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San Jose Animal Shelter Deaths Hit Five-Year High
Advocates and San Jose officials can agree on one thing: the conditions in the city's animal shelter are harrowing.

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Advocates and San Jose officials can agree on one thing: the conditions in the city's animal shelter are harrowing.

The Sunnyvale City Council has regular meetings twice a month on Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
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Reyes made inappropriate comments about women, Black people and transgender people, according to a July report by NBC Bay Area.
“We’ve had a lot of sleepless nights,” she told the crowd. “It’s been challenging in every sense of the word," Cartagena-Segura said.
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