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Jan.6  Google  Google Opens Doors Of Online Video
Jan.10  SF Downtown  iMacs, laptops will use Intel chips
Jan.19   Google
 Bay Area  Bay Area Home Sales Decline In December
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Jan.22  Bay Bridge  Caltrans Adds More FasTrak
Jan.24   Emeryville
  Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles.    2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fe...
  Google Google censors itself for China Jan.31  Google  Profits Nearly Double, Off Analyst Target Feb.7  San Jose  County To Pay Hell's Angels $1 Million Feb.9  Oracle  Oracle laying off 2,000 employees Feb.23  Concord  2-Day Hospital Strike Begins Feb.28  Barry Bonds  Barry Bonds Impersonates Paula Abdul  San Francisco  Dramatic Upswing In SF Film Production Mar.1  Bay Bridge  FasTrak Lanes Slowing Down Motorists Mar.7  Castro Valley  Lockout In Eden Med Center Labor Fight Mar.13   San Jose McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B  The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt  Oakland  Labor Stalemate Slows Crime Fight Mar.17  Oakland  Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports  Google  Google Need Not Turn Over Records Mar.23  Google  Google Will Be Added To S&P 500 Apr.5  Apple  Apple Software to Run Windows XP Apr.20  Google  Quarter profit soars Apr.23  Crockett  Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge Apr.24   Sun McNealy steps down as CEO Apr.26  SJ Mercury News  MediaNews to buy Merc, CoCo Times May.8  Apple  Beatles Lose Suit Against Apple Computer  Mountain View  SGI files for chapter 11 bankruptcy May.12  San Francisco  Questions Surround Concrete Supplier May.15  SF Bayview  PG&E Shuts Down Old Power Plant May.17  SF Downtown  Piece of Titanic Docks Atop Metreon May.23   Hercules Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land  The City Council voted unanimously to pursue using the power of eminent domain to seize 17 acres May.25  Yahoo  Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership May.31   Sun Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs Jun.4  Bay Bridge  Eastban span had 10-hour closure Jun.7  Google  Google goes to Congress  San Jose  Voters Reject BART Expansion Tax Jul.5   San Francisco Apple sued over stock options  2 lawsuits have been filed against its current and former officers and directors relating to stock options grants Jul.18   SF City Hall Supes Pass Health Care For Uninsured Jul.20  Google  2Q earnings soar past expectations Jul.22  San Francisco  PG&E Urges Conservation During Heat Jul.24  AMD  Advanced Micro Devices To Acquire ATI Jul.25  Mountain View  HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b Aug.3  Apple  Apple Warns Some Profits May Be Erased  Pacifica  Hwy 1. At Devil's Slide Reopens Aug.8  Mountain View  Lawsuit: Salon Gave Deadly Pedicure Aug.10  SFO  National Guard Deployed at Airport  Oakland  Kaiser Fined $2M For Transplant Program Aug.20  UC Berkeley  Labor Protesters Greet Students Aug.24  Apple  Apple Recalling 1.8m Laptops Sep.2   Bay Bridge   Lower Deck Closed Through Sept. 5  The eastbound closed for demolition on the approach's upper deck from Beale Street west to the Clocktower Building Sep.5  Bay Bridge  Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic   Intel 10,500 Layoffs Announced  Semiconductor giant is laying off employees as part of a massive restructuring effort to reverse sinking profits Sep.6   HP HP Sought Director Records in Leak Probe
  Investigators sought private telephone records while hunting for leaks to the media of confidential information
 HP ousts veteran member of board George Keyworth. The techniques of the investigation relied on an illegal data mining method known as 'pretexting'
Sep.12  HP  Dunn to Step Down  Apple  Apple targets TV and film market  San Pablo  Hospital On The Brink Of Closure  San Francisco  Tentative Agreement In Hotel Dispute Sep.21  HP  E-mails Suggest CEO Had Role In Scandal Sep.22   HP CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now Sep.25  SF Downtown  Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands Sep.28  SF Downtown  Westfield Center Opens Oct.9   Google Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn   Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently Oct.11  Santa Clara  McAfee fires president; CEO retires Oct.17   Bay Area Bay Area Home Prices Down Oct.19  Google  Profits nearly double in 3Q Oct.24  Alameda County  Garbage Strike Looms   SF Downtown Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF Oct.30  Oakland  Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties Oct.31  Google  Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer Nov.1  Fremont  Feds Approve BART Extension Nov.6  Dublin  Doctor wanted on rape charge Nov.16  Golden Gate Bridge  Bridge Sponsorship Possible Nov.21  Google  Google jumps past $500 Nov.28  Napa  Pelosi's Business Scrutinized Dec.4  Milpitas  LSI Logic to acquire Agere for $4 billion Dec.5  Yahoo  Extensive Shake-Up Dec.7  Bay Bridge  Final Skyway Segment Placed  HP  $14.5M To Settle State Pretexting Lawsuit Dec.11  HP  CFO Bob Wayman to retire Dec.27   Apple Report of options probe, shares rebound  There is a report that feds are investigating whether company officers forged documents to sweeten executive stock grants


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Google Opens Doors Of Online Video iMacs, laptops will use Intel chips Feds Seek Records in Porn Probe

January 2006 ... more > Top ^

Jan.2  Napa  Damage from storms at $100 million
Jan.6   Google
Jan.10   SF Downtown
Jan.17  Intel  4th-quarter forecast missed
Jan.18  San Rafael  Bartz stepping down as Autodesk CEO
Jan.19   Google
  The Bush administration has subpoenaed Google for details on what its users have been looking for
 Emeryville  Disney in serious talks to buy Pixar   Bay Area Bay Area Home Sales Decline In December   SF City Hall   Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing
  Newsom has accused the city's cable car conductors of pocketing fares, stirring the ire of the union
Jan.21  SF City Hall  Mayor Meets with Cable Car Operators  Stanford  Hospital strike averted Jan.22   Bay Bridge Caltrans Adds More FasTrak Jan.24  Contra Costa County  County To Study Fast Food Proposal   Emeryville Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal
  Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fell out with former Disney boss Michael Eisner. Disney's new boss Robert Iger has been working to revive relations between the companies
  Google Google censors itself for China
  Leading internet search company has agreed to censor some of its services to satisfy Beijing's restrictions
Jan.27  San Ramon  Chevron's 4Q Profit Soars to Record High Jan.28  San Jose  Silicon Valley eyes wireless network Jan.29  East Palo Alto  4 Seasons Hotel Opens Jan.31   Google Profits Nearly Double, Off Analyst Target

February 2006 ... more > Top ^

Feb.1  Oakland  Impasse In Teacher Contract Talks Feb.7   San Jose County To Pay Hell's Angels $1 Million Feb.9   Oracle Oracle laying off 2,000 employees  The software maker warned they would eliminate overlapping jobs following their takeover of Siebel Systems Feb.13  Genentech  Cancer Drug Trials Scaled Back Feb.15  HP  Fiscal First Quarter Profit Jumps 30% Feb.16  San Francisco  Home Sales Down 20% From Last Year  Stanford  Commerce secretary speaking to students Feb.23   Concord 2-Day Hospital Strike Begins Feb.28   Barry Bonds Barry Bonds Impersonates Paula Abdul  Google  Stock Takes Hit After CFO Comments  Apple  Two new Mac Minis   San Francisco Dramatic Upswing In SF Film Production

March 2006 ... more > Top ^

Mar.1   Bay Bridge FasTrak Lanes Slowing Down Motorists Mar.3  Intel  Stocks Slip After Revenue Warning Mar.7   Castro Valley Lockout In Eden Med Center Labor Fight Mar.8  Castro Valley  Eden contract settled Mar.9  Oakland  Surgeon On Bail After Operating Room Fit Mar.13   San Jose McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B
  The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
 2nd largest takeover in U.S. newspaper history topped only by the Tribune $6.5 billion acquisition of Times Mirror Co. McClatchy's 32 newspapers would be 2nd nationwide in daily circulation behind Gannett, and rank 4th in revenue. McClatchy CEO G. Pruitt said that all the papers are dominant in their markets and ripe for expansions.
  Oakland Labor Stalemate Slows Crime Fight  SJ Mercury News  McClatchy to sell San Jose, CCC papers Mar.14  Google  Judge Siding With Feds Over Subpoena  San Francisco  Japantown Sale Worries Residents Mar.16  Oakland City Hall  PD Reaches Tentative Labor Agreement Mar.17  Bay Area  Bay Area housing market cools   Oakland   Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports  U.S. Homeland Security Secretary wants to ensure that there's 'adequate security to bring prosperity'   Google Google Need Not Turn Over Records  A federal judge ordered Google to give the Bush administration a peek inside its search engine Mar.22  Bay Bridge  Two Bids For Suspension Span Mar.23   Google Google Will Be Added To S&P 500 Mar.24  Barry Bonds  Judge denies Bonds' bid

April 2006 ... more > Top ^

Apr.2  OAK  New Terminal Moves Forward At Airport Apr.5   Apple Apple Software to Run Windows XP Apr.18  Pacifica  Explosions Rock Boulders Along Highway 1  Bay Bridge  $1.43 Billion Deal Should Complete Work Apr.20  eBay  Strong First Quarter, Outlook Unchanged  Apple  Shares Jump After Strong 2Q Earnings   Google Quarter profit soars  Bay Bridge  Contractor Named For Suspension Project Apr.23   Crockett   Crews Dismantling Old Carquinez Bridge  The eastern span of the 1927 bridge will be removed as part of the process to dismantle the entire bridge Apr.24   Sun   McNealy steps down as CEO
  Sun Microsystems' Scott McNealy replaced by Jonathan Schwartz, who had served as COO and president.    Scott McNealy, 51, is ending a long career as one of Silicon Valley's most colorful and controversial CEOs. McNealy will rem...
Apr.26   SJ Mercury News MediaNews to buy Merc, CoCo Times Apr.28  San Ramon  Chevron 1Q earnings soar 49% to $4b

May 2006 ... more > Top ^

May.8   Apple Beatles Lose Suit Against Apple Computer  Apple Computer is entitled to use the apple logo on its iTunes Music Store. Apple Corps Ltd. lost suit   Mountain View SGI files for chapter 11 bankruptcy May.10  Berkeley  Cody's Books To Close  Oakland  Teachers Ratify New 2-Year Contract May.12   San Francisco Questions Surround Concrete Supplier May.13  San Francisco  Nearly 10% More Tourist Dollars Spent May.15   SF Bayview PG&E Shuts Down Old Power Plant  The natural gas-fired plant was shut down more than 25 years after neighbors began campaigning against May.16  Half Moon Bay  Businesses suffer from highway 1 closure May.17   SF Downtown   Piece of Titanic Docks Atop Metreon  15 tons of the 94-year-old wreck, C-deck hull, were hoisted by crane to the roof May.18  Bay Area  Bay Area executives to add employees May.23   Hercules Town To Seize of Wal-Mart Land
  The City Council voted unanimously to pursue using the power of eminent domain to seize 17 acres
May.25   Yahoo Yahoo, eBay to join forces in partnership May.31   Sun Sun to Cut Up to 5,000 Jobs
  Sun Microsystems planned to reduce 37,500-person work force by 11% to 13% to return to consistent profitability.    The cuts, over the next six months, will cost from $340 million to $500 million over the next several quarters The plan includes selling real estat...

June 2006 ... more > Top ^

Jun.4   Bay Bridge Eastban span had 10-hour closure  California Department of Transportation opened the lower deck at 10 a.m. Jun.7   Google   Google goes to Congress  Co-founder Brin is asking members to block Internet access providers from charging Web sites more   San Jose Voters Reject BART Expansion Tax Jun.16  SF City Hall  United May Move Headquarters To SF Jun.18  Marin County  Convicted Rapist Evicted From Apartment Jun.20  SF City Hall  Proposal: Health Care For SF's Uninsured Jun.21  San Francisco  Home Sales Drop, Prices Rise Jun.26  BART  'Spare The Air Day' Means Free Commute

July 2006 ... more > Top ^

Jul.3  San Jose  Calpine's 1Q loss widened to $589m Jul.5   San Francisco Apple sued over stock options
  2 lawsuits have been filed against its current and former officers and directors relating to stock options grants
Jul.6  San Francisco  Levi's CEO to step down by end of year Jul.8  SFO  Low Ridership On BART Airport Extension Jul.17  BART  Spare The Air Leads To Free Commute Jul.18   SF City Hall Supes Pass Health Care For Uninsured
  The Board voted unanimously to approve legislation that creates the Health Access Program
 Yahoo  2Q Profit Meets Analysts' Estimates  Wells Fargo  Wells Fargo Reports Record Profits Jul.19  Apple  iPod sales fuel robust income report Jul.20   Google 2Q earnings soar past expectations  The company earned $721.1 million, or $2.33 per share. Comapre to the net income of $342.8 million last year Jul.22   San Francisco PG&E Urges Conservation During Heat Jul.24   AMD Advanced Micro Devices To Acquire ATI Jul.25   Mountain View HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5b  The all-cash price works out to $52 per share, a 33% premium above Mercury's closing price of $39 in the over-the-counter market Jul.28  San Ramon  Chevron 2Q Profit Hits New High Jul.30  Cisco  British prime minister visits with execs Jul.31  Genentech  Tony Blair Visits Genentech Headquarters

August 2006 ... more > Top ^

Aug.2  San Francisco  Muni Delays All Day Due To Derailment Aug.3   Apple Apple Warns Some Profits May Be Erased  Bay Area  Foreclosures Soar In Bay Area   Pacifica Hwy 1. At Devil's Slide Reopens  Residents and business owners have endured monstrous traffic snarls and lagging revenues since the closure in April Aug.5  Stanford  Marching band suspended for trashing Aug.7  Apple  Apple completes transition to Intel chips Aug.8   Mountain View Lawsuit: Salon Gave Deadly Pedicure Aug.9  San Rafael  Century Theatre chain sold Aug.10   SFO National Guard Deployed at Airport  Schwarzenegger activated the Guard to bolster security at Calif. airports after authorities foiled a terror plot   Oakland Kaiser Fined $2M For Transplant Program  State regulators concluded the mismanagement of kidney transplant program endangered hundreds of patients  San Jose  Judge won't throw out Brocade charges Aug.11  SF City Hall  Mayor Approves Affordable Housing Law Aug.12  Apple  Apple gets warning letter from Nasdaq Aug.16  HP  HP Beats Forecast As Sales Up 5% Aug.17  Bay Area  Bay Area home sales fall Aug.18  San Jose Downtown  No Longer-Free SJ Jazz Fest Opens Aug.20   UC Berkeley Labor Protesters Greet Students Aug.23  San Jose City Hall  Norcal Dumped By City Council  Apple  Apple to pay $100m to Creative Aug.24   Apple Apple Recalling 1.8m Laptops  SF Downtown  Hotel wokers vote to authorize strike Aug.31  Oakland  Coke exec to become Clorox CEO  Redwood City  Madden Game Grosses $100m In 1 Week

September 2006 ... more > Top ^

Sep.2   Bay Bridge   Lower Deck Closed Through Sept. 5
  The eastbound closed for demolition on the approach's upper deck from Beale Street west to the Clocktower Building
Sep.5   Bay Bridge Bridge Completely Reopens To Traffic   Intel 10,500 Layoffs Announced
  Semiconductor giant is laying off employees as part of a massive restructuring effort to reverse sinking profits
 Most of the job cuts will come from the management, marketing and information technology ranks. Market share stolen by smaller rival AMD
Sep.6   HP HP Sought Director Records in Leak Probe
  Investigators sought private telephone records while hunting for leaks to the media of confidential information
 HP ousts veteran member of board George Keyworth. The techniques of the investigation relied on an illegal data mining method known as 'pretexting'
Sep.7  Berkeley  Japanese bookseller buys Cody's Books Sep.9  Golden Gate Bridge  $6 Toll To Cross Bridge? Sep.12   HP   Dunn to Step Down  Patricia Dunn will step down as chairwoman amid a widening scandal. She will be succeeded by CEO Hurd   Apple Apple targets TV and film market  Computer firm unveiled a device which will stream music and video wirelessly between TV and computers   San Pablo   Hospital On The Brink Of Closure  Doctors Medical Center is looking for help from the State or the County   San Francisco Tentative Agreement In Hotel Dispute  Union leaders representing 4,200 workers announced that a tentative agreement was reached on a contract Sep.19  Intel  New Chip To Enable Super-Fast Downloads Sep.21   HP E-mails Suggest CEO Had Role In Scandal Sep.22   HP CEO Offers Apology; Chair Resigns Now
  Mark Hurd announced that the fallout over the scandal also appeared to take down 2 senior HP employees
Sep.25   SF Downtown Alcatraz Ferry Service Changes Hands  Apple  Wozniak book reveals the core of Apple Sep.26  San Francisco  Sharper Image CEO Steps Down Sep.28   SF Downtown Westfield Center Opens  1.5-million square foot , the largest urban mall west of the Mississippi, expects the 25 million visitors each year  HP  General counsel resigns from company Sep.29  Dublin  BART Breaks Ground On New Station

October 2006 ... more > Top ^

Oct.9   Google Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn
  Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
 YouTube, launched in February 2005, has 100 million videos viewed every day
 BART  Ridership Reaches Record Oct.11   Santa Clara McAfee fires president; CEO retires  Antivirus software provider fired Kevin Weiss, and announced that George Samenuk will retire after options probe  San Francisco  CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe Oct.17  Intel  Yahoo, Intel Report 3Q Profit Declines   Bay Area Bay Area Home Prices Down
  The median price for a home in the was $611,000 in September, 1.5% less than in August
Oct.19   Google Profits nearly double in 3Q  3rd quarter profit that catapulted 92%, handily beating expectations as users increasingly clicked on advertisements  SF Downtown  Howard Street Closed For Over A Week Oct.24   Alameda County Garbage Strike Looms   SF Downtown   Oracle OpenWorld Convention Invades SF
  The city has been invaded by the more than 42,000 people from 120 countries at the $30 million event
Oct.27  San Ramon  Chevron profit soars to record $5 billion  Alameda County  Garbage Strike Averted Oct.30   Oakland Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties Oct.31   Google Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer

November 2006 ... more > Top ^

Nov.1   Fremont Feds Approve BART Extension Nov.2  Los Gatos  Strip Mall Blaze Destroys 4 Businesses Nov.3  San Francisco  McKesson execs acquitted of fraud Nov.6   Dublin Doctor wanted on rape charge  Dr. Tony G. Shiu accused of sexually battering 2 men and taking hundreds of photographs of patients Nov.9  Cisco  Shares Hop After 1Q Profit Soars Nov.16  HP  Hewlett-Packard Q4 Results Surge   Golden Gate Bridge Bridge Sponsorship Possible Nov.17  SFO  Cheating Involved In Security Contract Nov.21   Google Google jumps past $500  Google is leaving the shares up nearly 500% since the search engine went public little more than 2 years ago Nov.28   Napa Pelosi's Business Scrutinized  San Bruno  Verizon to show YouTube on phone Nov.29  Tiburon  Agassi suffers a loss in sale of home Nov.30  Mountain View  Intuit to Buy Digital Insight for $1.35B  HP  Shareholder Suit Claims Insider Trading

December 2006 ... more > Top ^

Dec.4   Milpitas LSI Logic to acquire Agere for $4 billion Dec.5   Yahoo Extensive Shake-Up Dec.7   Bay Bridge Final Skyway Segment Placed  After 3 years of preparation, the final concrete deck segment will be lifted into place. It was shipped from Stockton   HP $14.5M To Settle State Pretexting Lawsuit Dec.11   HP CFO Bob Wayman to retire Dec.13  HP  Congress Asks CEO To Explain Cashout  San Francisco  Kaiser Criticized Over Kidney Transplants Dec.18  Oracle  2Q Earnings Climb 21%  Intel  Intel To Develop Electronic Quran Dec.27   Apple Report of options probe, shares rebound
  There is a report that feds are investigating whether company officers forged documents to sweeten executive stock grants
Dec.29  Apple  Suit Over IPod-ITunes Link


Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal



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2006
Jan.2  Napa  Damage from storms at $100 million
Aug.31  Redwood City  Madden Game Grosses $100m In 1 Week
Nov.2  Los Gatos  Strip Mall Blaze Destroys 4 Businesses



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Jan.24  Contra Costa County  County To Study Fast Food Proposal



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Jan.19  Emeryville  Disney in serious talks to buy Pixar
Jan.24   Emeryville
  Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fell out with former Disney boss Michael Eisner. Disney's new boss Robert Iger has been working to revive relations between the companies
Mar.13   San Jose McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B
  The second-largest U.S. newspaper publisher will also assume about $2 billion in Knight Ridder's debt
 2nd largest takeover in U.S. newspaper history topped only by the Tribune $6.5 billion acquisition of Times Mirror Co. McClatchy's 32 newspapers would be 2nd nationwide in daily circulation behind Gannett, and rank 4th in revenue. McClatchy CEO G. Pruitt said that all the papers are dominant in their markets and ripe for expansions.
Apr.26   SJ Mercury News MediaNews to buy Merc, CoCo Times May.25   Yahoo