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Oct.17   Oakland City Hall   Tougher Rules Against Smoking Enacted
  The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that makes it illegal to smoke in outdoor dining areas, ATM lines, parks and bus stops
 Smoking banned in child care centers and municipal golf courses


  Intel   43% increase in third-quarter earnings
  The shares jumped $1.17, or 4.6 percent, to $26.65


  Yahoo   3Q Progress Encourages Investors  The report exceeded lowered expectations. Yang detailed his plans to emphasize the Web site's strengths while continuing to dump the deadwood

  Iron Triangle   1 Killed, 1 Injured In Drive-By Shooting  An apparent drive-by shooting in troubled Iron Triangle neighborhood claimed the life of a 44-year-old woman and seriously injured a teenaged boy

  San Francisco   MySpace To Add Skype Voice Calling  MySpace will offer members of its social network free Internet phone calls with a new feature based on eBay's Skype service

  East San Jose   Steps taken to stop spread of medfly  Agricultural officials have set up a 75-square-mile quarantine zone in East San Jose to prevent from moving fruits and vegetables that may be infected

Day News


  Berkeley   Marine recruiting office draws protesters
  Pro-military and anti-war protesters demonstrated at the site of an office in downtown in what turned out to be a rowdy but mainly peaceful protest


  San Francisco   18 Years After Loma Prieta  Geological scientists continue to make significant breakthroughs in earthquake research and forecasting

  eBay   eBay Loses $936 Million Due To Skype  Ebay Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of more than $936 million, a rare plunge into the red for the e-commerce juggernaut
World , October 17, 2007 Timeline