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| Apr.19 |
Fremont |
$27 million lotto payoff at Fremont gas station 
Map of 43500 Grimmer Blvd Fremont The SuperLotto Plus game ticket was bought at the Arco AM/PM station at 43500 Grimmer Blvd
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| Mar.1 |
Gap |
The Gap tops 4Q expectations with strong holiday sales
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| Nov.24 |
Bay Area |
Black Friday shoppers brave long lines for deals |
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| Nov.16 |
Gap |
Gap's quarterly profit grows 12 percent as sales improve |
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| Nov.3 |
Palo Alto |
Tim Cook, faithful throngs gleefully greet Apple’s iPhone X Map of Apple Store Palo Alto| At the Palo Alto Apple Store, a large crowd cheered and applauded as Apple CEO Tim Cook greeted them | |
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| Aug.17 |
Gap |
Gap profits more than double in retailer's second quarter |
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| Jul.15 |
SF Downtown |
Gucci store in SF broken into, purses stolen |
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| Jul.11 |
San Francisco |
Gymboree closing 350 stores after filing for bankruptcy |
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| May.18 |
Gap |
Gap shares climb after profit exceeds expectations |
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| Feb.23 |
Gap |
Gap meets 4Q profit forecasts, helped by Old Navy |
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| Dec.2 |
SF Marina |
Apple store thefts caught on video in Bay Area |
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| Nov.28 |
San Jose |
Larry Flynt opened new Hustler Hollywood Flynt arrived in San Jose to baptize his new Hustler Hollywood store in a former Bank of the West building
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| Nov.17 |
Gap |
Gap's third-quarter profit drops nearly 18 percent |
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| Aug.18 |
Gap |
Gap offers muted outlook for annual earnings, lower profit |
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| May.19 |
Gap |
Gap matches Street 1Q forecasts |
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| May.9 |
Gap |
Gap sales slide in April, retailer gives downbeat outlook |
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| Apr.7 |
Gap |
Gap's shares plummet after sales continue to slide |
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| Mar.29 |
Sonoma County |
Sonoma Co. supervisors vote to raise price of cigarettes to $7 |
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| Feb.25 |
Gap |
Gap's shares fall in late trading on weak profit outlook |
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| Feb.8 |
Gap |
Gap reports 7 pct drop for a key sales figure for 4Q |
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| Jan.15 |
East Oakland |
Oakland minimum wage increase may be behind Walmart closure |
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| Jan.10 |
Fremont |
Powerball customer gets 5 of 6 numbers |
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| Jan.8 |
San Lorenzo |
Bay Area residents flock to 'lucky' lotto store for Powerball tickets |
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| Jan.7 |
Gap |
Gap sales slump extends to December |
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| Jan.6 |
Union City |
No Powerball winner; $1.4 million ticket sold in Union City
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| Nov.27 |
Bay Area |
Shoppers brave cold for Black Friday deals in Bay Area 
Shoppers are lined up around the Bay Area. Retailers are expecting three times the number of shoppers today, than they got for those Thanksgiving
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| Oct.24 |
Livermore |
1 dead, 1 injured in Livermore shopping plaza shooting
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| Oct.11 |
South San Jose |
$15 million SuperLotto ticket purchased at Safeway |
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| Sep.4 |
Oakland Downtown |
Whole foods fires security guard accused of attacking shopper
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| Jun.15 |
Gap |
Gap to shutter many stores, lay off staff
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| Apr.17 |
Los Altos |
Six hurt after woman crashes into Trader Joe's store |
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| Apr.14 |
Apple |
Apple Watch sales off to strong start
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| Feb.11 |
San Leandro |
Ticket in $564M Powerball matched five numbers
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| Dec.11 |
Emeryville |
Emeryville stores trashed during protests |
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| Oct.8 |
Gap |
Gap, Advanced Micro Devices announce CEO changes Gap CEO Glenn Murphy saying he will step down early next year and Advanced Micro Devices leader Rory Read stepping aside immediately
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| Sep.26 |
San Mateo |
$228 million Powerball winner comes forward The lucky owner of a $228.4 million Powerball ticket Vinh Nguyen bought the winning ticket at Dehoff’s Key Market
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| Jul.10 |
Santa Rosa |
2 shot in jewelry store robbery |
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| May.25 |
SF Sunset |
$70 million SuperLotto Plus jackpot bought at Safeway |
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| Mar.6 |
Pleasanton |
Albertsons parent Cerberus to buy Safeway| Safeway has reached a preliminary deal to be sold for more than $9 billion to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management. Safeway is being sold for more than $9 billion at the same time... | |
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| Feb.19 |
Milpitas |
Winning Powerball ticket sold at Milpitas gas station Map of Dixon Landing Chevron Milpitas A winning ticket in $425 million lottery drawing was sold at Dixon Landing Chevron and matched all six of the Powerball numbers
| 1, 17, 35, 49 and 54, plus the Powerball No. 34
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| Jan.3 |
San Jose |
Lottery winner who bought ticket in SJ identified
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| Dec.18 |
East San Jose |
SJ store owner gets $1M for selling winning ticket |
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| Dec.17 |
East San Jose |
Ticket for $636 million lottery jackpot sold in San Jose Map of 1818 Tully Rd San Jose| A winning ticket for Mega Millions jackpot was sold at Jenny's Gift Shop. It's estimated to be the second-biggest jackpot in lottery history | |
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| Jun.19 |
Fremont |
Men's Wearhouse ousts founder George Zimmer George Zimmer, the founder of Men's Warehouse, has been fired from the company he created
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| Mar.18 |
Pleasanton |
Safeway files IPO for gift card subsidiary |
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| Jan.3 |
Pleasanton |
Safeway CEO Steve Burd to retire |
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| Nov.22 |
Bay Area |
Retailers kick off Black Friday early
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| Nov.2 |
Corte Madera |
Restoration Hardware up 30% in 1st day The retailer of leather couches and tables made of salvaged wood raised $123.9 million in its IPO on Thursday, selling 5.2 million shares for...
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| Oct.29 |
Apple |
Apple's Retail Boss Is Out After Just 9 Months |
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| Sep.9 |
Milpitas |
7-Eleven employee killed in Milpitas store |
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| Dec.23 |
Richmond |
Shots fired into air at Hilltop Mall shoe sale A sale of Air Jordan shoes has been canceled after shots were fired into the air. A crowd had lined up overnight to buy the shoes later this...
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| Nov.26 |
Berkeley |
Andronico's to close store on Telegraph |
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| Nov.25 |
San Leandro |
Black Friday shopper shot in robbery When he resisted a pair of armed robbers outside a Walmart store around 1:50 a.m., a fight broke out and the gunman fired a single shot
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| Oct.13 |
Los Gatos |
Wozniak in line at Apple store
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| Aug.22 |
San Francisco |
Andronico's Markets files for bankruptcy |
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| Mar.28 |
eBay |
Ebay buys GSI Commerce
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| Feb.16 |
San Jose |
Borders closing 11 stores in the Bay Area
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| Jan.31 |
Fishermans Wharf |
Two slain at shop; merchant held Map of 269 Jefferson St San Francisco| Hong Ri Wu, the 56-year-old proprietor of a hole-in-the-wall store is a suspect in gunning down a man and a woman who worked at the shop next door. When police arrived they found Qiong Han Chu, and the woman... | |
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| Jan.11 |
Apple |
Verizon to start selling iPhone on Feb. 10 |
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| Nov.25 |
San Francisco |
Del Monte to be sold for $4 billion A group led by KKR & Co. agreed to acquire Del Monte Foods Co. to give the New York buyout firm pet-food brands such as Meow Mix and Kibbles...
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| Oct.11 |
Gap |
Gap's logo back to blue after fans complain The move comes just one week after the company swapped it online for a new logo without saying a word
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San Francisco |
Gymboree Oks $1.8B buyout
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| Oct.7 |
Gap |
New logo stirs outrage from customers |
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| Oct.4 |
East Oakland |
City leaders attend reopening of pot store |
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| Aug.3 |
Fishermans Wharf |
Counterfeiting Busts At Firms
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| Jul.21 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland Votes To Permit Large Pot Farms The City Council has approved a plan to license four production plants where marijuana would be grown, packaged and processed
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| Jun.27 |
eBay |
eBay apps make it #1 mobile retailer in US |
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| Apr.5 |
Apple |
Over 300,000 Ipads Sold On Debut Day
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| Feb.2 |
SF Downtown |
Artists' gem Pearl closing |
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| Jan.26 |
San Francisco |
Williams-Sonoma CEO Lester to retire
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Merchants suffering along Union Street |
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| Dec.1 |
Oakland Downtown |
Jack London Sq Barnes & Noble to close |
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| Nov.20 |
Gap |
Profit jumps 25% at Gap |
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| Nov.14 |
San Rafael |
Grand opening at remodeled Northgate
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
Lowe's readies S.F. store |
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| Oct.10 |
Berkeley |
Independent Books Inc. opens |
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| Aug.24 |
San Jose City Hall |
City To Ban On Plastic, Most Paper Bags |
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| Aug.9 |
Millbrae |
Applicants flood Kohl's job fair |
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| Jul.9 |
Novato |
Smith & Hawken to close |
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| Jun.22 |
Apple |
Apple Sells More Than 1 Mil. New iPhones Apple Inc. sold more than a million units of iPhone 3G S in the first three days, the most successful debut for a smart phone yet
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| May.26 |
Berkeley |
Neighborhood girds for Berkeley Bowl |
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| May.19 |
SF City Hall |
New fee tacked onto price of cigarette |
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| May.15 |
SF Downtown |
Farmers' market finds a home at Metreon |
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| May.4 |
Mill Valley |
Lottery ticket for $75 million sold |
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| Apr.2 |
San Francisco |
Lowe's plans to come to Bayshore Blvd |
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| Mar.19 |
South San Jose |
Masked Thieves Steal 100 Guns |
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| Feb.15 |
Palo Alto |
Online shopping with a purpose |
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| Feb.3 |
Berkeley |
Elephant Pharm abruptly closes its stores |
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| Feb.2 |
San Francisco |
Macy's cuts 7,000 jobs, 1,400 in SF |
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| Jan.19 |
Larkspur |
Larkspur Landing shopping center sold |
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
Stacey's Bookstore closing down |
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| Dec.20 |
Marin County |
Subway settled with 3 counties |
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| Dec.5 |
Hercules |
Wal-Mart gives up plans to build store After buying a tract of land in 2005, Wal-Mart had wanted to build a big-box store on the property. The plans resulted a lengthy legal battle
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| Oct.9 |
Oakland |
Mother's Cookies abruptly shut down |
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| Oct.8 |
Walnut Creek |
Walgreen withdraws bid for Longs |
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| Sep.15 |
Walnut Creek |
Walgreens tops CVS offer |
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| Aug.12 |
Walnut Creek |
CVS Caremark buys Longs Drug Stores
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| Jul.29 |
Hayward |
Mervyns files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy |
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| May.3 |
Oakland |
Man robbing 10 adult bookstores |
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| Feb.20 |
San Francisco |
Bankruptcy for Sharper Image The retail chain known for selling expensive gadgets filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it plans to sell off stores and inventory
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| Nov.19 |
San Francisco |
Plastic Bag Ban Takes Effect
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| Oct.28 |
Gap |
Gap Severs Ties With Child Sweatshop
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| Sep.4 |
Alameda |
$93 million ticket purchased at gas station
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| Apr.11 |
Richmond |
New Wal-Mart Store Opens Unlike other places in the Bay Area, the store was welcomed with open arms and open wallets. 4,000 people applied for 400 jobs
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| Mar.27 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. Board Bans Plastic Grocery Bags
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| Jan.22 |
Gap |
CEO Quits After Poor Season Profits
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| Sep.28 |
SF Downtown |
Westfield Center Opens
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| Sep.26 |
Antioch |
Retiree Wins $50 Million Lottery |
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| Aug.24 |
East Oakland |
Wal-Mart Opening Brings Crowds Wal-Mart near the Oakland Airport is the largest retailer to open in Oakland in years
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| Jan.26 |
SF City Hall |
City considering fee on grocery bags
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| Jan.24 |
San Jose |
Major grocers, unions agree to contract |
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| Mar.3 |
Contra Costa County |
Wal-Mart survives move to block stores
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| Nov.13 |
SF Downtown |
Construction of Bloomingdale inaugurated
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| Aug.27 |
East Palo Alto |
Shoppers Pack New Ikea Store |
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| Jun.10 |
Pleasanton |
$7 million lottery ticket |
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| Dec.11 |
Belmont |
Man wins 2 lottery contests on same day |
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| Sep.26 |
Gap |
Gap picks Disney exec as new CEO |
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| Aug.26 |
South SF |
Lotto winner stepped forward |
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| Jun.28 |
San Jose |
Largest jackpot in history: $141M Alcario Castellano, 66, claimed a $141 million lottery prize. He chose to take the money in a lump sum, $70 million
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| Apr.12 |
Emeryville |
Furniture megastore Ikea opened |
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