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| Aug.1 |
Milpitas |
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Microsoft ex-president named CEO |
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SFO |
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12-year-old Chinese girl missing Yukun Jia was last seen at San Francisco International Airport. Her group boarded a tour bus to Stanford University
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| Aug.2 |
SFO |
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Missing Chinese Girl May Have Defected |
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| Aug.3 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers |
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Berkeley |
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Mass Breastfeeding Record Targeted |
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| Aug.4 |
SF Mission |
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One killed, 3,600 people without power
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| Aug.5 |
SF Tenderloin |
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Accident sent 2 police officers to hospital |
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| Aug.6 |
San Francisco |
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Toddler dies after 3-story fall |
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SF City Hall |
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49ers naming rights to Candlestick denied |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds belts No. 599 |
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| Aug.7 |
SF Downtown |
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Cheney addresses Commonwealth Club
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| Aug.8 |
Intel |
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Grove donates $5m to stem cell program |
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Santa Clara |
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SONICblue fires chief executive |
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| Aug.9 |
San Jose |
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35 years for school bus yard shooting
Cathline Repunte, 37, was a school bus driver who killed a co-worker and injured three others
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Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds made 600th home run Barry Bonds joins Aaron, Mays, Ruth in 600-home run club. Giants lost 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
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| Aug.10 |
Woodside |
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6-alarm wildfire
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| Aug.11 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Threat prompts security boost The bridge was placed on a 'super-heightened' state of alert after potential terrorist threat
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San Jose |
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Diocese to put windows in confessionals
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| Aug.13 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
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Worker died after falling from Bridge |
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| Aug.14 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Groundbreaking of new Civic Center
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| Aug.15 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Child Found at Bottom of Pool |
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| Aug.16 |
Sunnyvale |
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Loudcloud sold, renamed to Opsware |
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San Francisco |
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Gymnasium named after Flight 93 hero |
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| Aug.17 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Explosion rocks neighborhood |
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| Aug.19 |
West San Jose |
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Fire engulfs huge construction site A 11-alarm fire raged through Santana Row, a nearly $1 billion retail, commercial and residential development | |
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Oakland Downtown |
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Head-on collision with CHP car
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| Aug.20 |
West San Jose |
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Officials: development to overcome blaze |
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Menlo Park |
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Sgt. killed himself after choking ex-wife
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Castro Valley |
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6-alarm grassfire in Chabot Park
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| Aug.21 |
Hayward |
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Amtrak passenger train derailed |
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| Aug.22 |
San Jose |
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Executive sues junk faxer for $2.2 trillion |
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| Aug.23 |
East Oakland |
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Homicide victim was cop's brother Robert Ashford, 38, was shot and killed after telling young men in a passing car to slow down
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Highway 680 |
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Milk Spill Snarls Traffic on I-680 |
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| Aug.24 |
Raiders |
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Raiders 17, 49ers 10 |
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Alameda |
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Men Mugged 88-Year-Old Woman |
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| Aug.26 |
San Jose |
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Stayner Guilty in Yosemite Murders Stayner was found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of Carole Sund, her daughter Juli Sund, and Sylvina Pelosso | |
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South SF |
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Lotto winner stepped forward
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Highway 101 |
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Three Dead in Overturn Accident on 101 |
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| Aug.27 |
San Francisco |
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SF is Finalist for 2012 Olympics The U.S. Olympic Committee has chosen the Bay Area and New York City as finalists in the bidding
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Novato |
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Riverdeep acquires Broderbund |
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| Aug.28 |
Athletics |
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A's match longest win streak since 1977
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UC Berkeley |
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Lecturers walked off job |
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| Aug.29 |
Sun |
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Sun to hit bottom part of revenue |
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| Aug.30 |
East San Jose |
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Two dead in standoff |
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Milpitas |
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6-alarm fire destroyed house |
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Coliseum |
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A's slip by Twins for 16th in row |
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Google |
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Google Hires CFO |
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| Aug.31 |
Coliseum |
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A's extend winning streak to 17 games |