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| Aug.1 |
San Francisco |
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Online magazines give S.F.'s Zinio a boost |
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Discovery Bay |
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7 Hospitalized After Boat Collision
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| Aug.2 |
Castro |
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Man Kills Self During Police Traffic Stop |
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San Francisco |
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SF Wins Homeless Soccer Tournament |
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San Mateo |
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Body Found In Bushes Near Businesses |
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East Oakland |
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Police Shoot Man Wielding A Hatchet |
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Stanford |
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Venus upset in Stanford finals
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Genentech |
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FDA clears drug for kidney cancer |
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| Aug.3 |
Apple |
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Google chief Schmidt quits Apple board
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San Pablo |
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33-Year-Old Mom Killed In Murder-Suicide |
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eBay |
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PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants |
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San Francisco |
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2 Hikers Held In Iran Were SF Journalists Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, freelance journalists and a friend have been detained in Iran after they hiked across an unmarked Iraqi border
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Alameda County |
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Public Defender Warns Over Job Cuts |
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| Aug.4 |
San Francisco |
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2 SF Journalists Pardoned In North Korea| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a 'special pardon' to journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally | |
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Yahoo |
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MSFT to hire 400 from Yahoo
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UC Berkeley |
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Grads Confirmed Arrested In Iran |
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| Aug.5 |
Crockett |
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2 people killed in head-on collision |
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Fremont |
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Nummi incentives offered |
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
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Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
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Santa Clara |
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Porpoise Dies After Rescue From Creek |
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San Francisco |
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Pier 38 plans on hold
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| Aug.7 |
San Francisco |
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Gay Marriage Lawyers Say No To Help |
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| Aug.9 |
Millbrae |
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Applicants flood Kohl's job fair |
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| Aug.10 |
Santa Clara |
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24 Stuck On Great America Roller Coaster 
Rescue crews used cherry pickers on aerial ladder trucks to remove two dozen people stranded between 40 and 80 feet off the ground
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BART |
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Largest Union Ratifies New Contract |
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Palo Alto |
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Facebook gobbles up FriendFeed |
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eBay |
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eBay, GM team up |
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San Francisco |
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Home value drop-off slows |
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| Aug.11 |
BART |
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Unions Split Over Contract Approval| The union representing train operators and station agents, Amalgamated Transit Union, rejected a proposal, raising the possibility of a strike. Members of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021,... | |
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Richmond-SR Bridge |
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2 Shot, Killed At Bridge Toll Plaza Schwarzenegger issued a statement regarding the death of a toll collector Deborah Ross, who was one of two people killed in a shooting
| The shooting appears to have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Police have identified the suspect as 46-year-old Nathaniel Burris, who lived with Ross
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Oakland |
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FBI Joins Search For Disabled Boy FBI joined police in looking for a 5-year-old Hassani Campbell with cerebral palsy who went missing after being left in a car in the Rockridge...
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| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Permanente Cutting 1,850 Jobs| The cuts, due to the bad economy, total about 2 percent of the company's workforce, are across the board | |
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Oakland City Hall |
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Dellums Names New Oakland Police Chief |
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Novato |
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2 Arrested In Try To Rob Ice Cream Truck |
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| Aug.13 |
BART |
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Strike set for Sunday night| The board of directors voted unanimously to unilaterally implement terms and conditions of employment for members of one of its largest unions | |
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San Mateo |
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Officer-involved shooting |
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San Francisco |
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Filthy power plant to close |
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| Aug.14 |
Martinez |
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CC County Planning More Layoffs |
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| Aug.15 |
Richmond |
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15-year-old boy fatally shot near tracks |
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Livermore |
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Corral Fire Is 50% Contained
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BART |
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Rail Union, Management Resume Talks |
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| Aug.16 |
Alum Rock |
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1 Killed, 2 Injured In Station Stabbing
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Oakland |
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BART, Union Negotiations Down To Wire
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BART |
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No Strike; New Deal Reached| Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute | |
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| Aug.17 |
Napa |
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Cable allegedly assaulted Raiders asst.| Oakland Raiders head coach allegedly had a physical altercation with defensive assistant Randy Hanson during a staff meeting on Aug. 5 | |
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UC Berkeley |
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Protesters Want UC Law Professor Fired |
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| Aug.18 |
Palo Alto |
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Tesla Motors Building Parts Factory The electric-car maker will open a new power train production facility and corporate headquarters in Palo Alto
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San Francisco |
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Court Orders New Trial In Brocade Case |
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HP |
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Fiorina Takes Step Toward US Senate Bid |
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Vallejo |
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Homes Saved From 8-Alarm Brushfire The fire that burned five acres in Hans Memorial Park threatened 'a couple dozen homes. The most probable cause is arson
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HP |
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Profit Hurt By Weak PC, Ink Sales |
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Oakland |
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Report Critical Of BART Police In Shooting |
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East Oakland |
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1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Shooting |
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Napa |
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NFL probing reports of Raiders scuffle |
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| Aug.19 |
Pleasanton |
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Man Allegedly Abducts Son |
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Fremont |
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Nummi suppliers struggle |
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| Aug.21 |
Apple |
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Apple Denies 'Rejecting' Google Voice
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Highway 4 |
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Man In Custody After Road Incident Dies |
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Oakland |
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Slain Toll Collector Remembered |
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Yahoo |
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Tech giants unite against Google |
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East Oakland |
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14-Year-Old Shot, Killed Ricardo Cortez Jr. was shot as he was riding a bicycle. Cortez was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead
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| Aug.22 |
Bay Area |
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Signs of recovery in housing market |
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San Lorenzo |
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1 Dead, 2 Injured After Party Shooting
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Palo Alto |
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Girl Struck, Killed By Caltrain |
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| Aug.23 |
Marin County |
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County Reports Fourth Swine Flu Death |
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| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
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Explosion at high school Map An apparent pipebomb exploded Monday morning inside Hillsdale High School but there were no injuries. One person in police custody
| 17-year-old boy who detonated two pipe bombs while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives will be charged as an adult
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San Jose City Hall |
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City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
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San Mateo |
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Ex-student Arrested In School Explosion |
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Giants |
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Rockies stun Giants, 6-4 |
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| Aug.25 |
BART |
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Final BART Union Approves Contract
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Fruitvale |
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200 Forced Out Of Apartment Complex |
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| Aug.26 |
UC Berkeley |
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UC To Lay Off Employees, Cut Courses |
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| Aug.27 |
Concord |
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Woman Drives Into Nail Salon, 5 Hurt
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SJSU |
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2,300 Students Evacuated In Dorm Fire |
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Antioch |
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Missing girl found 18 years on 
Map A woman who was snatched from a bus stop as an 11-year-old child in 1991 turned up after being held in isolation in an backyard compound
| Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged captor is a convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido. It was a bit strange that 'Alyssa' never called Garrido 'Dad.' Phillip Garrido was on parole for a conviction in another kidnapping case at the time Dugard was taken
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Fremont |
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Toyota to halt work at Nummi Toyota's decided to stop making cars in Fremont in March will idle 4,700 workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory
| The decision send a shudder of job losses through more than a thousand California companies that supply parts to the only automotive plant on the West Coast
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| Aug.28 |
South SF |
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Ammonia leak. Thousands evacuated The leak was reported at about 5:45 a.m. at the Columbus Salame meat processing plant
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Antioch |
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Horrific Details Of Girl's Ordeal Emerge |
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Intel |
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Intel jumps on sales forecast |
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Oakland |
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Missing Boy's Foster Parents Arrested| The foster parents of a missing 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell with cerebral palsy were arrested in connection with his disapperance | |
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Giants |
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Giants claim Hoffman off waivers |
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Antioch |
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Man and his wife have denied abducting |
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UC Berkeley |
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UC Police Efforts Led To Kidnap Arrest| Two quick-thinking police employees set in motion Jaycee Lee Dugard's release when they encountered her alleged captor on campus | |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants gained ground on the wild-card
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Treasure Island |
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Tug That Sank In Bay Recovered |
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| Aug.29 |
Antioch |
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Cases reviewed for connections to kidnap
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| |
Concord |
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Soldier Dies In Afghanistan IED Attack |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Zito cut Rockies' wild-card lead to 1 game |
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| Aug.30 |
East Oakland |
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Police Officer Shot During Traffic Stop
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Antioch |
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Police Expand Search In Kidnaping Case
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| |
SF Bayview |
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4-alarm blaze spread to five buildings |
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| |
Iron Triangle |
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Two people fatally shot in restaurant
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| |
Bay Area |
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Commercial mortgage defaults rising |
|
| |
Pac Bell Park |
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Giants slam Rockies, grab lead share |
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| Aug.31 |
UC Berkeley |
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Families Urge Return Detained Americans |
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Antioch |
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Kidnap girl 'bonded with captor' |
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| |
Antioch |
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Police Find Bone Near Suspect's Home
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| |
Chevron |
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Chevron: Taped show judicial misconduct |
|
| |
Antioch |
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Girl's Alleged Abductor Had Rape Desire |
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| 2009 |
|
| Aug.1 |
Discovery Bay |
7 Hospitalized After Boat Collision
|
| Aug.2 |
Castro |
Man Kills Self During Police Traffic Stop |
|
| Aug.3 |
San Pablo |
33-Year-Old Mom Killed In Murder-Suicide |
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| Aug.5 |
Crockett |
2 people killed in head-on collision |
|
| Aug.6 |
Santa Clara |
Porpoise Dies After Rescue From Creek |
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| Aug.10 |
Santa Clara |
24 Stuck On Great America Roller Coaster Rescue crews used cherry pickers on aerial ladder trucks to remove two dozen people stranded between 40 and 80 feet off the ground
|
| Aug.11 |
Oakland |
FBI Joins Search For Disabled Boy FBI joined police in looking for a 5-year-old Hassani Campbell with cerebral palsy who went missing after being left in a car in the Rockridge...
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| Aug.13 |
San Francisco |
Filthy power plant to close |
|
| Aug.15 |
Livermore |
Corral Fire Is 50% Contained
|
| Aug.18 |
Vallejo |
Homes Saved From 8-Alarm Brushfire The fire that burned five acres in Hans Memorial Park threatened 'a couple dozen homes. The most probable cause is arson
|
| Aug.21 |
Highway 4 |
Man In Custody After Road Incident Dies |
|
| Aug.22 |
Palo Alto |
Girl Struck, Killed By Caltrain |
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| Aug.23 |
Marin County |
County Reports Fourth Swine Flu Death |
|
| Aug.25 |
Fruitvale |
200 Forced Out Of Apartment Complex |
|
| Aug.27 |
Concord |
Woman Drives Into Nail Salon, 5 Hurt
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| Aug.27 |
SJSU |
2,300 Students Evacuated In Dorm Fire |
|
| Aug.28 |
South SF |
Ammonia leak. Thousands evacuated The leak was reported at about 5:45 a.m. at the Columbus Salame meat processing plant
|
| Aug.28 |
Treasure Island |
Tug That Sank In Bay Recovered |
|
| Aug.30 |
SF Bayview |
4-alarm blaze spread to five buildings |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
Explosion at high school Map An apparent pipebomb exploded Monday morning inside Hillsdale High School but there were no injuries. One person in police custody
| 17-year-old boy who detonated two pipe bombs while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives will be charged as an adult
|
| |
|
| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
Ex-student Arrested In School Explosion |
|
| Aug.26 |
UC Berkeley |
UC To Lay Off Employees, Cut Courses |
|
| Aug.27 |
SJSU |
2,300 Students Evacuated In Dorm Fire |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
SF Wins Homeless Soccer Tournament |
|
| Aug.2 |
Stanford |
Venus upset in Stanford finals
|
| Aug.17 |
Napa |
Cable allegedly assaulted Raiders asst.| Oakland Raiders head coach allegedly had a physical altercation with defensive assistant Randy Hanson during a staff meeting on Aug. 5 | |
|
| Aug.18 |
Napa |
NFL probing reports of Raiders scuffle |
|
| Aug.24 |
Giants |
Rockies stun Giants, 6-4 |
|
| Aug.28 |
Giants |
Giants claim Hoffman off waivers |
|
| Aug.28 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants gained ground on the wild-card
|
| Aug.29 |
Pac Bell Park |
Zito cut Rockies' wild-card lead to 1 game |
|
| Aug.30 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants slam Rockies, grab lead share |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.1 |
San Francisco |
Online magazines give S.F.'s Zinio a boost |
|
| Aug.2 |
Genentech |
FDA clears drug for kidney cancer |
|
| Aug.3 |
Apple |
Google chief Schmidt quits Apple board
|
| Aug.3 |
eBay |
PayPal Outage Frustrates Merchants |
|
| Aug.3 |
Alameda County |
Public Defender Warns Over Job Cuts |
|
| Aug.4 |
Yahoo |
MSFT to hire 400 from Yahoo
|
| Aug.5 |
Fremont |
Nummi incentives offered |
|
| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
|
| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
Pier 38 plans on hold
|
| Aug.9 |
Millbrae |
Applicants flood Kohl's job fair |
|
| Aug.10 |
BART |
Largest Union Ratifies New Contract |
|
| Aug.10 |
Palo Alto |
Facebook gobbles up FriendFeed |
|
| Aug.10 |
eBay |
eBay, GM team up |
|
| Aug.10 |
San Francisco |
Home value drop-off slows |
|
| Aug.11 |
BART |
Unions Split Over Contract Approval| The union representing train operators and station agents, Amalgamated Transit Union, rejected a proposal, raising the possibility of a strike. Members of the Service Employees International Union, Local 1021,... | |
|
| Aug.12 |
Oakland |
Kaiser Permanente Cutting 1,850 Jobs| The cuts, due to the bad economy, total about 2 percent of the company's workforce, are across the board | |
|
| Aug.13 |
BART |
Strike set for Sunday night| The board of directors voted unanimously to unilaterally implement terms and conditions of employment for members of one of its largest unions | |
|
| Aug.13 |
San Francisco |
Filthy power plant to close |
|
| Aug.14 |
Martinez |
CC County Planning More Layoffs |
|
| Aug.15 |
BART |
Rail Union, Management Resume Talks |
|
| Aug.16 |
Oakland |
BART, Union Negotiations Down To Wire
|
| Aug.16 |
BART |
No Strike; New Deal Reached| Officials said that a tentative agreement was reached in the labor dispute that threatened to cripple public transit during Monday's commute | |
|
| Aug.18 |
Palo Alto |
Tesla Motors Building Parts Factory The electric-car maker will open a new power train production facility and corporate headquarters in Palo Alto
|
| Aug.18 |
San Francisco |
Court Orders New Trial In Brocade Case |
|
| Aug.18 |
HP |
Fiorina Takes Step Toward US Senate Bid |
|
| Aug.18 |
HP |
Profit Hurt By Weak PC, Ink Sales |
|
| Aug.19 |
Fremont |
Nummi suppliers struggle |
|
| Aug.21 |
Apple |
Apple Denies 'Rejecting' Google Voice
|
| Aug.21 |
Yahoo |
Tech giants unite against Google |
|
| Aug.22 |
Bay Area |
Signs of recovery in housing market |
|
| Aug.24 |
San Jose City Hall |
City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
|
| Aug.25 |
BART |
Final BART Union Approves Contract
|
| Aug.26 |
UC Berkeley |
UC To Lay Off Employees, Cut Courses |
|
| Aug.27 |
Fremont |
Toyota to halt work at Nummi Toyota's decided to stop making cars in Fremont in March will idle 4,700 workers at the New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. factory
| The decision send a shudder of job losses through more than a thousand California companies that supply parts to the only automotive plant on the West Coast
|
| |
|
| Aug.28 |
Intel |
Intel jumps on sales forecast |
|
| Aug.30 |
Bay Area |
Commercial mortgage defaults rising |
|
| Aug.31 |
Chevron |
Chevron: Taped show judicial misconduct |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.2 |
San Mateo |
Body Found In Bushes Near Businesses |
|
| Aug.2 |
East Oakland |
Police Shoot Man Wielding A Hatchet |
|
| Aug.3 |
San Pablo |
33-Year-Old Mom Killed In Murder-Suicide |
|
| Aug.3 |
Alameda County |
Public Defender Warns Over Job Cuts |
|
| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
Twitter site reopens after attack Micro-blogging service was taken offline for more than two hours in what the company believes was a co-ordinated attack
|
| Aug.11 |
Richmond-SR Bridge |
2 Shot, Killed At Bridge Toll Plaza Schwarzenegger issued a statement regarding the death of a toll collector Deborah Ross, who was one of two people killed in a shooting
| The shooting appears to have stemmed from a domestic dispute. Police have identified the suspect as 46-year-old Nathaniel Burris, who lived with Ross
|
| |
|
| Aug.12 |
Novato |
2 Arrested In Try To Rob Ice Cream Truck |
|
| Aug.13 |
San Mateo |
Officer-involved shooting |
|
| Aug.15 |
Richmond |
15-year-old boy fatally shot near tracks |
|
| Aug.16 |
Alum Rock |
1 Killed, 2 Injured In Station Stabbing
|
| Aug.18 |
San Francisco |
Court Orders New Trial In Brocade Case |
|
| Aug.18 |
East Oakland |
1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Shooting |
|
| Aug.19 |
Pleasanton |
Man Allegedly Abducts Son |
|
| Aug.21 |
East Oakland |
14-Year-Old Shot, Killed Ricardo Cortez Jr. was shot as he was riding a bicycle. Cortez was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead
|
| Aug.22 |
San Lorenzo |
1 Dead, 2 Injured After Party Shooting
|
| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
Explosion at high school Map An apparent pipebomb exploded Monday morning inside Hillsdale High School but there were no injuries. One person in police custody
| 17-year-old boy who detonated two pipe bombs while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives will be charged as an adult
|
| |
|
| Aug.24 |
San Mateo |
Ex-student Arrested In School Explosion |
|
| Aug.27 |
Antioch |
Missing girl found 18 years on Map A woman who was snatched from a bus stop as an 11-year-old child in 1991 turned up after being held in isolation in an backyard compound
| Jaycee Lee Dugard's alleged captor is a convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido. It was a bit strange that 'Alyssa' never called Garrido 'Dad.' Phillip Garrido was on parole for a conviction in another kidnapping case at the time Dugard was taken
|
| |
|
| Aug.28 |
Antioch |
Horrific Details Of Girl's Ordeal Emerge |
|
| Aug.28 |
Oakland |
Missing Boy's Foster Parents Arrested| The foster parents of a missing 5-year-old Hasanni Campbell with cerebral palsy were arrested in connection with his disapperance | |
|
| Aug.28 |
Antioch |
Man and his wife have denied abducting |
|
| Aug.28 |
UC Berkeley |
UC Police Efforts Led To Kidnap Arrest| Two quick-thinking police employees set in motion Jaycee Lee Dugard's release when they encountered her alleged captor on campus | |
|
| Aug.29 |
Antioch |
Cases reviewed for connections to kidnap
|
| Aug.30 |
East Oakland |
Police Officer Shot During Traffic Stop
|
| Aug.30 |
Antioch |
Police Expand Search In Kidnaping Case
|
| Aug.30 |
Iron Triangle |
Two people fatally shot in restaurant
|
| Aug.31 |
Antioch |
Kidnap girl 'bonded with captor' |
|
| Aug.31 |
Antioch |
Police Find Bone Near Suspect's Home
|
| Aug.31 |
Antioch |
Girl's Alleged Abductor Had Rape Desire |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.2 |
San Francisco |
SF Wins Homeless Soccer Tournament |
|
| Aug.3 |
San Francisco |
2 Hikers Held In Iran Were SF Journalists Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd, freelance journalists and a friend have been detained in Iran after they hiked across an unmarked Iraqi border
|
| Aug.4 |
San Francisco |
2 SF Journalists Pardoned In North Korea| North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has issued a 'special pardon' to journalists convicted of sneaking into the country illegally | |
|
| Aug.4 |
UC Berkeley |
Grads Confirmed Arrested In Iran |
|
| Aug.7 |
San Francisco |
Gay Marriage Lawyers Say No To Help |
|
| Aug.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Dellums Names New Oakland Police Chief |
|
| Aug.14 |
Martinez |
CC County Planning More Layoffs |
|
| Aug.17 |
UC Berkeley |
Protesters Want UC Law Professor Fired |
|
| Aug.18 |
HP |
Fiorina Takes Step Toward US Senate Bid |
|
| Aug.18 |
Oakland |
Report Critical Of BART Police In Shooting |
|
| Aug.21 |
Oakland |
Slain Toll Collector Remembered |
|
| Aug.24 |
San Jose City Hall |
City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
|
| Aug.29 |
Concord |
Soldier Dies In Afghanistan IED Attack |
|
| Aug.31 |
UC Berkeley |
Families Urge Return Detained Americans |
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