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Rubble and debris from fatal Sunnyvale house fire finally to be removed a year later
Last month, exactly one year after a fire killed 77-year-old Solomon Shatz, a garbage can stuffed with caution tape used by emergency responders that fateful night still sits in front of the burned down home on Fisherhawk Street in Sunnyvale.  

 
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Ex-wife loses case against Clyde Berg

The ex-wife of Silicon Valley millionaire Clyde Berg on Thursday lost her latest bid to make her ex-husband pay for what she claimed was a horrific ordeal at his hands -- being chained to a bed for three days while she was nine months pregnant and raped with a golf club. 
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Delays irritate Stevens Creek drivers

'I had to wait for five signal cycles (15-20 minutes) to get across Lawrence.' 
Kawakami Q&A: Kuiper talks from his garage

I should've booked Duane Kuiper for this show a long time ago, there is no doubt about that and I can't excuse my tardiness in this situation. 
Lifestyles
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Hands-on art classes transform molten glass into cups and bowls

At Oakland’s Slow Burn Glass Studio, students learn the art of transforming molten glass into useful objects, and feel the burn as they heat and shape their own glasses and bowls. 
CRIME & COURTS
San Leandro: Police identify hate-crime graffiti suspect

The Alameda County District Attorney has filed charges against a 21-year-old resident in connection with racially-motivated graffiti found at a school district's office this week, police said Thursday. 
SPORTS
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Report: Browns, Jets join Broncos in pursuit of Kaepernick

Almost three years to the day they officially traded quarterback Alex Smith, the 49ers are fielding calls for Smith's embattled successor, Colin Kaepernick. 
BUSINESS & TECH
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Apple v. FBI: Feds accuse company of false rhetoric

U.S. Justice Department lawyers resume their legal assault on Apple's refusal to comply with an order requiring the company to unlock an iPhone in the San Bernardino terror probe, calling privacy arguments 'false' and insisting it is a 'modest' request to help law enforcement. Apple calls the brief a 'cheap shot.' 
OPINION
Dana Milbank: Clinton campaign has the math, but lacks the message

Hillary Clinton will almost certainly be the Democratic nominee, yet she doesn't seem to have anything to say to the young people and white middle-class voters who don't see her appeal.  
( T. Charles Erickson )
Review: 'Satchmo' goes behind Louis Armstrong's happy facade

The solo show 'Satchmo' by Terry Teachout depicts jazz legend Louis Armstrong reflecting on his bittersweet life and music; it plays at American Conservatory Theater through Feb. 7