Monday, August 31, 2015

5-Minute Merc: SF slaying prompts more cooperation with ICE

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Monday, August 31, 2015
5-Minute Merc
 SF slaying prompts more cooperation with ICE


SF slaying prompts more cooperation with ICE
Two months after Kate Steinle's death at the hands of an illegal immigrant with a criminal record ignited a national debate about immigration policy, four of the Bay Area's most populous counties have agreed to notify ICE when inmates flagged by the agency for possible deportation are about to be released.

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San Jose Sikhs flock to elect new leaders
From early morning to past sunset, thousands of Sikhs in the South Bay cast ballots Sunday to elect new leaders of a large and majestic house of worship beset by internal power struggles and a tangle of lawsuits.

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Debating Serena Williams' credentials as the best women's athlete ever
Serena Williams over Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Mia Hamm or many others as the best women's athlete of all-time would make for an interesting conversation.

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A's rally to beat Diamondbacks in 11 innings
The Oakland A's allowed the tying run to score in the ninth inning, then rallied to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks in 11 innings

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Exclusive: Lincecum talks about injuries that may end Giants career
San Francisco Giants' pitcher Tim Lincecum having a difficult time recovering from hip, back soreness; right-hander might not pitch again in 2015, and he will be a free agent after this season.

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Herhold: Berliners discover their Cold War wall graffito ended up in Mountain View
A quarter-century ago, a young Berlin woman named Andrea von Coburg, whose improbable nickname was "Polly," left home to join the man she loved in Munich.

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Purdy: Cooper gets Raiders fans' attention
Rookie receiver Amari Cooper has enough highlight plays to get Raiders fans excited

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San Jose panel OKs study on raising minimum wage
Only a few years after city voters approved a higher minimum wage for San Jose, city leaders are talking about raising the pay floor again, and this time reaching out to other cities to make it a more regional approach.

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Missing hiker found after 9 days in Sierra Nevada
The family of a woman who was rescued after being stranded in the rugged Sierra Nevada for nine days said Sunday that she is recovering from surgery to set the broken bones on her lower left leg.

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Union City woman drowns after sliding down cliff in Big Sur
The 20-year-old was climbing down a cliff near Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park when she slipped into an uncontrolled descent and fell into the ocean.

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San Jose grass fire involves an apparent exploding aerosol can
Fire officials still don't know whether the exploding can caused the blaze at Tully Road and Kenoga Drive or whether the fire caused the explosion.

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Netflix losing high-profile movies as Epix reaches multiyear Hulu deal
Beginning Oct. 1, Hulu subscribers will get films from Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount. Netflix says it's focusing on original content.

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Magid: Automated sprinkler system knows when it's raining
On a rare Palo Alto rainy day, I drove by a house whose automatic sprinkler system was watering the lawn, even though water was falling from the sky.

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How Google, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Yahoo handle online accounts after you die
A user's guide to how different Internet companies treat our digital data in online accounts when we die.

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Magid: Automated sprinkler system knows when it's raining
On a rare Palo Alto rainy day, I drove by a house whose automatic sprinkler system was watering the lawn, even though water was falling from the sky.

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