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| Apr.10 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Jerry Brown unveils $1.5B Oakland waterfront deal
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| Mar.8 |
Berkeley |
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Fire damages Berkeley's Chez Panisse
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| Nov.6 |
Richmond |
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Richmond soda tax gets off to rough start| The hotly contested sugar-sweetened beverage tax was losing by a wide margin in early returns Tuesday, with 68 percent of voters saying no | |
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| Sep.11 |
BART |
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BART, at 40, looks to build on triumphs
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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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| Nov.2 |
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
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| Jun.15 |
Oakland |
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Pandora IPO surges before mellowing out
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| Aug.9 |
Highway 24 |
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Drilling Begins On New Caldecott Bore
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| Jul.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Oakland Votes To Permit Large Pot Farms
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| Jan.10 |
24 |
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Caldecott 4th Bore Construction Begin
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| Aug.16 |
BART |
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No Strike; New Deal Reached Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute
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| Aug.13 |
BART |
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Strike set for Sunday night
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Permanente Cutting 1,850 Jobs
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| Aug.11 |
BART |
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Unions Split Over Contract Approval
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
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Ask.com CEO leaving, Garell to take over
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| Dec.5 |
Hercules |
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Wal-Mart gives up plans to build store
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy
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| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
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New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open
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| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute
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| May.23 |
Hercules |
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Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land
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Emeryville |
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
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Vallejo |
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Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis
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| Apr.10 |
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
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| Apr.1 |
Moraga |
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Albany, Half Moon Bay, Moraga rate goes up to 9.5 percent |
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| Mar.19 |
Highway 80 |
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BART director wants to extend BART north on I-80 |
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| Mar.14 |
Berkeley |
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Cruz Skate Shop opens in Berkeley |
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| Mar.8 |
Berkeley |
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Fire damages Berkeley's Chez Panisse  Map of 1517 Shattuck Ave Berkeley A predawn fire damaged the storied Chez Panisse restaurant. The sprinkler system activated, keeping much of the damage to the building's exterior
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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
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Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down |
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| Feb.12 |
BART |
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BART proposes 5.2 percent fare increase |
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| Jan.17 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Clorox completes sale of Oakland HQ building |
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| Nov.20 |
Berkeley |
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Nurses on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals |
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Port of Oakland |
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Striking Port of Oakland workers block berth |
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| Nov.16 |
Oakland |
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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
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| Nov.6 |
Richmond |
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Richmond soda tax gets off to rough start| The hotly contested sugar-sweetened beverage tax was losing by a wide margin in early returns Tuesday, with 68 percent of voters saying no | |
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| Nov.5 |
Kaiser |
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Kaiser names Bernard Tyson as next CEO |
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| Nov.4 |
Alameda |
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Raley's workers strike over pay, benefits |
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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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| Oct.4 |
Kaiser |
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Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire |
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| Sep.28 |
Alameda |
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Singulex files for IPO, hopes to raise $86.3 million |
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| Sep.23 |
Richmond |
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EPA launches criminal probe over refinery fire |
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| Sep.11 |
BART |
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BART, at 40, looks to build on triumphs On Sept. 11 BART began running trains between Fremont and Oakland in 1972
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| Aug.8 |
Richmond |
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'Flare up' causes more alarm at Chevron refinery |
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Richmond |
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Richmond residents outraged at Chevron
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| Jun.14 |
Berkeley |
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Nurses on strike at 11 Bay Area hospitals today |
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| Jun.4 |
Alameda |
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New ferry service launches with free rides
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| May.10 |
BART |
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BART to contract foreign company to update fleet |
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| Apr.12 |
Oakland |
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BrightSource kills IPO at last minute |
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| Jan.31 |
Kaiser |
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Kaiser Permanente workers in Calif go on strike
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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
| 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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Port of Oakland |
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Occupy protesters try to disrupt ports |
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| Dec.5 |
Orinda |
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Patricia Dunn, ex-HP chairwoman, dies
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| Dec.1 |
Highway 24 |
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Breakthrough for Caldecott Tunnel's bore
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| Nov.26 |
Berkeley |
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Andronico's to close store on Telegraph |
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| Nov.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Protesters crowd around Wells Fargo
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| Nov.2 |
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 cr... | |
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| Sep.22 |
Kaiser |
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Thousands of nurses strike at 34 hospitals
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| Aug.31 |
BART |
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BART hires Crunican as general manager |
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| Jul.20 |
Oakland |
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Icahn boosts offer for Clorox |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
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Clorox rejects Icahn plan for takeover
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| Jul.15 |
Oakland |
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Icahn makes $10.2B offer for Clorox |
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| Jun.15 |
Oakland |
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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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| Apr.14 |
BART |
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BART's Dugger quits with $1M severance
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| Feb.11 |
Oakland |
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Pandora Media plans for an IPO
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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
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| Sep.28 |
Emeryville |
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Amyris IPO price holds steady |
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| Aug.9 |
Highway 24 |
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Drilling Begins On New Caldecott Bore Map of California State Route 24 Orinda Crews began drilling into the mountainside near Orinda as work got underway excavating the fourth bore by the 130-ton, 50-foot-long machine
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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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| Apr.22 |
Emeryville |
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Bay Area has 6 hot ZIP codes |
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| Mar.28 |
Port of Oakland |
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Container Knocked Off Ship Near Estuary |
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| Feb.13 |
BART |
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Feds Deny $70M For Airport Connector |
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Caldecott 4th Bore Construction Begin The Improvement Project will construct a fourth tunnel to connect Alameda and Contra Costa counties to help alleviate traffic congestion
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| Aug.25 |
BART |
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Final BART Union Approves Contract |
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| Aug.16 |
BART |
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No Strike; New Deal Reached| Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute | |
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Oakland |
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BART, Union Negotiations Down To Wire |
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| Aug.13 |
BART |
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Strike set for Sunday night The board of directors voted unanimously to unilaterally implement terms and conditions of employment for members of one of its largest unio...
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Permanente Cutting 1,850 Jobs The cuts, due to the bad economy, total about 2 percent of the company's workforce, are across the board
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| Aug.11 |
BART |
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Unions Split Over Contract Approval The union representing train operators and station agents, Amalgamated Transit Union, rejected a proposal, raising the possibility of a stri...
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| Jul.31 |
BART |
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BART, Unions Announce Deal, Avoid Strike
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| Jul.8 |
Richmond |
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Chevron to appeal ruling on refinery |
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
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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.10 |
BART |
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Fare Hike, Service Cuts Considering |
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| Dec.30 |
Port of Oakland |
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Dispute Settled Over Ship Unloading |
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| Dec.27 |
Port of Oakland |
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Union Vs. Union Showdown At Port |
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| Dec.5 |
Hercules |
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Wal-Mart gives up plans to build store After buying a tract of land in 2005, Wal-Mart had wanted to build a big-box store on the property. The plans resulted a lengthy legal battl...
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| Nov.24 |
UC Berkeley |
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Obama tapping Berkeley economist Romer |
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| Oct.9 |
Oakland |
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Mother's Cookies abruptly shut down |
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| Jul.17 |
Richmond |
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City approves upgrade at refinery |
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| May.29 |
Oakland |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending |
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| May.7 |
Vallejo |
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City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy |
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| Mar.4 |
Vallejo |
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City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
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MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks |
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| Sep.8 |
Oakland |
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Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale |
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| Sep.4 |
Alameda |
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$93 million ticket purchased at gas station
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| Aug.28 |
Emeryville |
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Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages |
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| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
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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
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| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
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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 credi...
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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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 |
Oakland |
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
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Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout |
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
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State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
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BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan |
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts
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| May.17 |
West Oakland |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week |
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| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
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Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
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I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute
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| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
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New Wal-Mart Store Opens
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| Oct.30 |
Oakland |
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Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties |
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| Sep.12 |
San Pablo |
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Hospital On The Brink Of Closure
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| Aug.20 |
UC Berkeley |
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Labor Protesters Greet Students |
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| Aug.10 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Fined $2M For Transplant Program
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| May.23 |
Hercules |
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Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land The City Council voted unanimously to pursue using the power of eminent domain to seize 17 acres
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| Apr.23 |
Carquinez Bridge |
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Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge |
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| Jan.24 |
Emeryville |
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal| Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles. 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fe... | |
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| Nov.1 |
Emeryville |
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Novartis to buy Chiron
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| Sep.13 |
Berkeley |
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Strikers Set Up Pickets At Hospitals |
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| Aug.24 |
East Oakland |
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Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds
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| Jul.6 |
BART |
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Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal
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| Jun.30 |
BART |
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Employee Contracts Expire At Midnight |
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| Jun.22 |
BART |
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Workers Vote To Authorize Strike |
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| Jun.15 |
Emeryville |
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Chiron Warns on Fewer Flu Vaccines |
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| Mar.21 |
Oakland |
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Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B |
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| Mar.2 |
Emeryville |
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Regulators Lift Suspension on Chiron |
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| Jan.26 |
Emeryville |
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Chiron's 2004 income falls dramatically |
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| Oct.5 |
Emeryville |
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Flu maker Chiron slashes profit outlook |
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| Aug.23 |
San Pablo |
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Tribe scales back plan to build casino |
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| Aug.17 |
San Pablo |
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Massive New Casino Deal
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| May.23 |
Oakland |
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Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized |
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| Jan.29 |
Emeryville |
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Pixar dumps Disney
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| Nov.8 |
Vallejo |
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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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| Nov.3 |
Emeryville |
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Ask Jeeves Names New CEO |
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| Mar.10 |
Oakland |
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District to layoff hundreds of teachers
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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO |
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| Oct.24 |
BART |
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BART strike averted
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| Feb.1 |
Berkeley |
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Free-Lancers On Strike at Pacifica News |
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| 2011 |
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| Nov.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Protesters crowd around Wells Fargo
| 2010 |
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| Nov.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland ID would double as debit card |
| 2008 |
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| May.29 |
Oakland |
Bank Facing Questions Over Lending |
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| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.8 |
Berkeley |
Fire damages Berkeley's Chez Panisse Map of 1517 Shattuck Ave Berkeley A predawn fire damaged the storied Chez Panisse restaurant. The sprinkler system activated, keeping much of the damage to the building's exterior
| 2012 |
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| Nov.6 |
Richmond |
Richmond soda tax gets off to rough start| The hotly contested sugar-sweetened beverage tax was losing by a wide margin in early returns Tuesday, with 68 percent of voters saying no | |
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| 2011 |
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| Jul.15 |
Oakland |
Icahn makes $10.2B offer for Clorox |
| 2006 |
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| Jan.24 |
Emeryville |
Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal| Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles. 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fe... | |
| 2005 |
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| Nov.1 |
Emeryville |
Novartis to buy Chiron
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| Mar.21 |
Oakland |
Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B |
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| 2005 |
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| Jun.15 |
Emeryville |
Chiron Warns on Fewer Flu Vaccines |
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| Mar.2 |
Emeryville |
Regulators Lift Suspension on Chiron |
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| Jan.26 |
Emeryville |
Chiron's 2004 income falls dramatically |
| 2004 |
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| Oct.5 |
Emeryville |
Flu maker Chiron slashes profit outlook |
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| 2007 |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute
| 2003 |
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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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| 2006 |
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| Sep.12 |
San Pablo |
Hospital On The Brink Of Closure
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| 2012 |
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| Nov.20 |
Berkeley |
Nurses on strike at 10 Bay Area hospitals |
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| Nov.20 |
Port of Oakland |
Striking Port of Oakland workers block berth |
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| Nov.4 |
Alameda |
Raley's workers strike over pay, benefits |
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| Jun.14 |
Berkeley |
Nurses on strike at 11 Bay Area hospitals today |
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| Jan.31 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser Permanente workers in Calif go on strike
| 2011 |
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| Sep.22 |
Kaiser |
Thousands of nurses strike at 34 hospitals
| 2009 |
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| Aug.25 |
BART |
Final BART Union Approves Contract |
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| Aug.16 |
BART |
No Strike; New Deal Reached| Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute | |
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| Aug.16 |
Oakland |
BART, Union Negotiations Down To Wire |
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| Aug.13 |
BART |
Strike set for Sunday night The board of directors voted unanimously to unilaterally implement terms and conditions of employment for members of one of its largest unio...
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| Aug.11 |
BART |
Unions Split Over Contract Approval The union representing train operators and station agents, Amalgamated Transit Union, rejected a proposal, raising the possibility of a stri...
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| Jul.31 |
BART |
BART, Unions Announce Deal, Avoid Strike
| 2008 |
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| Dec.30 |
Port of Oakland |
Dispute Settled Over Ship Unloading |
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| Dec.27 |
Port of Oakland |
Union Vs. Union Showdown At Port |
| 2007 |
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| Aug.28 |
Emeryville |
Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages |
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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 |
Oakland |
Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout |
| 2006 |
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| Aug.20 |
UC Berkeley |
Labor Protesters Greet Students |
| 2005 |
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| Sep.13 |
Berkeley |
Strikers Set Up Pickets At Hospitals |
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| Jun.30 |
BART |
Employee Contracts Expire At Midnight |
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| Jun.22 |
BART |
Workers Vote To Authorize Strike |
| 2004 |
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| May.23 |
Oakland |
Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized |
| 2001 |
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| Oct.24 |
BART |
BART strike averted
| 2000 |
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| Feb.1 |
Berkeley |
Free-Lancers On Strike at Pacifica News |
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| 2009 |
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Permanente Cutting 1,850 Jobs The cuts, due to the bad economy, total about 2 percent of the company's workforce, are across the board
| 2003 |
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| Mar.10 |
Oakland |
District to layoff hundreds of teachers
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| 2012 |
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| Nov.16 |
Oakland |
Hostess filing for bankruptcy, closing plants |
| 2008 |
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| Oct.9 |
Oakland |
Mother's Cookies abruptly shut down |
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| May.7 |
Vallejo |
City Council Votes To File For Bankruptcy |
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| Mar.4 |
Vallejo |
City Agreement Staves Off Bankruptcy
| 2007 |
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| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
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 credi...
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.7 |
Oakland Downtown |
Occupy Oakland marchers vandalize businesses |
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| Sep.23 |
Richmond |
EPA launches criminal probe over refinery fire |
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| Aug.8 |
Richmond |
'Flare up' causes more alarm at Chevron refinery |
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| Aug.8 |
Richmond |
Richmond residents outraged at Chevron
| 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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| 2012 |
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| Sep.28 |
Alameda |
Singulex files for IPO, hopes to raise $86.3 million |
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| Apr.12 |
Oakland |
BrightSource kills IPO at last minute |
| 2011 |
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| Jun.15 |
Oakland |
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 |
Oakland |
Pandora Media plans for an IPO
| 2010 |
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| Sep.28 |
Emeryville |
Amyris IPO price holds steady |
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| 2009 |
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| Jul.8 |
Richmond |
Chevron to appeal ruling on refinery |
| 2007 |
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL |
| 2006 |
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| Aug.10 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Fined $2M For Transplant Program
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| 2011 |
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| Nov.26 |
Berkeley |
Andronico's to close store on Telegraph |
| 2010 |
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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
| 2008 |
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| Dec.5 |
Hercules |
Wal-Mart gives up plans to build store After buying a tract of land in 2005, Wal-Mart had wanted to build a big-box store on the property. The plans resulted a lengthy legal battl...
| 2007 |
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| Sep.4 |
Alameda |
$93 million ticket purchased at gas station
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| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
New Wal-Mart Store Opens
| 2005 |
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| Aug.24 |
East Oakland |
Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds
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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 cr... | |
| 2010 |
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| Oct.23 |
Port of Oakland |
Workers close port in support of Grant
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| Mar.28 |
Port of Oakland |
Container Knocked Off Ship Near Estuary |
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.19 |
Highway 80 |
BART director wants to extend BART north on I-80 |
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| Feb.12 |
BART |
BART proposes 5.2 percent fare increase |
| 2012 |
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| Sep.11 |
BART |
BART, at 40, looks to build on triumphs On Sept. 11 BART began running trains between Fremont and Oakland in 1972
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| Jun.4 |
Alameda |
New ferry service launches with free rides
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| May.10 |
BART |
BART to contract foreign company to update fleet |
| 2010 |
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| Feb.13 |
BART |
Feds Deny $70M For Airport Connector |
| 2009 |
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| Apr.10 |
BART |
Fare Hike, Service Cuts Considering |
| 2007 |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan |
| 2005 |
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| Jul.6 |
BART |
Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
Pandora CEO Kennedy to step down |
| 2012 |
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| Nov.13 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland director retires
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| Nov.5 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser names Bernard Tyson as next CEO |
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| Oct.19 |
Port of Oakland |
Port of Oakland executive director placed on leave |
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| Oct.4 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire |
| 2011 |
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| Aug.31 |
BART |
BART hires Crunican as general manager |
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| Apr.14 |
BART |
BART's Dugger quits with $1M severance
| 2009 |
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| May.12 |
Oakland |
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
| 2008 |
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| Nov.24 |
UC Berkeley |
Obama tapping Berkeley economist Romer |
| 2003 |
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| Nov.3 |
Emeryville |
Ask Jeeves Names New CEO |
| 2002 |
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| Mar.7 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Permanente names new CEO |
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| 2011 |
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| Dec.1 |
Highway 24 |
Breakthrough for Caldecott Tunnel's bore
| 2010 |
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| Aug.9 |
Highway 24 |
Drilling Begins On New Caldecott Bore Map of California State Route 24 Orinda Crews began drilling into the mountainside near Orinda as work got underway excavating the fourth bore by the 130-ton, 50-foot-long machine
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| Jan.10 |
24 |
Caldecott 4th Bore Construction Begin The Improvement Project will construct a fourth tunnel to connect Alameda and Contra Costa counties to help alleviate traffic congestion
| 2007 |
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks |
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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
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts
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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 |
| 2006 |
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| Apr.23 |
Carquinez Bridge |
Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge |
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| 2010 |
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| Apr.22 |
Emeryville |
Bay Area has 6 hot ZIP codes |
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| 2011 |
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| Jul.20 |
Oakland |
Icahn boosts offer for Clorox |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
Clorox rejects Icahn plan for takeover
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| 2008 |
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| Jul.17 |
Richmond |
City approves upgrade at refinery |
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| 2013 |
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| 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
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| Jan.17 |
Oakland Downtown |
Clorox completes sale of Oakland HQ building |
| 2007 |
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| Sep.8 |
Oakland |
Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale |
| 2006 |
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| May.23 |
Hercules |
Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land The City Council voted unanimously to pursue using the power of eminent domain to seize 17 acres
| 2004 |
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| Aug.23 |
San Pablo |
Tribe scales back plan to build casino |
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| Aug.17 |
San Pablo |
Massive New Casino Deal
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.14 |
Berkeley |
Cruz Skate Shop opens in Berkeley |
| 2004 |
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| Jan.29 |
Emeryville |
Pixar dumps Disney
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| 2011 |
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| Dec.5 |
Orinda |
Patricia Dunn, ex-HP chairwoman, dies
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