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| Jan.2 |
Highway 4 |
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Body dumped on Highway 4 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders 27, Dolphins 0 |
|
| Jan.9 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Runaway blimp |
|
| Jan.12 |
East Oakland |
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Officer killed by fellow police
|
| Jan.14 |
Coliseum |
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Ravens 16, Raiders 3
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| Feb.13 |
Emeryville |
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Bustamante Regrets Racial Slur |
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| Feb.16 |
Richmond |
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5 Arrested in Drug Bust |
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| Feb.22 |
Orinda |
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Girl kidnapped, police arrest man |
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| Feb.26 |
Alameda |
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Youth coach faces sex charge |
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| Mar.4 |
Moraga |
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Store sells $89M lottery ticket
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| Mar.9 |
UC Berkeley |
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Affirmative action protest |
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| Apr.16 |
Lafayette |
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$3 million damage in fire |
|
| Apr.17 |
Livermore |
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Meningitis Kills Teenager |
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| Apr.25 |
Pleasanton |
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PeopleSoft exceeds expectations |
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| May.1 |
Richmond |
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Chemical leak |
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| |
Berkeley |
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Girl dies of meningitis infection |
|
| May.3 |
West Oakland |
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Big fire in residential neighborhood 6-alarm fire destroyed a 4-story building under construction and damaged or destroyed 11 homes
|
| May.10 |
Union City |
|
$1.75 Million Award in PD Shooting |
|
| May.13 |
West Oakland |
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4-alarm fire at recycling center
|
| May.17 |
Pleasanton |
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Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs |
|
| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
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4 killed in crash by drunk driver Head-on collision involved 2 vehicles with 3 people in each car. A suspected drunk driver was in custody
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| May.27 |
Fremont |
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Two pipe bombs explode |
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| May.31 |
Highway 680 |
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Overturned trucks Clog Up Commute |
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|
| Jun.1 |
Fremont |
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R. Blach found guilty of bombings
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| Jun.4 |
Raiders |
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Rice going to Raiders 49ers release him ending 16-year association
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| Jun.7 |
Walnut Creek |
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1 dead, 3 infected with meningitis
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| Jun.13 |
Fremont |
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12 bombs within month
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| Jun.14 |
Oakland |
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$1.5 million for denying medicine
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| Jun.19 |
Richmond |
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Boy mauled in pit bull attack| 3 dogs savagely attacked Sean Jones, 8, ripping off both ears. He was in critical condition | | |
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| Jun.23 |
Walnut Creek |
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Died of meningitis linked to pharmacy
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|
| Jul.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Fire Destroys 3 Homes
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| Jul.10 |
San Jose |
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1 man behind 6 bank robberies
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| Jul.18 |
Martinez |
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Fire at Shell oil refinery
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| Jul.23 |
Martinez |
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Seizure of 515 pounds of cocaine The U.S. Customs Service seized drug off an oil tanker docked in the Bay. 8 Nylon suitcases were in the ship's engine room
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| Aug.1 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Rumor: A's to be Sold |
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| Aug.13 |
Oakland |
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Killer of Biletnikoff's Daughter sentenced Mohammed Haroon Ali was sentenced to 55 years to life in prison. Raider legend Fred Biletnikoff was not in court
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| Aug.15 |
Livermore Lab |
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Supercomputer for nuclear safety
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| Aug.18 |
Oakland |
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2 more slayings
|
| Aug.24 |
Concord |
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Boy Safe After Kidnap Police found the 37-year-old David Wayne McGuire naked in a hot tub. The boy was fully clothed
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| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
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African elephant born at Zoo After a 22-month gestation period and 5 hours of labor, Lisa gave birth to 320-pound African elephant
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|
| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
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Chevron moves to San Ramon Oil giant will end its 122-year history as a San Francisco company by the end of 2002
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| Sep.7 |
Emeryville |
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Girl run over by mom's car dies
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| Sep.12 |
San Ramon |
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Called wife from hijacked plane Thomas Burnett Jr. called 4 times from United Airlines Flight 93 to tell wife that passengers were 'going to do something'
|
| Sep.15 |
Oakland |
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Oakland Rep. voted against Bush Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, was alone against a resolution to give President power to use military against international terrorism
|
| Sep.18 |
San Jose |
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Terrorist Search at Flight Schools |
|
| Sep.19 |
UC Berkeley |
|
Protesters decry newspaper cartoon
|
| Sep.20 |
UC Berkeley |
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Anti-War Rally 2500 students protested Operation Infinite Justice, the military deployment to the Middle East
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| Sep.21 |
Berkeley |
|
Fire officials apologize for flag ban
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| Sep.24 |
Walnut Creek |
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4-alarm fire damaged office building |
|
| Sep.26 |
Richmond |
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2 arrested on $11 million fraud |
|
| Sep.30 |
Martinez |
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Cop kills father threatening son |
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| Oct.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Predatory lending banned |
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| Oct.6 |
North Oakland |
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Blackout factor in fatal bus crash |
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| |
Oakland |
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Rescue team returns from New York |
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| Oct.7 |
Fremont |
|
Afghan community supports attacks |
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| |
North Oakland |
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Nephew held in fatal shooting |
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| |
Antioch |
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Man killed son, child's mother, himself Elijah Donaldson, 21, shot Terrell Donaldson, 3, and Kristi Howley, 23
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes
|
| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
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Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business
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| Oct.17 |
Martinez |
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Cloud over refinery A yellowish cloud of dust billowing from Equilon Martinez Refining forced residents to seek shelter
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| |
Berkeley |
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City call to halt Afghan bombs
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| |
Hayward |
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Afghan-Americans gathering |
|
| Oct.18 |
Pleasanton |
|
PeopleSoft beats expectations |
|
| |
Martinez |
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13-year-old hits and kills 82-year-old |
|
| Oct.19 |
Berkeley |
|
City faces boycott |
|
| Oct.20 |
Oakland Hills |
|
Hills Fire 10th Anniversary |
|
| Oct.22 |
Oakland Downtown |
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3,000 rally behind Barbara Lee
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| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
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Triple Homicide 2 young women and a man were found shot to death
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| |
UC Berkeley |
|
Students Rally in Support of U.S. |
|
| Oct.25 |
San Leandro |
|
4-alarm fire guts 2 businesses |
|
| Oct.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
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$240K payout |
|
| Oct.30 |
Union City |
|
Haq's son mourns father's death |
|
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| Nov.3 |
Martinez |
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4 vehicles set ablaze by arsonist |
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| Nov.6 |
Richmond |
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Guilty of making sex video with girl, 14 |
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| Nov.7 |
Richmond |
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Anderson elected as mayor
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| |
Livermore |
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Kamena easily beat incumbent |
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| |
North Oakland |
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Huge Fire |
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| Nov.12 |
Fremont |
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Pipe bomb explosion |
|
| Nov.13 |
Fremont |
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'Little Kabul' Celebrates Victory |
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| Nov.14 |
San Francisco |
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ChevronTexaco to cut 4,000 jobs |
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| Nov.15 |
Dublin |
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Passenger train hits big rig |
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| Nov.17 |
Union City |
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Man kills woman, 20, then himself
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| |
Martinez |
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Murderer should die, say Daher jurors |
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| Nov.18 |
Walnut Creek |
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Threatening suicide on tracks |
|
| Nov.19 |
San Ramon |
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ChevronTexaco to lay off 500 |
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| Nov.20 |
OAK |
|
Private security to be moved out |
|
| Nov.21 |
Oakland |
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Man cleared of insider trading |
|
| Nov.22 |
Lafayette |
|
Miwok Indians to buy land |
|
| |
North Oakland |
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Fire causes $200,000 in damage |
|
| Nov.23 |
North Oakland |
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3 arrested after fire ice cream shop
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| |
Richmond |
|
Police shoot man threatening infants |
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| Nov.24 |
OAK |
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Terminal evacuated, security breach
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| Nov.25 |
Hayward |
|
Teen stabbed at skate park |
|
| |
Oakland |
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Missing photographer body found The body of Luci S. Houston, 43, a photographer for the San Jose Mercury News, was found outside a cemetery
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| Nov.26 |
OAK |
|
Rally against aviation security law |
|
| |
San Ramon |
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Flight widow wants to hear recorder| Deena Burnett wants to hear the plane's cockpit voice recorder which picked up sounds of passengers struggle | |
|
| Nov.27 |
Hayward |
|
Theft of van ends in fatal crash |
|
| Nov.28 |
Richmond |
|
10 years for prostitution ring |
|
| Nov.29 |
Richmond |
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Chemical released from plant| Shelter-in-place ordered after sulfur trioxide was released from General Chemical Corp. | |
|
| Nov.30 |
Oakland |
|
Cop of year accused |
|
|
| Dec.1 |
Richmond |
|
Second leak over 24 hours |
|
| Dec.3 |
Oakley |
|
Teens Missing in Delta |
|
| |
Oakland |
|
Arrested in Photographer Murder
|
| Dec.6 |
Pleasanton |
|
Commerce One co-founder dies
|
| Dec.7 |
Alameda |
|
Pearl Harbor ceremony with salute |
|
| |
Livermore |
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Baby girl found on doorstep| Man answered a knock on his door only to discover the newborn who was wrapped in two blankets | |
|
| Dec.8 |
Livermore Lab |
|
Top scientist to resign |
|
| Dec.10 |
Concord |
 |
Rock thrown at mosque Members of The Islamic Center of Contra Costa at were quick to board up the windows
|
| Dec.11 |
East Oakland |
|
Minister Accused of Rape
|
| |
Berkeley |
|
City helps to avoid military combat
|
| Dec.12 |
Berkeley |
|
Berkeley Wants To Flag Pedestrians |
|
| Dec.13 |
Athletics |
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Giambi Makes It Official With NY Yankees announced they are signing former Oakland A's slugger in a 7-year deal worth $120 million
|
| Dec.15 |
Berkeley |
|
2 pedestrians killed by train |
|
| |
Berkeley |
|
Jeep struck woman carrying flag |
|
| Dec.19 |
Oakland Downtown |
|
$17.2 million real estate proposal |
|
| Dec.21 |
Concord |
|
Arrested for throwing rocks at mosque |
|
| |
Oakland |
|
Newborn Giraffe |
|
| Dec.24 |
East Oakland |
|
Homicide in parked car |
|
| Dec.28 |
Richmond |
|
Controversial bin Laden Store Display |
|
| Dec.31 |
Oakley |
|
Body identified as Mark Osborn |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Highway 4 |
Body dumped on Highway 4 |
|
| Jan.9 |
Oakland Downtown |
Runaway blimp |
|
| Jan.12 |
East Oakland |
Officer killed by fellow police
|
| Apr.16 |
Lafayette |
$3 million damage in fire |
|
| Apr.17 |
Livermore |
Meningitis Kills Teenager |
|
| May.1 |
Richmond |
Chemical leak |
|
| May.1 |
Berkeley |
Girl dies of meningitis infection |
|
| May.3 |
West Oakland |
Big fire in residential neighborhood 6-alarm fire destroyed a 4-story building under construction and damaged or destroyed 11 homes
|
| May.13 |
West Oakland |
4-alarm fire at recycling center
|
| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
4 killed in crash by drunk driver Head-on collision involved 2 vehicles with 3 people in each car. A suspected drunk driver was in custody
|
| May.31 |
Highway 680 |
Overturned trucks Clog Up Commute |
|
| Jun.7 |
Walnut Creek |
1 dead, 3 infected with meningitis
|
| Jun.19 |
Richmond |
Boy mauled in pit bull attack| 3 dogs savagely attacked Sean Jones, 8, ripping off both ears. He was in critical condition | | |
|
| Jun.23 |
Walnut Creek |
Died of meningitis linked to pharmacy
|
| Jul.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Fire Destroys 3 Homes
|
| Jul.18 |
Martinez |
Fire at Shell oil refinery
|
| Sep.7 |
Emeryville |
Girl run over by mom's car dies
|
| Sep.12 |
San Ramon |
Called wife from hijacked plane Thomas Burnett Jr. called 4 times from United Airlines Flight 93 to tell wife that passengers were 'going to do something'
|
| Sep.21 |
Berkeley |
Fire officials apologize for flag ban
|
| Sep.24 |
Walnut Creek |
4-alarm fire damaged office building |
|
| Oct.6 |
North Oakland |
Blackout factor in fatal bus crash |
|
| Oct.6 |
Oakland |
Rescue team returns from New York |
|
| Oct.17 |
Martinez |
Cloud over refinery A yellowish cloud of dust billowing from Equilon Martinez Refining forced residents to seek shelter
|
| Oct.18 |
Martinez |
13-year-old hits and kills 82-year-old |
|
| Oct.25 |
San Leandro |
4-alarm fire guts 2 businesses |
|
| Nov.3 |
Martinez |
4 vehicles set ablaze by arsonist |
|
| Nov.7 |
North Oakland |
Huge Fire |
|
| Nov.15 |
Dublin |
Passenger train hits big rig |
|
| Nov.18 |
Walnut Creek |
Threatening suicide on tracks |
|
| Nov.22 |
North Oakland |
Fire causes $200,000 in damage |
|
| Nov.24 |
OAK |
Terminal evacuated, security breach
|
| Nov.25 |
Oakland |
Missing photographer body found The body of Luci S. Houston, 43, a photographer for the San Jose Mercury News, was found outside a cemetery
|
| Nov.26 |
San Ramon |
Flight widow wants to hear recorder| Deena Burnett wants to hear the plane's cockpit voice recorder which picked up sounds of passengers struggle | |
|
| Nov.27 |
Hayward |
Theft of van ends in fatal crash |
|
| Nov.29 |
Richmond |
Chemical released from plant| Shelter-in-place ordered after sulfur trioxide was released from General Chemical Corp. | |
|
| Dec.1 |
Richmond |
Second leak over 24 hours |
|
| Dec.3 |
Oakley |
Teens Missing in Delta |
|
| Dec.7 |
Livermore |
Baby girl found on doorstep| Man answered a knock on his door only to discover the newborn who was wrapped in two blankets | |
|
| Dec.15 |
Berkeley |
2 pedestrians killed by train |
|
| Dec.15 |
Berkeley |
Jeep struck woman carrying flag |
|
| Dec.21 |
Oakland |
Newborn Giraffe |
|
| Dec.31 |
Oakley |
Body identified as Mark Osborn |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Aug.15 |
Livermore Lab |
Supercomputer for nuclear safety
|
| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
African elephant born at Zoo After a 22-month gestation period and 5 hours of labor, Lisa gave birth to 320-pound African elephant
|
| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes
|
| Oct.24 |
UC Berkeley |
Students Rally in Support of U.S. |
|
| Dec.8 |
Livermore Lab |
Top scientist to resign |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Mar.4 |
Moraga |
Store sells $89M lottery ticket
|
| Apr.25 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft exceeds expectations |
|
| May.17 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One Cuts 10% Jobs |
|
| Sep.5 |
SF Downtown |
Chevron moves to San Ramon Oil giant will end its 122-year history as a San Francisco company by the end of 2002
|
| Oct.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
Predatory lending banned |
|
| Oct.15 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One to cut 1,300 jobs 700 will be laid off and 600 will be jettisoned by spinning off operations unrelated to business-to-business
|
| Oct.18 |
Pleasanton |
PeopleSoft beats expectations |
|
| Nov.14 |
San Francisco |
ChevronTexaco to cut 4,000 jobs |
|
| Nov.19 |
San Ramon |
ChevronTexaco to lay off 500 |
|
| Nov.20 |
OAK |
Private security to be moved out |
|
| Nov.22 |
Lafayette |
Miwok Indians to buy land |
|
| Nov.26 |
OAK |
Rally against aviation security law |
|
| Dec.6 |
Pleasanton |
Commerce One co-founder dies
|
| Dec.12 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley Wants To Flag Pedestrians |
|
| Dec.19 |
Oakland Downtown |
$17.2 million real estate proposal |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Coliseum |
Raiders 27, Dolphins 0 |
|
| Jan.14 |
Coliseum |
Ravens 16, Raiders 3
|
| Feb.26 |
Alameda |
Youth coach faces sex charge |
|
| Jun.4 |
Raiders |
Rice going to Raiders 49ers release him ending 16-year association
|
| Aug.1 |
Oakland City Hall |
Rumor: A's to be Sold |
|
| Dec.13 |
Athletics |
Giambi Makes It Official With NY Yankees announced they are signing former Oakland A's slugger in a 7-year deal worth $120 million
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Highway 4 |
Body dumped on Highway 4 |
|
| Feb.16 |
Richmond |
5 Arrested in Drug Bust |
|
| Feb.22 |
Orinda |
Girl kidnapped, police arrest man |
|
| Feb.26 |
Alameda |
Youth coach faces sex charge |
|
| May.10 |
Union City |
$1.75 Million Award in PD Shooting |
|
| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
4 killed in crash by drunk driver Head-on collision involved 2 vehicles with 3 people in each car. A suspected drunk driver was in custody
|
| May.27 |
Fremont |
Two pipe bombs explode |
|
| Jun.1 |
Fremont |
R. Blach found guilty of bombings
|
| Jun.13 |
Fremont |
12 bombs within month
|
| Jun.14 |
Oakland |
$1.5 million for denying medicine
|
| Jul.10 |
San Jose |
1 man behind 6 bank robberies
|
| Jul.23 |
Martinez |
Seizure of 515 pounds of cocaine The U.S. Customs Service seized drug off an oil tanker docked in the Bay. 8 Nylon suitcases were in the ship's engine room
|
| Aug.13 |
Oakland |
Killer of Biletnikoff's Daughter sentenced Mohammed Haroon Ali was sentenced to 55 years to life in prison. Raider legend Fred Biletnikoff was not in court
|
| Aug.18 |
Oakland |
2 more slayings
|
| Aug.24 |
Concord |
Boy Safe After Kidnap Police found the 37-year-old David Wayne McGuire naked in a hot tub. The boy was fully clothed
|
| Sep.18 |
San Jose |
Terrorist Search at Flight Schools |
|
| Sep.26 |
Richmond |
2 arrested on $11 million fraud |
|
| Sep.30 |
Martinez |
Cop kills father threatening son |
|
| Oct.7 |
North Oakland |
Nephew held in fatal shooting |
|
| Oct.7 |
Antioch |
Man killed son, child's mother, himself Elijah Donaldson, 21, shot Terrell Donaldson, 3, and Kristi Howley, 23
|
| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
Triple Homicide 2 young women and a man were found shot to death
|
| Oct.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
$240K payout |
|
| Nov.3 |
Martinez |
4 vehicles set ablaze by arsonist |
|
| Nov.6 |
Richmond |
Guilty of making sex video with girl, 14 |
|
| Nov.12 |
Fremont |
Pipe bomb explosion |
|
| Nov.17 |
Union City |
Man kills woman, 20, then himself
|
| Nov.17 |
Martinez |
Murderer should die, say Daher jurors |
|
| Nov.21 |
Oakland |
Man cleared of insider trading |
|
| Nov.22 |
North Oakland |
Fire causes $200,000 in damage |
|
| Nov.23 |
North Oakland |
3 arrested after fire ice cream shop
|
| Nov.23 |
Richmond |
Police shoot man threatening infants |
|
| Nov.25 |
Hayward |
Teen stabbed at skate park |
|
| Nov.25 |
Oakland |
Missing photographer body found The body of Luci S. Houston, 43, a photographer for the San Jose Mercury News, was found outside a cemetery
|
| Nov.27 |
Hayward |
Theft of van ends in fatal crash |
|
| Nov.28 |
Richmond |
10 years for prostitution ring |
|
| Nov.30 |
Oakland |
Cop of year accused |
|
| Dec.3 |
Oakland |
Arrested in Photographer Murder
|
| Dec.10 |
Concord |
Rock thrown at mosque Members of The Islamic Center of Contra Costa at were quick to board up the windows
|
| Dec.11 |
East Oakland |
Minister Accused of Rape
|
| Dec.21 |
Concord |
Arrested for throwing rocks at mosque |
|
| Dec.24 |
East Oakland |
Homicide in parked car |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Feb.13 |
Emeryville |
Bustamante Regrets Racial Slur |
|
| Mar.9 |
UC Berkeley |
Affirmative action protest |
|
| Sep.15 |
Oakland |
Oakland Rep. voted against Bush Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, was alone against a resolution to give President power to use military against international terrorism
|
| Sep.19 |
UC Berkeley |
Protesters decry newspaper cartoon
|
| Sep.20 |
UC Berkeley |
Anti-War Rally 2500 students protested Operation Infinite Justice, the military deployment to the Middle East
|
| Sep.21 |
Berkeley |
Fire officials apologize for flag ban
|
| Oct.7 |
Fremont |
Afghan community supports attacks |
|
| Oct.17 |
Berkeley |
City call to halt Afghan bombs
|
| Oct.17 |
Hayward |
Afghan-Americans gathering |
|
| Oct.19 |
Berkeley |
City faces boycott |
|
| Oct.20 |
Oakland Hills |
Hills Fire 10th Anniversary |
|
| Oct.22 |
Oakland Downtown |
3,000 rally behind Barbara Lee
|
| Oct.24 |
UC Berkeley |
Students Rally in Support of U.S. |
|
| Oct.30 |
Union City |
Haq's son mourns father's death |
|
| Nov.7 |
Richmond |
Anderson elected as mayor
|
| Nov.7 |
Livermore |
Kamena easily beat incumbent |
|
| Nov.13 |
Fremont |
'Little Kabul' Celebrates Victory |
|
| Nov.26 |
OAK |
Rally against aviation security law |
|
| Dec.7 |
Alameda |
Pearl Harbor ceremony with salute |
|
| Dec.11 |
Berkeley |
City helps to avoid military combat
|
| Dec.28 |
Richmond |
Controversial bin Laden Store Display |