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| Jan.3 |
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Providian to cut 800 jobs Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
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| Jan.7 |
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Officer shot, wanted suspect killed |
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| Jan.8 |
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Afgan community leader killed |
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| Jan.12 |
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Raiders fly by Jets in playoffs 38-24 wild-card playoff victory. Rice closes on playoff TD record. He caught 9 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown
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| Jan.15 |
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Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
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| Jan.17 |
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Symbionese Army member arrested William Harris in Oakland charged with the 1975 slaying of a woman shot during a Sacramento bank robbery
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| Jan.19 |
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Pats top Raiders in OT
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| Jan.30 |
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3-year-old dialed 911 to save grandma |
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| Feb.1 |
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Raider Charged With Sex Crime
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| Feb.4 |
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50 displaced in fatal fire |
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| Feb.9 |
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Flight makes emergency landing |
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| Feb.12 |
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Teen Escapes from Kidnapping Attempt
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| Feb.16 |
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Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
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| Feb.18 |
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Gruden Leaves Raiders for Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden. Coach received a five-year deal
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| Feb.19 |
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Parole killed one and stabbed wife |
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| Feb.20 |
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VP Cheney attends fundraiser
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| Feb.24 |
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3 died in crash. DUI suspected
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| Feb.28 |
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John Madden Moves to ABC
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| Mar.1 |
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Teachers to layoff |
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| Mar.2 |
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4-year-old run over by father truck |
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| Mar.5 |
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Mayor Jerry Brown easily wins re-election| Brown easily won re-election to a second term by 63% after a campaign run in relative obscurity | | |
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| Mar.7 |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO
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| Mar.13 |
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Raiders name Callahan head coach
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| Mar.20 |
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3 teens die in car crash
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| Mar.27 |
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Robbery suspect killed |
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| Mar.29 |
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BART to OAK connector approved |
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| Apr.1 |
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McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
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| Apr.2 |
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Protest shuts down access to freeway |
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| Apr.6 |
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Anti-Semitic incidents |
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| Apr.9 |
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Dozens Arrested in Anti-Israel Protest
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Priest arrested for alleged molestation
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| Apr.10 |
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Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital |
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| Apr.12 |
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Plane making landing nearly hits bicyclist |
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| Apr.27 |
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Robbers hit Brink's truck |
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| May.3 |
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Hit-and-run killed highway worker |
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| May.4 |
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2 homicides |
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| May.5 |
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Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
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| May.10 |
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Huge Fire at Pulp Mill Crews from around Alameda County are gathering to battle the 4-alarm blaze. Flames sparked several grass fires
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Gas Leak Shuts Down Mission Boulevard
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| May.13 |
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6-alarm fire
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| May.15 |
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Scaffolding collapsed, boy killed |
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| May.16 |
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Fire damages City Hall |
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| May.17 |
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Ex-priest, 55, held on child molestation |
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| May.23 |
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Goat shot dead behind elementary school |
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| Jun.4 |
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Anastasio promote to head laboratory |
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| Jun.8 |
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Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest |
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| Jun.9 |
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Body of missing 6-year-old found tied up
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| Jun.18 |
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Politically Correct Coffee Plan
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| Jun.19 |
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I-880 closed due to chemical spill |
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| Jul.4 |
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Former CEO admits securities fraud |
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| Jul.13 |
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Thousands march to stop violence Groups marched from north, east and west Oakland to city hall in the March for Peace, which was sponsored by more than 70 churches and community...
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Fraudulent research |
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| Jul.15 |
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Man and woman shot, killed in Safeway A former meat department worker Jorge Baroza, 30, shot and killed a supervisor at a store before killing himself
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| Jul.20 |
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Jail Program Gets Moms Back with Kids |
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| Jul.21 |
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Baby girl abandoned
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| Jul.22 |
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Airport evacuated after security breach
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| |
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Lab accused of moving radioactives |
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| Jul.27 |
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Tiny flying robots to aid war, exploration |
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| Jul.28 |
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Freeway crash killed 4 people A car crossed the center divider and struck an oncoming vehicle head. Both cars were consumed in the fire
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| Aug.3 |
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Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted |
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Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers |
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| Aug.19 |
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Head-on collision with CHP car
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| Aug.20 |
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6-alarm grassfire in Chabot Park
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| Aug.21 |
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Amtrak passenger train derailed |
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| Aug.23 |
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Homicide victim was cop's brother Robert Ashford, 38, was shot and killed after telling young men in a passing car to slow down
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Milk Spill Snarls Traffic on I-680 |
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| Aug.24 |
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Men Mugged 88-Year-Old Woman |
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| Aug.28 |
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A's match longest win streak since 1977
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Lecturers walked off job |
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| Aug.31 |
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A's extend winning streak to 17 games |
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| Sep.1 |
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Longest winning streak since 1953
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| Sep.2 |
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A's match AL's longest winning streak| A's are beating the Kansas City Royals 7-6 to extend baseball's longest run in 55 years | |
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| Sep.4 |
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A's set AL record by winning 20th game| Oakland Athletics blew an 11-run lead before beating Kansas City 12-11, winning 20th straight game | | |
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| Sep.6 |
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A's record 20-game win streak ends |
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| Sep.7 |
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Big patent win vs. Chiron |
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| Sep.8 |
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Raiders 31, Seattle 17 |
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| Sep.10 |
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Hills fire threatened homes |
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| Sep.13 |
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2 men, woman slained in ransacked home The 3 bodies in their 20s or 30s were found in the living room. They were victims of an apparent homicide
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| Sep.15 |
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Raiders maul Steelers with air attack |
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| Sep.16 |
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Mayor dies; police say possible suicide Police arrived at the couple's residence and found 67-year-old Ralph Appezzato dead in his living room
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| Sep.17 |
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Fire killed mother and daughter |
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| Sep.19 |
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Black Muslim leader arrested |
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| Sep.20 |
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In 4-hour span, 3 murdered
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Athletics qualify for playoffs |
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| Sep.25 |
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Death sentence for torture and murder |
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| Oct.1 |
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Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
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| Oct.2 |
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A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2
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| Oct.3 |
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4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight |
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| Oct.4 |
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A's silence Twins in Game 3 |
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| Oct.6 |
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Twins eliminate A's
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| Oct.8 |
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Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine |
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| Oct.14 |
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Oakland surpassed last year's death toll |
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| Oct.16 |
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4 arrested after transgender teen slain| Detectives have identified a body buried in the wilderness of El Dorado County as that of a 17-year-old Newark boy | |
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| Oct.18 |
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Murder Leads to Hate Crime Charges The victim, a 17-year-old boy apparently dressed as a girl. He had not attended classes so far this fall
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| Oct.20 |
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Fatal shooting at youth center |
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| Oct.22 |
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City's 90th homicide in 2002
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3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
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| Oct.23 |
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9 Indian women filed suit against landlord |
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| Oct.25 |
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Farewell to killed transgender teen |
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| Oct.30 |
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21 students injured when car hit bus
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| Oct.31 |
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Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
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| Nov.3 |
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49ers 23, Raiders 20 (ot) |
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| Nov.5 |
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Coffee measure fails Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans
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| Nov.6 |
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Measure for more police passed 3 companion measures on the ballot to fund the officers did not have the support of voters
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| |
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Incorporated city proposal rejected |
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| |
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One killed, 4 injured by gunfire |
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Tom Bates elected as mayor |
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| Nov.11 |
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Teenage girl killed, two other injured |
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| Nov.13 |
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City's 99th homicide of the year |
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| Nov.17 |
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Arrested In Murder Of Transgender Teen |
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| Nov.21 |
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Deadly Bank Robbery |
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| Nov.24 |
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100th Homicide in Oakland An 80-year-old jazz musician Taswell Baird Junior was tossed out of his wheelchair, beaten and robbed of 80-dollars
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| Nov.25 |
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Small Plane Crashes |
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| Dec.6 |
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Mayor apologizes for trashed newspapers| 1,000 copies of a university newspaper endorsing Bates' opponent were trashed during the recent elections | |
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| Dec.12 |
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Mayor Bates charged with infraction |
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| Dec.21 |
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Vehicle accident with two fatalities |
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| Dec.22 |
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Raiders wrap up AFC West Oakland gets its 3rd straight division title, by 28-16 win over Denver. Gannon set the NFL record for completions
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| Dec.28 |
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Raiders over Chiefs 24-0 to earn top seed |
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| Dec.29 |
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2 more killed |
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| Dec.31 |
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Oakland closes year at 113 killings The number of homicides has a stunning 33 percent increase in killings from the previous year
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|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.15 |
Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
|
| Jan.30 |
3-year-old dialed 911 to save grandma |
|
| Feb.4 |
50 displaced in fatal fire |
|
| Feb.9 |
Flight makes emergency landing |
|
| Feb.16 |
Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
|
| Feb.24 |
3 died in crash. DUI suspected
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| Mar.2 |
4-year-old run over by father truck |
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| Mar.20 |
3 teens die in car crash
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| Apr.10 |
Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital |
|
| Apr.12 |
Plane making landing nearly hits bicyclist |
|
| May.3 |
Hit-and-run killed highway worker |
|
| May.5 |
Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
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| May.10 |
Huge Fire at Pulp Mill Crews from around Alameda County are gathering to battle the 4-alarm blaze. Flames sparked several grass fires
|
| May.10 |
Gas Leak Shuts Down Mission Boulevard
|
| May.13 |
6-alarm fire
|
| May.15 |
Scaffolding collapsed, boy killed |
|
| May.16 |
Fire damages City Hall |
|
| Jun.19 |
I-880 closed due to chemical spill |
|
| Jul.22 |
Airport evacuated after security breach
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| Jul.22 |
Lab accused of moving radioactives |
|
| Jul.28 |
Freeway crash killed 4 people A car crossed the center divider and struck an oncoming vehicle head. Both cars were consumed in the fire
|
| Aug.19 |
Head-on collision with CHP car
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| Aug.20 |
6-alarm grassfire in Chabot Park
|
| Aug.21 |
Amtrak passenger train derailed |
|
| Aug.23 |
Milk Spill Snarls Traffic on I-680 |
|
| Sep.10 |
Hills fire threatened homes |
|
| Sep.16 |
Mayor dies; police say possible suicide Police arrived at the couple's residence and found 67-year-old Ralph Appezzato dead in his living room
|
| Sep.17 |
Fire killed mother and daughter |
|
| Oct.3 |
4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight |
|
| Oct.22 |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
|
| Oct.30 |
21 students injured when car hit bus
|
| Nov.25 |
Small Plane Crashes |
|
| Dec.21 |
Vehicle accident with two fatalities |
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|
| 2002 |
|
| Mar.1 |
Teachers to layoff |
|
| Apr.6 |
Anti-Semitic incidents |
|
| Jun.4 |
Anastasio promote to head laboratory |
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest |
|
| Jul.13 |
Fraudulent research |
|
| Jul.22 |
Lab accused of moving radioactives |
|
| Jul.27 |
Tiny flying robots to aid war, exploration |
|
| Aug.3 |
Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted |
|
| Aug.28 |
Lecturers walked off job |
|
| Oct.8 |
Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Raiders fly by Jets in playoffs 38-24 wild-card playoff victory. Rice closes on playoff TD record. He caught 9 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown
|
| Jan.19 |
Pats top Raiders in OT
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| Feb.1 |
Raider Charged With Sex Crime
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| Feb.18 |
Gruden Leaves Raiders for Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden. Coach received a five-year deal
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| Feb.28 |
John Madden Moves to ABC
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| Mar.13 |
Raiders name Callahan head coach
|
| Aug.28 |
A's match longest win streak since 1977
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| Aug.31 |
A's extend winning streak to 17 games |
|
| Sep.1 |
Longest winning streak since 1953
|
| Sep.2 |
A's match AL's longest winning streak| A's are beating the Kansas City Royals 7-6 to extend baseball's longest run in 55 years | |
|
| Sep.4 |
A's set AL record by winning 20th game| Oakland Athletics blew an 11-run lead before beating Kansas City 12-11, winning 20th straight game | | |
|
| Sep.6 |
A's record 20-game win streak ends |
|
| Sep.8 |
Raiders 31, Seattle 17 |
|
| Sep.15 |
Raiders maul Steelers with air attack |
|
| Sep.20 |
Athletics qualify for playoffs |
|
| Oct.1 |
Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
|
| Oct.2 |
A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2
|
| Oct.4 |
A's silence Twins in Game 3 |
|
| Oct.6 |
Twins eliminate A's
|
| Nov.3 |
49ers 23, Raiders 20 (ot) |
|
| Dec.22 |
Raiders wrap up AFC West Oakland gets its 3rd straight division title, by 28-16 win over Denver. Gannon set the NFL record for completions
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| Dec.28 |
Raiders over Chiefs 24-0 to earn top seed |
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|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.3 |
Providian to cut 800 jobs Credit card issuer will cut a 6% of its work force, to make the troubled company more efficient
|
| Feb.28 |
John Madden Moves to ABC
|
| Mar.1 |
Teachers to layoff |
|
| Mar.7 |
Kaiser Permanente names new CEO
|
| Mar.29 |
BART to OAK connector approved |
|
| Apr.1 |
McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
|
| Jun.18 |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan
|
| Jul.4 |
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
|
| Aug.28 |
Lecturers walked off job |
|
| Sep.7 |
Big patent win vs. Chiron |
|
| Oct.31 |
Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
|
| Nov.5 |
Coffee measure fails Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.7 |
Officer shot, wanted suspect killed |
|
| Jan.8 |
Afgan community leader killed |
|
| Jan.15 |
Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
|
| Jan.17 |
Symbionese Army member arrested William Harris in Oakland charged with the 1975 slaying of a woman shot during a Sacramento bank robbery
|
| Feb.1 |
Raider Charged With Sex Crime
|
| Feb.12 |
Teen Escapes from Kidnapping Attempt
|
| Feb.16 |
Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
|
| Feb.19 |
Parole killed one and stabbed wife |
|
| Mar.27 |
Robbery suspect killed |
|
| Apr.6 |
Anti-Semitic incidents |
|
| Apr.9 |
Priest arrested for alleged molestation
|
| Apr.10 |
Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital |
|
| Apr.27 |
Robbers hit Brink's truck |
|
| May.3 |
Hit-and-run killed highway worker |
|
| May.4 |
2 homicides |
|
| May.5 |
Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
|
| May.17 |
Ex-priest, 55, held on child molestation |
|
| May.23 |
Goat shot dead behind elementary school |
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest |
|
| Jun.9 |
Body of missing 6-year-old found tied up
|
| Jul.4 |
Former CEO admits securities fraud |
|
| Jul.15 |
Man and woman shot, killed in Safeway A former meat department worker Jorge Baroza, 30, shot and killed a supervisor at a store before killing himself
|
| Jul.20 |
Jail Program Gets Moms Back with Kids |
|
| Jul.21 |
Baby girl abandoned
|
| Aug.23 |
Homicide victim was cop's brother Robert Ashford, 38, was shot and killed after telling young men in a passing car to slow down
|
| Aug.24 |
Men Mugged 88-Year-Old Woman |
|
| Sep.13 |
2 men, woman slained in ransacked home The 3 bodies in their 20s or 30s were found in the living room. They were victims of an apparent homicide
|
| Sep.19 |
Black Muslim leader arrested |
|
| Sep.20 |
In 4-hour span, 3 murdered
|
| Sep.25 |
Death sentence for torture and murder |
|
| Oct.14 |
Oakland surpassed last year's death toll |
|
| Oct.16 |
4 arrested after transgender teen slain| Detectives have identified a body buried in the wilderness of El Dorado County as that of a 17-year-old Newark boy | |
|
| Oct.18 |
Murder Leads to Hate Crime Charges The victim, a 17-year-old boy apparently dressed as a girl. He had not attended classes so far this fall
|
| Oct.20 |
Fatal shooting at youth center |
|
| Oct.22 |
City's 90th homicide in 2002
|
| Oct.22 |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
|
| Oct.23 |
9 Indian women filed suit against landlord |
|
| Nov.6 |
One killed, 4 injured by gunfire |
|
| Nov.11 |
Teenage girl killed, two other injured |
|
| Nov.13 |
City's 99th homicide of the year |
|
| Nov.17 |
Arrested In Murder Of Transgender Teen |
|
| Nov.21 |
Deadly Bank Robbery |
|
| Nov.24 |
100th Homicide in Oakland An 80-year-old jazz musician Taswell Baird Junior was tossed out of his wheelchair, beaten and robbed of 80-dollars
|
| Dec.12 |
Mayor Bates charged with infraction |
|
| Dec.29 |
2 more killed |
|
| Dec.31 |
Oakland closes year at 113 killings The number of homicides has a stunning 33 percent increase in killings from the previous year
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.20 |
VP Cheney attends fundraiser
|
| Mar.5 |
Mayor Jerry Brown easily wins re-election| Brown easily won re-election to a second term by 63% after a campaign run in relative obscurity | | |
|
| Apr.2 |
Protest shuts down access to freeway |
|
| Apr.9 |
Dozens Arrested in Anti-Israel Protest
|
| Jun.8 |
Charges Dropped Over Israeli Protest |
|
| Jun.18 |
Politically Correct Coffee Plan
|
| Jul.13 |
Thousands march to stop violence Groups marched from north, east and west Oakland to city hall in the March for Peace, which was sponsored by more than 70 churches and community...
|
| Aug.3 |
Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers |
|
| Sep.16 |
Mayor dies; police say possible suicide Police arrived at the couple's residence and found 67-year-old Ralph Appezzato dead in his living room
|
| Sep.19 |
Black Muslim leader arrested |
|
| Oct.25 |
Farewell to killed transgender teen |
|
| Nov.5 |
Coffee measure fails Voters rejected a measure that would have made it a crime to sell coffee that wasn't made from the right beans
|
| Nov.6 |
Measure for more police passed 3 companion measures on the ballot to fund the officers did not have the support of voters
|
| Nov.6 |
Incorporated city proposal rejected |
|
| Nov.6 |
Tom Bates elected as mayor |
|
| Dec.6 |
Mayor apologizes for trashed newspapers| 1,000 copies of a university newspaper endorsing Bates' opponent were trashed during the recent elections | |
|
| Dec.12 |
Mayor Bates charged with infraction |
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