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Oakland |
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Oakland teachers finally get 1-year pact
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| Jun. 8 |
Brentwood |
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Sixteen treated for sunstroke at graduation
Map of Heritage High School Brentwood| Nearly two dozen people were treated for heat related illnesses at an outdoor graduation ceremony in Brentwood Saturday morning | |
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| Jun. 4 |
Novato |
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Ranger helps distressed bald eagle in Marin Co. |
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| Jun. 3 |
San Leandro |
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Teacher charged after flashing nude photo in class
San Leandro High School teacher Richard Styner accidently exposed himself in more ways than one and now he's facing very serious charges
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| May. 29 |
Cupertino |
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Bay Area teens competing at national spelling bee |
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| May. 26 |
San Jose |
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SJ teachers, district agree to landmark contract |
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| May.10 |
UC Berkeley |
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Teen named UC Berkeley's top graduating senior |
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| May.3 |
Moffett Field |
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Solar Impulse takes off from Moffett Field 
| A plane that flies on nothing but the power of the sun is now on its way to Phoenix as part of a historic cross-country flight | |
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| May.1 |
San Jose |
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IBM researchers create world's smallest movie
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| Apr.17 |
SF Downtown |
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Exploratorium Moves to San Francisco's Embarcadero
Map of Pier 15 San Francisco| The new Exploratorium is opening at Pier 15 at the heart of the city's waterfront with three times more space for hands-on, interactive exhibits | |
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| Mar.21 |
San Leandro |
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Baseball coach accused of molestation disappears |
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| Nov.27 |
UC Berkeley |
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Regents approve Dirks as new UC Berkeley chancellor
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| Oct.15 |
Stanford |
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Guest Stanford prof wins economic Nobel |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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Nobel Prize for Stanford prof Brian Kobilka, 57, won the Prize in Chemistry for his research into protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals
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| Oct.8 |
UCSF |
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UCSF researcher wins Nobel award Shinya Yamanka, 50, has been awarded the prize for Medicine for his discovery that ordinary human cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells
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| Sep.23 |
Santa Clara |
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Principal arrested on suspicion of having meth
Map of Caltrain station Santa Clara Eric Dean Lewis, principal of Montague Elementary School, was arrested after he allegedly offered to provide drugs to an undercover officer
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| Sep.21 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Endeavour flies by Golden Gate Bridge, other sites |
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| Jul.10 |
East San Jose |
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Principal charged for not reporting sex abuse
Lyn Vijayendran has been criminally charged for not calling authorities about a possible case of child sexual abuse at OB Whaley Elementary
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| Jun.18 |
Livermore Lab |
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US regains supercomputer crown |
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| Jun.5 |
Milpitas |
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4 school bond measures passing in early returns |
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| May.31 |
San Jose |
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Teacher accused of making child porn |
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| May.20 |
Bay Area |
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Rare solar eclipse visible in Bay Area |
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| May.13 |
Albany |
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Protesters on UC Berkeley land dismantle camp
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| Apr.23 |
East Oakland |
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Classes at Oikos University resumed
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| Mar.7 |
SF Presidio |
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Gray whale spotted near Crissy Field
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| Feb.13 |
Richmond |
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Vandals do $1 million in damage to school
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| Jan.10 |
East San Jose |
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Teacher arrested for child sex assault |
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| Oct.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland board votes to close 5 schools
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| Oct.16 |
Stanford |
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Steve Jobs Memorial Held |
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Conservative education summit |
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
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UC Berkeley physics prof wins Nobel Prize Saul Perlmutter, who is seeking to understand why the universe is expanding ever so rapidly, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics
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| Aug.12 |
Mountain View |
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Donations help reactivate aliens' search |
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| Apr.25 |
Mountain View |
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SETI Institute suspends search for aliens
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| Mar.18 |
UC Berkeley |
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Harmless traces of radiation detected |
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| Mar.15 |
Danville |
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Teen wins Intel Science Talent Search |
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| Mar.3 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters chain themselves on UC ledge
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| Jan.23 |
Oakland Hills |
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Schools cop fatally shoots man
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| Nov.29 |
Oakland |
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Schools receive $10.5M Kaiser donation |
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| Nov.17 |
San Francisco |
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13 arrested in protest outside UC Regents |
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| Oct.13 |
East Palo Alto |
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Dalai Lama visits E. Palo Alto school |
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| Sep.23 |
Facebook |
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Facebook founder giving $100M to schools |
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| May.15 |
East Oakland |
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Woman Earns College Diploma At Age 94 |
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| May.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Cal Hunger Strike Ends; Talk Started |
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| May.5 |
Oakland |
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Teachers Authorize Union To Call Strike |
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| Mar.4 |
Highway 880 |
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Protest Crowds Flood Streets, Shut 880
Students, teachers and parents flooded streets and plazas, an temporarily shut down 880 in Oakland
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| Feb.19 |
Pleasanton |
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Student Jumps In Front Of Train
A train struck and killed a teenager south of Amador Valley High School in the latest case of a student committing suicide on rail tracks
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| Dec.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters Torch Chancellor's Home Eight people are under arrest after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of Robert Birgeneau
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| Dec.9 |
SFSU |
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Students Protest Fee, Take Over Building |
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| Nov.23 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Cal Probing Brutality Claims Amid Protests |
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| Nov.20 |
UC Berkeley |
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40 Arrests Made To End UC Protests
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| Oct.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Professor Wins Nobel Economics Prize Oliver Williamson won the prize for analyses of economic governance - the way authority is exercised in companies and economic systems
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| Oct.8 |
Mountain View |
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Scientist Shares Nobel In Physics
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| Oct.5 |
UCSF |
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Researcher Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine
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| Sep.2 |
San Bruno |
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Shooting At Skyline College
a young man ran into the school's Learning Center bleeding from the lower torso and screaming at a teacher that he had been shot
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| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
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Explosion at high school
An apparent pipebomb exploded Monday morning inside Hillsdale High School but there were no injuries. One person in police custody
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| May.22 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City Hires New Schools Superintendent |
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| May.20 |
El Cerrito |
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Police: Students Attacked Their Teacher |
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| May.18 |
San Jose |
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SJ Native Ends Hubble Work |
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| May.13 |
SF City Hall |
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School officials vote to save JROTC |
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| May.3 |
Berkeley |
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2 probable swine flu cases, school closed |
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| May.1 |
Bay Area |
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Flu cases grow, 8 Bay Area schools closed| Sonoma and Monterey counties announced their first probable cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. The new Sonoma County case involved a... | |
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
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Schools Closed Over Swine Flu Exposure
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| Feb.11 |
Richmond |
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West Contra Costa Board closes 4 schools
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| Jan.17 |
Vallejo |
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6 gangsters beating boy unconscious |
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| Sep.21 |
Golden Gate Park |
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New Calif. Academy of Sciences opens The Academy reopened to the public after more than 10 years of planning and construction. The new $488 million building substitutes the old ...
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
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Pfizer moving biotech research unit to S.F. |
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| Jan.30 |
SFO |
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Bush Visits To Honor Student, Raise Cash |
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| Jul.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
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34 Charged In DVC Grade Scam
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| May.30 |
San Francisco |
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Unpredictable Whales Slip Out To Sea| More than 2 weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpbacks finally found their way home to the ocean. Officials assumed the pair returned to the open sea. To make sure the whales ... | |
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| May.28 |
Benicia |
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Delta whales make progress toward ocean |
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| May.24 |
Stanford |
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Student Impostor Unmasked A young woman passed herself off as a student, talked her way into dormitories and lived on campus in the dorms for 8 months
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| Apr.25 |
Hayward |
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Teacher Strike Over |
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| Apr.5 |
Hayward |
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Teachers Go On Strike
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| Mar.29 |
Bay Bridge |
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Biologists To Rescue Falcon Eggs |
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| Mar.7 |
UC Berkeley |
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Student Charged In Nobel Prize Theft |
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| Feb.1 |
UC Berkeley |
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$500 million grant to develop new biofuels
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| Nov.20 |
Redwood City |
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Teacher Fired After Science Experiment |
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| Oct.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Bomb Threats Shut Down Diablo V. College
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
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Prof. & Grad Share Nobel Physics Prize
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Stanford |
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Professor Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry |
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| Oct.2 |
Stanford |
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Scientist Shares Nobel Prize In Medicine |
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| Aug.23 |
Alameda |
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'Ethical' stem cell lines created
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| Aug.15 |
Google |
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Google Gives Free Wi-Fi To Mt. View |
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| Jun.24 |
South of Market |
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Santa Cruz Chancellor jumps to her death Denice Dee Denton, 46, the controversial chancellor of the UC Santa Cruz, jumped from the 44th floor
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| Apr.21 |
Cisco |
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Bush, Schwarzenegger Talk Education
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| Apr.10 |
West Contra Costa |
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Proposal To Ignore Exit Exam Rule Fails
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| Apr.5 |
SF City Hall |
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SF Picks Google, EarthLink For Wi-Fi A city panel identified Google and EarthLink as the best candidates to complete the ambitious project
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| Feb.2 |
Livermore Lab |
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Lab Deploys High-Powered Weapon |
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| Jan.20 |
San Francisco |
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Board Approves School Closures, Mergers
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| Nov.1 |
SF Mission |
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Controversial Stem Cell Center Opens |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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University Wins Robot Car Challenge |
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| Jul.12 |
San Jose |
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Bones Found In River Prehistoric
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| May.23 |
Berkeley |
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Explosion at Junior High No Accident |
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| May.12 |
Hercules |
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Student Beating Posted On Internet
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| May.9 |
UC Berkeley |
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Alcohol Banned At Fraternities, Sororities |
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| May.6 |
San Francisco |
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SF Gets Stem Cell Headquarters The 29-member committee made the decision over San Diego, Sacramento and Emeryville
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| May.2 |
San Francisco |
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Panel Endorses SF for Stem Cell Center |
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| Apr.16 |
SF Zoo |
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Zoo Sells Naming Rights To Grizzlies |
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| Apr.11 |
SJSU |
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University Suspends Dance Team |
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| Apr.4 |
Cupertino |
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Students Sent Home to Prove Residency |
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| Mar.28 |
UC Berkeley |
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Info Stolen from Thousands of Students |
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| Mar.25 |
SFSU |
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RoboGames start |
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| Jan.26 |
Hayward |
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CSU-Hayward drops the Hayward |
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| Nov.7 |
Vallejo |
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School player dies after being tackled |
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| Oct.7 |
Livermore |
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$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings |
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| Jun.10 |
Oakland |
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Researchers exposed to deadly anthrax |
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| Mar.9 |
Richmond |
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Students Protest After Sports Eliminated |
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| Mar.7 |
SF Zoo |
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37-year-old elephant euthanized |
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| Sep.9 |
Stanford |
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Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, dies |
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| Sep.5 |
USF |
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Dalai Lama visits Jesuit-run university |
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| Jul.21 |
SF Sunset |
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Dead whale attracted large crowds |
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| Jun.4 |
East San Jose |
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Several schools locked down during search |
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| Jun.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
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State takes over Oakland schools |
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| May.5 |
UC Berkeley |
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Students barred from SARS areas The University will turn away new students from China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong this summer
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| Mar.10 |
Oakland |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers |
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| Jan.22 |
SJSU |
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Frat brawl: One dead on his birthday |
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| Jan.14 |
Oakland |
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Schools hold teach-in against war in Iraq |
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| Dec.10 |
Stanford |
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Human embryonic stem cell project |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes |
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| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
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African elephant born at Zoo |