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January 2005 ... more > Top ^
	Jan.5	SF City Hall
		49ers		Coach Erickson, GM Donahue let go
	Jan.6	Stanford		Student presumed dead after tsunami
	Jan.11	SF City Hall		Dog humane treatment law passed
	Jan.12	Apple		Profits quadruple as iPod sales surge
	Jan.14	Pleasanton
	Jan.17	49ers		Mike Nolan New 49ers Coach
	Jan.18	San Jose City Hall
	Jan.19	San Quentin
		Golden Gate Bridge		Filmmaker recorded suicides
	Jan.25	SF City Hall		Smoking banned in some outdoor spaces
	Jan.26	SF City Hall		City considering fee on grocery bags
		Hayward		CSU-Hayward drops the Hayward
		San Mateo		FBI raid home of accused steroid dealer
February 2005 ... more > Top ^
	Feb.1	Google		7-fold improvement in quarter profit
	Feb.4	San Francisco
	Feb.9	HP
		Sunnyvale		Family Of Four Hit By Car
	Feb.13	SF City Hall		Same-sex anniversary rally
		Los Gatos
	Feb.15	San Leandro		'Sausage king' gets death penalty
	Feb.16	San Jose		City Mourns Hockey Season Cancelation
	Feb.17	Livermore		38 guns stolen
	Feb.22	Barry Bonds
	Feb.24	Golden Gate Bridge		Tentative Approval for Suicide Barrier
		East Oakland		Radical Methods to Curtail Prostitution
March 2005 ... more > Top ^
	Mar.1	SF Downtown		Explosion and Fire in Apartment Building
	Mar.5	Golden Gate Bridge		Cranes Clear Bay Spans
	Mar.9	San Rafael		Elderly woman fights to remain in hospital
	Mar.11	Concord
		Apple		Apple Wins Trade Secrets Legal Dispute
		Golden Gate Bridge		Officials Approve Suicide Barrier Study
	Mar.14	San Francisco		Judge: gay unions' ban unconstitutional
	Mar.16	Redwood City
	Mar.18	San Francisco
		Berkeley		Woman, 75, stabbed near Rose Garden
	Mar.20	South SF
	Mar.21	Oakland		Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B
		Fremont		Police begin new burglar alarm policy
	Mar.22	Oakland		Jury awards Williams $340,000
		Barry Bonds		Bonds may miss entire season
	Mar.23	San Jose Downtown

Mar.24   San Francisco Archdiocese Ordered to Pay to Victim Mar.25  SFSU  RoboGames start Mar.28  UC Berkeley  Info Stolen from Thousands of Students Mar.29  San Francisco  Fagan Found Not Guilty in Cop Brawl Case  HP  Mark Hurd named as new CEO Mar.30  SF City Hall  New Pot Clubs Stopped After Moratorium

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Apr.4  Cupertino  Students Sent Home to Prove Residency Apr.5  Pac Bell Park  Bonds gets standing ovation at opener Apr.6   Bay Bridge   Welders: New Bridge Unsafe  The FBI is investigating disturbing claims that the new span being built is riddled with defective welds Apr.9  Google  Execs paid $1 a year Apr.10  Napa  Desk collapse hospitalizes 11   Golden Gate Bridge Bridge Worker Shot Apr.11  SJSU  University Suspends Dance Team Apr.15   SFO Cargo Handlers Accused of Stealing Apr.16  San Jose  Toddler Stabbed to Death  SF Zoo  Zoo Sells Naming Rights To Grizzlies Apr.18  Adobe  Adobe to acquire Macromedia for $3.4b Apr.21  Emeryville  Shooting inside Amtrak station kills 1  San Jose  Woman who found finger arrested Apr.23   Pittsburg   Police officer shot  The officer was shot in a confrontation with 2 suspects near the Somersville Town Centre shopping mall Apr.26  South San Jose  Mountain Lion Shot and Killed Apr.27  Apple  Apple yanks book on Jobs Apr.29  Tiburon  Car Goes Out of Control, injures 9  Oakland  Son of City Council President arrested

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May 2005 ... more >

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May.1   Alamo   Alamo Resident Held Captive in Iraq  63-year old Australian Douglas Wood who lives with his American wife is being held hostage by a militant group May.2  San Francisco  Panel Endorses SF for Stem Cell Center May.4   Martinez Jurors Find Nanny Guilty of 2nd-D. Murder  Bay Bridge  Feds: Bay Bridge Welds Not Faulty May.6  San Jose  Ayala brought to County Jail   San Francisco     SF Gets Stem Cell Headquarters

The 29-member committee made the decision over San Diego, Sacramento and Emeryville.    Members of the governing board that oversees the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, took 2 roll-call votes to decide the contest. Mayor Newsom called it a historic achievement for a city a...

Bay Area in May 2005 (20)

May.8  Napa  4.1 Earthquake May.9  UC Berkeley  Alcohol Banned At Fraternities, Sororities May.11  Martinez  Suspect Who Attacked Jail Arrested May.12   Hercules Student Beating Posted On Internet

 SF Downtown  'Star Wars' Premiere Held May.13   Concord Naval Weapons Station be closed   San Francisco   Archbishop Levada new Vatican enforcer  William Levada has a track record of upholding Roman Catholic policies while deftly handling controversy   San Jose Police Solve Case Of Missing Finger May.15  Rohnert Park  Rugby team parent roughs up referee May.17  Berkeley  Police Officer Shot May.19  Oakland  Not Guilty Verdicts in Riders Case May.20   San Francisco Doctor Found Stabbed May.23  Berkeley  Explosion at Junior High No Accident  Apple  Apple considering jumping to Intel chips May.24   SF Mission Gang Members Took Over Woman's Home May.27  Davies Hall  Rice Defends Iraq Policy in SF Speech May.31   Santa Rosa   Santa Rosa Man is Deep Throat

Former FBI official W. Mark Felt stepped forward as the secret Washington Post source that helped bring down Nixon.    Felt was the anonymous source whose rendezvous with investigative reporter Bob Woodward helped crack Watergate and led to Ni...

Bay Area in May 2005 (20)

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Jun.1   49ers Training Tape Embarrasses 49'ers   West San Jose Racial Epithets Burned On Lawns Jun.2   SF Downtown Mayor Opens Environmental Conference  Sun  Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion Jun.3   SF Sunset   Dog Mauling Claims Life of Boy  2 dogs were at the location, one of which was shot after it attempted to prevent officers from entering the premises Jun.5  East Contra Costa  320-acre wildfire Jun.7  SF City Hall  Ordinance Introduced On Corpse Exhibits  SF Zoo  Zoo Names Grizzy Bears Jun.8  Richmond  Bomb Scare at Amtrak, BART Jun.10  East Palo Alto  Muslim leader interviewed in investigation  Petaluma  Missing Mother and Daughter Found Dead Jun.14   San Jose City Hall Investigation Probes Mayor's Trash Deal Jun.15  Alamo  Alamo Man Freed In Iraq By Daring Raid Jun.16   San Jose Child Molester May Have Hundreds Victims Jun.17  Highway 580  Fatal Crash On I-580; 4 Dead Jun.20  SF City Hall  Fire Chief In Domestic Violence Incident   Richmond State of Emergency Debated Jun.22  SF Sunset  Major Pot Club Crackdown  BART  Workers Vote To Authorize Strike Jun.23  SF Sunset  Mother Charged in Dog Mauling Death Jun.24   Bay Bridge Compromise Deal Reached on Bridge Jun.26  SF Downtown  Annual gay pride parade Jun.27  Bay Bridge  New FasTrak lanes open without incident Jun.28  AMD  AMD files antitrust suit against Intel

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July 2005 ... more >

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Jul.6   BART Strike Averted After Early Morning Deal  Walnut Creek  Husband shot wife and self at Kaiser Jul.8  SF Mission  SFPD Officer Struck By Protestors Jul.12   San Jose Bones Found In River Prehistoric  Oakland City Hall  Spectators Will Be Cited At Sideshows Jul.13  Apple  Solid 3Q results thanks to iPod sales Jul.17  Berkeley  19-Year-Old Grad Killed Jul.19   HP Hewlett-Packard cuts 14,500 staff  Livermore  Thousand-Acre Wildfire Burns Jul.22  San Jose City Hall  Jury Calls Mayor's Conduct Deceptive Jul.26   San Leandro   Officer Fatally Shot  One reportedly drew a handgun and shot the officer multiple times. Police are seeking Irving Ramirez, 22

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August 2005 ... more >

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Aug.4  San Francisco  Bribery Arrest at Building Inspection Dept. Aug.5   Los Gatos Officer Shot In Pot Raid  Oakland  Diocese To Pay $56 Million In Abuse Suits Aug.10  San Francisco  KNBR fires radio host for Giants' remarks Aug.12   Campbell   Man killed 10 ducks at car wash  Man run ducks repeatedly with his car and threw some ducks against or into his car  Coliseum  Plan For New A's Stadium Aug.15   Dublin 2nd man dies in officer-involved shooting  San Francisco  City's first human case of West Nile virus Aug.18   San Mateo Four Dead In Shooting Aug.19   SF Downtown   Woman burned in underground explosion  The blast appeared to have come from a PG&E vault and was centered around the Crocker Galleria buckling the sidewalk Aug.20  SF Downtown  Anti-War Protestors Set Up 'Camp Casey' Aug.21   49ers Herrion dies after football game Aug.24   East Oakland Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds  Pacific Heights  SF Cancels Weekend Ski Jump Aug.28   Oakland Downtown Shots Fired At Massive Sideshow Aug.29  Golden Gate Bridge  Ostrich snarled traffic

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September 2005 ... more >

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Sep.1  East Palo Alto  Shooting left 3 people dead Sep.7  Apple  Apple unveils music-playing cell phone Sep.9   Western Addition New Central Freeway Opens  San Jose  Couple Pleads Guilty In Chili Finger Scam Sep.10   Mountain View Family Finally Told Truth Sep.12   Oracle Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal   Hayward 2 guilty of murder in Araujo trial  Pac Bell Park  Bonds finally makes season Sep.13  San Jose City Hall  Madison Nguyen Wins Race Sep.15  SF Mission  Three Die In Apartment Fire Sep.24  SF Mission  Anti-War Protesters March And Rally Sep.26  Antioch  Iraq Bomb Blast Kills Antioch Solder Sep.27  Coliseum  A's Eliminated On Their Home Turf Sep.28  Napa  Arrest Made In Double Murder Sep.29   Pacific Heights   Ski Jump Extravaganza  Hundreds of people flocked in 80-degree weather to see skiers and snowboarders zooming right down

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October 2005 ... more >

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Oct.1  San Francisco  Google Wants Free Wireless For City Oct.7  Orinda  Neighborhood On Lookout For Killer Deer Oct.9  San Francisco  Tiger wins AmEx Oct.10  Stanford  University Wins Robot Car Challenge  SF Downtown  9-Year-Old Boy Swims Alcatraz To SF Oct.12   Apple Video iPod introduced   Vallejo Flames Erupt At Mare Island Warehouse  East Oakland  Five-Alarm Blaze Chars Warehouse Oct.13  SF City Hall  Treasure Island Director Fired Oct.16   Lafayette   Wife of Prominent Attorney Found Dead Map

Daniel Horowitz called 911 to report that the body of Pamela Vitale was found in the entryway of their home.    Horowitz who is a regular television legal commentator said: 'I can't talk. I can't. It's beyond words.' 52-year-old Pamela Vitale, a former high-tech ex...

Bay Area in October 2005 (17)

Oct.17  Orinda  Mistrial in Susan Polk Murder Trial Oct.18   Redwood City Fire Puts Suspicious Total At 11  Sausalito  Longtime Sports Announcer Bill King Dies Oct.19   SF Downtown   3 Children Tossed Into Bay  Police are searching the waters around Pier 7, after a woman tossed 3 children off the pier and into the bay Oct.20   Google Spectacular 3Q numbers; stock surges  Lafayette  Teen Neighbor Arrested In Vitale Murder Oct.23   Marin County Body Found In Trunk Of Car In Headlands Oct.27  San Leandro  Murder-suicide shooting Oct.31  SF Mission  Propane Explosions Spark Fires

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November 2005 ... more >

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Nov.1   Emeryville Novartis to buy Chiron  SF Mission  Controversial Stem Cell Center Opens Nov.3  Half Moon Bay  Shark Encounter At Famous Surf Spot Nov.4   Stanford Dalai Lama Dodges Politics On Visit Nov.5   Marin County   Royals Lunch With Locals At Organic Farm  Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla are examining local produce at a market and lunching with locals Nov.8  Oakland  Police Search For Missing Pediatrician Nov.10   Santa Clara   Fourth Accidental Death At A Kaiser  77-year-old man died in October of last year after being given the wrong food Nov.11  Martinez  Mom Allegedly Sold Daughter, 4, For Sex Nov.14  Pac Bell Park  Rolling Stones Attract Baby Boomers Nov.16  Concord  Probe For Woman Found Dead After Fire Nov.17   Google Shares Hit $400 Milestone Nov.20   Napa Christina Aguilera Weds Music Exec Nov.21  San Jose  Toddler Killed By Train Nov.25   West Oakland     Liquor Store Attacks Possible Hate Crimes  2 stores were trashed by about a dozen men wearing suits and bow ties. Most of the stores are owned by Arabs Nov.26  West Oakland  Nation Of Islam Furious With Police Nov.29  San Jose  CEO Cartwright, CFO have left Calpine

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December 2005 ... more >

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Dec.2  San Francisco  San Francisco, Shanghai renew sistership Dec.7   San Jose City Hall   Probe: Trash Deal Violated City Policy  The mayor and his aide violated the policy by helping a garbage hauler get reimbursed for extra labor costs   SF City Hall   Video sparked investigation into SFPD

Video footage released by Newsom has sparked an investigation into allegations of racism, sexism and corruption.    Mayor Newsom and Police Chief Fong showed and denounced several clips produced by members of SFPD. At least one officer has been suspen...

Bay Area in December 2005 (23)

Dec.8  SF City Hall  Police Officers Suspended Over Video Dec.10  San Jose City Hall  Mayor Apologizes For Garbage Contract Dec.11  Lafayette  90-year old woman murdered in her home Dec.13   San Quentin   Nobel nominated gang leader executed

Convicted killer and Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams executed at the state prison.    Stanley Tookie Williams spent more than 2 decades on death row for the 1979 robbery murders of four people in Los Angeles. Williams appeared to grow impatient as p...

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  Petaluma Crash Claims 4 Young Lives  San Jose City Hall  City Council Censured Gonzales Dec.15   San Francisco New Archbishop From Salt Lake City   San Jose Soccer Team Quakes Lost To Houston Dec.17  Google  Google to buy piece of AOL Dec.18  East Oakland  Triple-homicide Dec.19  San Jose City Hall  D.A. To Investigate City Garbage Deal Dec.20   San Jose Calpine Corp. Files For Bankruptcy Dec.23  Livermore  Two Dead In Plane Crash Dec.25  Fremont  Soldier Killed in Iraq Dec.27  San Quentin  San Leandro 'Sausage King' Dies Dec.30   SF City Hall City Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years  Oakland City Hall  City has had more homicides this year  San Francisco  Police: Stolen Violin Story A Hoax Dec.31   Napa   Major flooding  Water levels may be dropping but major flooding continues along the Russian and Napa rivers  Marin County  Nearly 60,000 Without Power

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4-Alarm Blaze Claims Life of Firefighter Tornado Damage South City Dog Mauling Claims Life of Boy  2 dogs were at the location, one of which was shot after it attempted to prevent officers from entering the premises Woman burned in underground explosion  The blast appeared to have come from a PG&E vault and was centered around the Crocker Galleria buckling the sidewalk Flames Erupt At Mare Island Warehouse Fire Puts Suspicious Total At 11 3 Children Tossed Into Bay  Police are searching the waters around Pier 7, after a woman tossed 3 children off the pier and into the bay Fourth Accidental Death At A Kaiser  77-year-old man died in October of last year after being given the wrong food Crash Claims 4 Young Lives Major flooding  Water levels may be dropping but major flooding continues along the Russian and Napa rivers   SF Gets Stem Cell Headquarters

SF Bay Area, Top Stories, 2005 Accidents Timeline ... See Bay Area Accidents timeline, World Accidents timeline Top ^
2005
	Jan.6	Stanford	Student presumed dead after tsunami
	Jan.19	Golden Gate Bridge	Filmmaker recorded suicides
	Feb.9	Sunnyvale	Family Of Four Hit By Car
	Feb.13	Los Gatos
	Feb.24	Golden Gate Bridge	Tentative Approval for Suicide Barrier
	Mar.1	SF Downtown	Explosion and Fire in Apartment Building
	Mar.11	Golden Gate Bridge	Officials Approve Suicide Barrier Study
	Mar.20	South SF
	Apr.10	Napa	Desk collapse hospitalizes 11
	Apr.26	South San Jose	Mountain Lion Shot and Killed
	Apr.29	Tiburon	Car Goes Out of Control, injures 9
	May.8	Napa	4.1 Earthquake
	Jun.3	SF Sunset
	Jun.5	East Contra Costa	320-acre wildfire
	Jun.17	Highway 580	Fatal Crash On I-580; 4 Dead
	Jun.20	SF City Hall	Fire Chief In Domestic Violence Incident
	Jul.6	Walnut Creek	Husband shot wife and self at Kaiser
	Jul.19	Livermore	Thousand-Acre Wildfire Burns
	Aug.15	San Francisco	City's first human case of West Nile virus
	Aug.19	SF Downtown
	Aug.29	Golden Gate Bridge	Ostrich snarled traffic
	Sep.15	SF Mission	Three Die In Apartment Fire
	Oct.7	Orinda	Neighborhood On Lookout For Killer Deer
	Oct.12	Vallejo
	Oct.12	East Oakland	Five-Alarm Blaze Chars Warehouse
	Oct.18	Redwood City
	Oct.19	SF Downtown
	Oct.31	SF Mission	Propane Explosions Spark Fires
	Nov.3	Half Moon Bay	Shark Encounter At Famous Surf Spot
	Nov.8	Oakland	Police Search For Missing Pediatrician
	Nov.10	Santa Clara
	Nov.16	Concord	Probe For Woman Found Dead After Fire
	Nov.21	San Jose	Toddler Killed By Train
	Dec.13	Petaluma
	Dec.23	Livermore	Two Dead In Plane Crash
	Dec.31	Napa
	Dec.31	Marin County	Nearly 60,000 Without Power
SF Bay Area, Top Stories, 2005 Science & Education Timeline ... See Bay Area Science & Education timeline, World Science & Education timeline Top ^
2005
	Jan.26	Hayward	CSU-Hayward drops the Hayward
	Mar.25	SFSU	RoboGames start
	Mar.28	UC Berkeley	Info Stolen from Thousands of Students
	Apr.4	Cupertino	Students Sent Home to Prove Residency
	Apr.11	SJSU	University Suspends Dance Team
	Apr.16	SF Zoo	Zoo Sells Naming Rights To Grizzlies
	May.2	San Francisco	Panel Endorses SF for Stem Cell Center
	May.6	San Francisco

The 29-member committee made the decision over San Diego, Sacramento and Emeryville.    Members of the governing board that oversees the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, took 2 roll-call votes to decide the contest. Mayor Newsom called it a historic achievement for a city a...

Bay Area in May 2005 (20)

May.9  UC Berkeley  Alcohol Banned At Fraternities, Sororities May.12   Hercules Student Beating Posted On Internet May.23  Berkeley  Explosion at Junior High No Accident Jun.7  SF Zoo  Zoo Names Grizzy Bears Jul.12   San Jose Bones Found In River Prehistoric Oct.10  Stanford  University Wins Robot Car Challenge Nov.1  SF Mission  Controversial Stem Cell Center Opens

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SF Bay Area, Top Stories, 2005 Business Timeline ... See Bay Area Business timeline, World Business timeline

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2005 Jan.12  Apple  Profits quadruple as iPod sales surge Jan.14   Pleasanton Oracle to fire 5,000 Jan.19  Golden Gate Bridge  Filmmaker recorded suicides Jan.26  SF City Hall  City considering fee on grocery bags Feb.1  Google  7-fold improvement in quarter profit Feb.9   HP CEO Fiorina out  Hewlett-Packard Chairman and CEO Carly Fiorina leaving after fight with board; will walk away with $21m Mar.5 </