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Oakland Downtown |
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Jerry Brown unveils $1.5B Oakland waterfront deal| Brooklyn Basin will consist of 3,100 residential units, 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, and a marina with 200 boat slips. A China-based investor has agreed to h... | |
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Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down
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Oakland Downtown |
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Clorox completes sale of Oakland HQ building |
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| Nov.20 |
Port of Oakland |
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Striking Port of Oakland workers block berth 
Striking union employees at the Port of Oakland are continuing their 24 hour demonstration
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| Nov.16 |
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Hostess filing for bankruptcy, closing plants
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| Nov.13 |
Port of Oakland |
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Port of Oakland director retires Omar Benjamin retired as he was becoming increasingly embroiled in a scandal in which $4,500 in public funds were used for a party at a strip...
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| Oct.19 |
Port of Oakland |
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Port of Oakland executive director placed on leave |
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| Oct.7 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Occupy Oakland marchers vandalize businesses |
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West Oakland |
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Transbay BART service resumes after fire
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Kroger to open Foods Co. in East Oaklan |
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Alameda |
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New ferry service launches with free rides Commuters can hop aboard in Alameda or Jack London Square. About 40 minutes later they will arrive at the new Oyster Point Ferry terminal in...
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'West Coast Donald Trump' sentenced to prison |
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| Apr.12 |
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BrightSource kills IPO at last minute
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OAK |
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United ends Oakland service United Airlines will depart Oakland International Airport in June, ending service to the Bay Area's second-largest airport after 75 years
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| Mar.23 |
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BrightSource plans IPO |
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| Mar.8 |
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Pandora stock falls on weak forecast |
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| Jan.25 |
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'West Coast Donald Trump' pleads guilty |
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| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
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Company bought 18 business parks |
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| Dec.12 |
Port of Oakland |
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Group stops trucks at Oakland ports Triumphant protesters marched and rallied and celebrated outside the port after derailing the evening shift at the nation's fifth-busiest port
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Port of Oakland |
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Occupy protesters try to disrupt ports
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Oakland Downtown |
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Historic Tribune Tower is bought |
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| Nov.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Protesters crowd around Wells Fargo A branch is not letting customers in as protesters crowd the entrance to condemn what they're calling investments in immigrant detention cen...
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Port of Oakland |
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Oakland protesters shut down port Thousands of anti-corporate protesters shut down one of the busiest ports. The maritime operations had effectively halted
| Hundreds of city workers, including teachers, joined the call for a strike. The crowds stopped traffic at a junction where a military veteran was injured last week
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Icahn boosts offer for Clorox
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Clorox rejects Icahn plan for takeover Clorox rejected billionaire Carl Icahn's bid to buy the consumer products maker for $10.2 billion, calling it 'neither credible nor adequate'
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Icahn makes $10.2B offer for Clorox
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| Jun.15 |
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Pandora IPO surges before mellowing out| Stock in the Internet radio firm soared to as high as $26 per share - 63% over opening price - on the first day of trading on the NYSE | |
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| Feb.11 |
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Pandora Media plans for an IPO Popular Internet radio company announced plans to go public and raise as much as $100 million from a stock sale
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| Nov.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland ID would double as debit card
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| Oct.23 |
Port of Oakland |
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Workers close port in support of Grant On Saturday, the Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the Port of Oakland to express their concerns wo weeks before sentencing
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| Oct.4 |
East Oakland |
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City leaders attend reopening of pot store
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| Jul.30 |
Port of Oakland |
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Cargo volume rebounds at Port
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| Jul.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland Votes To Permit Large Pot Farms| The City Council has approved a plan to license four production plants where marijuana would be grown, packaged and processed | |
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| Jul.9 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Businesses Clean Up After Verdict Protests
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| Apr.16 |
San Rafael |
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2 banks closed in Bay Area The FDIC seized Innovative Bank, based in Oakland, with about $269 million in assets; and Tamalpais Bank of San Rafael, with $629 million
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| Apr.7 |
Port of Oakland |
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Port, developer OK terms on project
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| Mar.28 |
Port of Oakland |
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Container Knocked Off Ship Near Estuary Divers were searching the waters near the Oakland Estuary for a large empty container that was knocked off a ship Sun Right
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| Mar.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Tax Measures To Reduce Deficit
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| Dec.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Jack London Sq Barnes & Noble to close
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| Nov.17 |
Port of Oakland |
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Rules To Keep Some Trucks From Port
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| Sep.3 |
West Oakland |
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Oakland brewery drought over
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| Jul.22 |
Port of Oakland |
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Big port project takes a step forward
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| May.12 |
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Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over The chief executive Safka is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post
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| Apr.14 |
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East Bay M. Utilty District to raise rates
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| Mar.4 |
Port of Oakland |
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Port signs major new tenant |
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| Feb.11 |
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Solar firm announces big contract |
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| Jan.8 |
Oakland Downtown |
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APL moves offices to Arizona |
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| Dec.30 |
Port of Oakland |
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Dispute Settled Over Ship Unloading A labor dispute over the unloading of a ship carrying steel parts for the Bay Bridge was settled. 3 days of work on the new eastern span was...
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| Dec.27 |
Port of Oakland |
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Union Vs. Union Showdown At Port
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| Oct.9 |
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Mother's Cookies abruptly shut down
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| May.29 |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending
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| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Luxury condos sell at a discount |
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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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| 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
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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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| 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
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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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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
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State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts 
Map of Interstate 580 Oakland 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 |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
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| May.1 |
BART |
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Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit |
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| Apr.25 |
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Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures |
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| Oct.30 |
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Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties
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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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| Oct.6 |
OAK |
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Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
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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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| 2011 |
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| Nov.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Protesters crowd around Wells Fargo A branch is not letting customers in as protesters crowd the entrance to condemn what they're calling investments in immigrant detention cen...
| 2010 |
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| Nov.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland ID would double as debit card
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| Apr.16 |
San Rafael |
2 banks closed in Bay Area The FDIC seized Innovative Bank, based in Oakland, with about $269 million in assets; and Tamalpais Bank of San Rafael, with $629 million
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| Mar.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
Tax Measures To Reduce Deficit
| 2008 |
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| May.29 |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending
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| 2009 |
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| Sep.3 |
West Oakland |
Oakland brewery drought over
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| 2011 |
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| Jul.15 |
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Icahn makes $10.2B offer for Clorox
| 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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| 2012 |
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| Nov.20 |
Port of Oakland |
Striking Port of Oakland workers block berth Striking union employees at the Port of Oakland are continuing their 24 hour demonstration
| 2008 |
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| Dec.30 |
Port of Oakland |
Dispute Settled Over Ship Unloading A labor dispute over the unloading of a ship carrying steel parts for the Bay Bridge was settled. 3 days of work on the new eastern span was...
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| Dec.27 |
Port of Oakland |
Union Vs. Union Showdown At Port
| 2007 |
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| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port |
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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
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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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| 2012 |
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| Mar.8 |
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Pandora stock falls on weak forecast |
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| 2003 |
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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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| 2012 |
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| Nov.16 |
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Hostess filing for bankruptcy, closing plants
| 2008 |
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| Oct.9 |
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Mother's Cookies abruptly shut down
| 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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| 2012 |
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| Oct.7 |
Oakland Downtown |
Occupy Oakland marchers vandalize businesses |
| 2011 |
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| Dec.12 |
Port of Oakland |
Group stops trucks at Oakland ports Triumphant protesters marched and rallied and celebrated outside the port after derailing the evening shift at the nation's fifth-busiest port
| Scott Olsen, the Marine Corps veteran who was struck in the head during a clash with police, is leading the evening march to the Port
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| 2010 |
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| Jul.9 |
Oakland Downtown |
Businesses Clean Up After Verdict Protests
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| 2012 |
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| Apr.12 |
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BrightSource kills IPO at last minute
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| Mar.23 |
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BrightSource plans IPO |
| 2011 |
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| Jun.15 |
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Pandora IPO surges before mellowing out| Stock in the Internet radio firm soared to as high as $26 per share - 63% over opening price - on the first day of trading on the NYSE | |
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| Feb.11 |
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Pandora Media plans for an IPO Popular Internet radio company announced plans to go public and raise as much as $100 million from a stock sale
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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
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| 2012 |
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| Jun.14 |
East Oakland |
Kroger to open Foods Co. in East Oaklan |
| 2010 |
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| Oct.4 |
East Oakland |
City leaders attend reopening of pot store
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| Jul.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland Votes To Permit Large Pot Farms| The City Council has approved a plan to license four production plants where marijuana would be grown, packaged and processed | |
| 2009 |
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| Dec.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
Jack London Sq Barnes & Noble to close
| 2005 |
|
| 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
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| 2012 |
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| Apr.10 |
OAK |
United ends Oakland service United Airlines will depart Oakland International Airport in June, ending service to the Bay Area's second-largest airport after 75 years
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| 2011 |
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| Dec.12 |
Port of Oakland |
Occupy protesters try to disrupt ports
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| Nov.2 |
Port of Oakland |
Oakland protesters shut down port Thousands of anti-corporate protesters shut down one of the busiest ports. The maritime operations had effectively halted
| Hundreds of city workers, including teachers, joined the call for a strike. The crowds stopped traffic at a junction where a military veteran was injured last week
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| |
| 2010 |
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| Oct.23 |
Port of Oakland |
Workers close port in support of Grant On Saturday, the Longshore and Warehouse Union shut down the Port of Oakland to express their concerns wo weeks before sentencing
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| Jul.30 |
Port of Oakland |
Cargo volume rebounds at Port
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| Mar.28 |
Port of Oakland |
Container Knocked Off Ship Near Estuary Divers were searching the waters near the Oakland Estuary for a large empty container that was knocked off a ship Sun Right
| 2009 |
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| Nov.17 |
Port of Oakland |
Rules To Keep Some Trucks From Port
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| Mar.4 |
Port of Oakland |
Port signs major new tenant |
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| Jan.8 |
Oakland Downtown |
APL moves offices to Arizona |
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| 2012 |
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| Jun.14 |
West Oakland |
Transbay BART service resumes after fire
|
| Jun.4 |
Alameda |
New ferry service launches with free rides Commuters can hop aboard in Alameda or Jack London Square. About 40 minutes later they will arrive at the new Oyster Point Ferry terminal in...
| 2007 |
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| May.1 |
BART |
Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit |
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| 2009 |
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| Jul.22 |
Port of Oakland |
Big port project takes a step forward
| 2007 |
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts Map of Interstate 580 Oakland 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
|
| May.17 |
West Oakland |
Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.7 |
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Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down
| 2012 |
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| Nov.13 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland director retires Omar Benjamin retired as he was becoming increasingly embroiled in a scandal in which $4,500 in public funds were used for a party at a strip...
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| Oct.19 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland executive director placed on leave |
| 2009 |
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| May.12 |
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Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over The chief executive Safka is leaving for personal reasons a little more than a year after he took the post
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| 2011 |
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| Jul.20 |
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Icahn boosts offer for Clorox
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| Jul.18 |
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Clorox rejects Icahn plan for takeover Clorox rejected billionaire Carl Icahn's bid to buy the consumer products maker for $10.2 billion, calling it 'neither credible nor adequate'
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| 2012 |
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| May.2 |
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'West Coast Donald Trump' sentenced to prison |
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| Jan.25 |
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'West Coast Donald Trump' pleads guilty |
| 2008 |
|
| Apr.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
Luxury condos sell at a discount |
|
| Jan.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Bill Clinton calls for foreclosure aid in city |
| 2007 |
|
| Oct.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo |
|
| Apr.25 |
|
Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures |
|
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| 2008 |
|
| Jan.14 |
|
Clorox introduces green line of products |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Apr.10 |
Oakland Downtown |
Jerry Brown unveils $1.5B Oakland waterfront deal| Brooklyn Basin will consist of 3,100 residential units, 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, and a marina with 200 boat slips. A China-based investor has agreed to h... | |
|
| Jan.17 |
Oakland Downtown |
Clorox completes sale of Oakland HQ building |
| 2011 |
|
| Dec.20 |
San Jose |
Company bought 18 business parks |
|
| Dec.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
Historic Tribune Tower is bought |
| 2010 |
|
| Apr.7 |
Port of Oakland |
Port, developer OK terms on project
| 2007 |
|
| Sep.8 |
|
Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale
| 2004 |
|
| Oct.6 |
OAK |
Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Feb.11 |
|
Solar firm announces big contract |
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