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| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid| Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google. The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise of... | |
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SF Zoo |
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Zoo experts denounce poor conditions |
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San Jose Downtown |
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Hillary Clinton addressed 4,200 supporters |
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| Feb.2 |
Mill Valley |
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3 Million Gallons Of Sewage Spills Into Bay
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| Feb.4 |
Napa |
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4 Dead In House Fire
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Google |
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Google offers to help Yahoo |
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| Feb.8 |
Castro |
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Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March |
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| Feb.9 |
Marin County |
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Dead birds washing up on Richardson Bay
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East Oakland |
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5 Shootings In 18 Hours Leave 3 Dead |
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| Feb.10 |
Marin County |
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More Dead Birds Along Richardson Bay |
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Oakland |
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Gun Buy-Back Successful On Deadly Day |
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| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Congressman Tom Lantos Dies The only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress was 80. He was surrounded by his wife, Annette, two daughters
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover
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| Feb.12 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Voters To Decide Name Of Saigon District |
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Oakland |
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8 people murdered in Oakland over 5 days |
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| Feb.13 |
Berkeley |
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City Council Eases Anti-Marine Stance Cuncilmembers who were heavily criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here, are saying they oppose the war but support the...
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
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Bonds failed drug test in 2000 |
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San Francisco |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year-low |
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| Feb.15 |
San Mateo |
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Teen Murder Suspect Escapes Jail |
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| Feb.16 |
Marin County |
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Judge Overturns 1982 Murder Conviction |
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| Feb.17 |
Berkeley |
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Police Shoot, Kill Grandmother With Knife |
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| Feb.19 |
HP |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent |
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SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs |
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Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bankruptcy for Sharper Image
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| Feb.21 |
Google |
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Google to Store Patients' Health Records |
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San Francisco |
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Bonds: Typos could compromise case |
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| Feb.22 |
Google |
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10 teams in $30 million race to moon |
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Genentech |
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FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer |
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| Feb.24 |
San Jose |
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Roddick wins SAP Open for third time |
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| Feb.25 |
Alameda |
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Storm knocks over jet on display |
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San Francisco |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO |
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| Feb.26 |
Vallejo |
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy |
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| Feb.28 |
San Francisco |
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Ex-Supe Gonzalez Picked As Nader Mate |
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SF Downtown |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened |
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| Feb.29 |
San Francisco |
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Judge to unseal Bonds' '03 testimony |
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| Feb.1 |
San Ramon |
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Chevron Beats Profit Expectations |
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google
| The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come.
Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
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SF Zoo |
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Zoo experts denounce poor conditions
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San Jose Downtown |
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Hillary Clinton addressed 4,200 supporters
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SJSU |
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Blood drives halted over gay donor ban |
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North Oakland |
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Kennedy Touts Obama |
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| Feb.2 |
Mill Valley |
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3 Million Gallons Of Sewage Spills Into Bay| Nearly 3 million gallons of partially treated sewage and storm water spilled into an arm of the SF Bay from a water treatment plant | |
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Stanford |
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No. 14 Stanford edges No. 9 Wazzu in OT |
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Berkeley |
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Marines refuse to leave despute resolution |
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Livermore Lab |
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Delay in notifying workers about exposure |
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Mill Valley |
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Waters near Bay sewage spill contaminated |
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| Feb.3 |
Richmond |
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Shooting killed one man and injured 2nd |
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| Feb.4 |
Napa |
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4 Dead In House Fire| 4 people were found in one room in the back of the single-story home; 3 died at the scene, an adult female and two young boys. Fire officials believe they are from the same family. The blaze started just befor... | |
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Google |
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Google offers to help Yahoo
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| Feb.5 |
North San Jose |
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3.1 Earthquake Shakes South Bay |
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Contra Costa County |
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Ballot Shortages In East Bay, South Bay |
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| Feb.6 |
Oakland |
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Schools Win, Children's Hospital Loses |
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Marin County |
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Voters Approve 3 County Measures |
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Cisco |
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Shares Sink on Forecast |
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| Feb.7 |
San Carlos |
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Firm fined after worker's death |
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Pacifica |
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3.1 Earthquake Rumbles |
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| Feb.8 |
Vallejo |
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7-Eleven Clerk Shot, Killed |
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Castro |
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Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March
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| Feb.9 |
Marin County |
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Dead birds washing up on Richardson Bay| 65 birds have shown up dead including about a dozen yesterday. Many suspect that two recent sewage spills may be to blame | |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo weighs outsourcing ads to Google |
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East Oakland |
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5 Shootings In 18 Hours Leave 3 Dead
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| Feb.10 |
Marin County |
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More Dead Birds Along Richardson Bay More than 100 dead birds have turned up dead in the same area that was contaminated by two untreated sewage spills last month
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Oakland |
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Gun Buy-Back Successful On Deadly Day
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| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
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Bay Area Congressman Tom Lantos Dies| The only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress was 80. He was surrounded by his wife, Annette, two daughters | |
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San Ramon |
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Chevron Added to Dow |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
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Richmond |
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Man Dies After Shooting At Intersection |
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| Feb.12 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Voters To Decide Name Of Saigon District Mayor Reed and Councilwoman Nguyen are abandoning their support for calling Vietnamese business district the 'Saigon Business District'
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Berkeley |
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City to Soften Anti-Marines Stand |
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Oakland |
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8 people murdered in Oakland over 5 days 
28-year-old Aquaylis Chavis was driving a vehicle when a suspect walking nearby fired shots at him. Romeo Mendez-Martin, was killed in a sho...
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Alameda |
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Soldier Killed By Roadside Bomb In Iraq |
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| Feb.13 |
Berkeley |
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City Council Eases Anti-Marine Stance| Cuncilmembers who were heavily criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here, are saying they oppose the war but support the troop | |
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San Francisco |
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Corpse discovered in van in police lot |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo in talks with News Corp. |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
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Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman |
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San Francisco |
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Bonds failed drug test in 2000
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San Francisco |
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Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year-low
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| Feb.15 |
North San Jose |
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2 Dead In Crash; DUI Suspected |
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San Mateo |
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Teen Murder Suspect Escapes Jail
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| Feb.16 |
Marin County |
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Judge Overturns 1982 Murder Conviction
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| Feb.17 |
Berkeley |
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Police Shoot, Kill Grandmother With Knife The officer fired his weapon to 'defend another person and himself' A woman was shot by an officer who had responded to a domestic violence ...
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| Feb.18 |
Fremont |
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Uninvited Gun Down Man At Wedding |
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Vallejo |
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City Schools Had 20 Recalled Beef |
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SF Zoo |
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Tiger Exhibit Renovated After Fatal Attack |
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| Feb.19 |
Oakland |
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Bailey honored with Polk journalism award |
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HP |
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1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent
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SJ Mercury News |
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Papers seek buyouts to cut costs
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Vallejo |
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City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy| City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis | |
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
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Bankruptcy for Sharper Image| The retail chain known for selling expensive gadgets filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it plans to sell off stores and inventory | |
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| Feb.21 |
Google |
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Google to Store Patients' Health Records
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San Francisco |
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Bonds: Typos could compromise case
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San Francisco |
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Man convicted in 1972 murder of nurse |
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Vallejo |
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Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
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| Feb.22 |
Millbrae |
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Workers Strike At Convalescent Hospital |
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Google |
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10 teams in $30 million race to moon
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Genentech |
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FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer
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| Feb.23 |
SF Downtown |
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State GOP Gathers To Boost McCain |
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Tiburon |
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Fire destroys day care center |
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| Feb.24 |
SF Tenderloin |
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10-Year-Old Girl Missing |
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San Francisco |
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2 Residences Burn In 3-Alarm Blaze |
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San Jose |
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Roddick wins SAP Open for third time
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Redwood City |
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Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival |
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| Feb.25 |
Alameda |
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Storm knocks over jet on display
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San Francisco |
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Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO The world's largest electronic payment processing company, filed paperwork for what may be the richest-ever IPO, hoping to raise $18
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Berkeley |
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1 Dead In Late Night Shooting |
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| Feb.26 |
SF City Hall |
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Academy of Art saving Flower Mart |
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Google |
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Google showing signs of slowing down |
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Vallejo |
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City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
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Mountain View |
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17-Year-Old Shot Dead |
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| Feb.27 |
San Jose |
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County Fair to be dramatically scaled back |
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San Jose |
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13 Arrested As FBI Targets Meth Ring |
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Oakland |
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Judge who sentenced Peterson dies |
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| Feb.28 |
Google |
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Google Releases Health Service Details |
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Richmond |
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2nd Murder In N. Richmond In 2 Days |
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San Francisco |
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Ex-Supe Gonzalez Picked As Nader Mate
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San Jose |
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Fatality, Derailment Trigger Major Delays |
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SF Downtown |
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Huge InterContinental Hotel opened
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Vallejo |
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Deal May Avoid City Of Bankruptcy |
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Raiders |
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Kelly re-signs with Raiders |
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| Feb.29 |
Fremont |
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Apartment Fire Kills 1 |
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San Francisco |
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Judge to unseal Bonds' '03 testimony
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Candlestick |
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Stadium Gets 'Candlestick' Name Back |
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.2 |
Mill Valley |
3 Million Gallons Of Sewage Spills Into Bay| Nearly 3 million gallons of partially treated sewage and storm water spilled into an arm of the SF Bay from a water treatment plant | |
|
| Feb.2 |
Livermore Lab |
Delay in notifying workers about exposure |
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| Feb.2 |
Mill Valley |
Waters near Bay sewage spill contaminated |
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| Feb.4 |
Napa |
4 Dead In House Fire| 4 people were found in one room in the back of the single-story home; 3 died at the scene, an adult female and two young boys. Fire officials believe they are from the same family. The blaze started just befor... | |
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| Feb.5 |
North San Jose |
3.1 Earthquake Shakes South Bay |
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| Feb.7 |
San Carlos |
Firm fined after worker's death |
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| Feb.7 |
Pacifica |
3.1 Earthquake Rumbles |
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| Feb.9 |
Marin County |
Dead birds washing up on Richardson Bay| 65 birds have shown up dead including about a dozen yesterday. Many suspect that two recent sewage spills may be to blame | |
|
| Feb.10 |
Marin County |
More Dead Birds Along Richardson Bay More than 100 dead birds have turned up dead in the same area that was contaminated by two untreated sewage spills last month
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| Feb.15 |
North San Jose |
2 Dead In Crash; DUI Suspected |
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| Feb.18 |
Vallejo |
City Schools Had 20 Recalled Beef |
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| Feb.18 |
SF Zoo |
Tiger Exhibit Renovated After Fatal Attack |
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| Feb.23 |
Tiburon |
Fire destroys day care center |
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| Feb.24 |
SF Tenderloin |
10-Year-Old Girl Missing |
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| Feb.24 |
San Francisco |
2 Residences Burn In 3-Alarm Blaze |
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| Feb.25 |
Alameda |
Storm knocks over jet on display
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| Feb.28 |
San Jose |
Fatality, Derailment Trigger Major Delays |
|
| Feb.29 |
Fremont |
Apartment Fire Kills 1 |
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.6 |
Oakland |
Schools Win, Children's Hospital Loses |
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| Feb.18 |
Vallejo |
City Schools Had 20 Recalled Beef |
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| Feb.22 |
Google |
10 teams in $30 million race to moon
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.2 |
Stanford |
No. 14 Stanford edges No. 9 Wazzu in OT |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Bonds failed drug test in 2000
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| Feb.21 |
San Francisco |
Bonds: Typos could compromise case
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| Feb.24 |
San Jose |
Roddick wins SAP Open for third time
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| Feb.28 |
Raiders |
Kelly re-signs with Raiders |
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| Feb.29 |
San Francisco |
Judge to unseal Bonds' '03 testimony
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| Feb.29 |
Candlestick |
Stadium Gets 'Candlestick' Name Back |
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| 2008 |
|
| Feb.1 |
San Ramon |
Chevron Beats Profit Expectations |
|
| Feb.1 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid Microsoft has made an aggressive bid to buy struggling behemoth, in hopes that the combined forces would create a formidable competitor Google
| The offer leaves the decision in the hands of Yahoo's board. In making the unsolicited public acquisition offer, MS is hoping to force Yahoo's investors to support the deal as they bemoan a slumping share price. The surprise offer of $31 per share seizes on Yahoo's weakness while Microsoft tries to muscle up in a high-stakes battle with Google likely to define the technology for years to come.
Yahoo said it will 'carefully and promptly' study the bid
|
| | |
|
| Feb.1 |
SJSU |
Blood drives halted over gay donor ban |
|
| Feb.4 |
Google |
Google offers to help Yahoo
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| Feb.6 |
Cisco |
Shares Sink on Forecast |
|
| Feb.7 |
San Carlos |
Firm fined after worker's death |
|
| Feb.8 |
Vallejo |
7-Eleven Clerk Shot, Killed |
|
| Feb.8 |
Castro |
Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March
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| Feb.9 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo weighs outsourcing ads to Google |
|
| Feb.11 |
San Ramon |
Chevron Added to Dow |
|
| Feb.11 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo officially rejects Microsoft's takeover| Yahoo Inc.'s board is saying that it 'substantially undervalues' the Web portal, but at the same time, left the door open for a counter offer | |
|
| Feb.13 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo in talks with News Corp. |
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| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Sharper Image replaces CEO Lightman |
|
| Feb.14 |
San Francisco |
Bay Area home sales fall to 20-year-low
|
| Feb.19 |
HP |
1Q Profit Rises 38 Percent
|
| Feb.19 |
SJ Mercury News |
Papers seek buyouts to cut costs
|
| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy| City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis | |
|
| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
Bankruptcy for Sharper Image| The retail chain known for selling expensive gadgets filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it plans to sell off stores and inventory | |
|
| Feb.21 |
Google |
Google to Store Patients' Health Records
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| Feb.21 |
Vallejo |
Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
|
| Feb.22 |
Millbrae |
Workers Strike At Convalescent Hospital |
|
| Feb.22 |
Genentech |
FDA Clears Avastin for Breast Cancer
|
| Feb.24 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival |
|
| Feb.25 |
San Francisco |
Visa readies record $18.8 billion IPO The world's largest electronic payment processing company, filed paperwork for what may be the richest-ever IPO, hoping to raise $18
|
| Feb.26 |
SF City Hall |
Academy of Art saving Flower Mart |
|
| Feb.26 |
Google |
Google showing signs of slowing down |
|
| Feb.26 |
Vallejo |
City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
|
| Feb.28 |
Google |
Google Releases Health Service Details |
|
| Feb.28 |
SF Downtown |
Huge InterContinental Hotel opened
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| Feb.28 |
Vallejo |
Deal May Avoid City Of Bankruptcy |
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| 2008 |
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| Feb.3 |
Richmond |
Shooting killed one man and injured 2nd |
|
| Feb.8 |
Vallejo |
7-Eleven Clerk Shot, Killed |
|
| Feb.9 |
East Oakland |
5 Shootings In 18 Hours Leave 3 Dead
|
| Feb.10 |
Oakland |
Gun Buy-Back Successful On Deadly Day
|
| Feb.11 |
Richmond |
Man Dies After Shooting At Intersection |
|
| Feb.12 |
Oakland |
8 people murdered in Oakland over 5 days 28-year-old Aquaylis Chavis was driving a vehicle when a suspect walking nearby fired shots at him. Romeo Mendez-Martin, was killed in a sho...
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| Feb.13 |
San Francisco |
Corpse discovered in van in police lot |
|
| Feb.15 |
San Mateo |
Teen Murder Suspect Escapes Jail
|
| Feb.16 |
Marin County |
Judge Overturns 1982 Murder Conviction
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| Feb.17 |
Berkeley |
Police Shoot, Kill Grandmother With Knife The officer fired his weapon to 'defend another person and himself' A woman was shot by an officer who had responded to a domestic violence ...
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| Feb.18 |
Fremont |
Uninvited Gun Down Man At Wedding |
|
| Feb.21 |
San Francisco |
Bonds: Typos could compromise case
|
| Feb.21 |
San Francisco |
Man convicted in 1972 murder of nurse |
|
| Feb.25 |
Berkeley |
1 Dead In Late Night Shooting |
|
| Feb.26 |
Mountain View |
17-Year-Old Shot Dead |
|
| Feb.27 |
San Jose |
13 Arrested As FBI Targets Meth Ring |
|
| Feb.27 |
Oakland |
Judge who sentenced Peterson dies |
|
| Feb.28 |
Richmond |
2nd Murder In N. Richmond In 2 Days |
|
| Feb.29 |
San Francisco |
Judge to unseal Bonds' '03 testimony
|
|
| 2008 |
|
| Feb.1 |
SF Zoo |
Zoo experts denounce poor conditions
|
| Feb.1 |
San Jose Downtown |
Hillary Clinton addressed 4,200 supporters
|
| Feb.1 |
SJSU |
Blood drives halted over gay donor ban |
|
| Feb.1 |
North Oakland |
Kennedy Touts Obama |
|
| Feb.2 |
Berkeley |
Marines refuse to leave despute resolution |
|
| Feb.5 |
Contra Costa County |
Ballot Shortages In East Bay, South Bay |
|
| Feb.6 |
Oakland |
Schools Win, Children's Hospital Loses |
|
| Feb.6 |
Marin County |
Voters Approve 3 County Measures |
|
| Feb.8 |
Castro |
Filmmakers Recreate Harvey Milk March
|
| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
Bay Area Congressman Tom Lantos Dies| The only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress was 80. He was surrounded by his wife, Annette, two daughters | |
|
| Feb.12 |
San Jose City Hall |
Voters To Decide Name Of Saigon District Mayor Reed and Councilwoman Nguyen are abandoning their support for calling Vietnamese business district the 'Saigon Business District'
|
| Feb.12 |
Berkeley |
City to Soften Anti-Marines Stand |
|
| Feb.12 |
Alameda |
Soldier Killed By Roadside Bomb In Iraq |
|
| Feb.13 |
Berkeley |
City Council Eases Anti-Marine Stance| Cuncilmembers who were heavily criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here, are saying they oppose the war but support the troop | |
|
| Feb.19 |
Oakland |
Bailey honored with Polk journalism award |
|
| Feb.19 |
Vallejo |
City Budget Woes May Force Bankruptcy| City Council met in closed session with the city's employees' organizations to try to find a solution to the city's budget crisis | |
|
| Feb.21 |
Vallejo |
Residents Pack Meeting On City's Finances |
|
| Feb.23 |
SF Downtown |
State GOP Gathers To Boost McCain |
|
| Feb.26 |
Vallejo |
City Council discusses filing for bankruptcy
|
| Feb.27 |
San Jose |
County Fair to be dramatically scaled back |
|
| Feb.28 |
San Francisco |
Ex-Supe Gonzalez Picked As Nader Mate
|
| Feb.28 |
Vallejo |
Deal May Avoid City Of Bankruptcy |
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