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| Oct.1 |
Coliseum |
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Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff Pierzynski had 4 hits, and Koskie homered and drove in 3 runs in the first game of the AL Division Series
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Oakland |
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Fraudulent conduct of security company |
| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
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A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2 Eric Chavez hit a three-run homerun. Only 32,000 fans came out | |
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Fremont |
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Auto plant might close to port shutdown
| Oct.3 |
East Oakland |
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3 people shot in gunfire exchange
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Pleasanton |
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Documentum to buy eRoom for $100 m |
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OAK |
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4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight Men were questioned by FBI agents. All the remaining passengers were removed as well. The airplane was then inspected
| Oct.4 |
Pleasanton |
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Salesman robbed of diamonds |
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Fremont |
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2 Wells Fargo Bank branches robbed |
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Athletics |
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A's silence Twins in Game 3 Durham led off the game with a sinking liner. Athletics past the Minnesota 6-3 for a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series
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San Francisco |
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Blue & Gold Fleet to end ferry
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Oakland |
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Appointed State Assembly majority leader |
| Oct.5 |
Athletics |
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Minnesota 11, A's 2
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Oakland |
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Locked Out Dockworkers Rally
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San Leandro |
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Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run |
| Oct.6 |
San Leandro |
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In hospital with iron spike lodged in head
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Coliseum |
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Twins eliminate A's Minnesota tops Oakland 5-4 in the decisive Game 5 of Division Series. Radke pitched 6 2/3 dominant innings
| Oct.7 |
Fremont |
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Car plant resumed production |
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East Oakland |
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Man stabbed to death
| Oct.8 |
Hayward |
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2 people detained after double shooting
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OAK |
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First 88 federal baggage screeners |
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UC Berkeley |
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Motion against using arrest records |
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Berkeley |
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Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine Sydney Brenner, founder of the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley, is one of 3 scientists who have been awarded
| Oct.9 |
East Oakland |
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Officer shot pulling over car |
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East Oakland |
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Sideshow accident sends man to hospital |
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Livermore |
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Scorched Car Leads to Search for Teen |
| Oct.11 |
East Oakland |
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Fatal shooting
| Oct.13 |
Oakland Downtown |
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36-story highrise apartments |
| Oct.14 |
East Oakland |
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Oakland surpassed last year's death toll Young man known by friends as Makell was shot near an apartment complex across the street from Mills College
| Oct.16 |
Oakland |
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Financial expert to handle schools budget
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East Oakland |
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Arrested on shooting police officer
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UC Berkeley |
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Rally in support of pro-Palestinians |
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West Oakland |
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Deadly BART Accident Causes Delays |
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Newark |
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4 arrested after transgender teen slain Detectives have identified a body buried in the wilderness of El Dorado County as that of a 17-year-old Newark boy | |
| Oct.17 |
Hayward |
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2 to hospital after helicopter crash
| Oct.18 |
Newark |
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Murder Leads to Hate Crime Charges The victim, a 17-year-old boy apparently dressed as a girl. He had not attended classes so far this fall | |
| Oct.19 |
East Oakland |
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Boy accidentally shot himself
| Oct.20 |
West Oakland |
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Fatal shooting at youth center Police have cordoned off an area around Wallace W. Knox Branch of the Boys & Girls Club
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Coliseum |
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San Diego 27, Raiders 21 (ot)
| Oct.21 |
San Leandro |
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Fire at apartment complex
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Hayward |
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Female police officer shot man
| Oct.22 |
West Oakland |
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City's 90th homicide in 2002 African American male in his 30s was found fatally shot Monday in a parked car | |
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Oakland |
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School District has $35.5 million deficit
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SF Downtown |
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3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect He's believed to have caused a multiple-car accident in which one person died and a car exploded in flames
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Hayward |
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7 people plead innocent to meth charges
| Oct.23 |
Berkeley |
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9 Indian women filed suit against landlord The class action lawsuit was filed against a man, his sons, brothers and family businesses
| Oct.24 |
Athletics |
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A's Manager Signs with NY Mets
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East Oakland |
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Body of man shot multiple times
| Oct.25 |
Newark |
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Farewell to killed transgender teen Araujo represents the 25th victim since last November of violence against people who don't fit traditional gender molds
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East Oakland |
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Man shot dead
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Oakland |
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Man testified against 'Riders'
| Oct.26 |
North Oakland |
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Man died after being shot multiple times Officers found the man with several gunshot wounds outside of a liquor store. The suspect was on foot
| Oct.28 |
East Oakland |
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Man died of gunshot wounds Officers found 30-year-old Samuel Lamont Jackson hit by a bullet
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UC Berkeley |
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Protesters in court to fight hearings
| Oct.29 |
Oakland |
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Gov. Davis meets ministers
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UC Berkeley |
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4 editors resign from campus paper
| Oct.30 |
UC Berkeley |
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Former chancellor dead at 67 Chang-Lin Tien became the first Asian-American to head a major U.S. university in his 7 years as chancellor
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West Oakland |
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21 students injured when car hit bus The car that hit the bus fled the scene. Some of the 7th and 8th graders complained of injuries and paramedics were called | |
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Oakland |
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Arrested for trio of hit-and-runs 20-year-old Dwayne Chandler believe was involved in accidents that killed a woman and injured a bicyclist last week
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Oakland |
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D. Maynard to take over helm at Institute
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East Oakland |
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4 people were shot Two victims, a man with a gunshot wound to the leg, and a woman with a gunshot wound to the chest are in serious condition
| Oct.31 |
Oakland |
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Clorox's CEO would retire Chief executive Craig Sullivan also announced first-quarter profits shot up 84%, bolstered by the new product sales
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Alameda County |
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Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% Bay area home loan foreclosure filings have jumped 21% in the past quarter. They declined about 4% statewide
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Pleasanton |
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Mall Santa fired for fake beard Tom Galletti, who's played Santa Claus at Stoneridge for the 16 years, will be replaced by someone with a real beard
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Oakland |
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Firm merges to create giant law practice