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Silicon Valley Police Blotter

SAN JOSE200 Jose Figueres Court, 8:02 p.m. Aug. 2 A 21-year-old San Jose sex registrant accused of exposing himself to a female janitor cleaning a restroom at Regional Medical Center was located and arrested.

Legendary restaurant owner Ed Moose dead at 82

A legendary San Francisco restaurant owner has died. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Ed Moose passed away Thursday morning at California Pacific Medical Center.

San Francisco to expand truancy program to high schools

A warning for San Francisco high students thinking about cutting class this upcoming school year. The city's program to fight truancy is paying off in the lower grade levers, so it will now be expanded to include high school students.

Rehabbed elephant seals released back into wild

A trio of sick marine mammals are back safe at sea. The elephant seals, named Omer, Parker, and Preston, were released at Point Reyes last week.

Driver in fatal DUI crash on Hwy. 1 pleads guilty, faces 26 years in prison

SANTA CRUZ -- A woman pleaded guilty Thursday to driving drunk and causing a head-on crash that killed two men on Highway 1 in November, the District Attorney's Office reported.

Judge says gay marriages can start in California; gives opponents time to appeal Prop 8 case ruling

A San Francisco federal judge today ruled that same-sex marriages should resume in California, but put his decision on hold to give opponents a chance to appeal that ruling.

Party venue in tourist shooting did not meet fire codes

The packed teen party that ended in the slaying of a German tourist was held in a makeshift dance hall that did not meet fire codes, city officials said Thursday. On Sunday, Mechthild Schröeran innocent bystander, was struck in the head by a stray bullet...