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| Jun. 26 |
SF Downtown |
Builders' trade show feels pain Throng of West Coast building professionals gathered at Moscone Center for the annual Pacific Coast Builders Conference and trade show
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| Jun.13 |
San Quentin |
Price Tag Soars For New Death Row
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| Jun.5 |
San Francisco |
Hotels, Improvements For Alcatraz
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| Apr.11 |
Highway 80 |
Schwarzenegger opens bridge approach
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| Feb.28 |
South of Market |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened 
The InterContinental San Francisco, the largest hotel to open in the city in nearly 20 years, hopes to serve Moscone crowds
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| Feb.24 |
SF Downtown |
InterContinental Hotel to open
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| Feb.13 |
Antioch |
Next Phase Of Highway 4 Bypass To Open
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| Dec.15 |
Santa Clara |
Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short A new report says County's proposal to help the 49ers build a new stadium falls $51 million short
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks The new concrete overlay is cracking and flaking on the ramp that connects westbound I-80 to southbound 880
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| Sep.20 |
South of Market |
Design Picked For Transbay Terminal| A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm to design a new bus and train terminal and an adjacent skyscraper. The winning design of a slender obelisk desi... | |
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| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins Construction began on a $322 million tunnel-and-bridge project that will replace a scenic but earthquake-prone stretch of Pacific Coast Highway
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Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land
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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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| Sep.2 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Repairs Progressing Smoothly
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| Aug.31 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure
| The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-foot section of the bridge just east of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel
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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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| Aug.21 |
Sunnyvale |
Toxic cleanup delays downtown rebuilding
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| Aug.9 |
Bay Area Bridges |
49 'High-Priority' Bridges In Bay Area
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| Aug.7 |
South of Market |
Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation
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| Jul.11 |
San Francisco |
Bechtel shares blame in Big Dig tragedy |
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| Jul.9 |
SF Downtown |
Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony
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| Jun.27 |
Oakland Downtown |
Construction Halts Fireworks Show |
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| Jun.25 |
SJC |
Airport Officials Detail $1.3B Expansion |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan The plan calls for extending to the west side of San Francisco to the Presidio or the ocean via Geary Boulevard; Emeryville direct service
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| Jun.16 |
Santa Clara |
Great America Against 49ers Stadium Plan Park owners feel the proposed stadium could bring parking and traffic issues and the noise and inconvenience of construction
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eBay Cancels Advertising On Google
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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. At 8:39 p.m.,vehicles exiting the bridge cruised over the new 16... | |
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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.15 |
Vallejo |
Steel Beams To Be Added To Maze |
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| May.7 |
Highway 580 |
Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract
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| May.4 |
Oakland |
Feds To Pay For MacArthur Maze Repairs |
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| May.3 |
Highway 80 |
Caltrans Begins Contractor Selection |
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| Apr.24 |
Santa Clara |
49ers estimate stadium will cost $854m
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| Apr.23 |
Santa Clara |
New 49ers stadium could have hefty price |
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Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B
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| Apr.5 |
Pittsburg |
Pipe plant latest factory to come |
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| Mar.28 |
South of Market |
New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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| Mar.27 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants Unveil New HD Scoreboard |
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| Feb.1 |
San Jose |
$364 Million For San Jose Extension
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| Jan.24 |
Antioch |
PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant
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| Dec.7 |
Bay Bridge |
Final Skyway Segment Placed After 3 years of preparation, the final concrete deck segment will be lifted into place. It was shipped from Stockton
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| Oct.26 |
Bay Bridge |
New Span Could Be Delayed Another Year |
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Voters approve $5 billion Canal overhaul
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| Sep.29 |
Dublin |
BART Breaks Ground On New Station
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| Aug.3 |
Pacifica |
Hwy 1. At Devil's Slide Reopens Residents and business owners have endured monstrous traffic snarls and lagging revenues since the closure in April
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| Jun.4 |
Bay Bridge |
Complete Bridge Work Ahead of Schedule |
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Bay Bridge |
Eastban span had 10-hour closure California Department of Transportation opened the lower deck at 10 a.m.
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Three Gorges dam wall complete
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| May.12 |
San Francisco |
Questions Surround Concrete Supplier
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| Apr.23 |
Crockett |
Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge The eastern span of the 1927 bridge will be removed as part of the process to dismantle the entire bridge
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| Apr.20 |
Bay Bridge |
Contractor Named For Suspension Project
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| Apr.18 |
Bay Bridge |
$1.43 Billion Deal Should Complete Work
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| Apr.14 |
BART |
Contract To Strengthen Transbay Tube |
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| Mar.22 |
Bay Bridge |
Two Bids For Suspension Span
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| Jan.29 |
East Palo Alto |
4 Seasons Hotel Opens
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| Jan.20 |
Bay Bridge |
New Span Delayed Six Months |
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| Dec.8 |
Bay Bridge |
Governor's Stall Cost State $81 Million |
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| Sep.9 |
Western Addition |
New Central Freeway Opens Octavia Boulevard takes the place of the old off-ramps and cars will dissipate to several city streets
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| May.4 |
Bay Bridge |
Feds: Bay Bridge Welds Not Faulty Federal Highway Administration: Welds on the new eastern span are not faulty as had been alleged by ex-welders
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| Apr.21 |
Bay Bridge |
Sections Of Bay Bridge To Be Cut Out |
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| Apr.15 |
Bay Bridge |
No Faulty Welds Found In First Inspection |
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| Apr.7 |
Bay Bridge |
State: No Shoddy Work Claims on Bridge |
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| Mar.15 |
SF Downtown |
MUNI Rerouted For Bridge Construction |
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| Mar.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
Jack London Poised for Makeover
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| Dec.10 |
Bay Bridge |
Simpler Plan Chosen for Span
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| Sep.10 |
Golden Gate Park |
Cliff House reopens after makeover
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| Aug.23 |
San Pablo |
Tribe scales back plan to build casino
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| May.27 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge bid comes in $1 billion over target Only 1 contractor submitted a bid for the suspension portion of the new span, and job came in at $1.8 billion
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| Dec.16 |
SF City Hall |
Supervisors reject SFO contract |
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Iraq tenders 'only for US allies'
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| Nov.13 |
SF Downtown |
Construction of Bloomingdale inaugurated
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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.22 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Work Won't Finish Until 2009 |
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| Aug.1 |
SF Downtown |
58-story skyscraper approved |
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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.28 |
San Jose Downtown |
Mayor dedicated seven-story garage |
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| Jul.16 |
San Francisco |
Giants broke ground on new park |
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| Jan.29 |
Bay Bridge |
Eastern span works begin |
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| Jan.23 |
Bay Bridge |
$1.04 billion contract |
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| Nov.13 |
BART |
Board approves extending to South |
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Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet
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| Aug.21 |
SJC |
New runway at Airport |
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