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RISE IN PERINATAL AND POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION NEEDS TO BE TACKLED

Washington Post, May 2022

SPIKING GAS PRICES ARE TAPPING POCKETBOOKS AND PATIENCE

Washington Post, March 2022

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LADDER CLIMBERS: WOMEN AIM TO END LONGTIME GENDER INEQUITY IN SILICON VALLEY FIREFIGHTING

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2021

BLUELEAKS HACK SUGGESTS BAD INTEL FUELED SJPD’S VIOLENT RESPONSE TO RECENT PROTESTS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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HUNDREDS OF RUBBER BULLETS LATER, SAN JOSE CONFRONTS THE HUMAN TOLL OF FORCEFUL TACTICS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

MULTIPLICITY OF CRISES, YEARS OF POLICE BRUTALITY STOKED ANGER OVER GEORGE FLOYD’S KILLING

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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SAN JOSE’S WATERGARDEN SURVIVED HOMOPHOBIA, POLITICAL SHIFTS, AIDS—BUT NOT CORONAVIRUS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

BAY AREA GETS DEVASTATING WELCOME TO ERA OF MEGAFIRES

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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REHAB OWNERS WHO LOST LICENSE AMID SHOCKING ALLEGATIONS DENY CHARGES, GET BACK TO BUSINESS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2018

DOWNTOWN STREETS TEAM FACES CLAIMS OF HARD-PARTYING WORK CULTURE, GENDER DISCRIMINATION

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2019

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AN INSIDE LOOK AT SAN JOSE’S HUMAN TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

INCOMPLETE TESTING BLURS FULL PICTURE OF COVID-19 OUTBREAK

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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TAP DANCE: SNOOPING ON JAIL CALLS CATCHES BAD ACTORS, BUT EASY ACCESS RAISES NEW CONCERNS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2019

PRIME SQUIRREL TERRITORY: LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS PASS HUNTING TIPS TO NEWCOMERS

The Advocate, 2021

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SAN JOSE POLICE HONEY-TRAP GAY MEN, SPARKING CIVIL RIGHTS FIGHT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

SILICON VALLEY’S HIGH RENTS KEEP PEOPLE IN TOXIC RELATIONSHIPS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

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STANFORD UNDER FIRE FOR DENYING SCRIBE TO DISABLED STUDENT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2021

COUNTY OVERHAULS PROFIT-BASED BAIL SYSTEM; BONDSMEN FOUND TO HAVE WITHHELD MILLIONS IN FEES

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

THE TIME IS MEOW: #CATVIDFEST COMES TO SAN JOSE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

FAMILY TURNS TO CONTROVERSIAL DOCTOR AFTER BRAIN CANCER DIAGNOSIS

Metro Silicon Valley, 2014

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FLOODGATE: HOW THE WATER DISTRICT AND CITY’S COMEDY OF ERRORS BECAME A LOCAL TRAGEDY

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2017

BAD NUDES BARED: LUPIN LODGE’S IDYLLIC CLOTHING-FREE LIFESTYLE UNRAVELS IN ALARMING FASHION

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

SPOUSE OF ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE CHANGES NAME, CAN’T ERASE HIS VIOLENT PAST

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

SILICON VALLEY’S LOW-INCOME RENTERS FIND FEW PROTECTIONS FROM PREDATORY LANDLORDS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

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DEMOTION OVER HATEFUL TEXTS MOVES TO CENTER STAGE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY SHERIFF’S RACE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2018

FEE FOR ALL: PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGERS SIPHON SAN JOSE’S PENSION REFORM SAVINGS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2019

VICTIM RECOUNTS RAPE, DA FILES CHARGES, SUSPECT REMAINS FREE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2019

NONPROFIT OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF HARASSING, SILENCING PARENTS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2018

NONPROFIT 4C COUNCIL ACCUSED OF FINANCIAL DYSFUNCTION, LEAVING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN THE LURCH

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

ALVISO RESIDENT LEADING CHARGE AGAINST DEVELOPERS, LANDOWNERS HAS HISTORY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2017

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VICTIMS OF GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH STABBING JOIN SOARING DEATH TOLL AMONG SILICON VALLEY’S HOMELESS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

CALLS TO DEFUND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PUSH SAN JOSE TO RETHINK FUTURE OF POLICING

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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VALLEY PALMS LANDLORD AGREES TO TENANT DEMANDS IN EXCHANGE FOR $120M IN TAX-FREE REFINANCING

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

AFTER YEARS OF HOSTING ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS, SAN JOSE’S BELOVED CAFFE FRASCATI IS SET TO CLOSE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY: FOUR CHARGED IN CORRUPTION PROBE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

PROLONGED TESTING DELAYS UNDERMINE SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S EFFORTS TO CURB CORONAVIRUS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

PAY TO STAY: DELAYS, BARRIERS PLAGUE SANTA CLARA COUNTY’S QUARANTINE SUBSIDIES

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

ELECTION 2020: MEET ALEX LEE, CALIFORNIA’S FIRST GEN Z LEGISLATOR

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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SAN JOSE QUIETLY DROPS CURFEW CITATIONS AMID CLAIMS OF SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

SJPD OFFICERS MOCK MUSLIMS, BLM PROTESTERS ON FACEBOOK

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

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SAN JOSE POA PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES TO MEMBERS FOR RESPONSE TO BIGOTED FB POSTS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2020

THE OTHER CRAIGSLIST KILLER

The Daily Beast, 2009

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THE POLICE WERE WARNED ABOUT MELISSA HUCKABY

The Daily Beast, 2009

A CHILD MURDERER’S FINAL MYSTERY

The Daily Beast, 2010

MELISSA HUCKABY'S MURDER MOTIVE

The Daily Beast, 2010

INTERN’S DEATH PUTS BANKING CULTURE UNDER MICROSCOPE

SFgate, 2013

CONCERNED MOM WANTS TO PAY FOR SON’S DEFLOWERING

SFgate, 2013

MASS EVICTION—SAN JOSE’S LARGEST—TO DISPLACE 670 PEOPLE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

INITIATIVE SYSTEM ATTRACTS LUNATICS, PRANKSTERS AND REFORM

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

COMMUNICATIONS HILL BOMBARDED BY WORKOUTS, DRUGS, PUBLIC SEX

Metro / San Jose Inside, 20

LOCAL OUTREACH GROUPS COMBAT SHARP GROWTH OF GIRLS IN GANGS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2014

MILPITAS CITY MANAGER DEMANDS $1 MILLION, SEEKS INJUNCTION

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2017

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MILPITAS CITY MANAGER CHARGED PERSONAL LEGAL FEES TO TAXPAYERS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2017

LITTLE PORTUGAL RESIDENTS FUME OVER STALLED ROAD WORK

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

TECH ALLIANCE KEEPS HOMELESS CONNECTED THROUGH MOBILE4ALL

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2014

ICONIC PETERS’ BAKERY DOGGED BY RACISM, RETALIATION ALLEGATIONS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

PET ADOPTIONS, ART CONVERGE AS CAT CAFÉ COMES TO SAN JOSE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2015

CODE FOR SAN JOSE CONVERTS RAW DATA INTO CIVIC-DRIVEN MISSIONS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2014

INVESTORS EYE SAN JOSE HILLSIDES FOR LUXURY SUBDIVISION

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2014

UNDERGROUND WRESTLING ALLIANCE GROWS IN POPULARITY

Metro Silicon Valley, 2014

THE NEW CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE: SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS

Metro Silicon Valley, 2013

'LEAN OUT' URGES WOMEN TO CREATE THEIR OWN CULTURE IN SILICON VALLEY

Metro Silicon Valley, 2015

A DIFFERENT STATE OF MIND:
EMBRACING AUTISM, ASPERGER'S AND INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY IN SILICON VALLEY

Metro Silicon Valley, 2014

ROMANIAN PRINCESS ARRESTED IN OREGON COCKFIGHTING RING

SFgate, 2013

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PUTIN-IN-LINGERIE ARTIST ESCAPES RUSSIA

SFgate, 2013

DAFT PUNK HIT ‘GET LUCKY’ SPAWNS VIRAL MASH-UPS

SFgate, 2013

WANT A SIDE OF FRIES WITH THAT POOP BURGER?

SFgate, 2013

BLOBFISH VOTED PLANET’S UGLIEST CREATURE

SFgate, 2013

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SCIENTISTS FEAR FEMALE LIBIDO BOOSTER TOO EFFECTIVE

SFgate, 2013

CLIMATOLOGIST AZADEH TABAZADEH PENS MEMOIR OF IRAN ESCAPE

Metro Silicon Valley, 2015

RELATIONSHIPS BLOSSOM AS MORE WOMEN JOIN ROLE-PLAYING VIRTUAL WORLDS

Metro Silicon Valley, 2014

INDICTMENT IN CCW PROBE RAISES MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS

Metro Silicon Valley, 2020

WHEN A PARTNER REALIZES THEIR SPOUSE ISN’T STRAIGHT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

SOUTH BAY NATURISTS SHIELD NUDE BEACH WITH 27TH ANNUAL CLEANUP DAY

Metro Silicon Valley, 2016

NEW LAW ENSURES VOTING RIGHTS FOR FELONS IN LOCAL JAILS

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

SAN JOSE COUNCIL CANDIDATE CRASHES PRESS EVENT, DENIES CLAIMS OF LGBT DISCRIMINATION

Metro San Jose Inside, 2016

STANFORD RAPE CASE RAISES VITAL QUESTIONS OF JUSTICE, CONSENT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

RECENT CASES HIGHLIGHT SILICON VALLEY’S WAGE THEFT ‘EPIDEMIC’

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

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VOLUNTEERS TURN JUVENILE HALL GARDEN INTO PLACE OF HOPE

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2017

TRACY TORTURE VICTIM'S DISAPPEARANCE LONG UNKNOWN TO POLICE

Tracy Press, 2009

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SANDRA CANTU BURIED TODAY DURING PRIVATE SERVICE

Tracy Press, 2009

VICTIM APPARENTLY STABBED TO DEATH

Tracy Press, 2009

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SURROGATE MOM DELIVERS — TRIPLETS!

Tracy Press, 2009

U.S. JUSTICES SEND BRPD OFFICER'S CASE AGAINST BLACK LIVES MATTER ACTIVIST TO LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT

The Advocate, June 2021

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PASTOR TONY SPELL, KNOWN FOR FLOUTING COVID RULES, CITED FOR ILLEGAL ALLIGATOR HUNTING

The Advocate, June 2021

SILICON VALLEY PHILANTHROPISTS OFTEN OVERLOOK LOCAL NEEDS, ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT

Metro / San Jose Inside, 2016

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LSU PROFESSOR ARRESTED AFTER IT FINDS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON HIS WORK COMPUTER, LSUPD SAYS

The Advocate, December 2021

CONTRACTOR LIED ABOUT FEMA PAY TO BILK HURRICANE-BATTERED LOUISIANA TOWN OUT OF $600K, FEDS SAY

The Advocate, December 2021

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