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By: Claudia Cruz
Fifty-seven years ago during Hurricane Santa Clara in Puerto Rico, then Air Force Airman Juan Aranda committed an act of bravery for which he'll be recognized Monday.
The Mountain View resident helped rescue a father and his three sons trapped in a palm tree inside a flooded brook.
By Jason Green
Mountain View resident Juan C. Aranda Jr. is set Monday to receive the Air Force Commendation Medal for Act of Courage, 57 years after he helped save the lives of four people.
By Nick Veronin
An Air Force veteran and longtime Mountain View resident is finally getting recognized for saving the lives of a father and his three sons from rapidly rising waters and 115-mph winds during a hurricane in Puerto Rico.
By Brendan Sasso and Jennifer Martinez
House Democrats fought back against a proposal to overhaul how the Federal Communications Commission operates during a hearing on Thursday.
By Brendan Sasso and Jennifer Martinez
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Communications and Technology, will renew his push on Thursday for legislation that would overhaul the way the Federal Communications Commission operates.
By: Troy Wolverton
The move to find a permanent home for the Silicon Valley branch of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been put on indefinite hold.
By: Nathan Donato-Weinstein
If you were waiting to find out where Silicon Valley's permanent patent office was going to land -- well, don't hold your breath.
You're relaxing, half-dozing, half-watching a nice, quiet TV show. Suddenly, you're jolted awake by a booming voice: "Now, for a limited time ... !"
If it seems some TV commercials are louder than the shows they're sponsoring, it's not your imagination. So many viewers complained that Congress passed a law requiring programming providers to turn down the volume of on-air ads.
Mercury News Editorial
When Thomas Edison applied for a patent for his light bulb on Nov. 4, 1879, it took the Patent Office 78 days to grant patent No. 223,898. When Apple's Steve Jobs began seeking patent No. 7,966,579 for the iPhone in 2007, it took 3? 1/2 long years.