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Port of Oakland |
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Protests, Picket Lines At Port| Protesters are walking picket lines to convince truckers to take part in an attempted port shutdown protesting U.S. military conflicts | |
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| May.2 |
East Oakland |
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Elderly Man Accused Of Landlord's Murder A 94-year-old man shot and killed his landlord in the midst of an argument, prompting a more than three-hour police standoff
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| May.3 |
Oakland |
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Man robbing 10 adult bookstores| $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing 6 adult bookstores in Oakland, 3 in Berkeley and one in El Cerrito | |
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East Oakland |
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Shootings Leave 2 Dead, 2 Wounded  Map of 4200 Foothill Boulevard Oakland Officers found one man fatally shot in a vehicle. Two others were injured. Also authorities found a man dead in the rear of a building
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| May.4 |
West Oakland |
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Man Dies From Severe Beating A man was found beaten behind a building in Lowell Park and was pronounced dead at the hospital
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East Oakland |
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Died from multiple gunshot wounds The victim was found at about 7:30 a.m. at the rear of a building and was pronounced dead by responding medical personnel
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| May.5 |
OAK |
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American To Discontinue Flights At OAK American Airlines is discontinuing service to Oakland effective Sept. 3 because soaring fuel costs
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Coliseum |
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Brown's Single Lifts A's Past Orioles, 2-1 Emil Brown singled home the winning run in the 10th inning, and Oakland beat Baltimore. With 2 outs, Daric Barton singled against Jim Johnso...
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| May.6 |
East Oakland |
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Homicide Victim Discovered In Torched Car Firefighters discovered a body in the trunk of a burned-out vehicle and called police
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Coliseum |
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Duchscherer Delivers In Win Over Orioles Justin Duchscherer won his second straight start in his third outing since coming off the disabled list and Oakland beat Baltimore 4-2
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| May.9 |
Athletics |
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Rangers Beat A's 4-0 Feldman and 3 relievers combined for Texas' third consecutive shutout and Boggs drove in 3 runs to help the Rangers beat Oakland
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| May.11 |
East Oakland |
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Double murder or murder and suicide Map of 1800 25th Street Oakland| The shooting was reported around 3 p.m. | |
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East Oakland |
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Man died from multiple gunshot wounds One man died and a woman was transported to the hospital with major injuries
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| May.14 |
Oakland |
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Ask.com Buys Dictionary.com
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| May.15 |
East Oakland |
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4 arrested for credit union heist The Cooperative Center Federal Credit Union in Berkeley was held up at gunpoint. An employee was able to write down the license plate
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Oakland |
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New UC president to get 6,800-sq ft home
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| May.18 |
Athletics |
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Braves Take 2 Of 3 Against A's Victory The A's were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, leaving them 4-for-40 in their last six games of a nine-game road trip
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| May.20 |
Oakland |
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Wachovia Faces Questions Over Lending Some housing advocates are complaining about the way World Savings sold many of its loans during the housing boom
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Oakland |
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Judge axes gender bias suit against D.A. The lawsuit was alleging that Alameda County's top prosecutor Tom Orloff refused to promote women and fostered a hostile environment
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| May.22 |
Oakland |
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Newsman Dennis Richmond Retires| Richmond, 64, plans to retire in January, marking the end of a 40-year career that saw him rise from a typist to one of the most recognizable faces | |
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Raiders |
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Tuiasosopo returns to Raiders Quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo is returning to Oakland after spending a year with the Jets
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| May.24 |
Coliseum |
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A's baffle Red Sox with one-hitter Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the 7th inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 3-0
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| May.25 |
Highway 80 |
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Motorcyclist Found Dead In Trees Map of Interstate 80 Oakland 30-year-old Adrian Eliseo Valdivia-Ramirez was found a day after crash by a CHP unit beneath an underpass 500 feet from the motorcycle
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| May.29 |
Oakland |
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Bank Facing Questions Over Lending| Many of World Savings (bought by Wachovia mid-2006) loans were made in some of Oakland's low-income minority neighborhoods | |
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| May.31 |
Athletics |
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Hamilton Homers As Rangers Defeat A's Josh Hamilton homered and drove in 3 runs and Texas moved above .500 with an 8-4 victory over Oakland
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