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Not to be a total bummer this Monday Tuesday morning, but let's get this quick wrap-up over with.

• Two teens are being held in conjunction with the shooting death of a 13-year-old in East Oakland.
• A motorcyclist crashed and died after giving chase to the CHP in San Jose at 2 a.m. last night.
• Don't know if you heard about this terrible drunk driving crash over the weekend which killed a mother, her brother, and left two twin toddlers in critical condition.
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Congressman Tom Lantos died this morning from esophageal cancer at the age of 80. He represented most of the Sunset, as well as a big chunk of San Mateo County. He was the only survivor of the Holocaust to be elected to Congress, and worked for years on human rights issues. That said, he ticked off quite a few people locally by supporting the Iraq war, although he had recently been pretty critical of the way things were going Over There. Before he died, he endorsed State Sen. Jackie Speier as his successor - no word yet on whether the Governator will decide to hold a special election (that would be our fourth of the year if he does) to replace him.

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Two people were killed this morning after a single-alarm fire broke out at the Star of India restaurant on Polk and Broadway. "The kitchen was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived," said San Francisco Fire Department Lt. Mindy Talmadge according to Bay City News. The bodies were found in a loft space just above the kitchen. Also, "one firefighter's foot fell through the floor of the loft," prompting the crew to leave until...