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| Aug.1 |
Chevron |
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ChevronTexaco's profit quadruples| Second-quarter profit propelled by the higher energy prices. Oil giant earned $1.6 billion, or $1.50 per share | |
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Martinez |
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Judge delays sex predator's release A judge citing the police chief's concerns about housing and the effect of a new drug on Cary Verse's health
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| Aug.6 |
Concord |
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Girl Drowns Waiting for Swimming Lesson 8-year-old Sarah Deniston was waiting to take swimming lessons when she was found unconscious underwater
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Highway 4 |
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Fire Burns 20 Acres
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| Aug.10 |
Richmond |
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Shelter in Place Order After Refinery Leak| A hydrogen sulfide was leaked into the air as a result of a flare compression problem | |
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| Aug.11 |
Brentwood |
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Unsteady trailer causes fatal crash A utility trailer being towed by a pickup truck veered into a lane of oncoming traffic. 2 more injured
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| Aug.12 |
Contra Costa County |
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Supes vote to draft sniper rifle ban The County Board of Supervisors voted to draft to ban the sale of large caliber weapons in unincorporated areas
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Pleasant Hill |
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Suspicious Fire at Church
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Richmond |
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7-year-old female safe after abduction A man allegedly abducted her from the front porch and drove around with her for an hour violently beating her
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Highway 4 |
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Brush fire blackened 160-acres
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| Aug.14 |
Richmond |
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One-alarm fire
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| Aug.16 |
San Ramon |
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Police Shoot and Kill Woman| Cherie Wallace armed herself with a handgun, threatened one of the officers and pointed the gun at him | |
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| Aug.17 |
Richmond |
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2 men shot and killed in their cars| Police found men bleeding from fatal bullet wounds just minutes apart and less than 2 blocks away from one another | |
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Antioch |
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Man killed in motorcycle accident
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| Aug.18 |
Pinole |
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Home for $200 -- and a Good Story Jim, Nancy, and Dashiell Kwiatkowskis finance the movie with an essay contest
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| Aug.21 |
Walnut Creek |
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Power out for some 6,500 residents The lights went out at 4:15 p.m. and may have been caused by a lightning strike
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| Aug.22 |
Hercules |
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Police Find Car That Hit Motorcycle Cop Police made an arrest, but said the actual driver of the car was still at large
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Antioch |
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Lightning Knocks Out Power In Antioch, 7000 residents went without electricity for hours when a power substation was struck by lightning
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| Aug.23 |
Contra Costa County |
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Sexual predator may have place to live State officials may have found a place to live for Cary Verse set to be released in Contra Costa County
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| Aug.24 |
Richmond |
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 Police chief steps aside Under fire from Richmond officials unhappy with his leadership, Joseph Samuels Jr. said that he will retire
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| Aug.25 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Record heat Downtown Oakland's 91 degrees beat a 1993 record; Richmond's 91 broke the 1959 record of 87
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Antioch |
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Temperature reached 102 degrees 101 in Napa, 99 in Petaluma, 100 in San Jose
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| Aug.26 |
El Cerrito |
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 Truck crashes into house, cuts power| 2 people injured when a runaway truck slammed into several cars, plowed through a house and cuts power to 20,000 | |
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Pittsburg |
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Lightning Blamed for Grassfires Lightning strikes were the cause of a fire near San Jose's Evergreen Valley College and a blaze in the hills above Pittsburg
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Highway 24 |
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Deadly Accident on Highway 24  A truck carrying bundles of the Oakland Tribune rolled several times, ejecting the driver, Paul Nguyen
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| Aug.27 |
Richmond |
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Boy guilty of sexual assault on woman, 46 A 12-year-old overpowered the woman and sodomized her repeatedly along a hiking trail in Richmond
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| Aug.31 |
Antioch |
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Girl killed by freight train A 16-year-old Nicole Ritter, was struck after she walked out to the tracks and sat down
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Highway 80 |
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Fatal accident A vehicle sideswiped a truck on I-80 causing the truck to hit another vehicle as it crossed several lanes
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