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San Jose City Hall took a break from corruption scandals for love -- two peregrine falcons are nesting on the roof of the city's newest architectural landmark, and possibly mating as well. Mayor Ron Gonzales and the then-City Manager Del Borgsdorf discovered the falcons during a meeting on the 18th floor, where one of them (maybe spacing out during a tedious stretch of administrative agency reports) noticed pigeon feathers floating past the window. Turns out the falcons were having a little lunch.

A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the South Bay today.

San Francisco's not the only Bay Area city rife with local political scandal! San Jose has been roiled for the last month about allegations that city officials worked a secret deal with local darling company Cisco to ensure that only Cisco products would work for the telephone and wireless systems in the new San Jose City Hall currently under construction, thus guaranteeing Cisco the supposedly-competitive $8 million contract.