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Oakland |
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Lawyer: cop who hit victim was provoked
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| Feb.2 |
East Oakland |
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Shooting left man dead
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Berkeley |
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Killed by freight train
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Highway 238 |
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Motorcyclist killed on Highway 238
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Oracle Arena |
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Warriors Give Up Lead In Loss To Spurs
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| Feb.3 |
Raiders |
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 Raiders keep Cable as head coach Oakland retained head coach Tom Cable, officially removing the interim designation from his title more than five weeks after their season en...
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Berkeley |
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Elephant Pharm abruptly closes its stores A small drug store chain known for its holistic approach to health remedies, abruptly closed all 3 stores and announced plans to file for ba...
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Oakland Downtown |
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13 Hurt After BART Trains Collide The collision occurred about 3 p.m. The injured were taken on stretchers up escalators and elevators to ambulances waiting on Broadway
| The lead cars of two trains derailed. One train sideswiped another around in the 'minor collision'
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| Feb.4 |
Oakland |
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New Claim Filed Against BART
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| Feb.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Historic Fox Theater Reopens
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| Feb.6 |
Oakland |
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 Ex-BART Officer Released On Bond Johannes Mehserle, 27, charged in the shooting death of an unarmed man was freed on $3 million bail
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Oakland |
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Band member and employee charged| The co-founder of the Saving Abel and another employee of the band allegedly forced a 17-year-old girl to perform a sex act following a concert | |
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Warriors |
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Warriors Lost To Suns, 115-105
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| Feb.7 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Resident hospitalized after fire
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| Feb.8 |
East Oakland |
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2 shootings: one man dead, one injured  Officers found a 57-year-old William Billy Douglas lying on the sidewalk; pronounced dead by paramedics. A 2nd victim was also located nearb...
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| Feb.9 |
Oracle Arena |
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Warriors Win Over Jazz, 116-96
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Alameda |
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Trade Schools See Enrollment Jump
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| Feb.10 |
Oakland |
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African American Pullman Porters Honored
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| Feb.11 |
San Francisco |
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Gallon of regular gas now costs $2.23
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Oakland |
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Solar firm announces big contract BrightSource Energy will sell S. California Edison 1,300 megawatts of electricity from 7 large solar plants planned for the California deser...
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| Feb.14 |
Oakland |
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Kaiser Foundation loses $794 million Lost $794 million in 2008, compared with income of $2.2 billion in 2007, blaming on a decline in the financial markets that hurt its investm...
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East Oakland |
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Shooting Sets Off Speed Chase; 1 Hurt
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| Feb.18 |
Dublin |
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 Soldier from Dublin killed in Iraq 41-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Sean D. Diamond died after an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in As Salam
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UC Berkeley |
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Sexual Predator Strikes 10 Times Near UC
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| Feb.20 |
Fruitvale |
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Fatal Stabbing In BART Parking Lot Map of 3401 E 12th St Oakland An altercation between 3 people was reported at the station at about 9:30 p.m., during which one man was stabbed in a surface parking lot
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Oakland |
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Pastor gets jail over clinic buffer law
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Hayward |
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62-year-old man fatally struck by train
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Fruitvale |
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BART Holdup Victim Kills Robber A 23-year-old man being robbed by two younger men at BART station parking lot fatally stabbed one assailant in apparent self-defense
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Moffett Field |
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Fresh cash windfall for zeppelin Airship Ventures offers 1- and 2-hour flights out of Moffett and OAK. A standard 1-hour flight is $495 per person and 2 hours is $950
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Hayward |
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Shots fired into school classroom No one was injured after a gunman fired into John Muir Elementary School classroom with preschoolers and their parents inside
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| Feb.21 |
Pleasanton |
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Magnitude 3.2 Quake Shakes East Bay The earthquake, centered about five miles from Pleasanton, struck about 11 a.m. and had a depth of 7.1 miles
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Oakland |
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Factory shutdown puts 31 out of work
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| Feb.23 |
East Oakland |
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10-year-old died collapsing at school
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Dublin |
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Body Found At Camp Parks
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| Feb.24 |
Fremont |
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Neighbor Objections Killed Fremont Park A's owner Wolff said that the baseball team is halting its efforts to move to Fremont in the face of strong opposition by neighborhood groups
| Wolff didn't say whether he would consider keeping the team in Oakland
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Bay Area |
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Record drop in home prices| The SF metropolitan region plummeted 31.2%, back into record territory after a slight moderation in November. The prices were down 3.... | |
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| Feb.25 |
Highway 880 |
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Man died in crash
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Piedmont |
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Old Corpse Turns Up In Home The badly decomposed body of an elderly woman, who family members said they had not seen in about five years, was found
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| Feb.26 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Outgoing chief says crime rate will drop Wayne Tucker told a group of neighborhood activists that it's 'very likely' the city will reach a goal set by Mayor Dellums of reducing crime...
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Alameda |
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Police officer arrested Ronald R. Jones, who was in charge of the department's internal affairs, faces felony charges for fraudulently obtaining prescription medication
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| Feb.27 |
Berkeley |
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Young Boy Struck, Killed On Street Map of Warring and Derby Streets Berkeley| 5-year-old the LeConte Elementary School kindergartner was struck and killed by a pickup truck while he was walking with other children. The boy was pronounced dead... | |
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Oakland |
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50 years for murder prompted by come-on 25-year-old Bruce Shaw found guilty of killing 27-year-old Sirron Croskey he said touched him sexually
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| Feb.28 |
East Oakland |
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4 Injured In Separate Oakland Shootings Map of 9200 Plymouth Street Oakland The driver of a vehicle in the crash had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was listed in critical condition at a local hospital
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Berkeley |
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Berkeley starts solar program City program allows property owners to pay for solar panels through a 20-year assessment on their property taxes
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