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| Jan.1 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased
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| Jan.9 |
SF Downtown |
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Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone CEO Steve Jobs ushered in a new era, jumping into the cell phone market
| Jobs, speaking at the Macworld, unveiled the iPhone, which marries the iPod, cell phone and Internet handheld into one device. iTV is moving music, photos, tv shows and movies from the computer to the living room
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| Jan.10 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name Cisco, which has owned the trademark since 2000. An Apple representative is saying the lawsuit was 'silly'
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Woodside |
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Jobs loses attempt to raze mansion |
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
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Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant| Federal investigators are actively probing the circumstances behind a grant to Apple CEO that carried a false Oct. 2001 date. The Wall Street ... | |
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| Jan.13 |
SF Downtown |
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3rd Street Rail extension launched
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| Jan.15 |
Fremont |
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A's owner buys more land in Fremont |
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| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
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City Claim Grocers Broke Plastic Bag Deal |
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| Jan.19 |
Alameda |
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Problem Shuts Ferry Service
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| Jan.20 |
Berkeley |
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Symphony conductor to step down |
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
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CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits Gap Inc. dumped Paul Pressler after a year of broken promises that culminated in a dismal holiday shopping season
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Fremont |
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Schwarzenegger Touts Health Care Plan |
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SJC |
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Airport Shoe Scanning Technology Debuts |
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| Jan.24 |
Antioch |
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PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant |
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| Jan.26 |
Intel |
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Chips push through nano-barrier
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| Jan.30 |
SF Downtown |
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Merrill Lynch buying First Republic |
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49ers |
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49ers File Claim Over Monster Park |
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| Jan.31 |
Google |
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Earnings Nearly Triple In 4th Quarter |
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| Feb.1 |
San Jose |
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$364 Million For San Jose Extension |
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| Feb.4 |
SF Downtown |
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Queen Mary 2 Arrives The largest and grandest ocean cruise liner, which towers 200 feet above water, is making its first visit ever to SF
| The ship is 1,132 feet long; 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The mammoth passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge, clearing the bottom of the span by 27 feet before a nail-bitingly tight tour of the Bay
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| Feb.5 |
Apple |
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Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit| IPod maker and the manager of The Beatles' Apple Corps resolved their long-simmering dispute. The new settlement will continue using its name and logos on ... | |
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San Francisco |
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Sick Pay Law Goes Into Effect
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| Feb.6 |
SF Downtown |
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Queen Mary 2 Sets Sail From San Francisco |
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San Francisco |
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Gates speaks at cyber security conference
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Apple |
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Steve Jobs seeks online music shake-up |
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Cisco |
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Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings |
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| Feb.22 |
Apple |
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Apple and Cisco share iPhone name Apple and Cisco Systems have resolved their dispute, with both companies agreeing that each can use the name for their products
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| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
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Zodiac Killer Case Gets New Life
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| Mar.6 |
SF City Hall |
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Mayor mulls making bus rides free
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| Mar.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Proposed Plastic Grocery Bag Ban Delayed |
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| Mar.13 |
YouTube |
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Viacom to sue Google and YouTube Viacom Media has accused Google, which bought YouTube, of illegally using its TV programs
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| Mar.14 |
HP |
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Felony charges dismissed against Dunn| A judge dismissed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn in connection with the corporate spying scandal | |
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
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Cisco agrees to buy WebEx for $3.2B |
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Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area Home Sales Continue To Drop
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| Mar.21 |
Oracle |
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3Q Profit Rises 35% |
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| Mar.26 |
San Francisco |
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Sharper Image hires Lightman as CEO |
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
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S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags Board of Supervisors devoted time to improving the planet
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| Mar.28 |
South of Market |
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New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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South of Market |
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Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station 
At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon
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| Mar.31 |
Newark |
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Woman sues over pet food recall |
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| Apr.2 |
Apple |
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Apple Can Now Sell EMI Songs Online
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| Apr.5 |
Hayward |
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Teachers Go On Strike| Teachers in Hayward Unified School District set up picket lines at several schools while the district brought in substitutes. The substitute teachers are trying cover for some 1,300 public teachers expected t... | |
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| Apr.6 |
San Mateo |
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Child Psychiatrist Accused Of Molestation Doctor William Ayres was arrested and booked on 14 felony counts alleging lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
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Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service to map out the carnage in the region
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San Francisco |
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Levi's Posts Best Earnings In A Decade |
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Eastern Span |
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Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day
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| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
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New Wal-Mart Store Opens| Unlike other places in the Bay Area, the store was welcomed with open arms and open wallets. 4,000 people applied for 400 jobs | |
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
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Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B| Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company | |
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Oakland |
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Officials To Curb Problem Liquor Stores |
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| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
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Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit A flood of last-minute tax filers swamped the servers forcing taxpayers to wait hours for confirmation
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| Apr.18 |
SF Downtown |
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CEO scoffs at allegations at Web 2.0 Expo |
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| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
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Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
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Google |
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1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations
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| Apr.21 |
San Jose |
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Activists Rally For Exploited Workers |
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| Apr.23 |
San Francisco |
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Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies| The founder and artistic director of the Smuin Ballet died during a rehearsal for his next season | |
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San Francisco |
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Bird-Watching Game From Craig Debuts |
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| Apr.24 |
Apple |
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Ex-execs in SEC sights
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Santa Clara |
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49ers estimate stadium will cost $854m
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| Apr.25 |
Hayward |
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Teacher Strike Over Public school teachers ended their 10-day-old strike upon reaching a tentative agreement with the School District over salary increases
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Oakland |
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Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures |
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| Apr.27 |
Chevron |
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Chevron 1Q Profit Surges 18% |
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| May.1 |
BART |
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Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit |
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| May.2 |
Highway 880 |
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Maze Collapse Samples Come back Clean |
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| May.3 |
SFO |
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JetBlue Begins Service |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
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I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute 1 week that a connector ramp in the MacArthur Maze was closed due to a fiery crash, Schwarzenegger announced that it would reopen
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Highway 580 |
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Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract |
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| May.8 |
Cisco |
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3rd Qtr. Profit Surges 34% |
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| May.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Thousands See Fireworks Light Up Sky |
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| May.15 |
San Jose |
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Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 Average prices in the Bay Area for a gallon of regular gas are at $3.47
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Santa Rosa |
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Teen Gets No Cash In 'That's So Gay' Suit |
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| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
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Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze
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HP |
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2Q Profit Down, But Sales Up |
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| May.17 |
West Oakland |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
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Napa |
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Dangerous Apple Moth Found
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Google |
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Big search upgrade |
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| May.19 |
SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom 80 reporters, photographers, copy editors, as well as 20 employees in management positions are expected to be laid off by end of the summer
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| May.21 |
Lafayette |
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Hershey Sues Marijuana-Candy Maker |
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts Map of Interstate 580 Oakland| A portion of the MacArthur Maze reopened just 25 days after the accident, but one expert raised questions about the safety of the new structure. At 8:39 p.m.,vehicles exiting the bridge cruised over the new 16... | |
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| May.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday San Francisco's most famous landmark opened to pedestrians exactly 70 years ago, to cross the span on foot for the first time May 27, 1937
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| May.29 |
Google |
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FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal
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| May.30 |
San Jose |
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Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
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| Jun.2 |
Google |
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Online maps show city streetscapes |
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| Jun.4 |
Palm |
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Palm Sells 25% Stake to Buyout Firm |
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| Jun.11 |
Apple |
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Apple Launches Safari For Windows |
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| Jun.14 |
eBay |
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eBay Cancels Advertising On Google
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Contra Costa County |
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Homes Sales Fall To 12-Year Low |
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| Jun.16 |
Levi's Stadium |
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Great America Against 49ers Stadium Plan
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| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
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CEO Terry Semel steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
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80 |
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I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested |
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| Jun.19 |
YouTube |
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YouTube makes international move |
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SJ Mercury News |
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Paper To Cut 17% Of News Staff |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
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BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan
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| Jun.26 |
Oracle |
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4Q Profit Up 23%, Beats Expectations |
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
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Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down Chairman Richard Kovacevich has turned over the reins to his top lieutenant, John Stumpf
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| Jun.28 |
Apple |
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iPhone Mania Reaches Fever Pitch |
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| Jun.29 |
Apple |
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iPhone Launched 
After 6 months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people will get their hands on the new cell phone that to become Apple's 3rd core business
| The gadget combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod player and wireless Web browser. It will go on sale in the U.S. at 6 p.m. in each time zone
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
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State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL
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Alameda County |
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County Garbage Workers Locked Out| Waste Management has told 500 sanitary workers not to show up. Trash collectors were locked out, as negotiations remain deadlocked | |
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| Jul.4 |
SJSU |
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S.J. Man Wins Hotdog Eating Contest Joey Chestnut, a student, ate 66 hotdogs in Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hotdog Eating Contest, out-eating defending-champion K...
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| Jul.6 |
Alameda County |
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Garbage Piling Up As Lockout Continues |
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| Jul.9 |
San Mateo Bridge |
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Bridge Increases FasTrak Lanes |
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SF Downtown |
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Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony |
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| Jul.10 |
Apple |
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Apple May Release Cheaper iPhone |
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| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
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City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout |
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| Jul.16 |
Google |
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Cookies will 'auto delete' |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
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Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout
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| Jul.19 |
Google |
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Earnings come up short, stock drops 6% |
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Oakland |
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Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute |
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| Jul.21 |
San Francisco |
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Journalist Pete Wilson Dies At 62| The award-winning broadcast journalist who co-anchored the evening news at the KGO-TV, died of a massive heart attack during a surgery | |
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| Jul.22 |
Oakland |
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Union, company return to table |
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| Jul.23 |
Oakland |
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement
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HP |
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HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion |
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San Francisco |
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Bonds Ex-Mistress To Appear In Playboy |
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| Jul.24 |
Apple |
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iPhone launch falls short, stock falls |
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute| Officials from Waste Management, the Teamsters and Mayor Dellums emerged from negotiations to announce a tentative agreement. The Teamsters will take a vote on Saturday. On ... | |
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| Jul.27 |
Chevron |
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Chevron's 2Q Profit Soars 24% |
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| Jul.30 |
Alameda County |
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Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work
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| Aug.7 |
San Francisco |
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CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial| A former chief executive Gregory Reyes was convicted of defrauding investors in a stock options backdating scheme | |
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South of Market |
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Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation
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Cisco |
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4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent |
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Santa Clara |
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Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital Map of Homestead Avenue and Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara| Hospital staff are moving about 150 bed-ridden patients roughly 1.5 miles to their new $700 million hospital | |
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| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated| U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge denied a request by the Your Black Muslim Bakery to reconsider an order to liquidate its assets to satisfy creditors | |
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| Aug.11 |
Dublin |
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BART Station Closed for Weekend |
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| Aug.14 |
Palo Alto |
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VMware shares hot on first day of trading
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| Aug.16 |
San Francisco |
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Home prices rise in July even as sales fall |
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| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
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New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open Motorists can pay their tolls without taking their feet off the gas. The $1.2 billion 1.6-mile long span features the region's first FasTrak lanes
| The speed limit in the 3 northbound lanes is 55 mph. The system relies on overhead antennas, cameras
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| Aug.28 |
Emeryville |
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Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages
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| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
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EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal| The financially struggling Earthlink Inc. bowed out of a deal to join Google in providing free wireless Internet access throughout the city | |
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| Aug.31 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure
| The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-foot section of the bridge just east of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel
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| Sep.2 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Repairs Progressing Smoothly |
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Is Back In Business The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday
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| Sep.4 |
Alameda |
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$93 million ticket purchased at gas station The winning numbers, 5, 14, 22, 39, and 47 with MEGA number 10. Simon Kim is owner of the Harbor Bay 76
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| Sep.5 |
Apple |
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Apple unveils new iPods, ringtones |
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| Sep.6 |
Apple |
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Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 After the company lopped $200 off the price of the iPhone, CEO Jobs apologized to early buyers and offered them a $100 credit
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| Sep.8 |
Oakland |
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Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale
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| Sep.10 |
AMD |
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AMD to Launch New 4-Core Server Chip |
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Intel |
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Intel Raises 3Q Sales Outlook |
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| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
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Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at Federal...
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| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
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Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins Construction began on a $322 million tunnel-and-bridge project that will replace a scenic but earthquake-prone stretch of Pacific Coast High...
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| Sep.19 |
Contra Costa County |
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County has most foreclosure |
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SF Downtown |
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Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind |
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| Sep.20 |
South of Market |
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Design Picked For Transbay Terminal| A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm to design a new bus and train terminal and an adjacent skyscraper. The winning design of a slender obelisk desi... | |
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| Sep.21 |
Oracle |
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Expansion pays off with strong quarter |
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| Sep.22 |
Walnut Creek |
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Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast |
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| Sep.24 |
SF Downtown |
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Security Guards Go On Strike
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| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
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Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port |
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| Sep.28 |
Apple |
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iPhone warning proves true
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San Francisco |
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Nurses authorize N. California strike |
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| Oct.4 |
SFO |
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World's Largest Commercial Jetliner Comes |
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| Oct.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
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'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo |
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| Oct.8 |
Napa |
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Officials may be up for acquiring airport |
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Half Moon Bay |
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Winning Pumpkin Sets All-Time Record |
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| Oct.9 |
Levi's Stadium |
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49ers to buy Great America for stadium| The team might be willing to buy the theme park next to its proposed new stadium to resolve a lingering parking dispute | |
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| |
Chevron |
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Chevron Forecasts 3Q Earnings Will Drop |
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eBay |
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'Neighborhoods' launched |
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area| Nearly 5,000 nurses in the Bay Area and beyond are staging the two-day strike to protest what they say are unacceptable proposals | |
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| |
San Francisco |
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Wikimedia abandons Florida for SF
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
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Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG
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| Oct.13 |
San Jose |
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BEA rejects Oracle's takeover bid |
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| Oct.16 |
Apple |
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New Mac OS on Sale Oct. 26 |
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| |
Bay Bridge |
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FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up |
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Yahoo |
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Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
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| Oct.17 |
Intel |
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43% increase in third-quarter earnings |
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
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3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent
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| Oct.19 |
Contra Costa County |
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Prosecutors authorize strike
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
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MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
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The Lights Go Down In The City |
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San Francisco |
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SF Gas Prices Highest In Country |
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| Oct.22 |
Apple |
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Apple reports record Mac sales |
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| Oct.24 |
Facebook |
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Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
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| Oct.25 |
San Jose |
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BEA willing to discuss sale to Oracle |
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| Oct.26 |
Apple |
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OS X Update Leopard Hits Store Shelves |
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
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Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop A British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi
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SF Mission |
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BART station closed to deter Halloween |
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| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
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Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution |
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| Nov.5 |
Google |
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Google pushes into mobile phones
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Yahoo |
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House committee chair lambasts Yahoo| Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist | |
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
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New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect
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| Nov.7 |
Cisco |
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1Q Profit Jumps 37 Percent |
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| Nov.9 |
Apple |
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iPhone Goes on Sale in Europe |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
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Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
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CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
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San Francisco |
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Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar Federal investigators investigators were examining whether a harbor pilot initally played down the damage to his ship after striking the bri...
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
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Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill Schwarzenegger suspended all fishing in areas affected by oil spill and called the incident an 'unbelievable human failure' and promised to ...
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| |
Livermore Lab |
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Lab to cut jobs because of rising costs
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| |
Yahoo |
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Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
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Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect A city ordinance passed in March forbids the use of traditional plastic bags by large grocery stores that can still use biodegradable plastic...
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| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
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Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill |
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| Nov.21 |
San Francisco |
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Restaurant grease to recycle into biofuel |
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| Nov.27 |
Google |
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Google's big bet on renewable energy |
|
| Nov.28 |
BART |
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BART To Lease Space To Peet's Coffee |
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| Nov.29 |
San Francisco |
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Fishing ban imposed after bay oil spill lifted
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| Dec.5 |
San Jose |
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Second Brocade exec convicted |
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Genentech |
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FDA Panel Rejects Avastin, stock drops |
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| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
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Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys |
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San Francisco |
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Misconduct charges filed against spill pilot |
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| Dec.7 |
San Francisco |
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Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz
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| Dec.8 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Spill Pilot Asked To Surrender License |
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| Dec.12 |
San Jose |
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Building inspectors end strike |
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San Francisco |
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Levi's Chairman To Retire
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| Dec.13 |
Oakland |
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Nurses Strike For 2nd Time In 2 Months |
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| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
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Oil Spill Ship Posts Bond To Depart Bay
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| Dec.15 |
Santa Clara |
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Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short
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San Francisco |
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Bay Area Sutter Health Nurses End Strike |
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
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1/5 of foreclosures investor-owned |
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| Dec.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
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City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment
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PG&E |
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PG&E To Buy Power From Wave Plant |
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| Dec.19 |
Oracle |
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2Q Profit Soars 35 Percent |
|
| Dec.20 |
Bay Area |
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Bay Area Home Sales Fall 36% The Bay Area housing market showed no signs of recovery in November, as sales fell to a nearly 2-decade low
| 5,127 new and existing houses and condos traded hands last month, 36.2% from the 8,042 sold in November 2006. Buyers still struggled to find mortgages
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San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco The ship responsible has left port is bound for Asia, but Bay Area still dealing with the remnants of 58,000 gallons of thick bunker oil
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| |
Google |
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Regulators approve DoubleClick purchase |
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| Dec.22 |
Barry Bonds |
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Bonds Saga 'Sports Story Of The Year' |
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| |
SF City Hall |
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SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit
|
|
| 2007 |
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| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL
|
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| 2007 |
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| May.17 |
Napa |
Dangerous Apple Moth Found
|
| May.21 |
Lafayette |
Hershey Sues Marijuana-Candy Maker |
|
| Jul.4 |
SJSU |
S.J. Man Wins Hotdog Eating Contest Joey Chestnut, a student, ate 66 hotdogs in Nathan’s Famous 4th of July International Hotdog Eating Contest, out-eating defending-champion K...
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill Schwarzenegger suspended all fishing in areas affected by oil spill and called the incident an 'unbelievable human failure' and promised to ...
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| Nov.29 |
San Francisco |
Fishing ban imposed after bay oil spill lifted
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.30 |
SF Downtown |
Merrill Lynch buying First Republic |
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| Mar.15 |
Cisco |
Cisco agrees to buy WebEx for $3.2B |
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| Apr.13 |
Google |
Google To Buy DoubleClick For $3.1B| Seeking to expand the ability to sell targeted Internet ads, Google agreed to acquire ad-management technology company | |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo Microsoft is resuming its pursuit of search engine operator that could help it better compete with search leader Google. Yahoo shares surged...
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| May.29 |
Google |
FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal
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| Jul.23 |
HP |
HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion |
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG
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| Oct.13 |
San Jose |
BEA rejects Oracle's takeover bid |
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| Oct.24 |
Facebook |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
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| Oct.25 |
San Jose |
BEA willing to discuss sale to Oracle |
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| Dec.20 |
Google |
Regulators approve DoubleClick purchase |
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| 2007 |
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| Feb.5 |
San Francisco |
Sick Pay Law Goes Into Effect
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| Apr.24 |
Apple |
Ex-execs in SEC sights
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| Jul.23 |
San Francisco |
Bonds Ex-Mistress To Appear In Playboy |
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| Nov.21 |
San Francisco |
Restaurant grease to recycle into biofuel |
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| Dec.5 |
Genentech |
FDA Panel Rejects Avastin, stock drops |
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| Dec.22 |
Barry Bonds |
Bonds Saga 'Sports Story Of The Year' |
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.1 |
Bay Bridge |
Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased
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| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
City Claim Grocers Broke Plastic Bag Deal |
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| Mar.8 |
SF City Hall |
Proposed Plastic Grocery Bag Ban Delayed |
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags Board of Supervisors devoted time to improving the planet
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| Mar.28 |
South of Market |
New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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| Mar.28 |
South of Market |
Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon
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| Apr.10 |
Eastern Span |
Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day
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| Apr.13 |
Oakland |
Officials To Curb Problem Liquor Stores |
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| May.2 |
Highway 880 |
Maze Collapse Samples Come back Clean |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute 1 week that a connector ramp in the MacArthur Maze was closed due to a fiery crash, Schwarzenegger announced that it would reopen
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| May.15 |
San Jose |
Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 Average prices in the Bay Area for a gallon of regular gas are at $3.47
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| Jun.18 |
80 |
I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested |
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| Jul.9 |
San Mateo Bridge |
Bridge Increases FasTrak Lanes |
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| Oct.16 |
Bay Bridge |
FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
The Lights Go Down In The City |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
SF Gas Prices Highest In Country |
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect A city ordinance passed in March forbids the use of traditional plastic bags by large grocery stores that can still use biodegradable plastic...
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| Dec.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.22 |
Fremont |
Schwarzenegger Touts Health Care Plan |
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| Apr.6 |
San Mateo |
Child Psychiatrist Accused Of Molestation Doctor William Ayres was arrested and booked on 14 felony counts alleging lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old
|
| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service to map out the carnage in the region
|
| Aug.7 |
Santa Clara |
Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital Map of Homestead Avenue and Lawrence Expressway Santa Clara| Hospital staff are moving about 150 bed-ridden patients roughly 1.5 miles to their new $700 million hospital | |
|
| Oct.28 |
Gap |
Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop A British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi
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| Dec.15 |
San Francisco |
Bay Area Sutter Health Nurses End Strike |
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|
| 2007 |
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| Jan.19 |
Alameda |
Problem Shuts Ferry Service
|
| Dec.7 |
San Francisco |
Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.31 |
Google |
Earnings Nearly Triple In 4th Quarter |
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings |
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| Mar.21 |
Oracle |
3Q Profit Rises 35% |
|
| Apr.10 |
San Francisco |
Levi's Posts Best Earnings In A Decade |
|
| Apr.19 |
Google |
1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations
|
| Apr.27 |
Chevron |
Chevron 1Q Profit Surges 18% |
|
| May.8 |
Cisco |
3rd Qtr. Profit Surges 34% |
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| May.16 |
HP |
2Q Profit Down, But Sales Up |
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| Jun.26 |
Oracle |
4Q Profit Up 23%, Beats Expectations |
|
| Jul.19 |
Google |
Earnings come up short, stock drops 6% |
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| Jul.27 |
Chevron |
Chevron's 2Q Profit Soars 24% |
|
| Aug.7 |
San Francisco |
CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial| A former chief executive Gregory Reyes was convicted of defrauding investors in a stock options backdating scheme | |
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| Aug.7 |
Cisco |
4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent |
|
| Sep.10 |
Intel |
Intel Raises 3Q Sales Outlook |
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| Sep.21 |
Oracle |
Expansion pays off with strong quarter |
|
| Oct.9 |
Chevron |
Chevron Forecasts 3Q Earnings Will Drop |
|
| Oct.17 |
Intel |
43% increase in third-quarter earnings |
|
| Oct.18 |
Google |
3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent
|
| Oct.22 |
Apple |
Apple reports record Mac sales |
|
| Nov.7 |
Cisco |
1Q Profit Jumps 37 Percent |
|
| Dec.19 |
Oracle |
2Q Profit Soars 35 Percent |
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.14 |
HP |
Felony charges dismissed against Dunn| A judge dismissed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn in connection with the corporate spying scandal | |
|
| Apr.5 |
Hayward |
Teachers Go On Strike| Teachers in Hayward Unified School District set up picket lines at several schools while the district brought in substitutes. The substitute teachers are trying cover for some 1,300 public teachers expected t... | |
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| Apr.21 |
San Jose |
Activists Rally For Exploited Workers |
|
| Apr.25 |
Hayward |
Teacher Strike Over Public school teachers ended their 10-day-old strike upon reaching a tentative agreement with the School District over salary increases
|
| May.15 |
Santa Rosa |
Teen Gets No Cash In 'That's So Gay' Suit |
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| Jul.2 |
Alameda County |
County Garbage Workers Locked Out| Waste Management has told 500 sanitary workers not to show up. Trash collectors were locked out, as negotiations remain deadlocked | |
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| Jul.6 |
Alameda County |
Garbage Piling Up As Lockout Continues |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout
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| Jul.19 |
Oakland |
Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute |
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| Jul.22 |
Oakland |
Union, company return to table |
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| Jul.23 |
Oakland |
Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute| Officials from Waste Management, the Teamsters and Mayor Dellums emerged from negotiations to announce a tentative agreement. The Teamsters will take a vote on Saturday. On ... | |
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| Jul.30 |
Alameda County |
Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work
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| Aug.7 |
San Francisco |
CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial| A former chief executive Gregory Reyes was convicted of defrauding investors in a stock options backdating scheme | |
|
| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated| U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge denied a request by the Your Black Muslim Bakery to reconsider an order to liquidate its assets to satisfy creditors | |
|
| Aug.28 |
Emeryville |
Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages
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| Sep.24 |
SF Downtown |
Security Guards Go On Strike
|
| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port |
|
| Sep.28 |
San Francisco |
Nurses authorize N. California strike |
|
| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area| Nearly 5,000 nurses in the Bay Area and beyond are staging the two-day strike to protest what they say are unacceptable proposals | |
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| Oct.19 |
Contra Costa County |
Prosecutors authorize strike
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| Oct.19 |
Contra Costa County |
Prosecutors authorize strike
|
| Dec.5 |
San Jose |
Second Brocade exec convicted |
|
| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Misconduct charges filed against spill pilot |
|
| Dec.12 |
San Jose |
Building inspectors end strike |
|
| Dec.13 |
Oakland |
Nurses Strike For 2nd Time In 2 Months |
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Jul.21 |
San Francisco |
Journalist Pete Wilson Dies At 62| The award-winning broadcast journalist who co-anchored the evening news at the KGO-TV, died of a massive heart attack during a surgery | |
|
| Dec.22 |
Barry Bonds |
Bonds Saga 'Sports Story Of The Year' |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| May.19 |
SF Chronicle |
Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom 80 reporters, photographers, copy editors, as well as 20 employees in management positions are expected to be laid off by end of the summer
|
| Jun.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
Paper To Cut 17% Of News Staff |
|
| Nov.13 |
Livermore Lab |
Lab to cut jobs because of rising costs
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated| U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge denied a request by the Your Black Muslim Bakery to reconsider an order to liquidate its assets to satisfy creditors | |
|
| Sep.25 |
Port of Oakland |
Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port |
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.9 |
SF Downtown |
Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone CEO Steve Jobs ushered in a new era, jumping into the cell phone market
| Jobs, speaking at the Macworld, unveiled the iPhone, which marries the iPod, cell phone and Internet handheld into one device. iTV is moving music, photos, tv shows and movies from the computer to the living room
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| Jan.26 |
Intel |
Chips push through nano-barrier
|
| Feb.6 |
Apple |
Steve Jobs seeks online music shake-up |
|
| Feb.22 |
Apple |
Apple and Cisco share iPhone name Apple and Cisco Systems have resolved their dispute, with both companies agreeing that each can use the name for their products
|
| Jun.4 |
Palm |
Palm Sells 25% Stake to Buyout Firm |
|
| Jun.14 |
eBay |
eBay Cancels Advertising On Google
|
| Jun.19 |
YouTube |
YouTube makes international move |
|
| Jun.28 |
Apple |
iPhone Mania Reaches Fever Pitch |
|
| Jun.29 |
Apple |
iPhone Launched After 6 months of unprecedented hype, thousands of people will get their hands on the new cell phone that to become Apple's 3rd core business
| The gadget combines the functions of a cell phone, iPod player and wireless Web browser. It will go on sale in the U.S. at 6 p.m. in each time zone
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| Jul.10 |
Apple |
Apple May Release Cheaper iPhone |
|
| Aug.29 |
SF City Hall |
EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal| The financially struggling Earthlink Inc. bowed out of a deal to join Google in providing free wireless Internet access throughout the city | |
|
| Sep.5 |
Apple |
Apple unveils new iPods, ringtones |
|
| Sep.6 |
Apple |
Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 After the company lopped $200 off the price of the iPhone, CEO Jobs apologized to early buyers and offered them a $100 credit
|
| Sep.10 |
AMD |
AMD to Launch New 4-Core Server Chip |
|
| Sep.19 |
SF Downtown |
Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind |
|
| Sep.28 |
Apple |
iPhone warning proves true
|
| Oct.16 |
Apple |
New Mac OS on Sale Oct. 26 |
|
| Nov.9 |
Apple |
iPhone Goes on Sale in Europe |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Aug.14 |
Palo Alto |
VMware shares hot on first day of trading
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.10 |
Cisco |
Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name Cisco, which has owned the trademark since 2000. An Apple representative is saying the lawsuit was 'silly'
|
| Jan.30 |
49ers |
49ers File Claim Over Monster Park |
|
| Mar.13 |
YouTube |
Viacom to sue Google and YouTube Viacom Media has accused Google, which bought YouTube, of illegally using its TV programs
|
| Mar.31 |
Newark |
Woman sues over pet food recall |
|
| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
|
| May.15 |
Santa Rosa |
Teen Gets No Cash In 'That's So Gay' Suit |
|
| May.21 |
Lafayette |
Hershey Sues Marijuana-Candy Maker |
|
| May.30 |
San Jose |
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
|
| Jul.2 |
Raiders |
State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL
|
| Jul.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout |
|
| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution |
|
| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill |
|
| Dec.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment
|
| Dec.22 |
SF City Hall |
SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Apple |
Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant| Federal investigators are actively probing the circumstances behind a grant to Apple CEO that carried a false Oct. 2001 date. The Wall Street ... | |
|
| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
Zodiac Killer Case Gets New Life
|
| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe
|
| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar Federal investigators investigators were examining whether a harbor pilot initally played down the damage to his ship after striking the bri...
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.22 |
SJC |
Airport Shoe Scanning Technology Debuts |
|
| May.3 |
SFO |
JetBlue Begins Service |
|
| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at Federal...
|
| Oct.4 |
SFO |
World's Largest Commercial Jetliner Comes |
|
| Oct.8 |
Napa |
Officials may be up for acquiring airport |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
City Claim Grocers Broke Plastic Bag Deal |
|
| Mar.8 |
SF City Hall |
Proposed Plastic Grocery Bag Ban Delayed |
|
| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags Board of Supervisors devoted time to improving the planet
|
| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
New Wal-Mart Store Opens| Unlike other places in the Bay Area, the store was welcomed with open arms and open wallets. 4,000 people applied for 400 jobs | |
|
| Apr.13 |
Oakland |
Officials To Curb Problem Liquor Stores |
|
| May.17 |
Napa |
Dangerous Apple Moth Found
|
| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute| Officials from Waste Management, the Teamsters and Mayor Dellums emerged from negotiations to announce a tentative agreement. The Teamsters will take a vote on Saturday. On ... | |
|
| Sep.4 |
Alameda |
$93 million ticket purchased at gas station The winning numbers, 5, 14, 22, 39, and 47 with MEGA number 10. Simon Kim is owner of the Harbor Bay 76
|
| Oct.28 |
Gap |
Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop A British newspaper found children as young as 10 making clothes in a sweatshop in New Delhi
|
| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect A city ordinance passed in March forbids the use of traditional plastic bags by large grocery stores that can still use biodegradable plastic...
|
| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.19 |
Yahoo |
Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo |
|
| May.30 |
San Jose |
Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights
|
| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
|
| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo| Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist | |
|
| Nov.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.19 |
Alameda |
Problem Shuts Ferry Service
|
| Feb.4 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Arrives The largest and grandest ocean cruise liner, which towers 200 feet above water, is making its first visit ever to SF
| The ship is 1,132 feet long; 17 decks equal the height of a 23-story building. The mammoth passed beneath the Golden Gate bridge, clearing the bottom of the span by 27 feet before a nail-bitingly tight tour of the Bay
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| Feb.6 |
SF Downtown |
Queen Mary 2 Sets Sail From San Francisco |
|
| Sep.19 |
SF Downtown |
Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind |
|
| Oct.29 |
San Francisco |
Groups sue over 'mothball fleet' pollution |
|
| Nov.11 |
San Francisco |
Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe
|
| Nov.12 |
San Francisco |
Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar Federal investigators investigators were examining whether a harbor pilot initally played down the damage to his ship after striking the bri...
|
| Nov.20 |
San Francisco |
Fishermen File Class-Action Suit In Spill |
|
| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Test in S.F. finds lead in lots of toys |
|
| Dec.6 |
San Francisco |
Misconduct charges filed against spill pilot |
|
| Dec.7 |
San Francisco |
Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz
|
| Dec.8 |
San Francisco |
Bay Spill Pilot Asked To Surrender License |
|
| Dec.14 |
San Francisco |
Oil Spill Ship Posts Bond To Depart Bay
|
| Dec.20 |
San Francisco |
Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco The ship responsible has left port is bound for Asia, but Bay Area still dealing with the remnants of 58,000 gallons of thick bunker oil
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.10 |
Google |
Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has teamed up with Google's mapping service to map out the carnage in the region
|
| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit A flood of last-minute tax filers swamped the servers forcing taxpayers to wait hours for confirmation
|
| Apr.18 |
SF Downtown |
CEO scoffs at allegations at Web 2.0 Expo |
|
| Apr.23 |
San Francisco |
Bird-Watching Game From Craig Debuts |
|
| May.17 |
Google |
Big search upgrade |
|
| Jun.2 |
Google |
Online maps show city streetscapes |
|
| Jun.11 |
Apple |
Apple Launches Safari For Windows |
|
| Jul.16 |
Google |
Cookies will 'auto delete' |
|
| Oct.9 |
eBay |
'Neighborhoods' launched |
|
| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
Wikimedia abandons Florida for SF
|
| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Rep. Tom Lantos: Yahoo misled Congress regarding information the Internet company gave to Chinese authorities about the journalist Shi Tao
|
| Oct.26 |
Apple |
OS X Update Leopard Hits Store Shelves |
|
| Nov.5 |
Google |
Google pushes into mobile phones
|
| Nov.5 |
Yahoo |
House committee chair lambasts Yahoo| Tom Lantos angrily rejected explanation for why Yahoo provided incomplete info to Congress about its role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist | |
|
| Nov.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo, Jailed Journalists Settle Lawsuit |
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|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.13 |
SF Downtown |
3rd Street Rail extension launched
|
| Jan.26 |
Intel |
Chips push through nano-barrier
|
| Feb.1 |
San Jose |
$364 Million For San Jose Extension |
|
| Mar.6 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor mulls making bus rides free
|
| May.1 |
BART |
Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit |
|
| Jun.20 |
BART |
BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan
|
| Jul.19 |
Oakland |
Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute |
|
| Jul.22 |
Oakland |
Union, company return to table |
|
| Jul.23 |
Oakland |
Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement
|
| Aug.11 |
Dublin |
BART Station Closed for Weekend |
|
| Oct.28 |
SF Mission |
BART station closed to deter Halloween |
|
| Nov.28 |
BART |
BART To Lease Space To Peet's Coffee |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Apr.24 |
Santa Clara |
49ers estimate stadium will cost $854m
|
| May.7 |
Highway 580 |
Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract |
|
| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze
|
| May.17 |
West Oakland |
Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
|
| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts Map of Interstate 580 Oakland| A portion of the MacArthur Maze reopened just 25 days after the accident, but one expert raised questions about the safety of the new structure. At 8:39 p.m.,vehicles exiting the bridge cruised over the new 16... | |
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| May.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday San Francisco's most famous landmark opened to pedestrians exactly 70 years ago, to cross the span on foot for the first time May 27, 1937
|
| Jun.16 |
Levi's Stadium |
Great America Against 49ers Stadium Plan
|
| Jul.9 |
SF Downtown |
Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony |
|
| Aug.7 |
South of Market |
Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation
|
| Aug.26 |
Benicia |
New Benicia - Martinez Bridge Open Motorists can pay their tolls without taking their feet off the gas. The $1.2 billion 1.6-mile long span features the region's first FasTrak lanes
| The speed limit in the 3 northbound lanes is 55 mph. The system relies on overhead antennas, cameras
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| Aug.31 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Closes; Caltrans Begins Work Caltrans began closing all onramps at 8 p.m. The crews have started the seismic retrofit operation that prompted the closure
| The bridge is closed through 5 a.m. Tuesday as crews replace a 350-foot section of the bridge just east of the Yerba Buena Island tunnel
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| Sep.2 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Repairs Progressing Smoothly |
|
| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
Bridge Is Back In Business The bridge reopen at 6 p.m., far ahead of the originally scheduled reopening of 5 a.m. Tuesday
|
| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins Construction began on a $322 million tunnel-and-bridge project that will replace a scenic but earthquake-prone stretch of Pacific Coast High...
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 880 |
MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks
|
| Dec.15 |
Santa Clara |
Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.15 |
Fremont |
A's owner buys more land in Fremont |
|
| Jan.22 |
Gap |
CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits Gap Inc. dumped Paul Pressler after a year of broken promises that culminated in a dismal holiday shopping season
|
| Jan.22 |
Fremont |
Schwarzenegger Touts Health Care Plan |
|
| Jan.30 |
49ers |
49ers File Claim Over Monster Park |
|
| Feb.6 |
San Francisco |
Gates speaks at cyber security conference
|
| Mar.6 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor mulls making bus rides free
|
| Mar.14 |
HP |
Felony charges dismissed against Dunn| A judge dismissed charges against former HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn in connection with the corporate spying scandal | |
|
| Mar.26 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image hires Lightman as CEO |
|
| Apr.5 |
Hayward |
Teachers Go On Strike| Teachers in Hayward Unified School District set up picket lines at several schools while the district brought in substitutes. The substitute teachers are trying cover for some 1,300 public teachers expected t... | |
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| Apr.24 |
Santa Clara |
49ers estimate stadium will cost $854m
|
| Apr.25 |
Hayward |
Teacher Strike Over Public school teachers ended their 10-day-old strike upon reaching a tentative agreement with the School District over salary increases
|
| Jun.16 |
Levi's Stadium |
Great America Against 49ers Stadium Plan
|
| Jun.18 |
Yahoo |
CEO Terry Semel steps down from post The chief executive of internet search firm has quit his position and has been replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang
|
| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down Chairman Richard Kovacevich has turned over the reins to his top lieutenant, John Stumpf
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| Jul.9 |
SF Downtown |
Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony |
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| Oct.9 |
Levi's Stadium |
49ers to buy Great America for stadium| The team might be willing to buy the theme park next to its proposed new stadium to resolve a lingering parking dispute | |
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| Nov.12 |
Adobe |
CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill Schwarzenegger suspended all fishing in areas affected by oil spill and called the incident an 'unbelievable human failure' and promised to ...
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
Levi's Chairman To Retire
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| Dec.15 |
Santa Clara |
Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.10 |
Woodside |
Jobs loses attempt to raze mansion |
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| Mar.15 |
Contra Costa County |
Bay Area Home Sales Continue To Drop
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| Apr.21 |
San Jose |
Activists Rally For Exploited Workers |
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| Apr.25 |
Oakland |
Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures |
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| Jun.14 |
Contra Costa County |
Homes Sales Fall To 12-Year Low |
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| Aug.16 |
San Francisco |
Home prices rise in July even as sales fall |
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| Sep.19 |
Contra Costa County |
County has most foreclosure |
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| Oct.6 |
Oakland Downtown |
'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo |
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| Dec.16 |
San Francisco |
1/5 of foreclosures investor-owned |
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| Dec.20 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area Home Sales Fall 36% The Bay Area housing market showed no signs of recovery in November, as sales fell to a nearly 2-decade low
| 5,127 new and existing houses and condos traded hands last month, 36.2% from the 8,042 sold in November 2006. Buyers still struggled to find mortgages
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant| Federal investigators are actively probing the circumstances behind a grant to Apple CEO that carried a false Oct. 2001 date. The Wall Street ... | |
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| Apr.24 |
Apple |
Ex-execs in SEC sights
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| Jul.24 |
Apple |
iPhone launch falls short, stock falls |
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| Dec.5 |
San Jose |
Second Brocade exec convicted |
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| 2007 |
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| Dec.22 |
SF City Hall |
SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.15 |
Fremont |
A's owner buys more land in Fremont |
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| Sep.8 |
Oakland |
Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale
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| Sep.20 |
South of Market |
Design Picked For Transbay Terminal| A regional transportation commission picked a Connecticut architecture firm to design a new bus and train terminal and an adjacent skyscraper. The winning design of a slender obelisk desi... | |
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| Oct.9 |
Levi's Stadium |
49ers to buy Great America for stadium| The team might be willing to buy the theme park next to its proposed new stadium to resolve a lingering parking dispute | |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.20 |
Berkeley |
Symphony conductor to step down |
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| Feb.5 |
Apple |
Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit| IPod maker and the manager of The Beatles' Apple Corps resolved their long-simmering dispute. The new settlement will continue using its name and logos on ... | |
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| Feb.23 |
San Francisco |
Zodiac Killer Case Gets New Life
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| Apr.2 |
Apple |
Apple Can Now Sell EMI Songs Online
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| Apr.23 |
San Francisco |
Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies| The founder and artistic director of the Smuin Ballet died during a rehearsal for his next season | |
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| May.13 |
SF Downtown |
Thousands See Fireworks Light Up Sky |
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| Jul.23 |
San Francisco |
Bonds Ex-Mistress To Appear In Playboy |
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| Oct.8 |
Half Moon Bay |
Winning Pumpkin Sets All-Time Record |
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| 2007 |
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| Jan.24 |
Antioch |
PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant |
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| Sep.22 |
Walnut Creek |
Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast |
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
The Lights Go Down In The City |
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| Nov.27 |
Google |
Google's big bet on renewable energy |
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| Dec.18 |
PG&E |
PG&E To Buy Power From Wave Plant |
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| 2007 |
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| Apr.6 |
San Mateo |
Child Psychiatrist Accused Of Molestation Doctor William Ayres was arrested and booked on 14 felony counts alleging lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old
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