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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 handh... | |
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| Jan.10 |
Cisco |
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Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name |
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| Jan.12 |
Apple |
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Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant
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| Jan.13 |
SF Downtown |
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3rd Street Rail extension launched |
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| Jan.19 |
Alameda |
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Problem Shuts Ferry Service |
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
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CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits |
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| Jan.26 |
Intel |
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Chips push through nano-barrier |
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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
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| Feb.5 |
Apple |
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Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit
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San Francisco |
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Sick Pay Law Goes Into Effect |
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| Feb.6 |
San Francisco |
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Gates speaks at cyber security conference |
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| Feb.22 |
Apple |
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Apple and Cisco share iPhone name |
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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.13 |
Google |
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Viacom to sue Google and YouTube |
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| Mar.15 |
Contra Costa County |
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Bay Area Home Sales Continue To Drop |
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
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S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags |
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| Mar.28 |
SF Downtown |
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New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers |
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SF Downtown |
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Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station |
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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
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| Apr.6 |
San Mateo |
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Child Psychiatrist Accused Of Molestation |
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| Apr.10 |
Google |
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Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities |
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Bay Bridge |
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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
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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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| Apr.17 |
Mountain View |
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Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit |
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| Apr.19 |
Google |
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1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations |
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| Apr.23 |
San Francisco |
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Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies
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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 |
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| May.4 |
Yahoo |
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo |
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| May.7 |
Highway 880 |
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I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute |
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| May.15 |
San Jose |
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Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 |
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| May.16 |
Highway 580 |
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Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze |
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| May.17 |
Napa |
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Dangerous Apple Moth Found |
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West Oakland |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week |
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| May.19 |
SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom |
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| May.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts
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| May.28 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday |
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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.14 |
eBay |
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eBay Cancels Advertising On Google |
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| Jun.16 |
Santa Clara |
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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 |
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| Jun.20 |
BART |
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BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan |
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| Jun.27 |
Wells Fargo |
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Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down |
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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
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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 |
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| Jul.18 |
Oakland |
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Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout |
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| Jul.21 |
San Francisco |
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Journalist Pete Wilson Dies At 62
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| Jul.23 |
Oakland |
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Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement |
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| Jul.26 |
Oakland |
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Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute
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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
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SF Downtown |
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Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted |
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Santa Clara |
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Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital
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| Aug.9 |
Oakland |
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Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated
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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.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...
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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
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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-f... | |
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| Sep.3 |
Bay Bridge |
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Bridge Is Back In Business |
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| Sep.6 |
Apple |
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Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 |
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| Sep.8 |
Oakland |
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Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale |
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| Sep.13 |
Moffett Field |
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Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land |
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| Sep.17 |
Pacifica |
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Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins |
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| Sep.20 |
SF Downtown |
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Design Picked For Transbay Terminal
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| Sep.24 |
SF Downtown |
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Security Guards Go On Strike |
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| Sep.28 |
Apple |
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iPhone warning proves true |
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| Oct.9 |
Santa Clara |
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49ers to buy Great America for stadium
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| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area
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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 |
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| Oct.16 |
Yahoo |
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Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent |
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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.24 |
Palo Alto |
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Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook |
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
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Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop |
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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
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| Nov.6 |
Bay Bridge |
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New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect |
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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 |
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
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Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill |
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Livermore Lab |
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Lab to cut jobs because of rising costs |
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
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Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect |
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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.7 |
San Francisco |
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Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz |
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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
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Levi's Chairman To Retire |
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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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| Dec.18 |
Half Moon Bay |
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City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment |
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| 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
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San Francisco |
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Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco |
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| Dec.22 |
SF City Hall |
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SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit |
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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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| |
Cisco |
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Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings |
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| |
Apple |
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Steve Jobs seeks online music shake-up |
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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 |
Google |
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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.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 |
SF Downtown |
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New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers
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SF Downtown |
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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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| |
Bay Bridge |
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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
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Apr.27 |
San Ramon |
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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 |
Napa |
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Dangerous Apple Moth Found
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| |
West Oakland |
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Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week
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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| 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 |
Santa Clara |
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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 |
Google |
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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 |
|
| 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
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
San Ramon |
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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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| |
SF Downtown |
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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| 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
|
| Aug.16 |
San Francisco |
|
Home prices rise in July even as sales fall |
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| 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.28 |
Emeryville |
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Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages
|
| 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 | |
|
| 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 |
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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 |
Intel |
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Intel Raises 3Q Sales Outlook |
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AMD |
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AMD to Launch New 4-Core Server Chip |
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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 |
SF Downtown |
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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 |
Santa Clara |
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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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eBay |
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'Neighborhoods' launched |
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San Ramon |
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Chevron Forecasts 3Q Earnings Will Drop |
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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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