MOST RECENT

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Sexy Beijing

Anna Sophie Loewenberg (aka Su Fei) chats about her internet video show “Sexy Beijing.”

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Latin Dance: Keeping Culture Alive

Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month through old and new dance styles. Please press play.

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Memories of Home

Arturo Vasquez revisits his destroyed home in San Bruno a month after the massive pipeline blast.

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Fire Spinners

Fire spinners and dancers meet at the Santa Cruz Lighthouse most Sunday nights.

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Young fiddlers compete

A foot-stomping time as young fiddlers compete in San Jose.

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Giants Post Season

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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Torn Apart

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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Nisei Graduate

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.

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Wheelchair Lacrosse

San Jose hosts the first wheelchair lacrosse clinic in the country.

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Honoring Jeramy

Since Marine Lance Cpl. Jeramy Ailes was killed in Iraq in 2004, three relatives and friends have paid him the ultimate tribute.

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Old Age

Life in a Year: Part 11

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Caring For Ella

The day that Ella Cho was born her parents were advised to start making funeral arrangements.

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China Quake

Tech companies and NGOs help school children recover from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

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Resisting Arrest

A look at California Penal Code 148 and its use by the San Jose Police Department.

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Recession ‘09

The 2009 recession by the Mercury News staff.

By Staff
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Prison Overcrowding

The California Institution for Men in Chino is at almost 200% capacity.