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Fremont |
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Fake plumber sexually assaulted resident |
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UC Berkeley |
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Grad Killed in Jerusalem Bombing |
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West Oakland |
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Man shot to death
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Coliseum |
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A's 5, Detroit 3 |
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Oakland City Hall |
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$115,000 to settle cases against police |
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| Aug.2 |
Berkeley |
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Gunpoint takeover netted 100 lbs of pot |
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Coliseum |
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Detroit 3, A's 1 |
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| Aug.3 |
Berkeley |
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Investigators say scientist altered data |
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Oakland Downtown |
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Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers 100 teens are rallying against the city's plans to add more police to the streets to stem a skyrocketing murder rate
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Berkeley |
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Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted 1130 women gathered at a park to break the world record for the number of mothers breastfeeding at one time
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Coliseum |
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A's 8, Detroit 4 |
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| Aug.4 |
East Oakland |
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Vehicular assault sent man to hospital |
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Coliseum |
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A's 4, Detroit 0 |
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East Oakland |
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Synagogue Restored After Arson
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| Aug.7 |
West Oakland |
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Man found shot
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Castro Valley |
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Nine-Year-Old Drowns in Reservoir
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Fremont |
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Auto plant preliminary permit approved |
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Hayward |
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Discrimination ruling overturned |
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| Aug.8 |
Emeryville |
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Pixar shares soar on strong earnings
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Oakland |
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Fire in Oakland hill |
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East Oakland |
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1 dead, 1 critical after shooting
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| Aug.9 |
Highway 580 |
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Chemical spill on I-580 |
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Oakland |
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30% of students reading above nation |
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| Aug.10 |
Oakland |
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94 degrees, new record
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Candlestick |
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Kansas City 17, 49rs 14 (ot) |
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Oakland |
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Tattoo festival |
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| Aug.11 |
East Oakland |
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Apartment fire displace 8 people
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Livermore |
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Fast-moving 117-acre wildfire
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Highway 680 |
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Killed in fiery crash on I-680 |
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Highway 580 |
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Died after hit by truck on I-580 |
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| Aug.12 |
Pleasanton |
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Body found floating |
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East Oakland |
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Man shot dead as he was chased on foot
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Coliseum |
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A's 2, Oakland 1 |
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| Aug.13 |
San Leandro |
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Bomb blew hand off
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Coliseum |
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A's 5, Toronto 4 |
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| Aug.14 |
Coliseum |
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A's 4, Toronto 2 |
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| Aug.16 |
Fremont |
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Convicted of falsely inflating profits
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Fremont |
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Ex-priest arrested again on molestation
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Coliseum |
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A's 1, White Sox 0 |
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San Leandro |
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Police pursuit ended in crash |
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| Aug.17 |
Oakland |
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Newspaper employees walk out
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Coliseum |
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A's 9, White Sox 2 |
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| Aug.18 |
East Oakland |
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Grave injury following vehicle race
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Coliseum |
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A's 7, White Sox 4 |
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| Aug.19 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Head-on collision with CHP car| Danielle Grandison, 25, was trying to enter the closed Webster tunnel. 2 officers suffered minor injuries | |
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Hayward |
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24-year-old man shot and killed Damion Allen had apparent connection to either drugs or gangs
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| Aug.20 |
Dublin |
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Guard indicted for sex with 2 inmates
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Castro Valley |
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6-alarm grassfire in Chabot Park| 175 firefighters, two fixed-wing aircraft and 3 helicopters from numerous agencies have contained a grassfire | |
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| Aug.21 |
Hayward |
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Amtrak passenger train derailed Train was hitting an object on the tracks, but no injuries have been reported
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East Oakland |
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Shot to death 71st killing of the year appears at 6 p.m. in the area of 27th Avenue and East 21st Street
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| Aug.22 |
UC Berkeley |
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Union march Hundreds of lecturers and clerical workers press their demands for better pay
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| Aug.23 |
East Oakland |
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Homicide victim was cop's brother| Robert Ashford, 38, was shot and killed after telling young men in a passing car to slow down | |
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San Leandro |
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Infant left in car and died An 8-week-old baby was found dead inside his grandmother's car after the woman forgot about the infant
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Highway 680 |
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Milk Spill Snarls Traffic on I-680 
Map of Interstate 680 Pleasanton A big rig overturned carrying 5500 gallons of milk. The accident shut down a number of lanes
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UC Berkeley |
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Every new student has housing
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| Aug.24 |
Raiders |
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Raiders 17, 49ers 10 Hill ran 15 yards for a touchdown with 7:19 remaining
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Alameda |
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Men Mugged 88-Year-Old Woman 3 older teenaged men brutally knocked her to the ground, skinning her knees. They broke her shoulder
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West Oakland |
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Shot several times during fight and killed 23-year-old Markel Williams, was shot outside a restaurant. Two other people were also shot
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| Aug.25 |
Hayward |
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Train derailed in struck steel bar
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OAK |
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Job Fair For Airport Security Screeners
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| Aug.26 |
East Oakland |
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Shooting injures 3 Two of the men were in surgery and one was in good condition
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Berkeley |
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60 people displaced by two-alarm fire The burned four-story residential hotel contains 69 apartment units and serves mostly elderly singles
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UC Berkeley |
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First course taught entirely over WWW
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UC Berkeley |
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Strike coincides with first day of classes Hundreds of clerical workers walked off the job and picketed at more than 20 locations around the sprawling campus
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Highway 580 |
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Truck spilled load of crushed cars
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| Aug.27 |
Livermore |
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Boy struck and killed by SUV
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Newark |
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Threats to congressional candidate
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| Aug.28 |
East Oakland |
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Man Shot and Killed The two other gunshot victims are in stable condition
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Athletics |
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A's match longest win streak since 1977| Barry Zito earned his 19th victory as A's won their 15th consecutive game by beating the Royals 7-1 | |
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UC Berkeley |
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Lecturers walked off job| The lecturers joined hundreds of clerical workers Wednesday in protest of failure to bargain in good faith | |
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Oakland |
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Davis credited School District
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| Aug.29 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders 31, Arizona 3 |
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| Aug.30 |
Fremont |
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Police offering free night in jail City employees, reporters are invited to spend an all-expense paid night in the new $8 million jail
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Coliseum |
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A's slip by Twins for 16th in row Athletics are extending the majors' longest winning streak in 25 years, beating the Minnesota Twins 4-2
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East Oakland |
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Fatal hit-and-run
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| Aug.31 |
Coliseum |
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A's extend winning streak to 17 games A's defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-3 and extend the majors' longest winning streak in 49 years
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Alameda |
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CyberTran touts tram system
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Oakland Downtown |
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Mother of Flight 93 hero speaks
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