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It’s not their job to deport undocumented immigrants. That was the message Tuesday from every police force in Santa Clara County. Police chiefs from across the South Bay gathered for a news conference at San Jose police headquarters Tuesday afternoon...

For the first time since 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick whipped up a national firestorm by sitting down during the national anthem, President Barack Obama weighed in on the controversy, using the international stage of the G20 Summit in China to...

A new San Jose city councilman held a Captain America shield as he was sworn in on Tuesday night, telling NBC Bay Area that the Marvel Comics character "embodies the ideas of America." Lan Diep, a Republican legal aid attorney, received cheers after...

Oakland: Homicides decline for second straight year (Oakland Tribune) Nine months into the year, it seemed Oakland was finally seeing the dramatic drop in homicides that officials had long sought. Then came an uptick in violence that brought the number...

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