The Mercury News - 2020-08-01

• California reaches 500,000 infections
• Shh! San Jose plans train ‘quiet zone’
• Bay Area home prices continue rising even with total sales down
• Trader Joe’s says it won’t change ethnic sounding brand names.
• Homeless youth treated to free shopping spree.
• Pac-12 close to 10-game model.
• ‘Midnight Express’ director Parker dies.
• Consumer spending rises, but virus could stall gains.
• Fauci optimistic that we’ll have vaccine by early 2021.
• Judge fines man $85K in deaths of 2 whooping cranes
• ‘Into the Wild’ bus leaves wilderness
• Protests relatively calm after U.S. drawdown
• 2 teenagers among 3 charged in Twitter hack, Bitcoin scam
• Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence overturned
• Britain delays easing lockdown as the spread of virus accelerate­s
• Alan Parker, 76: British director was Hollywood heavyweigh­t
• Cloverleaf Family Bowl knocked down by coronaviru­s pandemic
• Cop charged with exploiting workers
• Pollution seen as serious threat
• Suit: Charter schools are significan­tly underfunde­d
• The Daily Commuter
• Fremont Festival of the Arts canceled because of the coronaviru­s pandemic
• Malik B., longtime member of the Roots, is dead at 47
• Lawsuit: CHP targets men parked after dark at I-280 rest stops
• Marion Conlisk
• Michael Leo Gatschet
• Maria Ruiz Serna (Ama)
• John Rossi, Jr.
• Rita Marie Boyer Haberman
• Robert Marion McCullough
• Pregnancy can’t stay a secret
• Conference-only schedule has late-September kickoff — maybe
• Kapler, Bochy and why new manager’s mistake matters
• Fioranelli says he can feel Quakes’ energy
• Top WNBA pick Ionescu leaves game with ankle injury
• Giannis scores 36 points to help Bucks edge the Celtics
• League’s expanded 24-team playoff slate begins today
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• Judge homers for third straight game as Yankees top Red Sox
• Angels’ Simmons optimistic latest ankle injury isn’t as bad as last year’s
• Today’s crossword
• Officials: Allegiant Stadium in Vegas almost complete
• Tourism industry reels from dearth of business
• Big tech props up markets for 4th month
• Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok; Trump weighs options
• H-1B fees to increase, visa-dependent firms targeted
• Luxury living comes in all different shapes and sizes
• Big-city backlash Will the coronaviru­s result in a retreat from urbanism?
• What to consider when selling a home with spare spaces

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