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Summary.     Click for More > Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone
Jan.1  Bay Bridge  Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased
Jan.9   SF Downtown
  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...
Jan.10  Cisco  Cisco to sue Apple on iPhone name Jan.12   Apple Fed Probe Jobs' Stock-Options Grant Jan.13  SF Downtown  3rd Street Rail extension launched Jan.19  Alameda  Problem Shuts Ferry Service Jan.22  Gap  CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits Jan.26  Intel  Chips push through nano-barrier 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 Feb.5   Apple Apple, Beatles Settle Trademark Suit  San Francisco  Sick Pay Law Goes Into Effect Feb.6  San Francisco  Gates speaks at cyber security conference Feb.22  Apple  Apple and Cisco share iPhone name Feb.23  San Francisco  Zodiac Killer Case Gets New Life Mar.6  SF City Hall  Mayor mulls making bus rides free Mar.13  Google  Viacom to sue Google and YouTube Mar.15  Contra Costa County  Bay Area Home Sales Continue To Drop Mar.27  SF City Hall  S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags Mar.28  SF Downtown  New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers  SF Downtown  Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station Apr.2  Apple  Apple Can Now Sell EMI Songs Online Apr.5   Hayward Teachers Go On Strike Apr.6  San Mateo  Child Psychiatrist Accused Of Molestation Apr.10  Google  Google Earth maps out Darfur atrocities  Bay Bridge  Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day Apr.11   Richmond New Wal-Mart Store Opens 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 Apr.17  Mountain View  Last-minute tax users swamp Intuit Apr.19  Google  1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations Apr.23   San Francisco Ballet Pioneer M. Smuin Collapses, Dies Apr.24  Apple  Ex-execs in SEC sights  Santa Clara  49ers estimate stadium will cost $854m Apr.25  Hayward  Teacher Strike Over May.4  Yahoo  Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo May.7  Highway 880  I-880 Connector Reopens For Commute May.15  San Jose  Gas prices for super unleaded close $4 May.16  Highway 580  Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze May.17  Napa  Dangerous Apple Moth Found  West Oakland  Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week May.19  SF Chronicle  Chronicle to cut 25% of jobs in newsroom May.24   Highway 580 Maze Reopens Despite Expert's Doubts May.28  Golden Gate Bridge  Bridge Celebrates Blustery Birthday May.29  Google  FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal May.30  San Jose  Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights Jun.14  eBay  eBay Cancels Advertising On Google Jun.16  Santa Clara  Great America Against 49ers Stadium Plan Jun.18  Yahoo  CEO Terry Semel steps down from post Jun.20  BART  BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan Jun.27  Wells Fargo  Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down 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 Jul.2  Raiders  State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL   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 Jul.4  SJSU  S.J. Man Wins Hotdog Eating Contest Jul.18  Oakland  Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout Jul.21   San Francisco Journalist Pete Wilson Dies At 62 Jul.23  Oakland  Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement Jul.26   Oakland Deal Reached To End Garbage Dispute Jul.30  Alameda County  Regular Garbage Collectors Back To Work Aug.7   San Francisco CEO Convicted In Brocade Stock Trial  SF Downtown  Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted   Santa Clara Kaiser Moves Patients To New Hospital Aug.9   Oakland Black Muslim bakery assets to be liquidated Aug.14  Palo Alto  VMware shares hot on first day of trading 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... Aug.28  Emeryville  Hotel Workers Win Battle For Back Wages Aug.29   SF City Hall EarthLink Kills City Wi-Fi Deal 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-f...
Sep.3  Bay Bridge  Bridge Is Back In Business Sep.6  Apple  Jobs offers early iPhone buyers $100 Sep.8  Oakland  Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale Sep.13  Moffett Field  Google founders pay NASA $1.3m to land Sep.17  Pacifica  Perilous Devils Slide Construction Begins Sep.20   SF Downtown Design Picked For Transbay Terminal Sep.24  SF Downtown  Security Guards Go On Strike Sep.28  Apple  iPhone warning proves true Oct.9   Santa Clara 49ers to buy Great America for stadium Oct.10   San Francisco Thousands Of Nurses Strike In Bay Area  San Francisco  Wikimedia abandons Florida for SF Oct.12  Oracle  Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems Oct.16  Yahoo  Lawmaker: Yahoo knew China's intent Oct.18  Google  3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent Oct.19  Contra Costa County  Prosecutors authorize strike Oct.20  Highway 880  MacArthur Maze Closed To Repair Cracks Oct.24  Palo Alto  Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Oct.28  Gap  Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop Nov.5  Google  Google pushes into mobile phones   Yahoo House committee chair lambasts Yahoo Nov.6  Bay Bridge  New bridge FasTrak lanes in effect Nov.11  San Francisco  Ship's crew questioned in criminal probe Nov.12  Adobe  CEO steps down, Narayen to take helm  San Francisco  Probe Examines Pilot Actions, Ship Radar Nov.13  San Francisco  Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill  Livermore Lab  Lab to cut jobs because of rising costs Nov.19  San Francisco  Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect Nov.29  San Francisco  Fishing ban imposed after bay oil spill lifted Dec.7  San Francisco  Ferry hits rocks near Alcatraz Dec.12  San Francisco  Levi's Chairman To Retire Dec.14  San Francisco  Oil Spill Ship Posts Bond To Depart Bay Dec.15  Santa Clara  Proposal for 49s stadium falls $51m short Dec.18  Half Moon Bay  City To Appeal $36.9M Judgment 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  San Francisco  Cosco Busan leaves San Francisco Dec.22  SF City Hall  SF Must Pay White Man $1M In Race Suit


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Bay Area Bridge Tolls Increased Apple unveils all-in-one iPhone


January 2007 ... more > Top ^

Jan.1   Bay Bridge
Jan.9   SF Downtown
  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
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'  Woodside  Jobs loses attempt to raze mansion 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 ...
Jan.13   SF Downtown 3rd Street Rail extension launched Jan.15  Fremont  A's owner buys more land in Fremont Jan.18  SF City Hall  City Claim Grocers Broke Plastic Bag Deal Jan.19   Alameda Problem Shuts Ferry Service Jan.20  Berkeley  Symphony conductor to step down 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  Fremont  Schwarzenegger Touts Health Care Plan  SJC  Airport Shoe Scanning Technology Debuts Jan.24  Antioch  PG&E Breaks Ground On New Power Plant Jan.26   Intel Chips push through nano-barrier Jan.30  SF Downtown  Merrill Lynch buying First Republic  49ers  49ers File Claim Over Monster Park Jan.31  Google  Earnings Nearly Triple In 4th Quarter

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Feb.1  San Jose  $364 Million For San Jose Extension 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
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 ...
  San Francisco Sick Pay Law Goes Into Effect Feb.6  SF Downtown  Queen Mary 2 Sets Sail From San Francisco   San Francisco Gates speaks at cyber security conference  Cisco  Cisco stock jumps on strong earnings  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 Feb.23   San Francisco Zodiac Killer Case Gets New Life

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Mar.6   SF City Hall Mayor mulls making bus rides free
Mar.8  SF City Hall  Proposed Plastic Grocery Bag Ban Delayed Mar.13   Google Viacom to sue Google and YouTube  Viacom Media has accused Google, which bought YouTube, of illegally using its TV programs Mar.15  Cisco  Cisco agrees to buy WebEx for $3.2B   Contra Costa County Bay Area Home Sales Continue To Drop Mar.21  Oracle  3Q Profit Rises 35% Mar.26  San Francisco  Sharper Image hires Lightman as CEO Mar.27   SF City Hall S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags  Board of Supervisors devoted time to improving the planet Mar.28   SF Downtown New Traffic Switch For Bay Bridge Drivers   SF Downtown Gas Reaches $4 A Gallon At Shell Station   At a station on 6th and Harrison premium gasoline went for over $4 a gallon Mar.31  Newark  Woman sues over pet food recall

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Apr.2   Apple Apple Can Now Sell EMI Songs Online
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...
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  San Francisco  Levi's Posts Best Earnings In A Decade   Bay Bridge Bridge To Be Closed On Labor Day 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   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
 Oakland  Officials To Curb Problem Liquor Stores 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.19  Yahoo  Imprisoned Chinese Dissident Sues Yahoo   Google 1Q Profit Up 69%, Blows Expectations Apr.21  San Jose  Activists Rally For Exploited Workers 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
 San Francisco  Bird-Watching Game From Craig Debuts Apr.24   Apple Ex-execs in SEC sights   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  Oakland  Oakland ranks 22nd in foreclosures Apr.27  San Ramon  Chevron 1Q Profit Surges 18%

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May.1  BART  Transp. Leaders Encourage Mass Transit May.2  Highway 880  Maze Collapse Samples Come back Clean May.3  SFO  JetBlue Begins Service 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... 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  Highway 580  Caltrans Awards I-580 Work Contract May.8  Cisco  3rd Qtr. Profit Surges 34% May.13  SF Downtown  Thousands See Fireworks Light Up Sky 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  Santa Rosa  Teen Gets No Cash In 'That's So Gay' Suit May.16   Highway 580 Giant Steel Beams Added To Maze
 HP  2Q Profit Down, But Sales Up May.17   Napa Dangerous Apple Moth Found   West Oakland Contractor: Maze To Reopen Next Week  Google  Big search upgrade 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 May.21  Lafayette  Hershey Sues Marijuana-Candy Maker May.24   Highway 580   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...
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 May.29   Google FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal May.30   San Jose Firm Sued Over CIA Torture Flights

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Jun.2  Google  Online maps show city streetscapes Jun.4  Palm  Palm Sells 25% Stake to Buyout Firm Jun.11  Apple  Apple Launches Safari For Windows Jun.14   eBay eBay Cancels Advertising On Google
 Contra Costa County  Homes Sales Fall To 12-Year Low Jun.16   Santa Clara 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  80  I-80 Tops List Of Most Congested Jun.19  Google  YouTube makes international move  SJ Mercury News  Paper To Cut 17% Of News Staff Jun.20   BART BART To Unveil 50-Year Expansion Plan Jun.26  Oracle  4Q Profit Up 23%, Beats Expectations Jun.27   Wells Fargo Longtime CEO Kovacevich Steps Down  Chairman Richard Kovacevich has turned over the reins to his top lieutenant, John Stumpf 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.2   Raiders State court ends Raiders' suit against NFL   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
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... Jul.6  Alameda County  Garbage Piling Up As Lockout Continues Jul.9  San Mateo Bridge  Bridge Increases FasTrak Lanes  SF Downtown  Pelosi speaks at federal building ceremony Jul.10  Apple  Apple May Release Cheaper iPhone Jul.12  Oakland City Hall  City To Sue Over Garbage Lockout Jul.16  Google  Cookies will 'auto delete' Jul.18   Oakland Fed. Mediator Seeks To End Lockout Jul.19  Google  Earnings come up short, stock drops 6%  Oakland  Mediator Talks Continue In Trash Dispute 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
Jul.22  Oakland  Union, company return to table Jul.23   Oakland Garbage Talks Round Has No Agreement  HP  HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion  San Francisco  Bonds Ex-Mistress To Appear In Playboy Jul.24  Apple  iPhone launch falls short, stock falls 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 ...
Jul.27  San Ramon  Chevron's 2Q Profit Soars 24% 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
  SF Downtown   Transbay Terminal Design Ideas Submitted  The new Transbay Transit Center promises to beef up the city skyline and improve public transportation  Cisco  4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent   Santa Clara   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
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.11  Dublin  BART Station Closed for Weekend Aug.14   Palo Alto VMware shares hot on first day of trading
Aug.16  San Francisco  Home prices rise in July even as sales fall 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
Aug.28   Emeryville 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   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.4  Alameda  $93 million ticket purchased at gas station 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.8   Oakland Your Black Muslim Bakery HQ for sale Sep.10  Intel  Intel Raises 3Q Sales Outlook  AMD  AMD to Launch New 4-Core Server Chip 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... 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... Sep.19  Contra Costa County  County has most foreclosure  SF Downtown  Harbor Ferry Service Halted Due To Wind Sep.20   SF Downtown 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...
Sep.21  Oracle  Expansion pays off with strong quarter Sep.22  Walnut Creek  Energy firm to pay $15m for pipeline blast Sep.24   SF Downtown Security Guards Go On Strike Sep.25  Port of Oakland  Longshoreman's Death Shuts Down Port Sep.28   Apple iPhone warning proves true  San Francisco  Nurses authorize N. California strike

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Oct.4  SFO  World's Largest Commercial Jetliner Comes Oct.6  Oakland Downtown  'Crown Jewel' Of Redevelopment In Limbo Oct.8  Napa  Officials may be up for acquiring airport  Half Moon Bay  Winning Pumpkin Sets All-Time Record Oct.9   Santa Clara 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
 eBay  'Neighborhoods' launched  San Ramon  Chevron Forecasts 3Q Earnings Will Drop 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
  San Francisco Wikimedia abandons Florida for SF 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 Oct.13  San Jose  BEA rejects Oracle's takeover bid Oct.16  Apple  New Mac OS on Sale Oct. 26  Bay Bridge  FasTrak Metering Lights To Speed Up   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.17  Intel  43% increase in third-quarter earnings Oct.18   Google 3Q Profit Climbs 46 Percent Oct.19   Contra Costa County Prosecutors authorize strike Oct.20   Highway 880