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| Jan.12 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders fly by Jets in playoffs| 38-24 wild-card playoff victory. Rice closes on playoff TD record. He caught 9 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown | |
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| Jan.15 |
East Oakland |
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Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
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| Jan.17 |
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Symbionese Army member arrested William Harris in Oakland charged with the 1975 slaying of a woman shot during a Sacramento bank robbery
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| Jan.18 |
SF Downtown |
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Bonds, Burnett carry Olympic Torch |
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| Jan.19 |
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Pats top Raiders in OT
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| Feb.1 |
Alameda |
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Raider Charged With Sex Crime
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| Feb.4 |
Oakland Downtown |
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50 displaced in fatal fire |
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| Feb.9 |
OAK |
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Flight makes emergency landing |
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| Feb.16 |
East Oakland |
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Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
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| Feb.18 |
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Gruden Leaves Raiders for Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden. Coach received a five-year deal
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| Feb.19 |
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Parole killed one and stabbed wife |
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| Feb.20 |
East Oakland |
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Cook held in stabbing deaths of 2 women |
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| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
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John Madden Moves to ABC
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| Mar.5 |
Oakland City Hall |
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Mayor Jerry Brown easily wins re-election| Brown easily won re-election to a second term by 63% after a campaign run in relative obscurity | |
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| Mar.7 |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO George C. Halvorson will replace David Lawrence as chief executive officer of the nation's largest HMO
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| Mar.13 |
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Raiders name Callahan head coach
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| Mar.27 |
East Oakland |
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Robbery suspect killed
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| Mar.29 |
OAK |
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BART to OAK connector approved |
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| Apr.1 |
Coliseum |
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McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
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| Apr.10 |
East Oakland |
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Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital
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| Apr.27 |
East Oakland |
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Robbers hit Brink's truck
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| May.4 |
East Oakland |
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2 homicides
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| May.5 |
East Oakland |
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Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
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| May.13 |
West Oakland |
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6-alarm fire
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| May.15 |
East Oakland |
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Scaffolding collapsed, boy killed
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| May.23 |
East Oakland |
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Goat shot dead behind elementary school
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| Jul.13 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Thousands march to stop violence Groups marched from north, east and west Oakland to city hall in the March for Peace, which was sponsored by more than 70 churches and community groups
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| Jul.15 |
East Oakland |
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Man and woman shot, killed in Safeway A former meat department worker Jorge Baroza, 30, shot and killed a supervisor at a store before killing himself
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| Jul.20 |
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Jail Program Gets Moms Back with Kids
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| Jul.21 |
East Oakland |
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Baby girl abandoned
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| Jul.22 |
OAK |
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Airport evacuated after security breach
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| Aug.3 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers
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| Aug.19 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Head-on collision with CHP car Danielle Grandison, 25, was trying to enter the closed Webster tunnel. 2 officers suffered minor injuries
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| Aug.21 |
East Oakland |
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Shot to death |
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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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| Aug.24 |
Raiders |
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Raiders 17, 49ers 10 |
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West Oakland |
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Shot several times during fight and killed |
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| Aug.26 |
East Oakland |
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Shooting injures 3 |
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| Aug.28 |
East Oakland |
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Man Shot and Killed |
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Athletics |
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A's match longest win streak since 1977 Barry Zito earned his 19th victory as A's won their 15th consecutive game by beating the Royals 7-1
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| Aug.30 |
Coliseum |
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A's slip by Twins for 16th in row |
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| Aug.31 |
Coliseum |
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A's extend winning streak to 17 games |
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| Sep.1 |
East Oakland |
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Killed when hit by stolen motor home |
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Coliseum |
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Longest winning streak since 1953 A's won their 18th consecutive game and every time, Tejada was the star
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| Sep.2 |
East Oakland |
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Shot and killed ex-girlfriend |
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West Oakland |
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17-year-old slain |
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Coliseum |
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A's match AL's longest winning streak| A's are beating the Kansas City Royals 7-6 to extend baseball's longest run in 55 years | |
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| Sep.4 |
Coliseum |
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A's set AL record by winning 20th game| Oakland Athletics blew an 11-run lead before beating Kansas City 12-11, winning 20th straight game | |
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| Sep.5 |
West Oakland |
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Killed man was dating gunman's girlfriend |
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| Sep.6 |
Athletics |
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A's record 20-game win streak ends |
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East Oakland |
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Homicide |
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| Sep.8 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders 31, Seattle 17 |
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East Oakland |
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Residents Will Publicize Sideshows Bill |
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| Sep.10 |
Oakland Hills |
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Hills fire threatened homes
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West Oakland |
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32-year-old man shot to death |
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| Sep.11 |
West Oakland |
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Boy, 17, who was shot, died in hospital |
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OAK |
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Two-thirds of normal at Airport |
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| Sep.15 |
West Oakland |
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Relative arrested for homicide |
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Raiders maul Steelers with air attack |
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East Oakland |
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Residents fighting sideshows |
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| Sep.19 |
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Died after collision with carjacked car |
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Black Muslim leader arrested
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3-alarm brush fire |
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| Sep.20 |
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125 firefighters battle 10-acre blaze |
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In 4-hour span, 3 murdered 53-year-old Bobby Joe Murphy, Terrance Smith and Abdul Nawabi, 62, were shot and killed. Slayings within 3 of 2001 total
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| |
Coliseum |
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Athletics qualify for playoffs |
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| |
West Oakland |
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Shooting: Man died, woman in hospital |
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| Sep.25 |
West Oakland |
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Man slain in sidewalk encounter |
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Death sentence for torture and murder
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| Sep.27 |
North Oakland |
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Police Officer Shot |
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| Oct.1 |
Coliseum |
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Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
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| 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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| Oct.3 |
East Oakland |
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3 people shot in gunfire exchange |
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OAK |
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4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight
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| Oct.4 |
Athletics |
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A's silence Twins in Game 3 |
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| Oct.5 |
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Locked Out Dockworkers Rally |
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| Oct.6 |
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
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| Oct.7 |
East Oakland |
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Man stabbed to death |
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| Oct.11 |
East Oakland |
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Fatal shooting |
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| Oct.14 |
East Oakland |
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Oakland surpassed last year's death toll
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| Oct.16 |
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Financial expert to handle schools budget |
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| Oct.20 |
West Oakland |
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Fatal shooting at youth center
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| 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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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
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| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
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Body of man shot multiple times |
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| Oct.25 |
East Oakland |
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Man shot dead |
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| Oct.26 |
North Oakland |
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Man died after being shot multiple times |
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| Oct.28 |
East Oakland |
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Man died of gunshot wounds |
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| Oct.30 |
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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Arrested for trio of hit-and-runs |
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East Oakland |
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4 people were shot |
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| Oct.31 |
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Clorox's CEO would retire |
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| Nov.3 |
Coliseum |
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49ers 23, Raiders 20 (ot) |
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| Nov.6 |
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Measure for more police passed 3 companion measures on the ballot to fund the officers did not have the support of voters
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East Oakland |
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One killed, 4 injured by gunfire
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| Nov.11 |
East Oakland |
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Teenage girl killed, two other injured
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| Nov.12 |
East Oakland |
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Double shooting |
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| Nov.13 |
East Oakland |
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City's 99th homicide of the year
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North Oakland |
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98th homicide of the year |
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Oakland City Hall |
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Mayor Blames Murder Rate on Parolees |
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| Nov.14 |
East Oakland |
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2 separate shootings |
|
| Nov.24 |
West Oakland |
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100th Homicide in Oakland An 80-year-old jazz musician Taswell Baird Junior was tossed out of his wheelchair, beaten and robbed of 80-dollars
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| Dec.5 |
West Oakland |
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Man dead after shooting |
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| Dec.6 |
North Oakland |
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Shot to death |
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| Dec.11 |
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100th Homicide Suspect Behind Bars |
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| Dec.16 |
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School District has deficit of $80 million |
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| Dec.17 |
North Oakland |
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Man shot dead at street party |
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| |
East Oakland |
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1 man killed, 1 injured in shootings |
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| Dec.18 |
East Oakland |
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Victim of shooting dead |
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| |
East Oakland |
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Man arrested for multiple kidnap attempts |
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| |
West Oakland |
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Man died from gunshot wounds |
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| Dec.22 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders wrap up AFC West Oakland gets its 3rd straight division title, by 28-16 win over Denver. Gannon set the NFL record for completions
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| Dec.24 |
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City joins environmental suit |
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| Dec.28 |
Coliseum |
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Raiders over Chiefs 24-0 to earn top seed |
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| |
West Oakland |
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3 people, including a teen, shot |
|
| Dec.29 |
East Oakland |
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Shot and killed |
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2 more killed
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| Dec.30 |
North Oakland |
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Man dead following shooting |
|
| Dec.31 |
|
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Oakland closes year at 113 killings| The number of homicides has a stunning 33 percent increase in killings from the previous year | |
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|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.15 |
East Oakland |
Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
|
| Feb.4 |
Oakland Downtown |
50 displaced in fatal fire |
|
| Feb.9 |
OAK |
Flight makes emergency landing |
|
| Feb.16 |
East Oakland |
Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
|
| Apr.10 |
East Oakland |
Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital
|
| May.5 |
East Oakland |
Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
|
| May.13 |
West Oakland |
6-alarm fire
|
| May.15 |
East Oakland |
Scaffolding collapsed, boy killed
|
| Jul.22 |
OAK |
Airport evacuated after security breach
|
| Aug.19 |
Oakland Downtown |
Head-on collision with CHP car Danielle Grandison, 25, was trying to enter the closed Webster tunnel. 2 officers suffered minor injuries
|
| Sep.1 |
East Oakland |
Killed when hit by stolen motor home |
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| Sep.10 |
Oakland Hills |
Hills fire threatened homes
|
| Sep.15 |
East Oakland |
Residents fighting sideshows |
|
| Sep.19 |
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Died after collision with carjacked car |
|
| Sep.19 |
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3-alarm brush fire |
|
| Sep.20 |
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125 firefighters battle 10-acre blaze |
|
| Oct.3 |
OAK |
4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight
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| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect
|
| Oct.30 |
West Oakland |
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
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Oct.16 |
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Financial expert to handle schools budget |
|
| Oct.22 |
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School District has $35.5 million deficit |
|
| Dec.16 |
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School District has deficit of $80 million |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
John Madden Moves to ABC
|
| Mar.7 |
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Kaiser Permanente names new CEO George C. Halvorson will replace David Lawrence as chief executive officer of the nation's largest HMO
|
| Mar.29 |
OAK |
BART to OAK connector approved |
|
| Apr.1 |
Coliseum |
McCartney opens U.S. concert tour Sold-out Oakland Arena, where the McCartney, 59, launched his first tour since 1993 for the audience of 18,000 screaming
|
| Sep.11 |
OAK |
Two-thirds of normal at Airport |
|
| Oct.5 |
|
Locked Out Dockworkers Rally |
|
| Oct.16 |
|
Financial expert to handle schools budget |
|
| Oct.22 |
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School District has $35.5 million deficit |
|
| Oct.31 |
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Clorox's CEO would retire |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.12 |
Coliseum |
Raiders fly by Jets in playoffs| 38-24 wild-card playoff victory. Rice closes on playoff TD record. He caught 9 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown | |
|
| Jan.18 |
SF Downtown |
Bonds, Burnett carry Olympic Torch |
|
| Jan.19 |
|
Pats top Raiders in OT
|
| Feb.1 |
Alameda |
Raider Charged With Sex Crime
|
| Feb.18 |
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Gruden Leaves Raiders for Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden. Coach received a five-year deal
|
| Feb.28 |
Pleasanton |
John Madden Moves to ABC
|
| Mar.13 |
|
Raiders name Callahan head coach
|
| Aug.24 |
Raiders |
Raiders 17, 49ers 10 |
|
| Aug.28 |
Athletics |
A's match longest win streak since 1977 Barry Zito earned his 19th victory as A's won their 15th consecutive game by beating the Royals 7-1
|
| Aug.30 |
Coliseum |
A's slip by Twins for 16th in row |
|
| Aug.31 |
Coliseum |
A's extend winning streak to 17 games |
|
| Sep.1 |
Coliseum |
Longest winning streak since 1953 A's won their 18th consecutive game and every time, Tejada was the star
|
| Sep.2 |
Coliseum |
A's match AL's longest winning streak| A's are beating the Kansas City Royals 7-6 to extend baseball's longest run in 55 years | |
|
| Sep.4 |
Coliseum |
A's set AL record by winning 20th game| Oakland Athletics blew an 11-run lead before beating Kansas City 12-11, winning 20th straight game | |
|
| Sep.6 |
Athletics |
A's record 20-game win streak ends |
|
| Sep.8 |
Coliseum |
Raiders 31, Seattle 17 |
|
| Sep.15 |
|
Raiders maul Steelers with air attack |
|
| Sep.20 |
Coliseum |
Athletics qualify for playoffs |
|
| Oct.1 |
Coliseum |
Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
|
| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2 Eric Chavez hit a three-run homerun. Only 32,000 fans came out
|
| Oct.4 |
Athletics |
A's silence Twins in Game 3 |
|
| Oct.6 |
Coliseum |
Twins eliminate A's Minnesota tops Oakland 5-4 in the decisive Game 5 of Division Series. Radke pitched 6 2/3 dominant innings
|
| Nov.3 |
Coliseum |
49ers 23, Raiders 20 (ot) |
|
| Dec.22 |
Coliseum |
Raiders wrap up AFC West Oakland gets its 3rd straight division title, by 28-16 win over Denver. Gannon set the NFL record for completions
|
| Dec.28 |
Coliseum |
Raiders over Chiefs 24-0 to earn top seed |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Jan.15 |
East Oakland |
Hit-and-run strikes 5 children, mothers |
|
| Jan.17 |
|
Symbionese Army member arrested William Harris in Oakland charged with the 1975 slaying of a woman shot during a Sacramento bank robbery
|
| Feb.1 |
Alameda |
Raider Charged With Sex Crime
|
| Feb.16 |
East Oakland |
Killed in hit-and-run; shooting |
|
| Feb.19 |
|
Parole killed one and stabbed wife |
|
| Feb.20 |
East Oakland |
Cook held in stabbing deaths of 2 women |
|
| Mar.27 |
East Oakland |
Robbery suspect killed
|
| Apr.10 |
East Oakland |
Hit-and-run leaves 4 in hospital
|
| Apr.27 |
East Oakland |
Robbers hit Brink's truck
|
| May.4 |
East Oakland |
2 homicides
|
| May.5 |
East Oakland |
Arson Suspected in Synagogue Fire
|
| May.23 |
East Oakland |
Goat shot dead behind elementary school
|
| Jul.15 |
East Oakland |
Man and woman shot, killed in Safeway A former meat department worker Jorge Baroza, 30, shot and killed a supervisor at a store before killing himself
|
| Jul.20 |
|
Jail Program Gets Moms Back with Kids
|
| Jul.21 |
East Oakland |
Baby girl abandoned
|
| Aug.21 |
East Oakland |
Shot to death |
|
| Aug.23 |
East Oakland |
Homicide victim was cop's brother Robert Ashford, 38, was shot and killed after telling young men in a passing car to slow down
|
| Aug.24 |
West Oakland |
Shot several times during fight and killed |
|
| Aug.26 |
East Oakland |
Shooting injures 3 |
|
| Aug.28 |
East Oakland |
Man Shot and Killed |
|
| Sep.1 |
East Oakland |
Killed when hit by stolen motor home |
|
| Sep.2 |
East Oakland |
Shot and killed ex-girlfriend |
|
| Sep.2 |
West Oakland |
17-year-old slain |
|
| Sep.5 |
West Oakland |
Killed man was dating gunman's girlfriend |
|
| Sep.6 |
East Oakland |
Homicide |
|
| Sep.10 |
West Oakland |
32-year-old man shot to death |
|
| Sep.11 |
West Oakland |
Boy, 17, who was shot, died in hospital |
|
| Sep.15 |
West Oakland |
Relative arrested for homicide |
|
| Sep.19 |
|
Black Muslim leader arrested
|
| Sep.20 |
|
In 4-hour span, 3 murdered 53-year-old Bobby Joe Murphy, Terrance Smith and Abdul Nawabi, 62, were shot and killed. Slayings within 3 of 2001 total
|
| Sep.20 |
West Oakland |
Shooting: Man died, woman in hospital |
|
| Sep.25 |
West Oakland |
Man slain in sidewalk encounter |
|
| Sep.25 |
|
Death sentence for torture and murder
|
| Sep.27 |
North Oakland |
Police Officer Shot |
|
| Oct.3 |
East Oakland |
3 people shot in gunfire exchange |
|
| Oct.7 |
East Oakland |
Man stabbed to death |
|
| Oct.11 |
East Oakland |
Fatal shooting |
|
| Oct.14 |
East Oakland |
Oakland surpassed last year's death toll
|
| Oct.20 |
West Oakland |
Fatal shooting at youth center
|
| Oct.22 |
West Oakland |
City's 90th homicide in 2002 African American male in his 30s was found fatally shot Monday in a parked car
|
| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect
|
| Oct.24 |
East Oakland |
Body of man shot multiple times |
|
| Oct.25 |
East Oakland |
Man shot dead |
|
| Oct.26 |
North Oakland |
Man died after being shot multiple times |
|
| Oct.28 |
East Oakland |
Man died of gunshot wounds |
|
| Oct.30 |
|
Arrested for trio of hit-and-runs |
|
| Oct.30 |
East Oakland |
4 people were shot |
|
| Nov.6 |
East Oakland |
One killed, 4 injured by gunfire
|
| Nov.11 |
East Oakland |
Teenage girl killed, two other injured
|
| Nov.12 |
East Oakland |
Double shooting |
|
| Nov.13 |
East Oakland |
City's 99th homicide of the year
|
| Nov.13 |
North Oakland |
98th homicide of the year |
|
| Nov.13 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor Blames Murder Rate on Parolees |
|
| Nov.14 |
East Oakland |
2 separate shootings |
|
| Nov.24 |
West Oakland |
100th Homicide in Oakland An 80-year-old jazz musician Taswell Baird Junior was tossed out of his wheelchair, beaten and robbed of 80-dollars
|
| Dec.5 |
West Oakland |
Man dead after shooting |
|
| Dec.6 |
North Oakland |
Shot to death |
|
| Dec.11 |
|
100th Homicide Suspect Behind Bars |
|
| Dec.17 |
North Oakland |
Man shot dead at street party |
|
| Dec.17 |
East Oakland |
1 man killed, 1 injured in shootings |
|
| Dec.18 |
East Oakland |
Victim of shooting dead |
|
| Dec.18 |
East Oakland |
Man arrested for multiple kidnap attempts |
|
| Dec.18 |
West Oakland |
Man died from gunshot wounds |
|
| Dec.28 |
West Oakland |
3 people, including a teen, shot |
|
| Dec.29 |
East Oakland |
Shot and killed |
|
| Dec.29 |
|
2 more killed
|
| Dec.30 |
North Oakland |
Man dead following shooting |
|
| Dec.31 |
|
Oakland closes year at 113 killings| The number of homicides has a stunning 33 percent increase in killings from the previous year | |
|
|
| 2002 |
|
| Mar.5 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor Jerry Brown easily wins re-election| Brown easily won re-election to a second term by 63% after a campaign run in relative obscurity | |
|
| Jul.13 |
Oakland Downtown |
Thousands march to stop violence Groups marched from north, east and west Oakland to city hall in the March for Peace, which was sponsored by more than 70 churches and community groups
|
| Aug.3 |
Oakland Downtown |
Teens Rally Against Adding More Officers
|
| Sep.8 |
East Oakland |
Residents Will Publicize Sideshows Bill |
|
| Sep.15 |
East Oakland |
Residents fighting sideshows |
|
| Sep.19 |
|
Black Muslim leader arrested
|
| Oct.5 |
|
Locked Out Dockworkers Rally |
|
| Nov.6 |
|
Measure for more police passed 3 companion measures on the ballot to fund the officers did not have the support of voters
|
| Dec.24 |
|
City joins environmental suit |
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