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| Oct.1 |
San Francisco |
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10 hotels locked out workers |
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San Francisco |
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Man arrested in connection with stabbing Rafael Cuevas, 22, wanted in the fatal stabbing of a Giants fan was arrested attempting to re-enter the United States
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San Francisco |
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Man who has 700th homer can sell it A judge declared Steve Williams, who ended up with Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball, to be the lawful owner
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Giants |
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Giants keep Dodgers from clinching
| Oct.2 |
Cupertino |
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15,000 customers still affected by outage |
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SF City Hall |
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Mayor Cancels Pitch Because of Strike
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Golden Gate Park |
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Humble beetle killed meat-eating ants
| Oct.3 |
San Francisco |
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London Cabbies Ride SF Streets
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Candlestick |
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Rams 24, 49ers 14
| Oct.4 |
San Francisco |
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Hotel Strike and Lockout Goes Strong
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Schwab |
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Schwab warns of revenue drop |
| Oct.5 |
SF Downtown |
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Hotel operators agree to extend lockout Operators of 14 downtown hotels involved in a work stoppage voted to lock out employees at 4 of the hotels
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SF City Hall |
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Health Dept. Cancels Flu Shot Clinics |
| Oct.6 |
Ocean Beach |
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Body found of man shot in head
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SF Downtown |
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Talks to resume in hotel work stoppage
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San Francisco |
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Home Prices Forecast to Jump Up Again |
| Oct.7 |
San Francisco |
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Gallon of regular unleaded $2.34
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SF Downtown |
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World Cyber Games |
| Oct.8 |
SF Downtown |
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Hotel Workers Step Up Protests |
| Oct.10 |
San Francisco |
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4-alarm apartment fire
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San Francisco |
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Pedestrian killed by Muni train |
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San Francisco |
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Americans win gold at World Cyber Games 5 from Team3D defeated the Titans of Denmark in the popular 'Counter Strike' competition
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Candlestick |
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49ers 31, Cardinals 28 (OT)
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SF Zoo |
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Grizzly bears arrive at zoo
| Oct.11 |
SF Bayview |
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Man killed 2 and injured 3 A gunman got out of a car and opened fire on a crowd of about 50. The victims were targeted by the shooter
| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
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Person killed after shooting
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San Francisco |
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Bonds 700th homer to hit auction block
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SF Sunset |
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Two Boys Accused of Arson
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San Francisco |
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Levi's posts quarterly profit |
| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Fairmont workers report back to work |
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SF Downtown |
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Hotel strike ends, workers locked-out Thousands of workers ended a 2-week strike but remained off the job as operators of the 14 hotels imposed a lock-out | |
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San Francisco |
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3 people injured in shooting
| Oct.14 |
San Francisco |
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Lawyer convicted of bilking clients Nikolai Tehin who lived a lavish lifestyle was stealing millions from clients including low-income tenants, disabled children
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San Francisco |
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Month's home sales remain strong |
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San Francisco |
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City Gas Prices Break New Record: $2.46 |
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San Francisco |
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Gay-owned PlanetOut goes public |
| Oct.15 |
Schwab |
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Slump continues with $41 million loss Stock broker suffered a 3rd-quarter loss of $41 million, reflecting the costs of an expansion gone awry
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San Francisco |
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Sen. Clinton Stumps for Kerry |
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San Francisco |
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$2.50 a gallon |
| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
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Secret recording: Bonds used steroids His trainer claimed that Barry was using an 'undetectable' performance-enhancing drug in 2003
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San Francisco |
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Grocery Workers Protesting Bay Area grocery workers are demonstrating in the parking lots of Safeway, Kroger, and Albertsons stores
| Oct.17 |
San Francisco |
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15th anniversary of Loma Prieta quake The 1989 quake was collapsing a portion of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge. In all, 68 people died
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49ers |
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Jets win over Niners, 22-14
| Oct.19 |
Wells Fargo |
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Earnings rise 12%, but miss estimates The company earned $1.74 billion, or $1.02 per share, compared with $1.56 billion, or 92 cents per share, a year earlier
| Oct.21 |
SF City Hall |
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Newsom Gives First State of City Address |
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SF Chronicle |
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Chronicle announces layoffs |
| Oct.22 |
San Francisco |
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Christian group sued Hastings College The Christian Legal Society says excluding gays, nonbelievers is OK
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SF Zoo |
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Siberian Tiger Dies |
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San Francisco |
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$108 million housing complex dedicated |
| Oct.23 |
San Francisco |
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Premium gas rings up at $2.70 per gallon Drivers are paying from $2.50 to $2.60 per gallon for regular unleaded
| Oct.24 |
SF Downtown |
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2 people carjacked
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SF City Hall |
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Mayor Seeks Cooling-Off in Hotel Dispute Newsom has asked labor leaders and 14 hotels for a 90-day cooling-off period in their contract dispute
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San Francisco |
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Transgender Supervisor candidate |
| Oct.25 |
SF Downtown |
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Parlor hit in crackdown on sex slave trade
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SF Presidio |
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18-year-old man found dead
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SF City Hall |
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Mayor vows to join pickets to end lockout Gavin Newsom calsl for a boycott of the 14 facilities and urge other mayors to play hardball with the properties' owners | |
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San Francisco |
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Schwarzenegger visits for Proposition 1A
| Oct.26 |
SF Bayview |
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Man shot to death 21-year-old Julius Johnson had apparently been shot once, had run a short distance and been shot again
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SF Downtown |
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Hotels refuse to end labor lockout The operators of 14 hotels are facing a deadline and an ultimatum from SF mayor | |
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Highway 280 |
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Huge storm caused problems on freeways
Map of Interstate 280 San Francisco The rain flooded freeways at different locations. At 3am, 4 lanes of 280 were underwater
| Oct.27 |
Barry Bonds |
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Bonds' 700th ball fetches $800K at auction Giants slugger's 700th home run ball drew a top bid of $804,129 after 240 offers at a 10-day online auction | |
| Oct.28 |
SF Richmond |
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3-alarm blaze
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SF Downtown |
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Hotels blast mayor's actions in dispute
| Oct.29 |
SF Downtown |
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Talks with hotel managers
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San Francisco |
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Union: SBC to move 1,000 jobs out of SF
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Larry Ellison |
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Larry Ellison spurned in bid to buy 49ers Oracle CEO said that he inquired about buying the 49ers only to be told by the owners that the team isn't for sale | |
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San Francisco |
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Nextcard auditor pleads guilty to falsifying
| Oct.30 |
Golden Gate Park |
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Park registered as historic
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SF Sunset |
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Reservoir work clouds water Officials are recommending that residents refrain from drinking tap water that appears cloudy or discolored
| Oct.31 |
Visitacion Valley |
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1 dead, 3 wounded in 2 shootings One man is in critical condition. 2 Visitacion Valley shootings within blocks of each other may be related