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Top San Jose news: Man fatally shot near foothills; kidnapped girl uses app to call for help; more

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Published on January 17, 2020
Top San Jose news: Man fatally shot near foothills; kidnapped girl uses app to call for help; morePhoto: HarshLight/Flickr

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in San Jose.

San Jose votes to convert mobile home park into 700-unit housing development

San Jose's City Council unanimously approved plans to transform a mobile home park into a housing development to ease the housing shortage.

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Man fatally shot near East San Jose foothills

Officers responded to reports of a person shot at Clayton Road, near Squeri Drive, at about 10:19 p.m. Wednesday, said San Jose Police Department Sgt. Enrique Garcia.

Read the full story on Mercury News.

Girl rescued from kidnap, sexual assault after using app to call for help

Police say the 14-year-old victim used Snapchat to tell friends she had been kidnapped.

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Google crafts changes to improve downtown San Jose village project

Google has rearranged the configuration for a key section of the transit village that the tech titan has proposed for downtown San Jose, in a move to help the project be more friendly to its neighbors.

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Foursome booked on human-trafficking charges

Police officers on Wednesday raided a pair of residential brothels in San Jose, ultimately arresting four suspects and freeing half a dozen victims of human trafficking, a police spokesman said.

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