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| Jan.15 |
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2 kids struck by hit-and-run driver |
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| Feb.2 |
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4.2 earthquake A quake occurred at 10:22 a.m. 3 miles north of Dublin. Residents decribed it as a 'sharp, short jolt'
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| Feb.17 |
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Arrested for bomb posession
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| Feb.25 |
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Man shoots daughter, kills wife, self
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| Feb.27 |
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Rape Suspect Released
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State commission orders judge off bench
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| Mar.14 |
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12-year-old girl abducted
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| Mar.17 |
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9 train cars derailed
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| Apr.14 |
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Anti-war protesters rally at Chevron
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Laci Peterson, infant bodies found 
Map of Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Richmond A woman's badly decomposed body was discovered on a beach, one day after an infant boy's body was found along a trail
| The deteriorating body of the fetus was discovered at 4 p.m. Sunday by a dog walker on the rocky shore of the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline. The bodies were discovered about a mile apart. Modesto police were summoned to the East Bay
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| Apr.15 |
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Police officer shot to death in line of duty Ray Giacomelli was following up on a criminal investigation at a home. Suspect or suspects was still at large
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Autopsy Results on Bodies Weeks Away
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| Apr.22 |
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Nation's oldest person dies at 113 Mary Dorothy Christian witnessed the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake, enjoyed junk food
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| Apr.23 |
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12-year-old boy charged with rape
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| Apr.27 |
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Laci's body located weeks before retrieved
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| May.2 |
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ChevronTexaco's profit nearly triples
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| May.14 |
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Woman dies after attack on trail Kathleen Aiello-Loreck, 49, of Antioch, was fatally attacked on a well-traveled trail during a break from work
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| May.17 |
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Search continue for Peterson's evidence Police divers combed the waters for evidence in the death of 27-year-old Laci in a follow-up investigation
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| May.27 |
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11 Test Positive for TB at School
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| May.31 |
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Crockett train collision kills Santa Rosa couple Bennie Murillo, 75, and Corrine Murillo, 74, died when an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train collided with their car in front of the restaurant
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Man shot and killed |
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Couple Killed After Being Struck by Train |
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| Jun.2 |
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Fiery Crash Killed 3, Closed Vasco Road
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| Jun.5 |
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Teenager Killed in Park |
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| Jun.8 |
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2 men shot |
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| Jun.13 |
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Police shoot 16-year-old wielding toy gun Robert Roy Freeman was shot by two detective and died later at Doctors Medical Center
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| Jun.14 |
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One shot, four stabbed at party |
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High school's oldest graduate at 97 The great-great-grandmother Gustava Bennett Burrus walked across the stage at Richmond High's graduation ceremony
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Alleged killers will be tried in Contra Costa |
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| Jun.15 |
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Fire caused $.5m in damage to school
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| Jun.17 |
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2 killed, 1 critically injured in shootings A man opened fire on a car parked outside a public housing complex. The dead victims are teens or in early 20's
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Boy, 17, arrested on child porn charges Police a boy on suspicion of keeping 39 images of child pornography on his home computer
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| Jun.22 |
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Apparent murder-suicide |
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| Jun.27 |
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Fire Chars 175 Acres The fast-moving grassfire broke out a horse ranch. Firefighters used bulldozers, helicopter drops, and backfires
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| Jun.30 |
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Deadly shooting in the Iron Triangle |
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| Jul.2 |
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Taxi driver shot dead |
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| Jul.5 |
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Cabbie Shot, Second in Week The cab driver was struck in the jaw. He is expected to survive
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| Jul.10 |
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Grassfire sent big plumes of smoke |
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| |
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3-alarm grass fire called suspicious |
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| Jul.14 |
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Fraud charges brought against CEO |
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| Jul.15 |
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Bleach Spill After Amtrak Collision |
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| Jul.17 |
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Train pulling chemicals derails Hazardous materials teams responded after a train pulling tanks full of sulfuric acid derailed; no one hurt
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| Jul.18 |
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Temperature of 104 degrees |
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| Jul.21 |
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FBI To Assist Police In Solving Murder |
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| Jul.30 |
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Woman escapes death penalty over killing |
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| Jul.31 |
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Deputy arrested for child endangerment |
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| Aug.1 |
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ChevronTexaco's profit quadruples
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Judge delays sex predator's release |
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| Aug.6 |
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Girl Drowns Waiting for Swimming Lesson |
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| Aug.10 |
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Shelter in Place Order After Refinery Leak
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| Aug.11 |
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Unsteady trailer causes fatal crash |
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| Aug.12 |
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Supes vote to draft sniper rifle ban |
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7-year-old female safe after abduction |
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| Aug.16 |
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Police Shoot and Kill Woman Cherie Wallace armed herself with a handgun, threatened one of the officers and pointed the gun at him
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| Aug.17 |
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2 men shot and killed in their cars
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| Aug.22 |
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Police Find Car That Hit Motorcycle Cop |
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| Aug.24 |
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Police chief steps aside |
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| Aug.25 |
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Record heat |
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| Aug.26 |
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Truck crashes into house, cuts power 2 people injured when a runaway truck slammed into several cars, plowed through a house and cuts power to 20,000
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| Sep.3 |
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First debate of California's recall election| Candidates attacked front-runner Bustamante for accepting Indian casino money. Gov. Davis defended his job | |
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| Sep.5 |
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New Toll Could Pay for Caldecott Work |
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| Sep.9 |
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Peanut policy infuriates school parents
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Hundreds protest Chevron for using Iraq |
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| Sep.14 |
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Grass fire burns 250 acres |
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| Sep.18 |
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Man shot to death |
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| Sep.20 |
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Plaque in memory of woman slain |
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| Sep.22 |
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Man shot to death in car |
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Janikowski arrested after bar fight |
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Heat broke records |
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| Sep.24 |
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Shootout Hits 2 on Street, 1 in Bedroom
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| Sep.27 |
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Father of one tme suspect wants apology |
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| Sep.28 |
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Shot and killed on front porch |
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Killed in drive-by shooting |
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| Oct.6 |
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Authorities bust alleged meth ring |
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| Oct.7 |
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2 shot to death
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Brush fire closes Bailey Road |
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| Oct.10 |
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9 acres transferred into trust for casino |
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| |
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Fire eats 50 acres |
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| Oct.14 |
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Family Attacked 4 Times Before Murder
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| Oct.20 |
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3.4-magnitude temblor
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| Oct.26 |
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City's first homicide in 3 years
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| Oct.27 |
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Hit and run driver killed 2 children| Alana Pack, 7, and Troy Pack,10, were playing on a sidewalk. when a driver jumped a curb and stuck them | |
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| Oct.28 |
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Suspect in fatal Danville accident arrested |
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| Oct.30 |
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Teen Killed in House Fire |
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| Oct.31 |
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Chevron: highest profit since merger |
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3 different crashes involving 8 cars |
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| Nov.1 |
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Hundreds Attend Services for 2 Children |
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| Nov.2 |
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Fire at elementary school
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| |
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PETA Wants Rodeo to Change its Name |
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| Nov.3 |
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Father Vows to Fight for Tougher Laws |
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Scheme to defraud city |
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| Nov.4 |
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Banker Wilson elected as mayor |
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| Nov.6 |
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6 arrested for assault an off-duty officer |
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| Nov.8 |
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Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis| Fireworks greet nation's first major suspension bridge in 30 years, a 3,400-foot span across the Carquinez Straits | |
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| Nov.9 |
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Man slain in Iron Triangle area |
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| Nov.11 |
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Blaze damaged several classrooms |
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Traffic causes delays on new bridge |
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| Nov.12 |
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2 people wounded after road rage
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| Nov.13 |
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Nanny pleads innocent |
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Alleged rape attempt |
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| Nov.14 |
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Man shot and killed |
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| Nov.17 |
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15-year-old boy fatally shot |
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Woman killed, man injured |
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| Nov.21 |
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Customer Data Stolen at Wells Fargo A stolen computer held names, addresses, and social security numbers. A break-in happened at one of the bank's offices
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| Nov.27 |
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Body found in trash container |
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Fire burns church |
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| Nov.28 |
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FBI investigates church fire as hate crime
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| Nov.29 |
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Community Devastated by Loss of Church |
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| |
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Shooting wounds 2 teens |
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| Dec.3 |
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Hit-and-run leaves elderly man near death |
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| Dec.12 |
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Motorcycle officer hurt in I-80 chase |
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| Dec.15 |
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Police Police Find Fake Pipe Bombs |
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| Dec.18 |
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Man set fire to car, killing 2 children Police are searching for Mark Anthony Fregia suspected of setting fire to a car, killing children inside and injuring a woman
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| Dec.19 |
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Man arrested after allegedly killing 2 kids |
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| Dec.26 |
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Masked gunman held up busy post office
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| Dec.28 |
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Boy in critical was shot in head |
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| |
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19-year-old man shot and killed |
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| Dec.30 |
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Propane-laden train derails |
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| |
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4 people found slain| 4 people, 2 of them children, were found slain in a home after a 10-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds fled the residence | |
|
| Dec.31 |
|
Firefighters protest cuts Firefighters picketed fire stations, claiming that planned layoffs of 18 of their colleagues will threaten public safety
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Jan.15 |
2 kids struck by hit-and-run driver |
|
| Feb.2 |
4.2 earthquake A quake occurred at 10:22 a.m. 3 miles north of Dublin. Residents decribed it as a 'sharp, short jolt'
|
| Mar.17 |
9 train cars derailed
|
| Apr.15 |
Autopsy Results on Bodies Weeks Away
|
| Apr.22 |
Nation's oldest person dies at 113 Mary Dorothy Christian witnessed the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake, enjoyed junk food
|
| May.27 |
11 Test Positive for TB at School
|
| May.31 |
Crockett train collision kills Santa Rosa couple Bennie Murillo, 75, and Corrine Murillo, 74, died when an Amtrak Capitol Corridor train collided with their car in front of the restaurant
|
| May.31 |
Couple Killed After Being Struck by Train |
|
| Jun.2 |
Fiery Crash Killed 3, Closed Vasco Road
|
| Jun.15 |
Fire caused $.5m in damage to school
|
| Jun.27 |
Fire Chars 175 Acres The fast-moving grassfire broke out a horse ranch. Firefighters used bulldozers, helicopter drops, and backfires
|
| Jul.10 |
Grassfire sent big plumes of smoke |
|
| Jul.10 |
3-alarm grass fire called suspicious |
|
| Jul.15 |
Bleach Spill After Amtrak Collision |
|
| Jul.17 |
Train pulling chemicals derails Hazardous materials teams responded after a train pulling tanks full of sulfuric acid derailed; no one hurt
|
| Jul.18 |
Temperature of 104 degrees |
|
| Aug.6 |
Girl Drowns Waiting for Swimming Lesson |
|
| Aug.10 |
Shelter in Place Order After Refinery Leak
|
| Aug.11 |
Unsteady trailer causes fatal crash |
|
| Aug.25 |
Record heat |
|
| Aug.26 |
Truck crashes into house, cuts power 2 people injured when a runaway truck slammed into several cars, plowed through a house and cuts power to 20,000
|
| Sep.14 |
Grass fire burns 250 acres |
|
| Sep.22 |
Heat broke records |
|
| Oct.7 |
Brush fire closes Bailey Road |
|
| Oct.10 |
Fire eats 50 acres |
|
| Oct.20 |
3.4-magnitude temblor
|
| Oct.27 |
Hit and run driver killed 2 children| Alana Pack, 7, and Troy Pack,10, were playing on a sidewalk. when a driver jumped a curb and stuck them | |
|
| Oct.30 |
Teen Killed in House Fire |
|
| Oct.31 |
3 different crashes involving 8 cars |
|
| Nov.1 |
Hundreds Attend Services for 2 Children |
|
| Nov.2 |
Fire at elementary school
|
| Nov.3 |
Father Vows to Fight for Tougher Laws |
|
| Nov.11 |
Blaze damaged several classrooms |
|
| Nov.11 |
Traffic causes delays on new bridge |
|
| Nov.27 |
Body found in trash container |
|
| Nov.27 |
Fire burns church |
|
| Dec.3 |
Hit-and-run leaves elderly man near death |
|
| Dec.12 |
Motorcycle officer hurt in I-80 chase |
|
| Dec.30 |
Propane-laden train derails |
|
| Dec.31 |
Firefighters protest cuts Firefighters picketed fire stations, claiming that planned layoffs of 18 of their colleagues will threaten public safety
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| May.27 |
11 Test Positive for TB at School
|
| Jun.14 |
High school's oldest graduate at 97 The great-great-grandmother Gustava Bennett Burrus walked across the stage at Richmond High's graduation ceremony
|
| Jun.15 |
Fire caused $.5m in damage to school
|
| Sep.9 |
Peanut policy infuriates school parents
|
| Nov.2 |
Fire at elementary school
|
| Nov.11 |
Blaze damaged several classrooms |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Sep.22 |
Janikowski arrested after bar fight |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| May.2 |
ChevronTexaco's profit nearly triples
|
| Aug.1 |
ChevronTexaco's profit quadruples
|
| Sep.5 |
New Toll Could Pay for Caldecott Work |
|
| Oct.10 |
9 acres transferred into trust for casino |
|
| Oct.31 |
Chevron: highest profit since merger |
|
| Nov.8 |
Zampa Bridge opened by Gov. Davis| Fireworks greet nation's first major suspension bridge in 30 years, a 3,400-foot span across the Carquinez Straits | |
|
| Nov.21 |
Customer Data Stolen at Wells Fargo A stolen computer held names, addresses, and social security numbers. A break-in happened at one of the bank's offices
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Feb.17 |
Arrested for bomb posession
|
| Feb.25 |
Man shoots daughter, kills wife, self
|
| Feb.27 |
Rape Suspect Released
|
| Feb.27 |
State commission orders judge off bench
|
| Mar.14 |
12-year-old girl abducted
|
| Apr.14 |
Laci Peterson, infant bodies found Map of Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Richmond A woman's badly decomposed body was discovered on a beach, one day after an infant boy's body was found along a trail
| The deteriorating body of the fetus was discovered at 4 p.m. Sunday by a dog walker on the rocky shore of the Point Isabel Regional Shoreline. The bodies were discovered about a mile apart. Modesto police were summoned to the East Bay
|
| |
|
| Apr.15 |
Police officer shot to death in line of duty Ray Giacomelli was following up on a criminal investigation at a home. Suspect or suspects was still at large
|
| Apr.23 |
12-year-old boy charged with rape
|
| Apr.27 |
Laci's body located weeks before retrieved
|
| May.14 |
Woman dies after attack on trail Kathleen Aiello-Loreck, 49, of Antioch, was fatally attacked on a well-traveled trail during a break from work
|
| May.17 |
Search continue for Peterson's evidence Police divers combed the waters for evidence in the death of 27-year-old Laci in a follow-up investigation
|
| May.31 |
Man shot and killed |
|
| Jun.5 |
Teenager Killed in Park |
|
| Jun.8 |
2 men shot |
|
| Jun.13 |
Police shoot 16-year-old wielding toy gun Robert Roy Freeman was shot by two detective and died later at Doctors Medical Center
|
| Jun.14 |
One shot, four stabbed at party |
|
| Jun.14 |
Alleged killers will be tried in Contra Costa |
|
| Jun.17 |
2 killed, 1 critically injured in shootings A man opened fire on a car parked outside a public housing complex. The dead victims are teens or in early 20's
|
| Jun.17 |
Boy, 17, arrested on child porn charges Police a boy on suspicion of keeping 39 images of child pornography on his home computer
|
| Jun.22 |
Apparent murder-suicide |
|
| Jun.30 |
Deadly shooting in the Iron Triangle |
|
| Jul.2 |
Taxi driver shot dead |
|
| Jul.5 |
Cabbie Shot, Second in Week The cab driver was struck in the jaw. He is expected to survive
|
| Jul.14 |
Fraud charges brought against CEO |
|
| Jul.21 |
FBI To Assist Police In Solving Murder |
|
| Jul.30 |
Woman escapes death penalty over killing |
|
| Jul.31 |
Deputy arrested for child endangerment |
|
| Aug.1 |
Judge delays sex predator's release |
|
| Aug.12 |
7-year-old female safe after abduction |
|
| Aug.16 |
Police Shoot and Kill Woman Cherie Wallace armed herself with a handgun, threatened one of the officers and pointed the gun at him
|
| Aug.17 |
2 men shot and killed in their cars
|
| Aug.22 |
Police Find Car That Hit Motorcycle Cop |
|
| Sep.18 |
Man shot to death |
|
| Sep.20 |
Plaque in memory of woman slain |
|
| Sep.22 |
Man shot to death in car |
|
| Sep.22 |
Janikowski arrested after bar fight |
|
| Sep.24 |
Shootout Hits 2 on Street, 1 in Bedroom
|
| Sep.27 |
Father of one tme suspect wants apology |
|
| Sep.28 |
Shot and killed on front porch |
|
| Sep.28 |
Killed in drive-by shooting |
|
| Oct.6 |
Authorities bust alleged meth ring |
|
| Oct.7 |
2 shot to death
|
| Oct.14 |
Family Attacked 4 Times Before Murder
|
| Oct.26 |
City's first homicide in 3 years
|
| Oct.27 |
Hit and run driver killed 2 children| Alana Pack, 7, and Troy Pack,10, were playing on a sidewalk. when a driver jumped a curb and stuck them | |
|
| Oct.28 |
Suspect in fatal Danville accident arrested |
|
| Nov.3 |
Scheme to defraud city |
|
| Nov.6 |
6 arrested for assault an off-duty officer |
|
| Nov.9 |
Man slain in Iron Triangle area |
|
| Nov.12 |
2 people wounded after road rage
|
| Nov.13 |
Nanny pleads innocent |
|
| Nov.13 |
Alleged rape attempt |
|
| Nov.14 |
Man shot and killed |
|
| Nov.17 |
15-year-old boy fatally shot |
|
| Nov.17 |
Woman killed, man injured |
|
| Nov.21 |
Customer Data Stolen at Wells Fargo A stolen computer held names, addresses, and social security numbers. A break-in happened at one of the bank's offices
|
| Nov.27 |
Body found in trash container |
|
| Nov.28 |
FBI investigates church fire as hate crime
|
| Nov.29 |
Shooting wounds 2 teens |
|
| Dec.3 |
Hit-and-run leaves elderly man near death |
|
| Dec.15 |
Police Police Find Fake Pipe Bombs |
|
| Dec.18 |
Man set fire to car, killing 2 children Police are searching for Mark Anthony Fregia suspected of setting fire to a car, killing children inside and injuring a woman
|
| Dec.19 |
Man arrested after allegedly killing 2 kids |
|
| Dec.26 |
Masked gunman held up busy post office
|
| Dec.28 |
Boy in critical was shot in head |
|
| Dec.28 |
19-year-old man shot and killed |
|
| Dec.30 |
4 people found slain| 4 people, 2 of them children, were found slain in a home after a 10-year-old boy suffering from stab wounds fled the residence | |
|
|
| 2003 |
|
| Apr.14 |
Anti-war protesters rally at Chevron
|
| Aug.12 |
Supes vote to draft sniper rifle ban |
|
| Aug.24 |
Police chief steps aside |
|
| Sep.3 |
First debate of California's recall election| Candidates attacked front-runner Bustamante for accepting Indian casino money. Gov. Davis defended his job | |
|
| Sep.9 |
Hundreds protest Chevron for using Iraq |
|
| Nov.2 |
PETA Wants Rodeo to Change its Name |
|
| Nov.3 |
Father Vows to Fight for Tougher Laws |
|
| Nov.4 |
Banker Wilson elected as mayor |
|
| Nov.29 |
Community Devastated by Loss of Church |
|
| Dec.31 |
Firefighters protest cuts Firefighters picketed fire stations, claiming that planned layoffs of 18 of their colleagues will threaten public safety
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