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Peninsula Symphony ex-director faces 16 years for embezzlement; first strike was wife's death
The former executive director of the Peninsula Symphony is facing up to 16 years in prison after being convicted of embezzling $272,000 from the orchestra of volunteers. 

 
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( Elise Amendola )
Wolverton: Comcast customers' complaints hit home

My recent experience with Comcast made me better understand the widespread antipathy toward that company. 
( Ray Chavez )
Warriors co-owner lists reasons for firing Mark Jackson

Golden State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob, speaking to a group of venture capitalists, says Mark Jackson was fired as coach because he wouldn't hire top-level assistant coaches and because he was disliked by '200 people in the organization.'
 
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Foodie bucket list: SF's Saison

With a third Michelin star under its belt, Josh Skenes' Saison now stands among the best restaurants in the world. Here's what it's like to dine there, minute by minute.  
LOCAL NEWS
(Karl Mondon)
The Jungle: San Jose shuts notorious homeless camp

Evicted homeless people stood beside a seemingly endless row of shopping carts filled with their meager possessions as they watched city workers begin dismantling the country's most infamous encampment. 
CRIME & COURTS
Mountain View: Advocates for those molested by priests want psychiatrist out of El Camino Hospital

Citing an ongoing need for vigilance when it comes alleged sex crimes that have long left the purview of courts, victim advocates on Friday called for the ouster of a psychiatrist who has practiced at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View for decades.
 
BUSINESS & TECH
(Karl Mondon/Staff file photo)
Uber's $1.2 billion funding round also poses big challenges

Uber's latest financing round of $1.2 billion shatters all sorts of Silicon Valley startup records, but the whopping sum may be become its biggest liability as Uber marches toward an IPO. 
Celebrities
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Jenna Bush Hager admits to 'hanky-panky' on White House roof

President George W. Bush’s daughter later clarified she was kissing her husband, Henry Chase Hager. 
Water extravagance: San Jose cemetery to replace oak-covered hills with turf
David Poeschel says while water district pays residents to replace turf, cemetery off McKean Road will use one million gallons of water every 10 days if the city council approves it. 

 
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Jenna Bush Hager admits to 'hanky-panky' on White House roof

President George W. Bush’s daughter later clarified she was kissing her husband, Henry Chase Hager.