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An autopsy has been scheduled today for a Mountain View man killed in a vehicle crash on northbound Highway 101 in Sunnyvale Monday night, according to the Santa Clara County medical examiner's office.

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Sunnyvale investigators have identified Matthew Andrew O'Reilly, 29, of San Mateo, as the person allegedly responsible for killing two men in the parking lot outside the Brass Rail.

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Q A year or so ago Mary Avenue was beautifully repaved from Homestead Road to The Dalles Avenue in Sunnyvale. For some strange reason the section between The Dalles and Fremont Avenue remained unpaved, even though that section is in far worse condition. Then the other day restriping occurred. What is going on?

Tineke Graafland

Sunnyvale

A The city will work on Mary from Cascade Drive to The Dalles this summer. But Mary Avenue from Cascade to Fremont is not showing much wear, so it may be two years before that is worked on.

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The shooting occurred at 9:30 p.m. Sunday in the parking lot outside the Brass Rail adult club at 160 Persian Drive.

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A person was killed Monday night in a single vehicle accident in Sunnyvale. At about 11 p.m., the car was heading north on Highway 101 just south of North Fair Oaks when the vehicle went into a ditch and hit a ...

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A day after two men were shot dead in the parking lot of the Brass Rail in Sunnyvale, investigators with the Department of Public Safety were going over surveillance tapes and trying to track down the killer.

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100 block of Florence Street, 3:03 a.m. May 11 Someone tried to open the window of a residence.

930 Hamlin Court, 8:19 a.m. May 12 A business was burglarized by someone who broke in through a window.

1196 Borregas Avenue, 10:10 a.m. May 12 A commercial burglary involving the theft of a big screen television was reported.

100 block of West Java Drive, 1:22 p.m. May 12 Power cords valued at $1,200 were stolen.

1100 block of Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, 2:28 p.m. May 12 A residence was burglarized by someone who removed window screens to enter.

500 block of Saco Terrace, 11:13 a.m. May 13 A furnace valued at $3,000 was stolen.

500 block of East Washington Avenue, 11:43 a.m. May 13 A vehicle was stolen.

500 block of East Maude Avenue, 5:31 p.m. May 13 A catalytic converter was removed from a Toyota 4-Runner.

650 E. El Camino Real, 8:19 a.m. May 14 Money was stolen from a locked cashiers box at Peninsula Ford of Sunnyvale.

690 Kifer Road, 5:57 p.m. May 14 Money at Home Depot was found and turned in by an employee.

400 block of Maude Avenue, 6:01 p.m. May 14 A person with a knife was threatening people.

795 E. El Camino Real, 10:43 a.m. May 15 A woman said someone stole her leather jacket, including the iPod and keys inside the pockets, while she was using the restroom at Starbucks.

834 Lakechime Drive, 11:08 a.m. May 15 Several aluminum bleachers and benches were taken at Lakechime Activity Center.

901 E. Duane Ave., 12:43 p.m. May 15 A silver Honda Accord (license 6ASM547) was stolen. A Mazda 626 (license 2KST783) was reported stolen hours later.

700 block of Dona Avenue, 10:21 a.m. May 16 Drills and a stereo were stolen from residence.

1246 Elko Drive, 11:29 a.m. May 16 Wafers valued at $9,000 were stolen from a business by someone who pried open the back door.

900 block of East El Camino Real, 10:33 a.m. May 17 Tires were removed from a vehicle left resting on cement blocks.

721 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road, 2:05 p.m. May 17 A business was burglarized.

200 block of Acalanes Drive, 4:35 p.m. May 17 A delivered UPS package was removed from a doorstep.

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Sunnyvale police responded to a report of a double shooting at the Brass Rail strip club on Sunday night, NBC11 reported.

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MetroFi is trying to sell its citywide Wi-Fi networks in Portland , Aurora and Naperville and Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Foster City and Concord .

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With record-setting temperatures hitting the Bay Area today, county and city officials are notifying residents that cooling centers are available throughout the region.

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Bicyclists stand to get more space on Sunnyvale streets thanks to a new policy that the city adopted just in time for Bike to Work Day today.

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SAN JOSE Fraud May 4, 2:29 p.m., 1500 block of Riorden Terrace. Someone made unauthorized charges on a credit card and changed the billing address to Pennsylvania.

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Sunnyvale's 23rd annual Hands on the Arts festival on Saturday will give children the chance to work with dozens of local professionals in roughly 15-minute workshops focusing on arts such as song, dance, ...

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For the past several years, there has been a great deal of rezoning of property from commercial to residential in the 94089 zip code of North Sunnyvale.

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SUNNYVALE 1085 W. El Camino Real, 10:27 a.m. May 4 Four tires were removed overnight from a Jeep Cherokee at Sunnyvale Chrysler Jeep Dodge

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Before Akshay Dodeja stopped to fill up the gas tank of his Acura Integra, the 22-year-old Portland, Ore., computer-engineering student checked his cell phone.

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The city of Sunnyvale will install a $140,000 solar panel array on its Fire Station No.

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With a preliminary budget now prepared by the city manager for Sunnyvale City Council review, a budget workshop study session is scheduled for Friday, May 23.

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In an effort to offset the continuing rise in gas prices, the Sunnyvale City Council will consider using $270,000 in reserve money to help cover its higher fuel, parts and repair costs tonight.

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Environment & The Green Beat SAN JOSE Santa Clara County agriculture workers will begin putting up hundreds of pheromone-infused twist ties Monday to prevent the destructive light brown apple moth from mating.

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Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal - by Lisa Sibley Plans are under way for Camino Medical Group's main clinic in Sunnyvale to be rebuilt, more than doubling its size.

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A three-alarm fire in Sunnyvale that began with a barbeque on a second floor balcony damaged an 18-unit apartment building.

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Children will have an opportunity to work with dozens of local professional artists at Sunnyvale’s 23rd annual Hands on the Arts festival, Saturday, May 17. The festival will open at 10 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. at the Sunnyvale Community Center, 550 E. Remington Drive.

Participating children can purchase a wristband at one of the information booths the day of the festival. Admission for parents and siblings not participating in the festival is free, and includes all-day live entertainment. Adults are not permitted to participate in art activities, except to assist their children. Local vendors will sell refreshments. Parking is free, and the Community Center is served by VTA Line 55.

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Sunnyvale’s population has edged higher to 137,538, according to a report by the California State Department of Finance (DOF). The report shows a one-year increase of more than 2,000 people, 1.49 percent higher than the City’s 2007 population of 135,514.

Sunnyvale remains the second-largest city in Santa Clara County. San Jose, with a population of 989,486 is the largest city, and Santa Clara follows Sunnyvale with 115,503. The same report reflects a 1.72 percent increase for all of Santa Clara County, to a new population of 1,835,549.

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The California Department of Food and Agriculture will begin placing pheromone-infused twist ties in Sunnyvale, Cupertino and West San Jose on May 5 to eradicate the light brown apple moth.

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