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| Oct.2 |
Stanford |
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Scientist Shares Nobel Prize In Medicine Professor of Pathology and Genetics Andrew Fire won the Prize for discovering a way to silence specific genes
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South of Market |
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Huge Blaze Forces Neighbors From Homes |
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San Francisco |
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Giants cut ties with Alou as manager |
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| Oct.3 |
Athletics |
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Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 |
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
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Prof. & Grad Share Nobel Physics Prize| George F. Smoot and NASA's John C. Mather won the prize for work that helped cement the big-bang theory | |
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HP |
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Criminal Charges Filed Against Dunn| California's attorney general filed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and 4 others | |
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Stanford |
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Professor Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry Roger D. Kornberg, whose father won a Nobel Prize, was awarded for studies of how cells take information from genes
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San Francisco |
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Appeals court orders Anderson released |
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Athletics |
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ALDS Game 2: Athletics 5, Twins 2 |
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East Oakland |
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Suspected of running torture chamber Authorities arrested Earl Stefanson, 41, who they believe brutally tortured and killed a woman
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| Oct.5 |
Athletics |
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A's lose Ellis for rest of postseason |
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San Jose |
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HP's Dunn Smiles In Court, Faces Charges |
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Santa Rosa |
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John Karr Freed, Charges Dropped John Mark Karr walked out of Sonoma jail a free man after a County judge dismissed child pornography charges
| Prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to take the case to trial against the one-time JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect and moved to dismiss the 5 misdemeanor counts after their case collapsed and Judge Rene Chouteau agreed
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| Oct.6 |
Coliseum |
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A's complete sweep of Twins| Bradley homered as the A's snapped a stretch of 9 straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3. Milton Bradley threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the... | |
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| Oct.7 |
Redwood City |
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4 Dead in Accident| A Honda Civic traveling at speeds of over 80-mph slammed into a large parked truck, killing 4 of the 6 people in the car. The driver was suspected of DUI. The dead included the dr... | |
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| Oct.8 |
Candlestick |
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49ers Defeat Raiders 34-20 |
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| Oct.9 |
YouTube |
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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
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BART |
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Ridership Reaches Record |
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San Jose City Hall |
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Mayor's Race Heats Up |
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| Oct.10 |
North Oakland |
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Series Of Fires Investigated As Arsons |
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Oakland |
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Missing Woman's Husband Arrested
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Coliseum |
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Tigers steal homefield advantage from A's
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| Oct.11 |
Santa Clara |
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McAfee fires president; CEO retires Antivirus software provider fired Kevin Weiss, and announced that George Samenuk will retire after options probe
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San Francisco |
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CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe |
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SF Bayview |
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Arrested After Shooting Alleged Shoplifter The owner of a store was booked on suspicion of assault after he allegedly shot a young female in her car
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Coliseum |
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ALCS: Tigers go up 2-0 on A's
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| Oct.12 |
SF Bayview |
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Store Torched Following Shooting Incident
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San Francisco |
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Radio Host Under Fire For Comments Pete Wilson criticized the lesbian couple for raising a child in what he called a 'non-romantic relationship'
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Oakland |
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Missing Wife's Blood Key Evidence
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| Oct.13 |
Athletics |
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Tigers Shut Out A's
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| Oct.14 |
Los Gatos |
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Five Arson Set Fires |
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Athletics |
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Tigers in World Series over A's, 6-3 Magglio Ordonez sent the A's packing with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9nth
| Bot 1st: Detroit
- P. Polanco singled to center, C. Granderson scored, C. Monroe to third
- M. Ordonez grounded into fielder's choice, C. Monroe scored, P. Polanco out at second
Bot 5th: Detroit
- C. Monroe homered to deep left
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| Oct.15 |
Richmond |
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Cab driver shot to death |
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SF Bayview |
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Arrest In Suspected Store Fire Retaliation |
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| Oct.16 |
Athletics |
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A's show Macha door despite run to ALCS
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| Oct.17 |
Intel |
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Yahoo, Intel Report 3Q Profit Declines |
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area Home Prices Down| The median price for a home in the was $611,000 in September, 1.5% less than in August | |
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Oakland |
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Mom, Child Safe, Dad At Large |
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San Francisco |
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SF Soldier Dies In Iraq |
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| Oct.18 |
Danville |
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4 High School Football Players Kicked Off |
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| Oct.19 |
Fremont |
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Woman Found Shot To Death
Alia Ansari, 37-year-old mother of six children, was gunned down outside a home in a quiet neighborhood on Glenmoor Dr.
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Google |
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Profits nearly double in 3Q 3rd quarter profit that catapulted 92%, handily beating expectations as users increasingly clicked on advertisements
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SF Downtown |
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Howard Street Closed For Over A Week |
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SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle agrees to contempt in leak
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Moraga |
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Soldier From Moraga Killed In Iraq |
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| Oct.20 |
Oracle |
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Oracle, Warriors have naming agreement The Coliseum Arena will be renamed the Oracle. 10-year agreement includes additional exclusive team sponsorship
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Fremont |
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Islamic Group: Murder Is Hate Crime |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
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Fire Chief Defends Actions of Firefighter| The firefighter tried unsuccessfully to wrestle a suicidal man away from a rooftop. 26-year-old man fell to his death | |
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San Rafael |
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3-Alarm Fire Guts Market |
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San Francisco |
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3 people shot, 2 died in Japantown
Police reported three people were shot around 9:17 p.m. at Post and Buchanan streets
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Oakland Hills |
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15th Anniversary Of Wildfire Marked |
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| Oct.22 |
SFO |
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Computer Glitch Forces Flight To Return |
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| Oct.23 |
SF Downtown |
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Cable Car Service Shut Down |
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Berkeley |
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Gore Supports Prop. 87 At Rally
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| Oct.24 |
Alameda County |
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Garbage Strike Looms
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Pleasant Hill |
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Bomb Threats Shut Down Diablo V. College| Bomb squad officers blew up a student locker after multiple bomb threats forced school officials to cancel classes | |
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South of Market |
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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 | |
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East Oakland |
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Schwarzenegger tout record on education
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| Oct.25 |
San Francisco |
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Barack Obama Visits
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Napa |
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2 Growing Grass Fires Burn In County |
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East San Jose |
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8 Buildings Destroyed In Foothills Fire| A wind-fueled grassland fire threatened to consume up to 300 acres near Ed Levin County Park. The fire burning bordering San Jose and Milpitas was first reported around 3 pm.
It destroyed two decks... | |
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| Oct.26 |
Castro |
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Effort To Scale Down Halloween |
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Giants |
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Giants To Name Bochy As Manager Bruce Bochy , 51, has spent the previous 12 seasons as the manager of the San Diego Padres
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| Oct.27 |
Chevron |
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Chevron profit soars to record $5 billion |
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Barry Bonds |
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Agent: no talks with Giants |
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Fremont |
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Hundreds Remember Slain Mother |
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Alameda County |
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Garbage Strike Averted |
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| Oct.28 |
Barry Bonds |
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Bonds, Frank Thomas file for free agency
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| Oct.29 |
East Oakland |
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2 killed, 4 wounded, after shooting |
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San Francisco |
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Four Firefighters Injured In Crash |
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| Oct.30 |
Oakland |
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Oakland 8th Most Dangerous City In U.S. Only 2 other cities showed worse increases in crime over last year. The city of Richmond ranked 11th
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SF Bayview |
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Judge Prohibits Gang From Hanging Out An unusual retraining order is allowing the city to set up special rules restricting gang members in the district
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Oakland |
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Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties
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Richmond |
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Mother Arrested In Murder Of Son| Teresa Marie Moses, 23, has been arrested for allegedly torturing and killing her 8-year-old son | |
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| Oct.31 |
Google |
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Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer
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North San Jose |
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Explosions At PayPal Building| Explosions from within a 4-story building has drawn responses from a bomb squad and a hazardous materials team | |
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San Francisco |
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Man convicted in SF largest jewelry heist |
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.2 |
South of Market |
Huge Blaze Forces Neighbors From Homes |
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| Oct.7 |
Redwood City |
4 Dead in Accident| A Honda Civic traveling at speeds of over 80-mph slammed into a large parked truck, killing 4 of the 6 people in the car. The driver was suspected of DUI. The dead included the dr... | |
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| Oct.10 |
North Oakland |
Series Of Fires Investigated As Arsons |
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| Oct.14 |
Los Gatos |
Five Arson Set Fires |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
Fire Chief Defends Actions of Firefighter| The firefighter tried unsuccessfully to wrestle a suicidal man away from a rooftop. 26-year-old man fell to his death | |
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| Oct.21 |
San Rafael |
3-Alarm Fire Guts Market |
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| Oct.21 |
Oakland Hills |
15th Anniversary Of Wildfire Marked |
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| Oct.22 |
SFO |
Computer Glitch Forces Flight To Return |
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| Oct.23 |
SF Downtown |
Cable Car Service Shut Down |
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| Oct.25 |
Napa |
2 Growing Grass Fires Burn In County |
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| Oct.25 |
East San Jose |
8 Buildings Destroyed In Foothills Fire| A wind-fueled grassland fire threatened to consume up to 300 acres near Ed Levin County Park. The fire burning bordering San Jose and Milpitas was first reported around 3 pm.
It destroyed two decks... | |
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Four Firefighters Injured In Crash |
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.2 |
Stanford |
Scientist Shares Nobel Prize In Medicine Professor of Pathology and Genetics Andrew Fire won the Prize for discovering a way to silence specific genes
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| Oct.4 |
UC Berkeley |
Prof. & Grad Share Nobel Physics Prize| George F. Smoot and NASA's John C. Mather won the prize for work that helped cement the big-bang theory | |
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| Oct.4 |
Stanford |
Professor Wins Nobel Prize In Chemistry Roger D. Kornberg, whose father won a Nobel Prize, was awarded for studies of how cells take information from genes
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| Oct.18 |
Danville |
4 High School Football Players Kicked Off |
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| Oct.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
Bomb Threats Shut Down Diablo V. College| Bomb squad officers blew up a student locker after multiple bomb threats forced school officials to cancel classes | |
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.9 |
YouTube |
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
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| Oct.9 |
BART |
Ridership Reaches Record |
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| 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
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| Oct.11 |
San Francisco |
CNet Chairman Steps Down Over Probe |
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| Oct.17 |
Intel |
Yahoo, Intel Report 3Q Profit Declines |
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| Oct.17 |
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 | |
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| Oct.19 |
Google |
Profits nearly double in 3Q 3rd quarter profit that catapulted 92%, handily beating expectations as users increasingly clicked on advertisements
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| Oct.19 |
SF Downtown |
Howard Street Closed For Over A Week |
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| Oct.24 |
Alameda County |
Garbage Strike Looms
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| Oct.24 |
South of Market |
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 | |
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| Oct.27 |
Chevron |
Chevron profit soars to record $5 billion |
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| Oct.27 |
Alameda County |
Garbage Strike Averted |
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| Oct.30 |
Oakland |
Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties
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| Oct.31 |
Google |
Google Acquires Wiki Tool Developer
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.2 |
San Francisco |
Giants cut ties with Alou as manager |
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| Oct.3 |
Athletics |
Oakland 3, Minnesota 2 |
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| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
Appeals court orders Anderson released |
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| Oct.4 |
Athletics |
ALDS Game 2: Athletics 5, Twins 2 |
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| Oct.5 |
Athletics |
A's lose Ellis for rest of postseason |
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| Oct.6 |
Coliseum |
A's complete sweep of Twins| Bradley homered as the A's snapped a stretch of 9 straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3. Milton Bradley threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the... | |
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| Oct.8 |
Candlestick |
49ers Defeat Raiders 34-20 |
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| Oct.10 |
Coliseum |
Tigers steal homefield advantage from A's
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| Oct.11 |
Coliseum |
ALCS: Tigers go up 2-0 on A's
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| Oct.13 |
Athletics |
Tigers Shut Out A's
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| Oct.14 |
Athletics |
Tigers in World Series over A's, 6-3 Magglio Ordonez sent the A's packing with a 3-run homer in the bottom of the 9nth
| Bot 1st: Detroit
- P. Polanco singled to center, C. Granderson scored, C. Monroe to third
- M. Ordonez grounded into fielder's choice, C. Monroe scored, P. Polanco out at second
Bot 5th: Detroit
- C. Monroe homered to deep left
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| Oct.16 |
Athletics |
A's show Macha door despite run to ALCS
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| Oct.18 |
Danville |
4 High School Football Players Kicked Off |
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| Oct.20 |
Oracle |
Oracle, Warriors have naming agreement The Coliseum Arena will be renamed the Oracle. 10-year agreement includes additional exclusive team sponsorship
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| Oct.26 |
Giants |
Giants To Name Bochy As Manager Bruce Bochy , 51, has spent the previous 12 seasons as the manager of the San Diego Padres
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| Oct.27 |
Barry Bonds |
Agent: no talks with Giants |
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| Oct.28 |
Barry Bonds |
Bonds, Frank Thomas file for free agency
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.4 |
HP |
Criminal Charges Filed Against Dunn| California's attorney general filed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn and 4 others | |
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| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
Appeals court orders Anderson released |
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| Oct.4 |
East Oakland |
Suspected of running torture chamber Authorities arrested Earl Stefanson, 41, who they believe brutally tortured and killed a woman
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| Oct.5 |
San Jose |
HP's Dunn Smiles In Court, Faces Charges |
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| Oct.5 |
Santa Rosa |
John Karr Freed, Charges Dropped John Mark Karr walked out of Sonoma jail a free man after a County judge dismissed child pornography charges
| Prosecutors didn't have enough evidence to take the case to trial against the one-time JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect and moved to dismiss the 5 misdemeanor counts after their case collapsed and Judge Rene Chouteau agreed
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| Oct.10 |
North Oakland |
Series Of Fires Investigated As Arsons |
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| Oct.10 |
Oakland |
Missing Woman's Husband Arrested
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| Oct.11 |
SF Bayview |
Arrested After Shooting Alleged Shoplifter The owner of a store was booked on suspicion of assault after he allegedly shot a young female in her car
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| Oct.12 |
SF Bayview |
Store Torched Following Shooting Incident
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| Oct.12 |
Oakland |
Missing Wife's Blood Key Evidence
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| Oct.14 |
Los Gatos |
Five Arson Set Fires |
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| Oct.15 |
Richmond |
Cab driver shot to death |
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| Oct.15 |
SF Bayview |
Arrest In Suspected Store Fire Retaliation |
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| Oct.17 |
Oakland |
Mom, Child Safe, Dad At Large |
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| Oct.19 |
Fremont |
Woman Found Shot To Death
Alia Ansari, 37-year-old mother of six children, was gunned down outside a home in a quiet neighborhood on Glenmoor Dr.
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| Oct.20 |
Fremont |
Islamic Group: Murder Is Hate Crime |
|
| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
3 people shot, 2 died in Japantown
Police reported three people were shot around 9:17 p.m. at Post and Buchanan streets
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| Oct.24 |
Pleasant Hill |
Bomb Threats Shut Down Diablo V. College| Bomb squad officers blew up a student locker after multiple bomb threats forced school officials to cancel classes | |
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| Oct.29 |
East Oakland |
2 killed, 4 wounded, after shooting |
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| Oct.30 |
Oakland |
Oakland 8th Most Dangerous City In U.S. Only 2 other cities showed worse increases in crime over last year. The city of Richmond ranked 11th
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| Oct.30 |
SF Bayview |
Judge Prohibits Gang From Hanging Out An unusual retraining order is allowing the city to set up special rules restricting gang members in the district
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| Oct.30 |
Richmond |
Mother Arrested In Murder Of Son| Teresa Marie Moses, 23, has been arrested for allegedly torturing and killing her 8-year-old son | |
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| Oct.31 |
North San Jose |
Explosions At PayPal Building| Explosions from within a 4-story building has drawn responses from a bomb squad and a hazardous materials team | |
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| Oct.31 |
San Francisco |
Man convicted in SF largest jewelry heist |
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| 2006 |
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| Oct.9 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor's Race Heats Up |
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
Radio Host Under Fire For Comments Pete Wilson criticized the lesbian couple for raising a child in what he called a 'non-romantic relationship'
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| Oct.17 |
San Francisco |
SF Soldier Dies In Iraq |
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| Oct.19 |
SF Chronicle |
Chronicle agrees to contempt in leak
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| Oct.19 |
Moraga |
Soldier From Moraga Killed In Iraq |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
Fire Chief Defends Actions of Firefighter| The firefighter tried unsuccessfully to wrestle a suicidal man away from a rooftop. 26-year-old man fell to his death | |
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| Oct.21 |
Oakland Hills |
15th Anniversary Of Wildfire Marked |
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| Oct.23 |
Berkeley |
Gore Supports Prop. 87 At Rally
|
| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
Schwarzenegger tout record on education
|
| Oct.25 |
San Francisco |
Barack Obama Visits
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| Oct.26 |
Castro |
Effort To Scale Down Halloween |
|
| Oct.27 |
Fremont |
Hundreds Remember Slain Mother |
|
| Oct.30 |
Oakland |
Voting Machine Firm Denies Chavez Ties