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| Oct.1 |
Oakland |
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$1.2 million of black tar heroin
| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
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A's 9, Texas 4
| 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
| Oct.4 |
OAK |
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Methamphetamine smuggle attempt
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Oakland |
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Child Molestation Charges
| 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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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
| Oct.7 |
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
| Oct.10 |
Oakland |
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Hijacker attended language school
| Oct.11 |
OAK |
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Security Breaches at Airport
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North Oakland |
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Fatal vehicle accident
| Oct.12 |
Oakland |
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Sentenced to 3 lives for drugs Kevin Lee Davis, 32, of Walnut Creek, major Oakland cocaine trafficker, sentenced on 79 federal charges
| Oct.13 |
East Oakland |
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Shot and killed Lamont Flemmings, 34, suffered multiple gunshot wounds
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Coliseum |
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NY Yankees 1, A's 0 Mussina allowed 4 hits over 7 superb innings
| Oct.14 |
Coliseum |
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NY Yankees 9, A's 2 New York rebounded by winning both games in Oakland
| Oct.15 |
Oakland |
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Public Citizen opened field office Nonprofit consumer advocacy organization is based in Washington, D.C.
| Oct.16 |
Oakland |
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ValueStar Web site closes Company that provided ratings of service firms. It lost $17.2 million on sales of $1.1 million
| Oct.17 |
OAK |
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Facial recognition technology The airport to become one of the first in the nation to deploy such technology in interrogation rooms
| Oct.18 |
Oracle Arena |
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Warriors 96, Denver 94
| 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
| Oct.21 |
East Oakland |
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Crash killed Mexican man Car hit a telephone pole. Driver fled the scene
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Oracle Arena |
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Seattle 100, Warriors 84
| 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 | |
| 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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North Oakland |
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A drug counselor stabbed to death Clarence C. Brown, 45, is the suspect in the slaying of Marie Christian, 43, who worked at a center for battered women
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OAK |
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Airport's access badges missing 10% of 10,000 total badges that grant access to secure areas appear to be missing
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East Oakland |
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2-alarm structure fire 3962 Delmont Avenue
| Oct.25 |
Oracle Arena |
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Phoenix, Warriors, 113-90
| Oct.26 |
Oracle Arena |
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Milwaukee, Warriors, 97-90
| 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 Joseph Palomba, a 66-year-old felon, pleaded guilty to bilking investors and to using the names of prisoners in a scheme
| Oct.28 |
East Oakland |
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Metroport plan Port Commission approved a $364 million development of a Class A commercial district on 23 acres near OAK
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