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| Dec.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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BART Train Stalls Inside Tunnel Hours after a train was disabled near the 12th Street station, passengers may experience delays of up to 20 minutes
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East Oakland |
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1 dead in shooting outside Jack-in-the-box Officers arrived to find a man suffering from several gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a near McAfee Coliseum
| Dec.2 |
Coliseum |
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Gun exchange gets 36 guns off the street Organizers and police collected the 20 handguns and 12 rifles in the parking lot of McAfee Coliseum
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West Oakland |
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3-alarm house fire sent man to hospital
| Dec.3 |
Coliseum |
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Houston Texans 23, Raiders 14
| Dec.5 |
Oakland |
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Dr. accused of giving drugs without exams During a sting, he diagnosed an undercover agent with paranoid schizophrenia and asthma without examining him
| Dec.8 |
Highway 880 |
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Hit & Run Kills Pedestrian CHP is searching for several vehicles of interest believed to be involved. The victim was found dead on the 98th Ave. on-ramp
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Athletics |
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Piazza, A's complete one-year deal Mike Piazza finalized his $8.5 million contract and became the Athletics' new designated hitter
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East Oakland |
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Student Raped, Attacker Met Online An Alameda man is arrested for allegedly raping a 31-year-old graduate student who answered a classified ad on Craigslist
| Dec.11 |
Fruitvale |
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Shootings leave 2 dead, toddler wounded An adult died after was hit by gunfire, and police are investigating a second murder in the Fruitvale neighborhood | |
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West Oakland |
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Police: liquor store employee set fire An employee faces charges that he deliberately set fire to the business, then staged his own kidnapping to cover his tracks
| Dec.14 |
Oakland |
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Reiser Laughs During Wife Murder Hearing Prosecutors presented circumstantial evidence aimed at proving that he murdered his wife Nina
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Highway 880 |
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Man struck and killed on freeway on-ramp
| Dec.17 |
Coliseum |
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Rams Send Raiders to 7th Straight Loss St. Louis took advantage of 5 Oakland turnovers in Rams' 20-0 victory
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East Oakland |
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Fatal shooting 8:30 p.m., near the intersection of 85th Avenue and Bancroft Ave.
| Dec.19 |
Oakland |
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Father Beats 3-Year-Old Son To Death
| Dec.20 |
East Oakland |
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4 Shot, 1 Killed Violence broke out around 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of 63rd Ave. One man was dead at the scene | |
| Dec.23 |
Coliseum |
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Kansas gives Oakland its 8th straight loss Johnson ran for 137 yards and a touchdown and the Chiefs beat the Raiders 20-9
| Dec.24 |
Highway 880 |
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Graffiti Artist Killed On Highway A man after being involved in a hit-and-run in the left lane. 2 men were seen creating graffiti near Macarthur blvd.
| Dec.26 |
Bay Area |
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Storm Envelops Bay Area Gusts up to 45 mph blew in the East Bay hills and coastal ranges north of San Francisco
| Dec.28 |
Giants |
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Zito to sign with Giants Barry Zito has agreed in principle to a deal after starring for 6 years with the rival Oakland A's | |
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Oakland City Hall |
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1st black elected to City Council, dies Carter Gilmore, a prominent civil rights activist was the first black elected to the Oakland City Council. He was 80
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Oakland |
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Two police motorcycle officers injured Jorge Cabral was leaving the off-ramp from 580 when a Mercedes Benz hit him, knocking him from his motorcycle
| Dec.29 |
Oakland |
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Early morning fire displaced 3 people
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East Oakland |
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3 Hurt In Multiple-Vehicle Accident AC bus collided with a truck that ran a red light. The bus then careened into 2 more cars before hitting a building | |
| Dec.30 |
Oakland |
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Norovirus In Retirement Community 18 seniors living at St. Paul's Towers have fallen ill with the highly contagious gastrointestinal illness
| Dec.31 |
East Oakland |
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Two women shot at vigil One was critically wounded at a vigil held for 2 women who were shot to death the night before in San Francisco. Some men in a car drove up and fired several shots int... | |
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Raiders |
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Jets headed to playoffs after Raiders fall Pennington threw a touchdown pass to Baker. Jets clinched an improbable postseason berth with a 23-3 victory
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