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Highway 580 |
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Man faces DUI charges in crash that killed passenger
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| Jan.2 |
East Oakland |
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Man shot dead in Oakland’s first homicide of year  23-year-old Derrick Williams of Sacramento was killed and a second man was wounded when someone opened fire at the Valero gas station
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| Jan.3 |
Fremont |
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Two pedestrians struck by vehicle and injured
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| Jan.4 |
Sunol |
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Two people died in collision on Highway 84 Map of State Highway 84 Sunol 2 helicopters were called to airlift people who were injured in a collision this evening on state Highway 84 in Sunol
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| Jan.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Libby Schaaf officially Oakland's 50th mayor Libby Schaaf said Monday she wants to tackle the crime rate in Oakland and plans to engage the police department more
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| Jan.6 |
Hayward |
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Hit by train in Hayward, man drives home
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| Jan.7 |
San Leandro |
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Man robbed and shot in Bay Fair BART Station parking lot A man was shot and wounded during a robbery at one of the transit system’s most crime-ridden stations last year
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East Oakland |
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Fire destroys East Oakland home
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| Jan.8 |
Highway 580 |
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Coors Light, beer-truck crash snarls I-580 commute
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San Leandro |
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Residents oppose use of armed ambulance There's controversy over what police say is a rescue vehicle, but which many claim is one more sign of the militarization of local police de...
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| Jan.10 |
Athletics |
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Athletics in 'win now' with acquisitions of Zobrist, Escobar Ben Zobrist, the latest central figure from Tampa Bay’s 2008-13 run to depart the team, and Yunel Escobar are heading to Oakland
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| Jan.12 |
Highway 880 |
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Another Oakland freeway sideshow halts traffic
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North Oakland |
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Man shot dead at Oakland park, scene of earlier slaying The most recent victim was shot at Mosswood Park at 36th and Webster streets shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday
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| Jan.13 |
Oakland Downtown |
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2 bodies found near Lake Merritt Map of Grand and Lake Park avenue Oakland Investigators in Oakland were trying to determine whether foul play was involved. The bodies were discovered under a freeway overpass
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Port of Oakland |
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Cargo volume at Oakland has reached an all-time high
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| Jan.14 |
Newark |
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6 injured when car plows 50 feet into Newark Macy’s  Map of NewPark Mall Newark| Six people were injured, one of them critically, when a car plowed 50 feet through the front of a Macy’s store in a Newark mall | |
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Raiders |
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Raiders hire Broncos DC Jack Del Rio as head coach| Del Rio signed a four-year contract and would replace Dennis Allen, who was fired in September | |
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West Oakland |
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Cyclist hit and robbed Map of Eighth and Union street Oakland| 25-year-old Gregory Lowrie was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck and was lying. Group of people came up to him and took his wallet | |
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| Jan.16 |
Fremont |
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Fremont police shoot and kill suspect Map of Lake Arrowhead Avenue and Sylvester Harvey Park Fremont 48-year-old Zaki Shinwary had pulled a knife on juveniles on the street, police said. One officer fired a Taser at the suspect while a second officer fired his gun
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East Oakland |
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Man and woman shot dead in East Oakland Map of 500 105th Avenue Oakland| Richardson Livingston, 20, and his girlfriend Alexis Randolph, 19, were shot about 12:10 p.m.in the Sobrante Park neighborhood. A man wearing a ski mask opened fire and fled | |
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| Jan.17 |
West Oakland |
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Vacaville man killed, 2 injured, in Oakland shooting Map of 1100 32nd Street Oakland| Officers found the victim at 9 p.m., who was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other victims were found at a hospital with gunshot wounds | |
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Fruitvale |
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Anti-police brutality protests are ongoing A MLK holiday march demonstrating against the deaths of unarmed black men and other police violence is heading toward a police substation
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Alameda |
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Birds killed by mystery substance Dozens of seabirds have been found on the bay's eastern shores covered in a viscous substance that destroys feather waterproofing
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Oakland Downtown |
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Chained protesters block Oakland federal building
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| Jan.19 |
Oracle Arena |
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Warriors whipping Denver Nuggets 122-79
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| Jan.20 |
Berkeley |
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38,000 PG&E customers lost power in East Bay The outage started around 1:45 p.m. and the power came back on just before 3 p.m. The Downtown Berkeley BART station was shut down
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West Oakland |
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2 men shot dead in West Oakland Map of 10th and Campbell Oakland One man died at the scene, and the other died at a hospital. A minivan with its driver-side door open was surrounded by evidence markers at the scene
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| Jan.22 |
Burlingame |
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Fremont woman found floating in Bay
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| Jan.23 |
East Oakland |
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Woman killed by hit-and-run driver in Oakland
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| Jan.24 |
Highway 580 |
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Drugs a factor in fatal crash on I-580 near San Leandro
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| Jan.26 |
East Oakland |
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Man shot dead in East Oakland The man, whose name was not released, was shot about 12:05 p.m., and died at Highland Hospital
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Highway 580 |
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Fatal crash on I-580
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East Oakland |
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Young woman died after she shot last week Itzelle Rojas, 19, died at Highland Hospital on Friday. About 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, she and her husband were driving on the when shots were ...
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| Jan.27 |
Berkeley |
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Cyclist dies after hit-and-run crash
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| Jan.28 |
Berkeley |
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Charles H. Townes, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, dies The inventor of the laser that ultimately led to bar codes in supermarkets and tools to help surgeons in the most delicate operations was 99
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| Jan.29 |
San Francisco |
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Murders up in San Francisco, Oakland Both cities have had nine murders so far in 2015. That's more than any January in recent years
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| Jan.30 |
Oakland |
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Man shot dead outside Oakland market 38-year-old Alfred Nunnery Sr. shot and killed outside the Vernon Market. He died at the scene.
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