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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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| Jan.17 |
San Francisco |
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Rolling Blackouts Start| Stoplights went dark, store owners turned to pocket calculators, students were trapped on elevators. Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency. The outages affected 400,000 customers for between 60 and 90 min. at a time. The bl... | |
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| Jan.26 |
Pacific Heights |
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Woman dies after dog attack 
Map Two bull mastiffs from a neighbor's apartment attacked and killed 32-year-old woman
| The leashed dogs bolted from Marjorie Knoller's apartment, dragged her down the hallway and lunged for the victim's throat as she tried to open her front door. The animals mauled the woman for about 5 minutes before Knoller could pull them back into her apartment. The victim died at a hospital
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| Jan.30 |
San Jose |
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Columbine-style threat |
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| Feb.3 |
South San Jose |
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Skull belong to Xiana Fairchild |
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| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
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Cisco cut 8,000 jobs
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| Mar.27 |
San Quentin |
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Killer Executed
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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.30 |
SF City Hall |
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City to pay for workers' sex-change |
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| May.3 |
West Oakland |
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Big fire in residential neighborhood |
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| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
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4 killed in crash by drunk driver |
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| Jun.4 |
Raiders |
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Rice going to Raiders |
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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.25 |
Redwood City |
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7-Alarm Fire in Downtown |
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| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
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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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| Jul.9 |
Foster City |
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Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 |
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| Jul.13 |
San Jose |
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3 years for Leo dog's killer |
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| Jul.26 |
HP |
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HP cutting 6,000 jobs
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| Aug.3 |
Palo Alto |
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Body found of Stanford student |
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| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
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Cisco announces reorganization |
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| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
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African elephant born at Zoo |
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| Sep.3 |
HP |
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HP buying Compaq for $25 billion
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| Sep.8 |
SF Downtown |
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Japanese Foreign Minister apologized |
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| Sep.9 |
Bernal Heights |
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4 killed
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| Sep.11 |
SFO |
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SFO bound plane has crashed United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark had 38 passengers, 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants
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| Sep.13 |
SFO |
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SFO and SJC reopened
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| Sep.20 |
UC Berkeley |
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Anti-War Rally |
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| Sep.22 |
SF Bayview |
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4 people dead at fire
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| Oct.5 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds breaks season record Barry Bonds break Mark McGwire single-season record, hitting 71st, 72nd homers as Giants get eliminated. LA 11, Giants 10
| The record-breaker came on a tailing fastball from Chan Ho Park and landed in right-center. Many in the crowd of 41,730 stayed for the postgame ceremony, despite the late hour
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| Oct.7 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds hits No. 73 |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
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Trial in dog mauling moved to LA |
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| Oct.17 |
Martinez |
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Cloud over refinery |
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| Oct.23 |
Apple |
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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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East Oakland |
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Triple Homicide |
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| Oct.28 |
South San Jose |
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Police officer shot and killed |
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| Nov.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Possible Attack Planned for Bridges Governor Davis has issued an alert that terrorists could try to destroy landmark California bridges
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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.17 |
San Francisco |
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Senator son fatally shot
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| Nov.26 |
San Ramon |
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Flight widow wants to hear recorder |
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| Nov.29 |
Richmond |
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Chemical released from plant
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| Dec.4 |
Redwood City |
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ExciteAtHome will cease in February |
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| Dec.7 |
Livermore |
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Baby girl found on doorstep
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| Dec.19 |
Giants |
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Bonds staying with SF Giants |
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| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
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Circus trainer acquitted
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| Dec.24 |
SF Tenderloin |
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Up to 50 people displaced by fire |
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| 2001 |
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| Jan.17 |
San Francisco |
Rolling Blackouts Start| Stoplights went dark, store owners turned to pocket calculators, students were trapped on elevators. Gov. Gray Davis declared a state of emergency. The outages affected 400,000 customers for between 60 and 90 min. at a time. The bl... | |
|
| Jan.26 |
Pacific Heights |
Woman dies after dog attack Map Two bull mastiffs from a neighbor's apartment attacked and killed 32-year-old woman
| The leashed dogs bolted from Marjorie Knoller's apartment, dragged her down the hallway and lunged for the victim's throat as she tried to open her front door. The animals mauled the woman for about 5 minutes before Knoller could pull them back into her apartment. The victim died at a hospital
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| Feb.3 |
South San Jose |
Skull belong to Xiana Fairchild |
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| May.3 |
West Oakland |
Big fire in residential neighborhood |
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| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
4 killed in crash by drunk driver |
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| 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.25 |
Redwood City |
7-Alarm Fire in Downtown |
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| Aug.3 |
Palo Alto |
Body found of Stanford student |
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| Sep.11 |
SFO |
SFO bound plane has crashed United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark had 38 passengers, 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants
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| Sep.22 |
SF Bayview |
4 people dead at fire
|
| Oct.17 |
Martinez |
Cloud over refinery |
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| Nov.26 |
San Ramon |
Flight widow wants to hear recorder |
|
| Nov.29 |
Richmond |
Chemical released from plant
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| Dec.7 |
Livermore |
Baby girl found on doorstep
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| Dec.24 |
SF Tenderloin |
Up to 50 people displaced by fire |
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| 2001 |
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| Aug.30 |
Oakland |
African elephant born at Zoo |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
2 Bay Areans win Nobel prizes
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| 2001 |
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| Jun.4 |
Raiders |
Rice going to Raiders |
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| Oct.5 |
Pac Bell Park |
Bonds breaks season record Barry Bonds break Mark McGwire single-season record, hitting 71st, 72nd homers as Giants get eliminated. LA 11, Giants 10
| The record-breaker came on a tailing fastball from Chan Ho Park and landed in right-center. Many in the crowd of 41,730 stayed for the postgame ceremony, despite the late hour
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| Oct.7 |
Pac Bell Park |
Bonds hits No. 73 |
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| Dec.19 |
Giants |
Bonds staying with SF Giants |
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| 2001 |
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| 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
|
| Mar.9 |
Cisco |
Cisco cut 8,000 jobs
|
| 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 thi... | |
|
| 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
|
| Jul.9 |
Foster City |
Webvan closes, lay off 2,000 |
|
| Jul.26 |
HP |
HP cutting 6,000 jobs
|
| Aug.23 |
Cisco |
Cisco announces reorganization |
|
| Sep.3 |
HP |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion
|
| Sep.13 |
SFO |
SFO and SJC reopened
|
| 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 |
BART strike averted
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| Nov.6 |
HP |
Founder family oppose Compaq deal |
|
| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
Public power measures defeated |
|
| Dec.4 |
Redwood City |
ExciteAtHome will cease in February |
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Jan.30 |
San Jose |
Columbine-style threat |
|
| Mar.27 |
San Quentin |
Killer Executed
|
| May.21 |
Pittsburg |
4 killed in crash by drunk driver |
|
| Jul.13 |
San Jose |
3 years for Leo dog's killer |
|
| Sep.9 |
Bernal Heights |
4 killed
|
| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
Trial in dog mauling moved to LA |
|
| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
Triple Homicide |
|
| Oct.28 |
South San Jose |
Police officer shot and killed |
|
| Nov.1 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Possible Attack Planned for Bridges Governor Davis has issued an alert that terrorists could try to destroy landmark California bridges
|
| Nov.17 |
San Francisco |
Senator son fatally shot
|
| Dec.21 |
San Francisco |
Circus trainer acquitted
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Apr.30 |
SF City Hall |
City to pay for workers' sex-change |
|
| Sep.8 |
SF Downtown |
Japanese Foreign Minister apologized |
|
| Sep.20 |
UC Berkeley |
Anti-War Rally |
|
| Nov.11 |
SF City Hall |
Public power measures defeated |
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