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| May. 10 |
UC Berkeley |
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Teen named UC Berkeley's top graduating senior
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| May. 3 |
Moffett Field |
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Solar Impulse takes off from Moffett Field 
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| May. 1 |
San Jose |
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IBM researchers create world's smallest movie Researchers at IBM in San Jose have created the world's smallest movie -- the product of moving individual atoms to tell a story
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| Apr. 23 |
San Jose City Hall |
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City Hall baby falcons are three boys |
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| Apr.17 |
SF Downtown |
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Exploratorium Moves to San Francisco's Embarcadero
Map of Pier 15 San Francisco| The new Exploratorium is opening at Pier 15 at the heart of the city's waterfront with three times more space for hands-on, interactive exhibits | |
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| Mar.21 |
San Leandro |
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Baseball coach accused of molestation disappears |
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| Mar.12 |
Pleasanton |
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Pleasanton teacher ties up 2-year-old with tape |
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| Feb.15 |
Mountain View |
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Group seeks to protect Earth from asteroids |
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| Feb.14 |
San Leandro |
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School closed today due to police activity |
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| Nov.27 |
UC Berkeley |
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Regents approve Dirks as new UC Berkeley chancellor
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| Oct.15 |
Stanford |
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Guest Stanford prof wins economic Nobel
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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Nobel Prize for Stanford prof| Brian Kobilka, 57, won the Prize in Chemistry for his research into protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals | |
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| Oct.8 |
UCSF |
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UCSF researcher wins Nobel award| Shinya Yamanka, 50, has been awarded the prize for Medicine for his discovery that ordinary human cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells | |
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| Sep.23 |
Santa Clara |
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Principal arrested on suspicion of having meth
Map of Caltrain station Santa Clara| Eric Dean Lewis, principal of Montague Elementary School, was arrested after he allegedly offered to provide drugs to an undercover officer | |
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| Sep.21 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Endeavour flies by Golden Gate Bridge, other sites |
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| Jul.10 |
East San Jose |
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Principal charged for not reporting sex abuse
Lyn Vijayendran has been criminally charged for not calling authorities about a possible case of child sexual abuse at OB Whaley Elementary
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| Jun.18 |
Livermore Lab |
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US regains supercomputer crown |
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| Jun.5 |
Milpitas |
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4 school bond measures passing in early returns |
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| May.31 |
San Jose |
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Teacher accused of making child porn |
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| May.20 |
Bay Area |
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Rare solar eclipse visible in Bay Area |
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| May.13 |
Albany |
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Protesters on UC Berkeley land dismantle camp
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| May.1 |
Facebook |
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Facebook to expand organ donation awareness |
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| Apr.25 |
Google |
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Google brass in asteroid venture |
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| Apr.23 |
East Oakland |
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Classes at Oikos University resumed
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| Mar.7 |
SF Presidio |
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Gray whale spotted near Crissy Field
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| Feb.13 |
Richmond |
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Vandals do $1 million in damage to school
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| Jan.10 |
East San Jose |
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Teacher arrested for child sex assault |
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| Oct.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland board votes to close 5 schools
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| Oct.16 |
Stanford |
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Steve Jobs Memorial Held |
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Conservative education summit |
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
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UC Berkeley physics prof wins Nobel Prize Saul Perlmutter, who is seeking to understand why the universe is expanding ever so rapidly, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics
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| Aug.12 |
Mountain View |
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Donations help reactivate aliens' search |
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| Apr.25 |
Mountain View |
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SETI Institute suspends search for aliens
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| Mar.18 |
UC Berkeley |
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Harmless traces of radiation detected |
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| Mar.15 |
Danville |
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Teen wins Intel Science Talent Search |
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| Mar.3 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters chain themselves on UC ledge
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| Jan.23 |
Oakland Hills |
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Schools cop fatally shoots man
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| Nov.29 |
Oakland |
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Schools receive $10.5M Kaiser donation |
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| Nov.17 |
San Francisco |
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13 arrested in protest outside UC Regents |
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| Oct.13 |
East Palo Alto |
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Dalai Lama visits E. Palo Alto school |
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| Sep.23 |
Facebook |
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Facebook founder giving $100M to schools |
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| May.15 |
East Oakland |
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Woman Earns College Diploma At Age 94 |
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| May.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Cal Hunger Strike Ends; Talk Started |
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| May.5 |
Oakland |
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Teachers Authorize Union To Call Strike |
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| Mar.4 |
Highway 880 |
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Protest Crowds Flood Streets, Shut 880
Students, teachers and parents flooded streets and plazas, an temporarily shut down 880 in Oakland
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| Feb.19 |
Pleasanton |
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Student Jumps In Front Of Train
A train struck and killed a teenager south of Amador Valley High School in the latest case of a student committing suicide on rail tracks
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| Dec.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Protesters Torch Chancellor's Home Eight people are under arrest after protesters broke windows, lights and planters outside the home of Robert Birgeneau
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| Dec.9 |
SFSU |
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Students Protest Fee, Take Over Building |
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| Nov.23 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Cal Probing Brutality Claims Amid Protests |
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| Nov.20 |
UC Berkeley |
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40 Arrests Made To End UC Protests Students barricaded themselves inside buildings on campuses at Berkeley and Santa Cruz to protest a 32 percent increase in student fees
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| Oct.12 |
UC Berkeley |
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Professor Wins Nobel Economics Prize Oliver Williamson won the prize for analyses of economic governance - the way authority is exercised in companies and economic systems
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| Oct.8 |
Mountain View |
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Scientist Shares Nobel In Physics
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| Oct.5 |
UCSF |
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Researcher Wins Nobel Prize For Medicine
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| Sep.2 |
San Bruno |
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Shooting At Skyline College
Map of 3300 College Dr San Bruno a young man ran into the school's Learning Center bleeding from the lower torso and screaming at a teacher that he had been shot.
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| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
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Explosion at high school
An apparent pipebomb exploded Monday morning inside Hillsdale High School but there were no injuries. One person in police custody
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| May.22 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City Hires New Schools Superintendent |
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| May.20 |
El Cerrito |
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Police: Students Attacked Their Teacher |
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| May.18 |
San Jose |
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SJ Native Ends Hubble Work |
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| May.13 |
SF City Hall |
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School officials vote to save JROTC |
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| May.3 |
Berkeley |
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2 probable swine flu cases, school closed |
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| May.1 |
Bay Area |
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Flu cases grow, 8 Bay Area schools closed Sonoma and Monterey counties announced their first probable cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
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Schools Closed Over Swine Flu Exposure
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| Feb.11 |
Richmond |
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West Contra Costa Board closes 4 schools
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| Jan.17 |
Vallejo |
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6 gangsters beating boy unconscious |
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| Sep.21 |
Golden Gate Park |
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New Calif. Academy of Sciences opens The Academy reopened to the public after more than 10 years of planning and construction. The new $488 million building substitutes the old ...
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
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Pfizer moving biotech research unit to S.F. |
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| Jan.30 |
SFO |
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Bush Visits To Honor Student, Raise Cash |
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| Jul.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
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34 Charged In DVC Grade Scam
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| May.30 |
San Francisco |
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Unpredictable Whales Slip Out To Sea More than 2 weeks after they were first spotted far up the Sacramento River, two lost humpbacks finally found their way home to the ocean
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| May.28 |
Benicia |
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Delta whales make progress toward ocean |
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| May.24 |
Stanford |
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Student Impostor Unmasked A young woman passed herself off as a student, talked her way into dormitories and lived on campus in the dorms for 8 months
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| Apr.25 |
Hayward |
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Teacher Strike Over |
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| Apr.5 |
Hayward |
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Teachers Go On Strike
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| Mar.29 |
Bay Bridge |
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Biologists To Rescue Falcon Eggs |
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| Mar.7 |
UC Berkeley |
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Student Charged In Nobel Prize Theft |
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| Feb.1 |
UC Berkeley |
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$500 million grant to develop new biofuels
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| Nov.20 |
Redwood City |
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Teacher Fired After Science Experiment |
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| Oct.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Bomb Threats Shut Down Diablo V. College
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
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Prof. & Grad Share Nobel Physics Prize
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Stanford |
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Professor Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry |
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| Oct.2 |
Stanford |
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Scientist Shares Nobel Prize In Medicine |
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| Aug.23 |
Alameda |
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'Ethical' stem cell lines created
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| Aug.15 |
Google |
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Google Gives Free Wi-Fi To Mt. View |
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| Jun.24 |
South of Market |
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Santa Cruz Chancellor jumps to her death Denice Dee Denton, 46, the controversial chancellor of the UC Santa Cruz, jumped from the 44th floor
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| Apr.21 |
Cisco |
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Bush, Schwarzenegger Talk Education
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| Apr.10 |
West Contra Costa |
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Proposal To Ignore Exit Exam Rule Fails
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| Apr.5 |
SF City Hall |
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SF Picks Google, EarthLink For Wi-Fi A city panel identified Google and EarthLink as the best candidates to complete the ambitious project
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| Feb.2 |
Livermore Lab |
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Lab Deploys High-Powered Weapon |
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| Jan.20 |
San Francisco |
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Board Approves School Closures, Mergers
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| Nov.1 |
SF Mission |
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Controversial Stem Cell Center Opens |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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University Wins Robot Car Challenge |
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| Jul.12 |
San Jose |
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Bones Found In River Prehistoric
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| May.23 |
Berkeley |
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Explosion at Junior High No Accident |
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| May.12 |
Hercules |
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Student Beating Posted On Internet
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| May.9 |
UC Berkeley |
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Alcohol Banned At Fraternities, Sororities |
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| May.6 |
San Francisco |
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SF Gets Stem Cell Headquarters The 29-member committee made the decision over San Diego, Sacramento and Emeryville
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| May.2 |
San Francisco |
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Panel Endorses SF for Stem Cell Center |
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| Apr.16 |
SF Zoo |
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Zoo Sells Naming Rights To Grizzlies |
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| Apr.11 |
SJSU |
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University Suspends Dance Team |
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| Apr.4 |
Cupertino |
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Students Sent Home to Prove Residency |
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| Mar.28 |
UC Berkeley |
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Info Stolen from Thousands of Students |
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| Mar.25 |
SFSU |
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RoboGames start |
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| Jan.26 |
Hayward |
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CSU-Hayward drops the Hayward |
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| Nov.7 |
Vallejo |
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School player dies after being tackled |
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| Oct.7 |
Livermore |
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$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings |
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| Jun.10 |
Oakland |
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Researchers exposed to deadly anthrax |
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| Mar.9 |
Richmond |
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Students Protest After Sports Eliminated
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| Mar.7 |
SF Zoo |
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37-year-old elephant euthanized |
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| Sep.9 |
Stanford |
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Edward Teller, father of the H-bomb, dies |
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| Sep.5 |
USF |
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Dalai Lama visits Jesuit-run university |
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| Jul.21 |
SF Sunset |
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Dead whale attracted large crowds |
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| Jun.4 |
East San Jose |
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Several schools locked down during search |
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| Jun.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
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State takes over Oakland schools |
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| May.5 |
UC Berkeley |
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Students barred from SARS areas The University will turn away new students from China, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong this summer
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| Mar.10 |
Oakland |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers |
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| Jan.22 |
SJSU |
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Frat brawl: One dead on his birthday |
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| Jan.14 |
Oakland |
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Schools hold teach-in against war in Iraq |
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| Dec.10 |
Stanford |
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Human embryonic stem cell project |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes |
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| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
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African elephant born at Zoo |