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Oakland |
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$1.2 million of black tar heroin |
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| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
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A's 9, Texas 4 |
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| Oct.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Predatory lending banned City Council has adopted an ordinance to keep shady lenders from exploiting borrowers with exorbitant interest rates
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Coliseum |
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A's 5, Texas 4 |
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| Oct.4 |
Oakland |
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Child Molestation Charges |
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Livermore Lab |
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Whistle-blower lawsuit settled |
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OAK |
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Methamphetamine smuggle attempt |
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| Oct.6 |
North Oakland |
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Blackout factor in fatal bus crash AC Transit bus collided with a car at a darkened intersection killing a driver and a passenger of the car
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Fremont |
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Steakhouse robbed
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Berkeley |
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Ex-mayor to enter Assembly race |
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Oakland |
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Rescue team returns from New York The 62 members of Task Force 4 were greeted by 100 friends and family members
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| Oct.7 |
Fremont |
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Afghan community supports attacks U.S. largest Afghan community in Fremont reacted to missile attacks on Afganistan with joy and apprehension
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North Oakland |
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Nephew held in fatal shooting Burl Stephen Smith Jr., 55, firefighter, father of 5 was attempting to resolve dispute between his son and his nephew
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North Oakland |
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Blackout affected BART and 23,000
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Coliseum |
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Raiders 28, Cowboys 21 Wheatley rushed for 2 touchdowns. Dallas made 6 trips inside the Oakland 20
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Castro Valley |
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Freeway shooting
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| Oct.10 |
Oakland |
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Hijacker attended language school
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Stanford |
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2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes
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| Oct.11 |
OAK |
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Security Breaches at Airport
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Union City |
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2-alarm fire
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North Oakland |
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Fatal vehicle accident
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| Oct.12 |
Oakland |
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Sentenced to 3 lives for drugs
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Hayward |
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Chemical Weapons Response Team
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Fremont |
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Arrested for hate crime
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| Oct.13 |
East Oakland |
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Shot and killed
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Coliseum |
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NY Yankees 1, A's 0 Mussina allowed 4 hits over 7 superb innings
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| Oct.14 |
Coliseum |
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NY Yankees 9, A's 2 New York rebounded by winning both games in Oakland
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| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
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Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs| 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business | |
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Oakland |
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Public Citizen opened field office
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| Oct.16 |
Oakland |
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ValueStar Web site closes
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| Oct.17 |
Berkeley |
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City call to halt Afghan bombs| On a 5-to-4 vote City Council became the first city in the nation to call for a halt to the bombing of Afghanistan | |
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Hayward |
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Afghan-Americans gathering 600 attended the meeting in banquet hall, including representatives of former king and the anti-Taliban northern alliance
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OAK |
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Facial recognition technology
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| Oct.18 |
Pleasanton |
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PeopleSoft beats expectations Operating profit more than doubled in the 3rd quarter
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Alameda |
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Pre-meeting invocations removed
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Coliseum |
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Warriors 96, Denver 94 |
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| Oct.19 |
Berkeley |
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City faces boycott Hundreds of calls and e-mails to city offices threatening boycott after city voted to stop bombing Afghanistan
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| Oct.20 |
Oakland Hills |
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Hills Fire 10th Anniversary Worst fire involving loss of life and property since the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906
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Oakland |
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Scouting locations for new stadium The Kansas City, Mo., has been hired to scout locations for a new stadium for the A's
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| Oct.21 |
East Oakland |
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Crash killed Mexican man
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Coliseum |
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Seattle 100, Warriors 84 |
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| Oct.22 |
Oakland Downtown |
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3,000 rally behind Barbara Lee| Barbara is the only member of Congress to oppose a resolution granting Bush authority to use force against terrorism | |
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| Oct.23 |
Highway 880 |
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Fatal Big Rig Crash
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Fremont |
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Street racing crash kills boy, 17
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| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
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Triple Homicide| 2 young women and a man were found shot to death | |
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UC Berkeley |
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Students Rally in Support of U.S. Several hundred students show their support for America's war on terrorism
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Pleasanton |
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Gun sales suspended at Wal-Mart
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North Oakland |
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A drug counselor stabbed to death
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OAK |
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Airport's access badges missing
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East Oakland |
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2-alarm structure fire
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| Oct.25 |
San Leandro |
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Court upholds tax on guns
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Berkeley |
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Building dedicated to fallen officers
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San Leandro |
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4-alarm fire guts 2 businesses 100 firefighters responded to the scene
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Coliseum |
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Phoenix, Warriors, 113-90 |
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| Oct.26 |
Coliseum |
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Milwaukee, Warriors, 97-90 |
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| Oct.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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$240K payout The city will pay to the 4-year-old daughter of a man shot and killed by police in 1998
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Oakland |
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Man admits swindling investors
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| Oct.28 |
East Oakland |
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Metroport plan
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| Oct.30 |
Union City |
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Haq's son mourns father's death Abdul Majeed Arsala, son of former Afghan guerrilla leader Abdul Haq, is a junior in high school
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| Oct.31 |
Emeryville |
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Ask Jeeves Reports Loss Internet search service sales off 50%
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Livermore |
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Week-long ban on flights