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| Jan.1 |
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Oakland bicyclist is 114th slaying |
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| Jan.2 |
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Berkeley activist held in Israeli jail
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| Jan.5 |
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2 more homicides |
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| Jan.8 |
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Violent criminal escaped from hospital |
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| Jan.13 |
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3 Homicides in 12 Hours
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| Jan.16 |
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Tanker carrying ammonia overturned
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| Jan.19 |
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Basketball Player Dies of Meningitis
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Man and woman killed |
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City Begs Gov. to Abandon Budget Cuts |
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| Jan.20 |
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2 small earthquakes
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| Jan.26 |
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Raiders Hire New Head Coach
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Teen Boys Pimp Even Younger Girls
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| Jan.29 |
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Pixar dumps Disney| Pixar Animation Studios ended talks with Walt Disney to extend a 5-picture deal for Disney to distribute Pixar films | |
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| Feb.1 |
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Shooting, 1 killed, 2 injured |
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Mother and daughter clubbed to death 38-year-old and 19-year-old were walking toward the mother's place of employment when they were attacked
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| Feb.2 |
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Honor Student Gunned Down |
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| Feb.9 |
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Parnell convicted of trying to buy little boy Kenneth Parnell became infamous for kidnapping a 7-year-old boy 30 years ago. He could face up to life imprisonment
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| Feb.13 |
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Convicted sex offender takes residence |
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| Feb.14 |
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Stanford knocks off archrival for 21st win |
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| Feb.28 |
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Kerry speaks to cheering crowd |
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Possible sniper shootings
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| Feb.29 |
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Shooting left one dead and two wounded |
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8 sniper shootings reported on I-580 |
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| Mar.6 |
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Police officer shot during struggle |
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| Mar.14 |
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Sex Offender: Public Should Not Fear Him |
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| Mar.21 |
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Abbey: Final Mass Before Shutting Down
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| Mar.23 |
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Anti-crime measure goes down in defeat |
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| Apr.5 |
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2 dead, driver sought after car hits tree |
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| Apr.8 |
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Marine killed in Iraq |
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| Apr.15 |
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Parnell gets 25 years to life |
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| Apr.17 |
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No rocket launchers found during search
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| Apr.26 |
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Slain transgender teen begged for mercy
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Trial begins in case against factory owner |
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| May.2 |
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2 died after vehicle spun out of control |
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| May.14 |
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Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid |
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| May.15 |
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Big drop in slayings, fewer than in S.F. With 30 slayings so far this year, Oakland is 30% behind last year's pace
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| May.17 |
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One killed and 4 wounded in shooting |
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| May.19 |
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Warriors fire Musselman, hire Montgomery Eric Musselman was fired Wednesday after just 2 seasons as coach and will be replaced by Stanford's Mike Montgomery
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White accepts two-year doping ban
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| May.20 |
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Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics |
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Impact report OKd for Pixar expansion |
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| May.21 |
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Warriors give Montgomery 4-year deal
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| May.22 |
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Students denounce professor for memo |
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| May.23 |
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Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized SBC alleges that phone wires were cut at 6 neighborhood junction boxes during the first 2 days of a 4-day strike by operators
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| May.26 |
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PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time
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| Jun.9 |
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2 High School Students Shot on Campus
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| Jun.10 |
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Researchers exposed to deadly anthrax A shipping foul up led six researchers to believe they were working with dead rather than live bacteria
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| Jun.18 |
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2 people shot at church |
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| Jun.22 |
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Transgender teen case ends in mistrial| The trial of 3 men charged with killing ended with the jury declaring they were deadlocked | | |
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| Jun.26 |
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R rating not enforced for Moore film |
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| Jun.30 |
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Gunman kills self in Air Force office |
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| Jul.1 |
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Refusal to see doctor blamed in 2 deaths |
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| Jul.8 |
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ATF finds stolen explosives |
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Arrest made in stolen explosives case |
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| Jul.18 |
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Homeless Beaten, Killed in Ruthless Attack |
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Man shot to death |
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| Jul.22 |
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Motorcycle Cop Dies in Highway Crash A veteran cop died when he was hit by a big rig. The big rig did not stop. The driver was detained
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| Jul.24 |
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Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again |
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| Jul.28 |
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Robert Birgeneau named chancellor
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| Aug.2 |
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No-boating zones around airports |
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| Aug.18 |
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Black Muslim bakery owner's body found |
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| Aug.24 |
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Perata Wins Senate Leader Vote |
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| Aug.30 |
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Health care workers walk out in protest |
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| Sep.1 |
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Swimmer Shows Off Cluster of Medals |
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| Sep.9 |
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Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| Sep.10 |
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Alaska Air shuts base, 340 laid off |
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Four Dead in Head-On Collision
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| Sep.13 |
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Infant dies, mother in critical condition |
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| Sep.14 |
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Texas player hurls chair at fans Reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the right field box seats, hitting 2 spectators in the head
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Texas pitcher arrested for hurling chair |
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3 killed, 9 injured in gang-related violence The 2 incidents, which occurred two hours apart, followed an altercation between rival Hispanic gangs at a cemetery
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| Sep.19 |
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Rice's streak ends in Raiders' victory |
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| Sep.21 |
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Police Chase Ends in Fiery Crash. 2 Died
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| Sep.22 |
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Complains About Tap Water
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| Sep.23 |
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Deadly drive-by shooting |
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| Sep.26 |
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Alameda marine among killed in Iraq
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| Oct.1 |
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PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | |
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| Oct.2 |
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Angels win AL West. A's end season
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| Oct.5 |
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Flu maker Chiron slashes profit outlook Chiron cut its profit forecast by more than half after British officials pulled the company's license
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| Oct.6 |
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Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
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| Oct.7 |
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$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings The mural was unveiled outside the city's new library with misspellings of Einstein, Shakespeare, Van Gogh
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| Oct.9 |
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Police Chief Considering Move |
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| Oct.19 |
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Hacker Hits University Computer A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians
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'Sausage King' Found Guilty of 3 Murders |
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| Oct.23 |
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County Frustrated Over Vaccine Shortage |
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| Oct.31 |
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Schwarzenegger Barnstorms for Bush |
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| Nov.1 |
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Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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| Nov.3 |
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Tax and prostitution measures defeated |
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Tax to expand police slightly ahead |
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| Nov.5 |
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Police Shoot and Kill Man with Ax |
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| Nov.7 |
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2 separate murders |
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| Nov.10 |
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid |
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| Nov.19 |
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PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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| Nov.20 |
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No. 4 Cal routs Stanford 41-6 |
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PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid
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3,000 remained without power |
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| Nov.21 |
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Gunfire kills 2
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| Nov.22 |
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Man slain in Denny's parking lot |
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| Nov.23 |
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Soccer ref beaten by coach Bruce Greenlee, 59, says he will press charges against his attacker
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| Nov.24 |
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Elephant Seal Rescued from Ditch |
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| Nov.25 |
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Stolen car crashed into Starbucks |
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| Nov.27 |
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Emeryville Sees Second Murder in Week
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2 died off Interstate 680 |
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Man found fatally wounded on street |
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| Nov.28 |
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Woman found dead with fatal gunshot |
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| Nov.29 |
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'Death Cap' Mushroom Leaves One Dead
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| Dec.2 |
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Hospital Strike Turns to Lockout |
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| Dec.5 |
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Cal Aced Out of Trip to Rose Bowl |
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| Dec.13 |
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Pleasanton Wary of PeopleSoft Deal |
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Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion 
PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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| Dec.14 |
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Death Penalty for 'Sausage King' An Alameda County Superior Court jury recommended the death penalty for Stuart Alexander for killing 3 inspectors
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| Dec.18 |
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A's trade Mulder for Haren, Calero |
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| Dec.19 |
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5 injuried after fire |
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| Dec.22 |
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Boy abducted by father| Police said Jose Osuna, 38, abducted his son, Ernesto Osuna, 13 | |
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Boy Found, Amber Alert Canceled |
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| Dec.23 |
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Power outage hits 4,300 customers |
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| Dec.26 |
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One person killed, another injured in fire |
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| Dec.28 |
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PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover
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City settled sex suit against police office |
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| Dec.29 |
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Homicide rate plummeted 23% The rate in the city has plummeted after an anti-violence plan and greater teamwork with prosecutors
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.16 |
Tanker carrying ammonia overturned
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| Jan.19 |
Basketball Player Dies of Meningitis
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| Jan.20 |
2 small earthquakes
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| Apr.5 |
2 dead, driver sought after car hits tree |
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| May.2 |
2 died after vehicle spun out of control |
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| Jun.10 |
Researchers exposed to deadly anthrax A shipping foul up led six researchers to believe they were working with dead rather than live bacteria
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| Jul.22 |
Motorcycle Cop Dies in Highway Crash A veteran cop died when he was hit by a big rig. The big rig did not stop. The driver was detained
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| Sep.10 |
Four Dead in Head-On Collision
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| Sep.22 |
Complains About Tap Water
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| Oct.23 |
County Frustrated Over Vaccine Shortage |
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| Nov.20 |
3,000 remained without power |
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| Nov.24 |
Elephant Seal Rescued from Ditch |
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| Nov.25 |
Stolen car crashed into Starbucks |
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| Nov.27 |
2 died off Interstate 680 |
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| Nov.29 |
'Death Cap' Mushroom Leaves One Dead
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| Dec.19 |
5 injuried after fire |
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| Dec.23 |
Power outage hits 4,300 customers |
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| Dec.26 |
One person killed, another injured in fire |
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| 2004 |
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| May.22 |
Students denounce professor for memo |
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| Jun.9 |
2 High School Students Shot on Campus
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| Jun.10 |
Researchers exposed to deadly anthrax A shipping foul up led six researchers to believe they were working with dead rather than live bacteria
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| Jul.28 |
Robert Birgeneau named chancellor
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| Oct.7 |
$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings The mural was unveiled outside the city's new library with misspellings of Einstein, Shakespeare, Van Gogh
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| Oct.19 |
Hacker Hits University Computer A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.29 |
Pixar dumps Disney| Pixar Animation Studios ended talks with Walt Disney to extend a 5-picture deal for Disney to distribute Pixar films | |
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| May.14 |
Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid |
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| May.20 |
Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics |
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| May.20 |
Impact report OKd for Pixar expansion |
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| May.23 |
Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized SBC alleges that phone wires were cut at 6 neighborhood junction boxes during the first 2 days of a 4-day strike by operators
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| May.26 |
PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time
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| Jun.26 |
R rating not enforced for Moore film |
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| Jul.24 |
Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again |
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| Aug.30 |
Health care workers walk out in protest |
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| Sep.9 |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| Sep.10 |
Alaska Air shuts base, 340 laid off |
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| Oct.1 |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | |
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| Oct.5 |
Flu maker Chiron slashes profit outlook Chiron cut its profit forecast by more than half after British officials pulled the company's license
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| Oct.6 |
Tribe wants to build casino near Airport
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| Nov.1 |
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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| Nov.10 |
PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid |
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| Nov.19 |
PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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| Nov.20 |
PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid
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| Dec.2 |
Hospital Strike Turns to Lockout |
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| Dec.13 |
Pleasanton Wary of PeopleSoft Deal |
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion 
PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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| Dec.28 |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.19 |
Basketball Player Dies of Meningitis
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| Jan.26 |
Raiders Hire New Head Coach
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| Feb.14 |
Stanford knocks off archrival for 21st win |
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| May.19 |
Warriors fire Musselman, hire Montgomery Eric Musselman was fired Wednesday after just 2 seasons as coach and will be replaced by Stanford's Mike Montgomery
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| May.19 |
White accepts two-year doping ban
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| May.21 |
Warriors give Montgomery 4-year deal
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| Sep.1 |
Swimmer Shows Off Cluster of Medals |
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| Sep.14 |
Texas player hurls chair at fans Reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the right field box seats, hitting 2 spectators in the head
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| Sep.14 |
Texas pitcher arrested for hurling chair |
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| Sep.19 |
Rice's streak ends in Raiders' victory |
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| Oct.2 |
Angels win AL West. A's end season
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| Nov.20 |
No. 4 Cal routs Stanford 41-6 |
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| Nov.23 |
Soccer ref beaten by coach Bruce Greenlee, 59, says he will press charges against his attacker
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| Dec.5 |
Cal Aced Out of Trip to Rose Bowl |
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| Dec.18 |
A's trade Mulder for Haren, Calero |
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.1 |
Oakland bicyclist is 114th slaying |
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| Jan.5 |
2 more homicides |
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| Jan.8 |
Violent criminal escaped from hospital |
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| Jan.13 |
3 Homicides in 12 Hours
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| Jan.19 |
Man and woman killed |
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| Jan.26 |
Teen Boys Pimp Even Younger Girls
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| Feb.1 |
Shooting, 1 killed, 2 injured |
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| Feb.1 |
Mother and daughter clubbed to death 38-year-old and 19-year-old were walking toward the mother's place of employment when they were attacked
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| Feb.2 |
Honor Student Gunned Down |
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| Feb.9 |
Parnell convicted of trying to buy little boy Kenneth Parnell became infamous for kidnapping a 7-year-old boy 30 years ago. He could face up to life imprisonment
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| Feb.13 |
Convicted sex offender takes residence |
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| Feb.28 |
Possible sniper shootings
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| Feb.29 |
Shooting left one dead and two wounded |
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| Feb.29 |
8 sniper shootings reported on I-580 |
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| Mar.6 |
Police officer shot during struggle |
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| Mar.14 |
Sex Offender: Public Should Not Fear Him |
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| Mar.23 |
Anti-crime measure goes down in defeat |
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| Apr.5 |
2 dead, driver sought after car hits tree |
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| Apr.15 |
Parnell gets 25 years to life |
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| Apr.17 |
No rocket launchers found during search
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| Apr.26 |
Slain transgender teen begged for mercy
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| Apr.26 |
Trial begins in case against factory owner |
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| May.15 |
Big drop in slayings, fewer than in S.F. With 30 slayings so far this year, Oakland is 30% behind last year's pace
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| May.17 |
One killed and 4 wounded in shooting |
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| May.23 |
Phone Equipment Allegedly Vandalized SBC alleges that phone wires were cut at 6 neighborhood junction boxes during the first 2 days of a 4-day strike by operators
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| Jun.9 |
2 High School Students Shot on Campus
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| Jun.18 |
2 people shot at church |
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| Jun.22 |
Transgender teen case ends in mistrial| The trial of 3 men charged with killing ended with the jury declaring they were deadlocked | | |
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| Jun.30 |
Gunman kills self in Air Force office |
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| Jul.1 |
Refusal to see doctor blamed in 2 deaths |
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| Jul.8 |
ATF finds stolen explosives |
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| Jul.8 |
Arrest made in stolen explosives case |
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| Jul.18 |
Homeless Beaten, Killed in Ruthless Attack |
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| Jul.18 |
Man shot to death |
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| Aug.2 |
No-boating zones around airports |
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| Aug.18 |
Black Muslim bakery owner's body found |
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| Sep.13 |
Infant dies, mother in critical condition |
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| Sep.14 |
Texas player hurls chair at fans Reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the right field box seats, hitting 2 spectators in the head
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| Sep.14 |
Texas pitcher arrested for hurling chair |
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| Sep.14 |
3 killed, 9 injured in gang-related violence The 2 incidents, which occurred two hours apart, followed an altercation between rival Hispanic gangs at a cemetery
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| Sep.21 |
Police Chase Ends in Fiery Crash. 2 Died
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| Sep.23 |
Deadly drive-by shooting |
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| Oct.19 |
Hacker Hits University Computer A computer hacker accessed names and Social Security numbers of about 1.4 million Californians
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| Oct.19 |
'Sausage King' Found Guilty of 3 Murders |
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| Nov.3 |
Tax and prostitution measures defeated |
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| Nov.5 |
Police Shoot and Kill Man with Ax |
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| Nov.7 |
2 separate murders |
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| Nov.21 |
Gunfire kills 2
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| Nov.22 |
Man slain in Denny's parking lot |
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| Nov.25 |
Stolen car crashed into Starbucks |
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| Nov.27 |
Emeryville Sees Second Murder in Week
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| Nov.27 |
Man found fatally wounded on street |
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| Nov.28 |
Woman found dead with fatal gunshot |
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| Dec.14 |
Death Penalty for 'Sausage King' An Alameda County Superior Court jury recommended the death penalty for Stuart Alexander for killing 3 inspectors
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| Dec.22 |
Boy abducted by father| Police said Jose Osuna, 38, abducted his son, Ernesto Osuna, 13 | |
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| Dec.22 |
Boy Found, Amber Alert Canceled |
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| Dec.28 |
City settled sex suit against police office |
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| Dec.29 |
Homicide rate plummeted 23% The rate in the city has plummeted after an anti-violence plan and greater teamwork with prosecutors
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| 2004 |
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| Jan.2 |
Berkeley activist held in Israeli jail
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| Jan.19 |
City Begs Gov. to Abandon Budget Cuts |
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| Feb.28 |
Kerry speaks to cheering crowd |
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| Mar.21 |
Abbey: Final Mass Before Shutting Down
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| Mar.23 |
Anti-crime measure goes down in defeat |
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| Apr.8 |
Marine killed in Iraq |
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| May.22 |
Students denounce professor for memo |
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| Jun.26 |
R rating not enforced for Moore film |
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| Jul.24 |
Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again |
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| Aug.24 |
Perata Wins Senate Leader Vote |
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| Sep.26 |
Alameda marine among killed in Iraq
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| Oct.9 |
Police Chief Considering Move |
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| Oct.31 |
Schwarzenegger Barnstorms for Bush |
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| Nov.3 |
Tax and prostitution measures defeated |
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| Nov.3 |
Tax to expand police slightly ahead |