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Port of Oakland |
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Protests, Picket Lines At Port Protesters are walking picket lines to convince truckers to take part in an attempted port shutdown protesting U.S. military conflicts
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| May.2 |
East Oakland |
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Elderly Man Accused Of Landlord's Murder
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Hayward |
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CSU East Bay Professor Fired Over Oath Marianne Kearney-Brown signed the oath but placing an asterisk next to the word defend and writing 'as long as it doesn't require violence'
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San Ramon |
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63 Restaurant Workers Nabbed In Raid U.S. ICE agents arrested 63 employees of Taqueria El Balazo, a Bay Area Mexican restaurant chain, for being in the country illegally
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| May.3 |
UC Berkeley |
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Student Stabbed To Death On Campus Map of 2434 Warring St Berkeley Christopher Wootton was killed in the Kai Omega sorority parking lot following a party
| 20-year-old Berkeley man arrested. Wootton was stabbed in an altercation on the south side of the campus.
He was transported to a local trauma center, where he was pronounced dead
Wootton was set to graduate this month.
The last murder of a Berkeley student was in 1998
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Oakland |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing 6 adult bookstores in Oakland, 3 in Berkeley and one in El Cerrito
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East Oakland |
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Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 2 Wounded Officers found one man fatally shot in a vehicle. Two others were injured. Also authorities found a man dead in the rear of a building
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UC Berkeley |
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Man Suspected In Murder Of Cal Student
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| May.4 |
West Oakland |
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Man Dies From Severe Beating
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East Oakland |
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Died from multiple gunshot wounds
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| May.5 |
Berkeley |
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Man Surrenders After 8-Hour Standoff
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OAK |
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American To Discontinue Flights At OAK
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Coliseum |
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Brown's Single Lifts A's Past Orioles, 2-1 |
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| May.6 |
UC Berkeley |
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Rumors of immigration agents at schools
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East Oakland |
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Homicide Victim Discovered In Torched Car
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UC Berkeley |
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Man charged with death of student
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Coliseum |
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Duchscherer Delivers In Win Over Orioles |
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| May.7 |
Berkeley |
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2 Suspects Sought In Shooting Of Teen
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| May.8 |
Highway 880 |
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1 Dead In Motorcycle-SUV Crash
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| May.9 |
Athletics |
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Rangers Beat A's 4-0
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| May.10 |
Hayward |
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Fires disrupts BART at East Bay stations| At least 2 electrical fires at a substation have disrupted BART service in the Hayward, South Hayward, Union City and Fremont BART stations | |
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| May.11 |
East Oakland |
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Double murder or murder and suicide The shooting was reported around 3 p.m.
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East Oakland |
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Man died from multiple gunshot wounds
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Livermore |
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Motorcyclist Killed In Crash
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| May.13 |
UC Berkeley |
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Man Shot To Death Near Campus Map of 2534 Durant Avenue Berkeley| A man in his 20s was shot in a parking lot in the second killing near the university this month | |
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East Bay |
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Mandatory Water Rationing Imposed EBMUD voted unanimously to impose mandatory water rationing on its 1.3 million customers in Alameda and Contra Costa counties
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Livermore Lab |
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Mock attack defeats lab security
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| May.14 |
Oakland |
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Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com |
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| May.15 |
East Oakland |
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4 arrested for credit union heist
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Oakland |
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New UC president to get 6,800-sq ft home |
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| May.16 |
Highway 680 |
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Fatal Stabbing Along 680
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| May.17 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters Blame Prof. For U.S. Torture Protesters claims professor John Yoo devised the legal basis for the Bush administration's use of torture in overseas military prisons
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| May.18 |
Berkeley |
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Recent graduate found dead after fall
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Hayward |
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Man Shot Dead At Southland Mall A man was shot in broad daylight just outside the mall following a dispute with another man inside a shoe store
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Athletics |
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Braves Take 2 Of 3 Against A's Victory
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| May.19 |
Hayward |
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Six-year-old drowns in swimming lagoon
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| May.20 |
Albany |
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Man Shot At Bowling Alley
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Oakland |
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Judge axes gender bias suit against D.A.
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Oakland |
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Wachovia Faces Questions Over Lending
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| May.22 |
Union City |
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John McCain Campaigning| Republican presidential frontrunner and presumptive nominee to participate in a roundtable discussion on global competitiveness. Schwarzenegger, Cisco Systems chairman and chief executive John Chambers, former eBay ch... | |
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Oakland |
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Newsman Dennis Richmond Retires Richmond, 64, plans to retire in January, marking the end of a 40-year career that saw him rise from a typist to one of the most recognizable...
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Hayward |
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Officials approve new smoking rules
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Raiders |
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Tuiasosopo returns to Raiders
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| May.24 |
Coliseum |
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A's baffle Red Sox with one-hitter Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the 7th inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 3-0
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Berkeley |
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Sea Scouts leader arrested again Eugene Evans already facing charges of molesting boys in his troop has been arrested again as more charges have been added to his case
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| May.25 |
Highway 80 |
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Motorcyclist Found Dead In Trees
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Highway 580 |
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Crash killed woman |
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| May.29 |
Hayward |
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Hayward passes law restricting smoking Map of 5-2 in favor of a law banning smoking on sidewalks street street Hayward The City Council has voted 5-2 in favor of a law banning smoking on sidewalks, streets and other public places
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Berkeley |
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Man Shot In Berkeley Dies At Hospital Responding officers found a man suffering gunshot wounds. He was transported to Highland Hospital
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Oakland |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending| Many of World Savings (bought by Wachovia mid-2006) loans were made in some of Oakland's low-income minority neighborhoods | |
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Dublin |
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Doc arrested, charged with sexual assault 39-year-old Tony Shiu had fled to Taiwan, but was deported back to the United States after investigators learned of his whereabouts
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| May.31 |
Fremont |
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GM, Toyota in talks to build hybrid at plant The Toyota Prius may one day be built in the Bay Area at their Nummi auto plant, which operates as a joint venture
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Fremont |
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Boxer That Mauled Baby To Be Euthanized The baby underwent surgery after 75-pound Tyson bit him on the face and neck. 10 days earlier the dog bit the baby's aunt
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UC Berkeley |
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Student top female Jeopardy! Player After winning $223,597 on the television quiz show, doctoral candidate Larissa Kelly is becoming the show's top female player of all-time
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Athletics |
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Hamilton Homers As Rangers Defeat A's
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