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Dozens laid off from Children's Hospital A slumping economy and the state's budget crunch is being blamed for the abrupt layoff of 84 employees: doctors, nurses and clinical workers
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Oakland Downtown |
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101-year-old newsstand to close
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Cost Plus mum on Pier 1's acquisition offer
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OAK |
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Continental to end flights to Oakland
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Kaiser, Microsoft test medical records tech
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| Jun.4 |
Port of Oakland |
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Slowing economy forces port job cuts
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending Many of World Savings (bought by Wachovia mid-2006) loans were made in some of Oakland's low-income minority neighborhoods
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| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Luxury condos sell at a discount
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| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs
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Police Shoot, Kill Grandmother With Knife
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MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks
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| Sep. 3 |
OAK |
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Continental to end flights to Oakland
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American last flights at OAK
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Dozens laid off from Children's Hospital| A slumping economy and the state's budget crunch is being blamed for the abrupt layoff of 84 employees: doctors, nurses and clinical workers | |
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| Jun. 25 |
Oakland Downtown |
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101-year-old newsstand to close  Map We have to close,' said 91-year-old proprietor Charles De Lauer whose father started the enterprise selling papers from small wagons in 1907
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| Jun. 14 |
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Cost Plus mum on Pier 1's acquisition offer Cost Plus has yet to formally respond to an unsolicited offer to acquire the retailer in a stock swap worth $88 million
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| Jun. 13 |
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Continental to end flights to Oakland Continental Airlines will discontinue service and other smaller domestic markets, on Sept. 3 as it struggles with sky-high fuel costs
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| Jun. 9 |
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Kaiser, Microsoft test medical records tech Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft announced a partnership that the 2 giants hope will push forward the effort to digitize medical records
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| Jun.4 |
Port of Oakland |
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Slowing economy forces port job cuts The growth in traffic that experts uniformly forecast in a healthier economy just a few years ago is not materializing
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| May.29 |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending| Many of World Savings (bought by Wachovia mid-2006) loans were made in some of Oakland's low-income minority neighborhoods | |
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| May.20 |
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Wachovia Faces Questions Over Lending
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| May.15 |
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New UC president to get 6,800-sq ft home
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| May.14 |
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Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com
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| May.5 |
OAK |
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American To Discontinue Flights At OAK
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| Apr.11 |
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Operator of firm facing poaching charges
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| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Luxury condos sell at a discount The coordinators of auction of 41 units at the new Eight Orchids condominium midrise in billed as a finding the actual market value
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| Mar.13 |
OAK |
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Southwest Grounds Jets
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| Mar.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Prices cut for condo auction
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| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs The company that operates SJ Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times may resort to layoffs
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Oakland City Hall |
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City to consider affordable housing
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Police Shoot, Kill Grandmother With Knife
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| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Bill Clinton calls for foreclosure aid in city
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| Jan.14 |
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Clorox introduces green line of products
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| Dec.13 |
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Nurses Strike For 2nd Time In 2 Months
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| Oct.20 |
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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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| Oct.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
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'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo
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| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
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Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port
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| Sep.8 |
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 Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale Dogged by legal and financial woes, the headquarters of the franchise has been placed on the real estate market
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Bridge Is Back In Business
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 Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated| U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge denied a request by the Your Black Muslim Bakery to reconsider an order to liquidate its assets to satisfy creditors | | |
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| Jul.30 |
Alameda County |
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Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work For the first time in 4 weeks, regular garbage collectors are back on the job after voting to approve a new contract
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| Jul.26 |
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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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| Jul.23 |
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement Another round of federally-mediated talks between Waste Management and Teamsters Local 70 ended with no agreement
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| Jul.22 |
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Union, company return to table
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| Jul.19 |
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Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute
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| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout
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Raiders |
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State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL The Raiders lost their case in California's top court after contending in a lawsuit that the NFL sabotaged the team's effort to build a stadium...
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Highway 580 |
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 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 |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week A section of the MacArthur Maze that collapsed will reopen before Memorial Day weekend, more than a month ahead of the deadline
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
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I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute 1 week that a connector ramp in the MacArthur Maze was closed due to a fiery crash, Schwarzenegger announced that it would reopen
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| Apr.25 |
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Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures
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Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day
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| Oct.30 |
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Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties
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| Aug.31 |
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Coke exec to become Clorox CEO
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| Apr.2 |
OAK |
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New Terminal Moves Forward At Airport
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| Aug.24 |
East Oakland |
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Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds Wal-Mart near the Oakland Airport is the largest retailer to open in Oakland in years
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| Mar.21 |
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Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp is electronic-commerce company. AskJeeves shares climbed 14%
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| Mar.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Jack London Poised for Makeover
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| Jan.5 |
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Landlord sued by city
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| Oct.6 |
OAK |
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Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
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| Sep.10 |
OAK |
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Alaska Air shuts base, 340 laid off
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Bay Area Might Be Stuck with Bridge Bill
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| Jun.26 |
Oakland Downtown |
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R rating not enforced for Moore film |
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| May.23 |
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Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized SBC alleges that phone wires were cut at 6 neighborhood junction boxes during the first 2 days of a 4-day strike by operators
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| Dec.27 |
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Beef Stacking Up at Port Due to Mad Cow |
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| May.15 |
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Hundreds of Jobs Axed from Schools |
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| Mar.10 |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers The troubled School District voted to send about 1,000 district employees a warning that they may be laid off
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| Jan.17 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Fire Department Reduces Staff |
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| Mar.7 |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO
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| Dec.20 |
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Indian-Run Casino |
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| Jul.4 |
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5 doctors resign |
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| Jan.22 |
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Newspaper Wins Suit |
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| 2008 |
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| May.29 |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending| Many of World Savings (bought by Wachovia mid-2006) loans were made in some of Oakland's low-income minority neighborhoods | |
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| May.20 |
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Wachovia Faces Questions Over Lending
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| 2008 |
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| Sep. 3 |
OAK |
Continental to end flights to Oakland
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| Sep. 3 |
OAK |
American last flights at OAK
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| 2008 |
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| Jun. 14 |
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Cost Plus mum on Pier 1's acquisition offer Cost Plus has yet to formally respond to an unsolicited offer to acquire the retailer in a stock swap worth $88 million
| 2005 |
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| Mar.21 |
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Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp is electronic-commerce company. AskJeeves shares climbed 14%
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| 2007 |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute 1 week that a connector ramp in the MacArthur Maze was closed due to a fiery crash, Schwarzenegger announced that it would reopen
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| 2000 |
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| Jul.4 |
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5 doctors resign |
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| 2007 |
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| Dec.13 |
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Nurses Strike For 2nd Time In 2 Months
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| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port
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| Jul.30 |
Alameda County |
Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work For the first time in 4 weeks, regular garbage collectors are back on the job after voting to approve a new contract
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| Jul.26 |
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Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute Officials from Waste Management, the Teamsters and Mayor Dellums emerged from negotiations to announce a tentative agreement
| The Teamsters will take a vote on Saturday. On Monday they expect everyone to head back to work
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| Jul.23 |
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement Another round of federally-mediated talks between Waste Management and Teamsters Local 70 ended with no agreement
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| Jul.22 |
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Union, company return to table
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| Jul.19 |
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Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute
| 2004 |
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| May.23 |
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Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized SBC alleges that phone wires were cut at 6 neighborhood junction boxes during the first 2 days of a 4-day strike by operators
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| 2000 |
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| Jan.22 |
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Newspaper Wins Suit |
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| 2008 |
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| Wed. |
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Dozens laid off from Children's Hospital| A slumping economy and the state's budget crunch is being blamed for the abrupt layoff of 84 employees: doctors, nurses and clinical workers | |
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| Jun.4 |
Port of Oakland |
Slowing economy forces port job cuts The growth in traffic that experts uniformly forecast in a healthier economy just a few years ago is not materializing
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| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
Papers seek buyouts to cut costs The company that operates SJ Mercury News, Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times may resort to layoffs
| 2004 |
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| Sep.10 |
OAK |
Alaska Air shuts base, 340 laid off
| 2003 |
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| May.15 |
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Hundreds of Jobs Axed from Schools |
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| Mar.10 |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers The troubled School District voted to send about 1,000 district employees a warning that they may be laid off
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| Jan.17 |
Oakland City Hall |
Fire Department Reduces Staff |
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| 2007 |
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| Aug.9 |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated| U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge denied a request by the Your Black Muslim Bakery to reconsider an order to liquidate its assets to satisfy creditors | | |
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL The Raiders lost their case in California's top court after contending in a lawsuit that the NFL sabotaged the team's effort to build a stadium...
| 2005 |
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| Jan.5 |
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Landlord sued by city
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| 2008 |
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| Jun. 25 |
Oakland Downtown |
101-year-old newsstand to close Map We have to close,' said 91-year-old proprietor Charles De Lauer whose father started the enterprise selling papers from small wagons in 1907
| 2005 |
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| Aug.24 |
East Oakland |
Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds Wal-Mart near the Oakland Airport is the largest retailer to open in Oakland in years
| 2000 |
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| Dec.20 |
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Indian-Run Casino |
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| 2008 |
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| Jun. 13 |
OAK |
Continental to end flights to Oakland Continental Airlines will discontinue service and other smaller domestic markets, on Sept. 3 as it struggles with sky-high fuel costs
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| May.5 |
OAK |
American To Discontinue Flights At OAK
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| Mar.13 |
OAK |
Southwest Grounds Jets
| 2006 |
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| Apr.2 |
OAK |
New Terminal Moves Forward At Airport
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| 2003 |
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| Dec.27 |
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Beef Stacking Up at Port Due to Mad Cow |
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| 2008 |
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| Jun. 9 |
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Kaiser, Microsoft test medical records tech Kaiser Permanente and Microsoft announced a partnership that the 2 giants hope will push forward the effort to digitize medical records
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| May.14 |
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Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com
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| 2006 |
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| Aug.31 |
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Coke exec to become Clorox CEO
| 2002 |
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| Mar.7 |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO
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| 2007 |
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| Oct.20 |
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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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| 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 A section of the MacArthur Maze that collapsed will reopen before Memorial Day weekend, more than a month ahead of the deadline
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| 2008 |
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| May.15 |
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New UC president to get 6,800-sq ft home
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| Apr.11 |
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Operator of firm facing poaching charges
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| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
Luxury condos sell at a discount The coordinators of auction of 41 units at the new Eight Orchids condominium midrise in billed as a finding the actual market value
|
| Mar.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
Prices cut for condo auction
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| Feb.19 |
Oakland City Hall |
City to consider affordable housing
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| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Bill Clinton calls for foreclosure aid in city
| 2007 |
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| Oct.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo
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| Apr.25 |
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Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures
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| 2008 |
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| Jan.14 |
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Clorox introduces green line of products
|
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| 2007 |
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| Sep.8 |
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Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale Dogged by legal and financial woes, the headquarters of the franchise has been placed on the real estate market
| 2005 |
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| Mar.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
Jack London Poised for Makeover
| 2004 |
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| Oct.6 |
OAK |
Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
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| 2004 |
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| Jun.26 |
Oakland Downtown |
R rating not enforced for Moore film |
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