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| Oct.1 |
San Jose |
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7 years for planned college massacre Judge Ahern ruled that more than 100 of the counts against Al DeGuzman, 20, had to be dismissed
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Coliseum |
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Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
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| Oct.2 |
AMD |
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Revenue shortfall warning
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Coliseum |
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A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2
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Giants |
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Giants past Braves 8-5 in Game 1 |
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| Oct.3 |
Gap |
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Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
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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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Vallejo |
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3 people die after car rollover
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| Oct.5 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Braves routed Giants 10-2 for a 2-1 |
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| Oct.6 |
SF Downtown |
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Thousands rally for peace Protesters jammed Union Square, proclaiming their opposition to a potential war with Iraq
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Coliseum |
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Twins eliminate A's
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants defeating Braves 8-3 |
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| Oct.7 |
East San Jose |
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4 found dead in home, including 2 children| Police are investigating whether the slayings of man, a woman and two boys ages 2 and 4, are the result of a murder-suicide | |
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Giants |
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Giants win 3-1 over Braves in Game 5 Bonds hit his third homer of the Division Series. San Francicso heads to an NLCS showdown with St. Louis
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Vallejo |
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Elephant's fetus dies |
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| Oct.8 |
San Francisco |
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Upside magazine folds |
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Berkeley |
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Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine |
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| Oct.9 |
San Jose |
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Jury recommends death for Yosemite killer Jury is rejecting defense pleas to show mercy because of a traumatic childhood, mental illness and an inability to control urges
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Yahoo |
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3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
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Giants |
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Giants give Cardinals a Busch-wacking
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| Oct.10 |
Giants |
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Aurilia power Giants to 2-0 NLCS lead
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Concord |
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Troops Train for Middle East |
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| Oct.11 |
SF Downtown |
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Hundreds try to block federal building |
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Burlingame |
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Shootout in Bank, 1 dead |
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| Oct.12 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Cardinals 5-4 over Giants in Game 3
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| Oct.13 |
San Francisco |
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Crews pumping out flooded houses Underground 44-inch line broke at about 6:57 a.m. and began spraying a fountain. 50 to 100 houses have been affected
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Golden Gate Park |
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$1.5 million fundraising for AIDS Memorial
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants Lead Series 3 -1 Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 to 3 in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series
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| Oct.14 |
East Oakland |
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Oakland surpassed last year's death toll |
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North Beach |
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Giuliani visits North Beach |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants win NLCS over Cards| Lofton hit an RBI single with two outs that sent Bonds to his first World Series as SF beat the St. Louis 2-1 | |
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| Oct.15 |
Orinda |
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Woman Arrested for Husband's Murder |
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
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Anchor Joe leaving KNTV |
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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 | |
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| Oct.17 |
Sun |
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Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs
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| Oct.18 |
Newark |
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Murder Leads to Hate Crime Charges
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| Oct.19 |
Giants |
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Giants over Angels 4-3 in Game 1 Bonds homered in his first at-bat on baseball's biggest stage. Sanders and J.T. Snow later homered
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| Oct.20 |
West Oakland |
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Fatal shooting at youth center |
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Giants |
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Angels rallied to beat Giants 11-10 Salmon trumped that 485-foot shot with the drive that counted the most at Game 2 in World Series
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
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United reservation centers shut down
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| Oct.22 |
West Oakland |
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City's 90th homicide in 2002
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SF Downtown |
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3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Angels rout Giants 10-4 in World Series
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| Oct.23 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Giants win 4-3 over Angels in Game 4 Bell singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. San Francisco even the Series at 2-2 after an early 3-0 deficit
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Berkeley |
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9 Indian women filed suit against landlord |
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| Oct.24 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Giants win 16-4 over Anaheim in Game 5 Bonds lined an RBI double. Kent, who had been hitting .188 in the Series, hit a pair of 2-run homers
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Pinole |
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Sniper Suspect Could Have Lived in Pinole |
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| Oct.25 |
Newark |
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Farewell to killed transgender teen |
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| Oct.26 |
SF Downtown |
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42,000 anti-war protesters| Thousands of demonstrators from California and across the West gathered here to protest a potential war against Iraq | |
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Giants |
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Giants lost 6-5 to Angels in Game 6
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SF Downtown |
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Thousands gather to cheer the Giants |
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| Oct.27 |
San Francisco |
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Man thrown overboard during party cruise Coast Guard searches for a man after late-night Halloween party cruise. Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder
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Giants |
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Giants lost World Series to Angels Angels lead Giants 4-1 through 8 innings. Lackey was steady for 5 innings and Garret Anderson hit a 3-run double
| Bonds, in one of the most dominant overall Series performances, went 8-for-17 (.471) with 4 homers and a .700 on-base percentage. Angels and the Giants combined for a record 85 runs and 21 homers
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| Oct.28 |
SFO |
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Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants gathered fans for special tribute |
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| Oct.29 |
San Mateo Bridge |
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More Lanes Ready |
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| Oct.30 |
West Oakland |
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21 students injured when car hit bus
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| Oct.31 |
Alameda County |
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Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
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Richmond |
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Sailor disappeared from tanker |
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| 2002 |
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| Oct.3 |
OAK |
4 men removed from Arizona-bound flight |
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| Oct.4 |
Vallejo |
3 people die after car rollover
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| Oct.7 |
Vallejo |
Elephant's fetus dies |
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| Oct.13 |
San Francisco |
Crews pumping out flooded houses Underground 44-inch line broke at about 6:57 a.m. and began spraying a fountain. 50 to 100 houses have been affected
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| Oct.13 |
Golden Gate Park |
$1.5 million fundraising for AIDS Memorial
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| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
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| Oct.27 |
San Francisco |
Man thrown overboard during party cruise Coast Guard searches for a man after late-night Halloween party cruise. Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder
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| Oct.30 |
West Oakland |
21 students injured when car hit bus
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| Oct.31 |
Richmond |
Sailor disappeared from tanker |
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| 2002 |
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| Oct.8 |
Berkeley |
Scientist awarded Nobel Prize in medicine |
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| 2002 |
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| Oct.2 |
AMD |
Revenue shortfall warning
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| Oct.3 |
Gap |
Jobs resigns from Gap's board |
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| Oct.8 |
San Francisco |
Upside magazine folds |
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| Oct.9 |
Yahoo |
3rd-quarter profit tops estimates |
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
Anchor Joe leaving KNTV |
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| Oct.17 |
Sun |
Sun posts $111M loss, to cut 4,400 jobs
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| Oct.21 |
San Francisco |
United reservation centers shut down
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| Oct.29 |
San Mateo Bridge |
More Lanes Ready |
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| Oct.31 |
Alameda County |
Loan foreclosure filings jump 36% |
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| 2002 |
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| Oct.1 |
Coliseum |
Twins beat A's 7-5 in playoff |
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| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
A's beat Minnesota Twins 9-1 in Game 2
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| Oct.2 |
Giants |
Giants past Braves 8-5 in Game 1 |
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| Oct.4 |
Athletics |
A's silence Twins in Game 3 |
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| Oct.5 |
Pac Bell Park |
Braves routed Giants 10-2 for a 2-1 |
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| Oct.6 |
Coliseum |
Twins eliminate A's
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| Oct.6 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants defeating Braves 8-3 |
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| Oct.7 |
Giants |
Giants win 3-1 over Braves in Game 5 Bonds hit his third homer of the Division Series. San Francicso heads to an NLCS showdown with St. Louis
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| Oct.9 |
Giants |
Giants give Cardinals a Busch-wacking
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| Oct.10 |
Giants |
Aurilia power Giants to 2-0 NLCS lead
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| Oct.12 |
Pac Bell Park |
Cardinals 5-4 over Giants in Game 3
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| Oct.13 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants Lead Series 3 -1 Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4 to 3 in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series
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| Oct.14 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants win NLCS over Cards| Lofton hit an RBI single with two outs that sent Bonds to his first World Series as SF beat the St. Louis 2-1 | |
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| Oct.19 |
Giants |
Giants over Angels 4-3 in Game 1 Bonds homered in his first at-bat on baseball's biggest stage. Sanders and J.T. Snow later homered
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| Oct.20 |
Giants |
Angels rallied to beat Giants 11-10 Salmon trumped that 485-foot shot with the drive that counted the most at Game 2 in World Series
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| Oct.22 |
Pac Bell Park |
Angels rout Giants 10-4 in World Series
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| Oct.23 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants win 4-3 over Angels in Game 4 Bell singled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. San Francisco even the Series at 2-2 after an early 3-0 deficit
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| Oct.24 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants win 16-4 over Anaheim in Game 5 Bonds lined an RBI double. Kent, who had been hitting .188 in the Series, hit a pair of 2-run homers
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| Oct.26 |
Giants |
Giants lost 6-5 to Angels in Game 6
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| Oct.26 |
SF Downtown |
Thousands gather to cheer the Giants |
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| Oct.27 |
Giants |
Giants lost World Series to Angels Angels lead Giants 4-1 through 8 innings. Lackey was steady for 5 innings and Garret Anderson hit a 3-run double
| Bonds, in one of the most dominant overall Series performances, went 8-for-17 (.471) with 4 homers and a .700 on-base percentage. Angels and the Giants combined for a record 85 runs and 21 homers
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| Oct.28 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants gathered fans for special tribute |
|
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| 2002 |
|
| Oct.1 |
San Jose |
7 years for planned college massacre Judge Ahern ruled that more than 100 of the counts against Al DeGuzman, 20, had to be dismissed
|
| Oct.7 |
East San Jose |
4 found dead in home, including 2 children| Police are investigating whether the slayings of man, a woman and two boys ages 2 and 4, are the result of a murder-suicide | |
|
| Oct.9 |
San Jose |
Jury recommends death for Yosemite killer Jury is rejecting defense pleas to show mercy because of a traumatic childhood, mental illness and an inability to control urges
|
| Oct.11 |
Burlingame |
Shootout in Bank, 1 dead |
|
| Oct.14 |
East Oakland |
Oakland surpassed last year's death toll |
|
| Oct.15 |
Orinda |
Woman Arrested for Husband's Murder |
|
| Oct.16 |
Newark |
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.18 |
Newark |
Murder Leads to Hate Crime Charges
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| Oct.20 |
West Oakland |
Fatal shooting at youth center |
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| Oct.22 |
West Oakland |
City's 90th homicide in 2002
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| Oct.22 |
SF Downtown |
3 hit-and-run accidents by one suspect |
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| Oct.23 |
Berkeley |
9 Indian women filed suit against landlord |
|
| Oct.24 |
Pinole |
Sniper Suspect Could Have Lived in Pinole |
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| Oct.27 |
San Francisco |
Man thrown overboard during party cruise Coast Guard searches for a man after late-night Halloween party cruise. Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder
|
|
| 2002 |
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| Oct.6 |
SF Downtown |
Thousands rally for peace Protesters jammed Union Square, proclaiming their opposition to a potential war with Iraq
|
| Oct.10 |
Concord |
Troops Train for Middle East |
|
| Oct.11 |
SF Downtown |
Hundreds try to block federal building |
|
| Oct.13 |
Golden Gate Park |
$1.5 million fundraising for AIDS Memorial
|
| Oct.14 |
North Beach |
Giuliani visits North Beach |
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| Oct.25 |
Newark |
Farewell to killed transgender teen |
|
| Oct.26 |
SF Downtown |
42,000 anti-war protesters| Thousands of demonstrators from California and across the West gathered here to protest a potential war against Iraq | |
|
| Oct.28 |
SFO |
Chinese President Jiang Zemin arrived
|
| Oct.31 |
Richmond |
Sailor disappeared from tanker |
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