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Minor Quake Rocks Los Altos

Minor Quake Rocks Los Altos

As if the rain wasn’t enough this weekend, residents of Los Altos got an early start on Sunday when 3.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the town at 9:28 am. The quake was centered near was Briarwood Court and had a depth of 2.1 miles.

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Restaurateur Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Restaurateur Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charges

Long time restauranteur Emile Mooser, who founded Emile’s, pleaded guilty to charges of purchasing and possessing child pornography. Based on the plea, he will have to register as a sex offender and could face up to three years in prison. Mooser is also being sued by the restaurant’s current owners for allegedly withholding information from them pertaining to the sale.

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To-Do List: Dec. 20-24

To-Do List: Dec. 20-24

Five reasons to look forward to the work week: learn ukulele, Anti-Anti Holidaze Bizarre, live jazz, Ali Wong, Willow Glen horse drawn wagon rides.

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Google’s Own Fantastic Voyage

Google’s Own Fantastic Voyage

Google has released the Body Browser, a program that lets users explore the innermost workings of the human body from your own computer. A 3D model is used to explore the bones, muscles, circulatory system, and all the other systems that make the body tick. The program is still in beta version, and can only be accessed with Google’s Chrome browser.

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Dan Fenton Steps Down as Team San Jose Head

Dan Fenton Steps Down as Team San Jose Head

Dan Fenton, CEO of Team San Jose, handed in his resignation on Thursday after six tumultuous years.The move came one week after City Council asked the City Manager to request new proposals for managing the Center and indicated that it could approve a new team by June.

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I’m Dreaming of a Wet Christmas

I’m Dreaming of a Wet Christmas

Two incoming storms about to pound the Bay Area could leave 10 inches of rain in their wake. The storm center has gathered in the Gulf of Alaska and is gradually making its way down the coast, picking up water in the unusually warm air as it descends toward the Bay Area. With flooding in sensitive areas a distinct possibility, authorities are preparing to hand out sandbags and cautioning everyone to clean out their gutters before the storm strikes.

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The Gifts of the Magi

The Gifts of the Magi

A musical version of ‘The Gift of the Magi,’ now playing at the Tabard Theatre Company in San Jose proves that this classic parable of love and generosity can be as fresh and enjoyable as it ever was.

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Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

TWO YEARS AGO, Sid Enck Jr. was running a skateboard company, but he was itching to make a change. “I wanted to get into the art scene,” he says over a cup of tea at his home studio. “I had a screen-printing machine, a button-making machine and a sewing machine.” And with those three things, the Tea Shack Project was born.

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Independent Holiday Shopping

Independent Holiday Shopping

With the holiday season in full flower, retailers and marketers are hitting parents and kids hard. In 1983, companies spent about $100 million annually marketing to children in the United States. Now they spend more than $17 billion a year. The paraphernalia of childhood is emblazoned with licensed characters and logos.

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Local ‘Teapot’ Party Meets

Local ‘Teapot’ Party Meets

There’s a new party in town, the Teapot Party, and they put the “grass” back into grassroots. A small group of local supporters of the new movement met in San Jose’s Calabasas Park to talk about the goals: the taxation, regulation, and legalization of marijuana. City Councilmemers are divided as to their objectives.

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