Good morning. It's Thursday, July 18th. I’m Lucas Dixon, and here are today's headlines from the Mercury News. It’ll be sunny to partly cloudy in San Jose today with a high of 80 and a low of 59. Tonight will be mostly cloudy. Our top story is: A 19-year court battle that began in Santa Clara County over toxic lead paint liability ended in a settlement yesterday with 3 manufacturers agreeing to pay $305 million to 10 California counties and cities to help pay for cleanup.