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2003
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Oakland Downtown, January 2003
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| Jan.27 |
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3,400 new housing units
| Jan.31 |
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Players a No-Show at Raiders Rally Raiders fans showed up, but the team was a no-show, at a rally to celebrate a championship season | |
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| Mar.11 |
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One dead in accident involving bus Woman is dead after an Alameda County Transit bus collided with her Jeep Cherokee. 7 more injured
| Mar.18 |
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Matson moves from SF to Oakland
| Mar.19 |
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Kaiser Center sold for $100 million 28-story tower has been sold to a Southern California company Summit Commercial Properties of Los Angeles
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| Apr.5 |
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Rally protests not just war, but its costs Marchers gathered to protest that domestic programs will suffer as billions of dollars are spent on the war | |
| Apr.12 |
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Elderly man in critical following crash
| Apr.26 |
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Protest Over Police Tactics Protestors marched on the City Hall to draw attention to the tactics police used to break up a April 7th anti-war protest | |
| Apr.27 |
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Died in two-alarm fire Cause of death of Charles Allen, 74, will most likely be ruled asphyxiation with severe burns
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| May.9 |
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Lightship might become state landmark
| May.15 |
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Janitors stage one-night walkout 300 janitors staged a walkout as union leaders met with their employers to discuss rising health care costs
| May.27 |
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Police Use Tear Gas to Break Up Carnival About 50 officers had to work overtime to break up a public disturbance. Crowd began throwing objects at police
| May.29 |
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In critical condition after shooting 1644 Catron Drive
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| Jun.25 |
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Killed at restaurant A shooting at a Chinese food restaurant resulted in the death of one person
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| Jul.7 |
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2-alarm fire quickly extinguished Firefighters extinguished a residential fire in about 15 minutes
| Jul.23 |
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Deadly Shooting at Motel Someone knocked on the victim's door at the Economy Inn, and when the man when to answer it, he was shot and killed
| Jul.25 |
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Armed robbery of Jack London Inn Suspect allegedly entered the waterfront inn armed with a silver revolver
| Jul.29 |
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Fire Station Shut Down in Dispute The city to close the Jack London Square Station after negotiations with the firefighters union broke down | |
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| Aug.25 |
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Record heat Downtown Oakland's 91 degrees beat a 1993 record; Richmond's 91 broke the 1959 record of 87
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| Sep.12 |
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Historic Sweet's Ballroom Reopens Professor William Sweet created the place. For 17 years it was closed
| Sep.13 |
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Man died after shooting A bullet struck man in the head across from a nightclub, which became the scene of a large fight and more gunfire
| Sep.30 |
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Child Dies in hit-and-run A woman drove up on the sidewalk. One child was hit and killed, and another pedestrian was injured
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| Oct.3 |
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Ballet postpones performances The new date scheduled for Oct. 10 through Oct. 12 at the Paramount Theatre, for Program II will be Nov. 7
| Oct.6 |
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Man found shot to death The shooting brings the total number of homicides so far in 2003 in Oakland to 98
| Oct.29 |
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Dean makes presidential campaign stop Former Vermont Gov. is denouncing Bush's racial politics and raising money from supporters
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| Dec.30 |
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11,000 customers without power Crews worked to repair downed power lines and other storm damage
| Dec.31 |
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Man, 21, shot dead near Lake Merritt Bruno Basto, 21, was shot during a dispute with two men after exchanging racial epithets outside Kaiser Center | |
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