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BART closing Lake Merritt, Fruitvale stations for track work  94607: The Lake Merritt BART station will be closed again for track work this weekend
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Oakland lands Blue Shield headquarters and 1,200 workers Map of 601 City Center Oakland| 94104: The nonprofit health plan will help it escape fast-rising office rents at its current location in San Francisco | |
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Uber announces major expansion into Oakland's Sears building  Map of Sears building Broadway Oakland Up to 3,000 employees are expected to move into six floors of the newly renovated Sears building
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Whole foods fires security guard accused of attacking shopper Map of 230 Bay Place Oakland| 94612: A violent incident at a Whole Foods store in Oakland has cost a security guard his job and nearly cost a customer his life | |
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Coliseum developer shows drawings, but not much else
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Oakland’s downtown Marriott hotel sold 94610: The sale of the 489-room Oakland Marriott City Center, the city’s largest downtown hotel, is the latest sign of the city’s profitability
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Anti-fracking demonstrators march through Oakland Map of Lake Merritt Oakland Thousands of anti-fracking activists took to Oakland’s streets Saturday to call for Gov. Jerry Brown to change his stance and ban the controversial practice
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 Rhetoric from unions to BART management heats up Map of Lake Merritt BART station Oakland 94607: More than 100 workers and supporters gathered at a rally at the Lake Merritt BART station in to protest what they say are unfair labor practices
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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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Clorox completes sale of Oakland HQ building. 94612
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Occupy Oakland marchers vandalize businesses
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New ferry service launches with free rides | Alameda: 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 South SF | |
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Historic Tribune Tower is bought
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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 centers | |
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 City apologizes to 'Occupy'-hit businesses Oakland City Hall: In-between the demonstrators, the police and the politicians are the businesses who say they can't stay in the city if the demonstrations co...
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 Businesses Clean Up After Verdict Protests Business owners swept up broken glass and scrubbed graffiti, as Oakland recovered from protests that splintered into rioting and looting
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Civic Walk housing project loan 94612: Oakland City Council is scheduled to decide whether to lend $5 million to the developers who bought the property last year
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Jack London Sq Barnes & Noble to close Map of Jack London Square Oakland 94607: The a longtime tenant at the center of Oakland's Jack London Square, is scheduled to close down early next year due to declining sales
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APL moves offices to Arizona Map of 1111 Broadway Oakland 94607: The regional headquarters of container shipping line, based in Oakland for more than 30 years, will be moved to Arizona in the second half of this year
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Bay Area developer Hal Ellis, 77, dies Oakland: Harold Ellis Jr., an iconic developer who dramatically reshaped downtown Oakland, died on after a 5-year battle with metastatic melanoma
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New $190 Million Cathedral Opens
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101-year-old newsstand to close 94612: 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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Luxury condos sell at a discount 94607: 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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Prices cut for condo auction The recently opened 8 Orchids condominium mid-rise hopes to auction off nearly a third of the units, with some starting bids $300,000 below ...
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'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo Construction stopped suddenly at The 11-story 'City Walk' condominium project, and the future is clouded by legal issues and the housing mar...
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Jack London Poised for Makeover The Port has approved a plan that calls for construction of nine buildings, including a movie theater
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R rating not enforced for Moore film Grand Lake theater would not enforce the Motion Picture Association of America's rating for the film
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Ballet cancels fall season Financial trouble has forced The Ballet to cancel its fall season
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Housing development win over ballpark
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$17.2 million real estate proposal
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