debates illegal immigration in the abstract, a Bay Area family lives the raw anguish of deportation and the intense fight to stay together. This is their story.
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Bessie Kawachi Chin, 87, fulfills her dream of a college degree after Japanese-American internment prevented her from finishing her studies nearly 70 years ago. (more…)

A look at California Penal Code 148 and its use by the San Jose Police Department.
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The 2009 recession by the Mercury News staff. (more…)

The California Institution for Men in Chino is at almost 200% capacity. (more…)

Los Lupenos in San Jose celebrates their 40th anniversary.
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Shontale Taylor leaves the foster care system to begin a new life. (more…)

Silicon Valley Roller Girls – Women’s flat track roller derby. (more…)

After 63 years, Filipino war veterans celebrate passage of legislation that recognizes their contribution during WWII. (more…)

Joey Chestnut eats 5.44 pounds of funnel cake in 10 minutes to win Great America eating contest. [VIDEO]
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Controversy clouds the San Jose police department’s use of public drunkenness laws and its racial impact on Latinos. [VIDEO] (more…)

Residents of Sacramento’s homeless encampment talk about life there. (more…)

The Central Valley town of Firebaugh has a 35% unemployment rate.
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