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| Jan.12 |
Palo Alto |
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William Hewlett dead at 87 He was an engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a garage in 1938 and pioneered Silicon Valley
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| Mar.4 |
Moraga |
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Store sells $89M lottery ticket |
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| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo! CEO to step down |
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
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Cisco cut 8,000 jobs
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| Apr.6 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E files for bankruptcy| California's largest utility voluntarily filed for Chapter 11. It had run up an $8.9 billion deficit. Pacific Gas and Electric Co debts are increasing by $300 million a month. The bankruptcy filing does not affect the utility's parent company, PG&E Corp. It's the thi... | |
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| Apr.13 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo takes adult merchandise off |
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| Apr.17 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo! names CEO |
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| Apr.18 |
HP |
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HP to cut 3,000 jobs |
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| Apr.23 |
Intel |
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Intel Launches Pentium 4 Chip |
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
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Cisco posts first quarterly loss |
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| May.29 |
Sun |
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Sun Microsystems lowers forecasts |
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| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
 |
Largest jackpot in history: $141M Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million
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| Jun.29 |
BART |
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BART strike averted |
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| Jul.2 |
Napster |
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Napster goes dark |
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| Jul.9 |
Foster City |
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Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 |
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| Jul.17 |
Intel |
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Intel beats expectations |
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| Jul.26 |
HP |
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HP cutting 6,000 jobs
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San Jose |
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JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs |
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| Aug.6 |
Google |
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Google names E. Schmidt new CEO |
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| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
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Cisco announces reorganization |
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| Sep.3 |
HP |
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HP buying Compaq for $25 billion
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| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
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Chevron moves to San Ramon |
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
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SFO and SJC reopened
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| Sep.26 |
Santa Clara |
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Exodus files for bankruptcy protection |
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| Oct.5 |
Sun |
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Sun cut 9% of work force |
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| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
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Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs |
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| Oct.23 |
Apple |
|
iPod: New digital music player 
The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs
| It will take up to 10 seconds to download a CD of music via a FireWire link. The player will only work on Macs running operating systems and iTunes 2. The device only works one way, from a computer to the iPod, to discourage digital music piracy
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| Oct.24 |
BART |
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BART strike averted
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| Nov.2 |
Redwood City |
|
Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome |
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| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
|
PG&E's earnings triple |
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| Nov.6 |
HP |
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Founder family oppose Compaq deal |
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| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
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Public power measures defeated |
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| Nov.15 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo to cut 400 jobs |
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| |
Palo Alto |
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Agilent to cut 4,000 more jobs |
|
| Nov.27 |
SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle to cut 220 jobs |
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| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
|
ExciteAtHome turns off service |
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| Dec.4 |
Redwood City |
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ExciteAtHome will cease in February |
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| Dec.15 |
SFO |
|
Security badges taken from 29 felons |
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| Dec.28 |
Oracle |
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Up to 850 workers to be fired |
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| Jan.12 |
Palo Alto |
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William Hewlett dead at 87| He was an engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a garage in 1938 and pioneered Silicon Valley | | |
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|
| Feb.12 |
Napster |
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Court to stop Napster |
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| Mar.1 |
Oracle |
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Oracle warns of lower earnings |
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| Mar.4 |
Moraga |
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Store sells $89M lottery ticket
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| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo! CEO to step down
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
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Cisco cut 8,000 jobs| Stock price plunged to a 52-week low dropping 10% | |
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| Mar.16 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E gets $1.2 billion tax refund |
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
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Blackouts Are Back |
|
| Mar.22 |
Schwab |
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Schwab plans to cut 3,400 jobs |
|
| Mar.28 |
SF Downtown |
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Office rents down |
|
|
| Apr.2 |
Mountain View |
|
Ariba to cut 1/3 of workforce |
|
| Apr.6 |
San Francisco |
|
PG&E files for bankruptcy California's largest utility voluntarily filed for Chapter 11. It had run up an $8.9 billion deficit
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co debts are increasing by $300 million a month. The bankruptcy filing does not affect the utility's parent company, PG&E Corp. It's the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. PG&E has 15 days to complete its bankruptcy paperwork. The governor called the decision 'a real slap in the face to California'
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| Apr.7 |
San Francisco |
|
PG&E bonuses before bankruptcy |
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| Apr.10 |
Napster |
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Judge may shut down Napster |
|
| Apr.11 |
Yahoo |
|
Yahoo cutting 12% work force |
|
| Apr.13 |
Yahoo |
|
Yahoo takes adult merchandise off
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| Apr.17 |
Yahoo |
|
Yahoo! names CEO
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| |
Intel |
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Intel net income drop 80% |
|
| Apr.18 |
HP |
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HP to cut 3,000 jobs
|
| |
Apple |
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Apple returns to profitability |
|
| Apr.23 |
Intel |
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Intel Launches Pentium 4 Chip
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| Apr.25 |
San Francisco |
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Chevron's profit rises 53% |
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| |
Pleasanton |
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PeopleSoft exceeds expectations |
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
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PG&E has 10,000 creditors |
|
|
| May.7 |
3Com |
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3Com cuts 3,000 jobs |
|
| May.8 |
Cisco |
|
Cisco posts first quarterly loss
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| May.17 |
Pleasanton |
|
Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs |
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| May.24 |
Redwood City |
|
Newborns get Internet address |
|
| |
Santa Clara |
|
Covad shows $1.4 billion loss |
|
| |
Intel |
|
G. Moore steps down from board |
|
| May.29 |
Sun |
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Sun Microsystems lowers forecasts
|
|
| Jun.18 |
Oracle |
|
4rth-quarter beat expectations |
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| Jun.26 |
BART |
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2 BART unions authorize strike |
|
| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
 |
Largest jackpot in history: $141M| Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million | | |
|
| Jun.29 |
BART |
|
BART strike averted
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|
| Jul.2 |
Intel |
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Fastest Chips |
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| |
Napster |
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Napster goes dark
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| Jul.3 |
Apple |
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No more Power Mac G4 Cubes |
|
| Jul.5 |
AMD |
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AMD fall well short of earnings |
|
| Jul.7 |
San Francisco |
|
61-year-old woman gives birth |
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| Jul.9 |
Foster City |
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Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 Online grocer would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It never came close to making money
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| Jul.11 |
Yahoo |
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Earnings edge forecast, shares rise |
|
| Jul.17 |
Intel |
|
Intel beats expectations
|
| |
HP |
|
Molecular computers |
|
| Jul.18 |
SF Downtown |
|
Webby Awards |
|
| Jul.19 |
eBay |
|
EBay profits beat forecasts |
|
| |
Sun |
|
Sun beats expectations |
|
| Jul.23 |
Napster |
|
Napster drops interim CEO |
|
| Jul.26 |
HP |
|
HP cutting 6,000 jobs| Hewlett-Packard Co. lowered its sales forecasts yet again and is slashing 6% of work force | |
|
| |
San Jose |
|
JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs
|
| Jul.30 |
San Francisco |
|
Programmer's release demanded |
|
|
| Aug.6 |
Google |
|
Google names E. Schmidt new CEO
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| Aug.16 |
HP |
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HP reports 89% drop in profit |
|
| Aug.20 |
Palo Alto |
|
Agilent cutting 4,000 jobs |
|
| Aug.21 |
SJC |
|
New runway at Airport |
|
| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
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Cisco announces reorganization Company's engineering organization will focus on 11 technology groups
|
|
| Sep.3 |
HP |
 |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion| The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM | |
|
| Sep.4 |
BART |
|
BART Strike Averted |
|
| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
|
Chevron moves to San Ramon
|
| Sep.7 |
SF Downtown |
|
1840's ship uncovered |
|
| Sep.13 |
SFO |
|
SFO and SJC reopened| Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving | |
|
| Sep.24 |
Napster |
|
Deal with music publishers |
|
| Sep.26 |
Santa Clara |
|
Exodus files for bankruptcy protection
|
| Sep.28 |
San Jose |
|
Atmel to cut 2,500 jobs |
|
|
| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
|
BEA CEO steps down |
|
| Oct.5 |
Sun |
|
Sun cut 9% of work force
|
| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
|
Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs
|
| Oct.16 |
BART |
|
BART union rejects offer |
|
| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
|
Chairman resigns at Providian |
|
| |
Sun |
|
Sun beats expectations |
|
| Oct.23 |
Apple |
|
iPod: New digital music player 
The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs
| It will take up to 10 seconds to download a CD of music via a FireWire link. The player will only work on Macs running operating systems and iTunes 2. The device only works one way, from a computer to the iPod, to discourage digital music piracy
|
| | |
|
| Oct.24 |
BART |
|
BART strike averted| Union, representing 238 controllers and supervisors, accepted a wage and benefits package | |
|
| Oct.29 |
Redwood City |
|
Openwave to cut 300 jobs |
|
|
| Nov.1 |
San Jose |
|
BEA Systems layoffs 300 |
|
| Nov.2 |
Redwood City |
|
Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome
|
| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
|
PG&E's earnings triple
|
| Nov.6 |
HP |
 |
Founder family oppose Compaq deal The family and foundation of William Hewlett will vote their 5% stake against the takeover
|
| Nov.8 |
Palm |
|
CEO Yankowski resigns |
|
| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
|
Public power measures defeated After 5 days of waiting, measure F lost by 533 votes, measure I lost by 4,361 votes
|
| Nov.15 |
Yahoo |
|
Yahoo to cut 400 jobs
|
| |
Palo Alto |
|
Agilent to cut 4,000 more jobs
|
| Nov.26 |
San Francisco |
|
Providian hires new CEO |
|
| Nov.27 |
SF Chronicle |
|
Chronicle to cut 220 jobs
|
|
| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
|
ExciteAtHome turns off service
|
| Dec.4 |
Redwood City |
|
ExciteAtHome will cease in February Bankrupt company will discontinue high-speed Internet service after reaching a deal with cable partners
|
| Dec.6 |
Pleasanton |
|
Commerce One co-founder dies |
|
| Dec.7 |
HP |
|
Packard Foundation against merger |
|
| Dec.15 |
SFO |
|
Security badges taken from 29 felons
|
| Dec.28 |
Oracle |
|
Up to 850 workers to be fired
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
PG&E has 10,000 creditors |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Sep.3 |
HP |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion| The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM | |
|
| Nov.6 |
HP |
Founder family oppose Compaq deal The family and foundation of William Hewlett will vote their 5% stake against the takeover
|
| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
Public power measures defeated After 5 days of waiting, measure F lost by 533 votes, measure I lost by 4,361 votes
|
| Dec.7 |
HP |
Packard Foundation against merger |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
Chevron moves to San Ramon
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jul.7 |
San Francisco |
61-year-old woman gives birth |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.1 |
Oracle |
Oracle warns of lower earnings |
|
| Apr.17 |
Intel |
Intel net income drop 80% |
|
| Apr.18 |
Apple |
Apple returns to profitability |
|
| Apr.25 |
San Francisco |
Chevron's profit rises 53% |
|
| Apr.25 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft exceeds expectations |
|
| May.8 |
Cisco |
Cisco posts first quarterly loss
|
| May.24 |
Santa Clara |
Covad shows $1.4 billion loss |
|
| May.29 |
Sun |
Sun Microsystems lowers forecasts
|
| Jun.18 |
Oracle |
4rth-quarter beat expectations |
|
| Jul.5 |
AMD |
AMD fall well short of earnings |
|
| Jul.11 |
Yahoo |
Earnings edge forecast, shares rise |
|
| Jul.17 |
Intel |
Intel beats expectations
|
| Jul.19 |
eBay |
EBay profits beat forecasts |
|
| Jul.19 |
Sun |
Sun beats expectations |
|
| Aug.16 |
HP |
HP reports 89% drop in profit |
|
| Oct.18 |
Sun |
Sun beats expectations |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Feb.12 |
Napster |
Court to stop Napster |
|
| Apr.10 |
Napster |
Judge may shut down Napster |
|
| Jun.26 |
BART |
2 BART unions authorize strike |
|
| Jun.29 |
BART |
BART strike averted
|
| Sep.4 |
BART |
BART Strike Averted |
|
| Oct.16 |
BART |
BART union rejects offer |
|
| Oct.24 |
BART |
BART strike averted| Union, representing 238 controllers and supervisors, accepted a wage and benefits package | |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs| Stock price plunged to a 52-week low dropping 10% | |
|
| Mar.22 |
Schwab |
Schwab plans to cut 3,400 jobs |
|
| Apr.2 |
Mountain View |
Ariba to cut 1/3 of workforce |
|
| Apr.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo cutting 12% work force |
|
| Apr.18 |
HP |
HP to cut 3,000 jobs
|
| May.7 |
3Com |
3Com cuts 3,000 jobs |
|
| May.17 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs |
|
| Jul.9 |
Foster City |
Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 Online grocer would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It never came close to making money
|
| Jul.26 |
HP |
HP cutting 6,000 jobs| Hewlett-Packard Co. lowered its sales forecasts yet again and is slashing 6% of work force | |
|
| Jul.26 |
San Jose |
JDS to cut 7,000 additional jobs
|
| Aug.20 |
Palo Alto |
Agilent cutting 4,000 jobs |
|
| Sep.28 |
San Jose |
Atmel to cut 2,500 jobs |
|
| Oct.5 |
Sun |
Sun cut 9% of work force
|
| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs
|
| Oct.29 |
Redwood City |
Openwave to cut 300 jobs |
|
| Nov.1 |
San Jose |
BEA Systems layoffs 300 |
|
| Nov.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to cut 400 jobs
|
| Nov.15 |
Palo Alto |
Agilent to cut 4,000 more jobs
|
| Nov.27 |
SF Chronicle |
Chronicle to cut 220 jobs
|
| Dec.28 |
Oracle |
Up to 850 workers to be fired
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.7 |
San Francisco |
PG&E bonuses before bankruptcy |
|
| Sep.26 |
Santa Clara |
Exodus files for bankruptcy protection
|
| Dec.4 |
Redwood City |
ExciteAtHome will cease in February Bankrupt company will discontinue high-speed Internet service after reaching a deal with cable partners
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.23 |
Intel |
Intel Launches Pentium 4 Chip
|
| Jul.2 |
Intel |
Fastest Chips |
|
| Jul.3 |
Apple |
No more Power Mac G4 Cubes |
|
| Jul.17 |
HP |
Molecular computers |
|
| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
Cisco announces reorganization Company's engineering organization will focus on 11 technology groups
|
| Sep.24 |
Napster |
Deal with music publishers |
|
| Oct.23 |
Apple |
iPod: New digital music player 
The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards, that can hold 1,000 songs
| It will take up to 10 seconds to download a CD of music via a FireWire link. The player will only work on Macs running operating systems and iTunes 2. The device only works one way, from a computer to the iPod, to discourage digital music piracy
|
| | |
|
| Dec.1 |
San Francisco |
ExciteAtHome turns off service
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Aug.21 |
SJC |
New runway at Airport |
|
| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened| Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving | |
|
| Dec.15 |
SFO |
Security badges taken from 29 felons
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
Largest jackpot in history: $141M| Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million | | |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Sep.7 |
SF Downtown |
1840's ship uncovered |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jul.17 |
HP |
Molecular computers |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Feb.12 |
Napster |
Court to stop Napster |
|
| Apr.10 |
Napster |
Judge may shut down Napster |
|
| Apr.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo takes adult merchandise off
|
| May.24 |
Redwood City |
Newborns get Internet address |
|
| Jul.2 |
Napster |
Napster goes dark
|
| Jul.18 |
SF Downtown |
Webby Awards |
|
| Jul.30 |
San Francisco |
Programmer's release demanded |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.7 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! CEO to step down
|
| Apr.17 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo! names CEO
|
| May.24 |
Intel |
G. Moore steps down from board |
|
| Jul.23 |
Napster |
Napster drops interim CEO |
|
| Aug.6 |
Google |
Google names E. Schmidt new CEO
|
| Oct.2 |
San Jose |
BEA CEO steps down |
|
| Oct.18 |
San Francisco |
Chairman resigns at Providian |
|
| Nov.2 |
Redwood City |
Hearst leaves ExciteAtHome
|
| Nov.8 |
Palm |
CEO Yankowski resigns |
|
| Nov.26 |
San Francisco |
Providian hires new CEO |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jul.30 |
San Francisco |
Programmer's release demanded |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.4 |
Moraga |
Store sells $89M lottery ticket
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.28 |
SF Downtown |
Office rents down |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Palo Alto |
William Hewlett dead at 87| He was an engineer who co-founded Hewlett-Packard Co. in a garage in 1938 and pioneered Silicon Valley | | |
|
| Dec.6 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One co-founder dies |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.16 |
San Francisco |
PG&E gets $1.2 billion tax refund |
|
| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
Blackouts Are Back |
|
| Apr.6 |
San Francisco |
PG&E files for bankruptcy California's largest utility voluntarily filed for Chapter 11. It had run up an $8.9 billion deficit
| Pacific Gas and Electric Co debts are increasing by $300 million a month. The bankruptcy filing does not affect the utility's parent company, PG&E Corp. It's the third-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. PG&E has 15 days to complete its bankruptcy paperwork. The governor called the decision 'a real slap in the face to California'
|
| | |
|
| Nov.5 |
San Francisco |
PG&E's earnings triple
|
| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
Public power measures defeated After 5 days of waiting, measure F lost by 533 votes, measure I lost by 4,361 votes