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(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg may want to note: Research suggests that packing a team with too much genius can backfire. Meta is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial

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mercurynews.com > 09/12/2026 > berkeley-police-department-offers-50000-for-information-in-16-year-old-cold-case-homicide

Berkeley Police Department offers $50,000 for information in 16-year-old cold case homicide

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (271+ words) BERKELEY — Saturday marked the 16th anniversary of the unsolved homicide of Adolfo Ignacio Celedón Bravo and police are once again offering $50,000 to anyone who can help solve the case. On Sept. 12, 2010, Celedón — nicknamed “Fito” — was walking home from a party with…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/11/2026 > san-jose-police-officer-fired-for-abusing-flock-license-plate-reader-database-chief-says

San Jose police officer fired after using Flock database to track cousin’s domestic violence accuser

16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (565+ words) San Jose police fired an officer who used the department’s license-plate tracking system to track a woman who had accused his cousin of domestic violence, Chief Paul Joseph disclosed Friday. The incident adds to a growing list of law-enforcement breaches…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/12/2026 > federal-appeals-court-steers-san-diego-insurance-dispute-to-california-supreme-court

Federal appeals court steers San Diego insurance dispute to California Supreme Court

14+ hour, 30+ min ago   (559+ words) A federal appeals court has taken the unusual step of steering a class-action case to the California Supreme Court, saying the state high court is best suited to resolve the dispute. The case involves past and current members of the…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/11/2026 > former-windsor-mayor-dominic-foppoli-liable-for-sexual-assault-jury-rules

Defiant former Windsor mayor maintains innocence after $13 million judgment in sexual assault civil trial

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1384+ words) Dominic Foppoli, the former Windsor mayor and once a rising star in Sonoma County politics, on Friday, Sept. 11, was ordered to pay more than $13 million in damages to seven women who sued him over claims that he sexually assaulted each…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/31/2026 > dea-tactic-fentanyl-house-republicans

DEA tactic that let fentanyl flood the streets is being investigated by House Republicans

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (444+ words) By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN The committee’s chairman, Rep. James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Todd Blanche requesting records related to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial strategy of monitoring — yet not…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/11/2026 > rover-left-my-dog-home-alone-for-17-hours-and-now-it-refuses-to-pay-the-vet-bill

Rover left my dog unattended for 17 hours, and now refuses to pay the vet bill

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (415+ words) Q: My dog, Stewie, was healthy before I booked a pet sitter through Rover, a pet care service. While he was under the sitter’s exclusive care, he ingested a foreign object and became critically ill. I have Ring camera footage showing…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/10/2026 > sams-club-shooting-sacramento > amp

Sam’s Club dispute ends with driver shot in front of his family

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (224+ words) A car-to-car shooting that left a driver critically wounded apparently arose from a dispute outside a Sam’s Club, the Sacramento County sheriff’s office said. The target of the shooting, which took place about 6 p.m. Wednesday, was a vehicle carrying…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/09/2026 > da-charges-richmond-woman-with-attempting-to-murder-8-cops

DA charges Richmond woman with attempting to murder 8 cops

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (244+ words) RICHMOND — Jasmine Robinson, the woman who allegedly fired dozens of rounds from a machine gun during a lengthy police standoff, injuring one officer, has been charged with 19 felonies, court records show. The charges include eight counts of attempted murder of…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/09/2026 > federal-government-moves-to-seize-suspected-cartel-leaders-hemet-ranch-2 > amp

Federal government moves to seize suspected cartel leader’s California ranch

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (702+ words) Federal prosecutors are moving to seize a Hemet ranch allegedly owned by a fugitive identified by authorities as the suspected leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels. A federal civil forfeiture action filed in July by…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/09/2026 > facebook-new-mexico-trial-begins

Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal, New Mexico alone is taking Facebook to trial

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (383+ words) Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court…...