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| Yesterday |
Vallejo |
Gas Dips Below $2 A Gallon In Bay Area| At Lee's Grocery on Fairgrounds Drive, south of Discovery Kingdom, the price is $1.75 a gallon | |
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Wells Fargo |
Wells briefly holds top spot among banks The SF financial institution with few branches east of Mississippi, was briefly the largest U.S. bank by market value, passing JPMorgan Chase
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HP |
Shares Soar On 4Q Outlook Hewlett-Packard surprised Wall Street by saying its earnings will be slightly above analysts' expectations, going against the grain
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| Nov. 5 |
Apple |
Apple Boosted Payroll 48% Apple boosted the number of workers on its payroll by 48% in 2008, a period that saw robust iPod sales and the successful launch of a new iP...
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| Sep.18 |
Oracle |
Oracle Beats 1st Quarter Expectations |
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| Sep.6 |
San Francisco |
Tourism Boosts S.F. Economy
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| Sep.1 |
Richmond |
EcoTimber to see sales rise 20% this year |
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| Aug.27 |
San Jose |
TiVo shows another profit |
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Pleasanton |
No. 1 in median household income |
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| Aug.19 |
HP |
Hewlett-Packard Beats Street |
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| Jul.17 |
Richmond |
City approves upgrade at refinery The City Council has approved a controversial plan by Chevron to upgrade equipment at its Richmond refinery
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| Jul.16 |
Wells Fargo |
Wells Fargo Boosts Payout |
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| Jul.10 |
Apple |
500 software programs for iPhone 3G |
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| Jun.30 |
San Carlos |
Tesla to build electric sedan in Bay Area Tesla Motors, the maker of electric-powered roadsters, has chosen the Bay Area to build a manufacturing plant for its new model
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| Jun.25 |
Oracle |
4Q Earnings Rise 27 Percent To $2.04B |
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| Jun.9 |
Apple |
Speedier, Cheaper iPhone
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| Jun.2 |
San Jose |
Brocade to pay $160M to settle lawsuit
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| May.28 |
San Jose |
Janitors approve contract, return to work |
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| May.24 |
Marin County |
Home sales move up 39.4% from March |
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| May.20 |
San Francisco |
Bay Area home sales climbed nearly 30%
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| May.15 |
San Francisco |
New jobs, houses spur S.F. population |
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| May.14 |
Google |
Google Sites Ranked No. 1 |
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| May.7 |
Cisco |
3Q profit beats views, shares rise |
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| May.6 |
SF City Hall |
Mission Paint Store Okd |
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| May.3 |
Chevron |
Chevron notches record 1st-quarter profit |
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| Apr.29 |
San Francisco |
Visa profit jumps 28% on rising volumes |
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| Apr.24 |
Genentech |
Court slashes $200 million from judgment |
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| Apr.23 |
Apple |
Mac Sales Polish Apple |
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| Apr.17 |
Google |
1Q profit climbs 30%, tops analyst views
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| Apr.16 |
eBay |
eBay posts 22 percent hike in 1Q profit |
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| Apr.15 |
Schwab |
Schwab's Best 1Q Ever
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| Apr.11 |
Highway 80 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach |
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| Mar.29 |
San Francisco |
Striking Nurses Go Back To Work |
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| Mar.4 |
Vallejo |
City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy The City Council approved 3 resolutions that are intended to prevent the city from filing bankruptcy by the end of the month
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| Feb.28 |
South of Market |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened
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Google |
Google Releases Health Service Details |
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| Feb.22 |
Genentech |
FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer
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| Feb.19 |
HP |
1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent
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| Feb.11 |
Chevron |
Chevron Added to Dow |
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| Feb.1 |
Chevron |
Chevron Beats Profit Expectations |
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| Jan.17 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area rents jump 9% |
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| Jan.15 |
SF Downtown |
Apple introduces slim notebook CEO Steve Jobs introduced the world's thinnest notebook computer MacBook Air that measures between 0.16 inch and 0.76 inch thick
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| Jan.14 |
Oakland |
Clorox introduces green line of products |
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| Jan.3 |
Mountain View |
Startup Revives SF Free Wi-Fi Project
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| Dec.19 |
Oracle |
2Q Profit Soars 35 Percent |
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| Dec.12 |
San Jose |
Building inspectors end strike |
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| Nov.9 |
Apple |
iPhone Goes on Sale in Europe |
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| Nov.7 |
Cisco |
1Q Profit Jumps 37 Percent |
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect |
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| Oct.26 |
Apple |
OS X Update Leopard Hits Store Shelves |
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| Oct.22 |
Apple |
Apple reports record Mac sales |
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent |
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| Oct.17 |
Intel |
43% increase in third-quarter earnings |
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| Oct.4 |
SFO |
World's Largest Commercial Jetliner Comes |
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Is Back In Business The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday
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| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open Motorists can pay their tolls without taking their feet off the gas. The $1.2 billion 1.6-mile long span features the region's first FasTrak lanes
| The speed limit in the 3 northbound lanes is 55 mph. The system relies on overhead antennas, cameras
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| Jul.30 |
Alameda County |
Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work |
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute Officials from Waste Management, the Teamsters and Mayor Dellums emerged from negotiations to announce a tentative agreement
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| Jun.29 |
Apple |
iPhone Launched 
After 6 months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people will get their hands on the new cell phone that to become Apple's 3rd core business
| The gadget combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod player and wireless Web browser. It will go on sale in the U.S. at 6 p.m. in each time zone
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| May.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday San Francisco's most famous landmark opened to pedestrians exactly 70 years ago, to cross the span on foot for the first time May 27, 1937
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts A portion of the MacArthur Maze reopened just 25 days after the accident, but one expert raised questions about the safety of the new structure
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| May.17 |
West Oakland |
Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week |
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| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute
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| Apr.19 |
Google |
1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations |
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| Feb.5 |
Apple |
Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit IPod maker and the manager of The Beatles' Apple Corps resolved their long-simmering dispute
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| Jan.9 |
SF Downtown |
Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone| CEO Steve Jobs ushered in a new era, jumping into the cell phone market. Jobs, speaking at the Macworld, unveiled the iPhone, which marries the iPod, cell phone and Internet handh... | |
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| Dec.7 |
Bay Bridge |
Final Skyway Segment Placed
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| Nov.21 |
Google |
Google jumps past $500
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| Oct.19 |
Google |
Profits nearly double in 3Q
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| Sep.28 |
SF Downtown |
Westfield Center Opens
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| Sep.12 |
San Francisco |
Tentative Agreement In Hotel Dispute
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| Sep.5 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic |
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| Aug.3 |
Pacifica |
Hwy 1. At Devil's Slide Reopens
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| Jul.20 |
Google |
2Q earnings soar past expectations
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| Apr.20 |
Google |
Quarter profit soars |
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| Mar.23 |
Google |
Google Will Be Added To S&P 500 |
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| Mar.17 |
Google |
Google Need Not Turn Over Records
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| Oct.12 |
Apple |
Video iPod introduced Apple unveiled a slew of additional products and deals that included a content sharing agreement with Disney
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| Sep.7 |
Apple |
Apple unveils music-playing cell phone
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| Aug.24 |
Google |
Google to add instant messages and chat |
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| Jul.19 |
Intel |
Record Sales As Earning Grow |
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| Jul.13 |
Apple |
Solid 3Q results thanks to iPod sales
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| Jun.27 |
Bay Bridge |
New FasTrak lanes open without incident
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| Jun.24 |
Bay Bridge |
Compromise Deal Reached on Bridge Bay Area tolls will increase $1 under to keep in place the designs for a soaring suspension Bay Bridge
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| May.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo introduces online music subscription |
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| May.6 |
Pacifica |
Groundbreaking For Devil's Slide Tunnel |
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| May.4 |
Bay Bridge |
Feds: Bay Bridge Welds Not Faulty
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| Apr.21 |
Google |
Profit Soars, Topping Forecasts |
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| Mar.5 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Cranes Clear Bay Spans
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| Mar.2 |
Emeryville |
Regulators Lift Suspension on Chiron |
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| Feb.17 |
San Francisco |
Dolby IPO Sounds Good to Investors |
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| Feb.1 |
Google |
7-fold improvement in quarter profit |
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| Jan.24 |
San Jose |
Major grocers, unions agree to contract |
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
Profits quadruple as iPod sales surge |
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| Jan.11 |
SF Downtown |
Jobs unveils cut-rate computer |
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Hotel employees to return to work About 4,000 maids, bellhops, cooks and other will return to their jobs while contract negotiations continue
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| Nov.14 |
Walnut Creek |
Fuel Line Operational Again |
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| Nov.9 |
Mountain View |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched |
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| Nov.4 |
Brisbane |
VaxGen gets contract for anthrax vaccine |
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| Oct.14 |
Google |
Software offered to search hard drive |
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
Hotel strike ends, workers locked-out |
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| Oct.12 |
Yahoo |
3rd-quarter profit nearly quadruples |
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| Jul.13 |
Intel |
2nd-quarter earnings nearly double |
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| May.18 |
HP |
Profit jumps 34%, but analysts cautious |
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| Apr.14 |
Apple |
Quarter earnings triple, beat expectations |
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| Apr.7 |
Yahoo |
First-quarter profit doubles |
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| Nov.8 |
Vallejo |
Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis Fireworks greet nation's first major suspension bridge in 30 years, a 3,400-foot span across the Carquinez Straits
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| Oct.8 |
Yahoo |
Profits doubled again |
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| Jun.22 |
SFO |
BART Begins Service To SFO After years of delay, BART hopes to match the success that other cities have had with their rail to airports
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| May.19 |
Genentech |
Encouraging results with cancer drug |
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| Apr.17 |
San Francisco |
Bechtel wins giant Iraq contract Construction giant has landed a contract worth up to $680m to help in the rebuilding of Iraq
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| Feb.23 |
Brisbane |
AIDS vaccine developed by VaxGen |
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Apple introduces revamped iMac |
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| Oct.24 |
BART |
BART strike averted
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| Oct.23 |
Apple |
iPod: New digital music player 
| The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs. It will take up to 10 seconds to download a CD of music via a FireWire link. The player will only work on Macs running ope... | |
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened
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| Nov.20 |
Intel |
Intel Introduces Pentium 4
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| Mar.30 |
SF Chronicle |
Justice clears Chron sale to Hearst |
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| Jan.20 |
Apple |
Apple Far Exceeds Estimates |
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