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| Apr.1 |
SF City Hall |
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SF deficit could hit $750 million by 2011 |
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Bay Area |
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Home prices in free fall Down 32.4 percent. Alameda and Contra Costa, which have been racked by foreclosures
| Low-priced homes, under $297,909, are now back to the levels of August 2000, 16 percent above their January 2000 levels
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| Apr.2 |
San Francisco |
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Lawmaker pushes to keep JROTC |
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San Francisco |
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Lowe's plans to come to Bayshore Blvd |
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SF City Hall |
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Homicides, crime down in city, Mayor says
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| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
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Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years| Former city supervisor was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 years and 4 months in prison for seeking to extort $80,000 from small businesses | |
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| Apr.4 |
Google |
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Google-Twitter Deal Rumored
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Oakland City Hall |
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Judge: City illegally spent safety funds |
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| Apr.5 |
East Oakland |
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Man Kills Wife & Himself In Home |
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Sun |
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Sun deal cloudy after IBM pulls offer
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Stanford |
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Stanford Steamrolled By UConn In Final 4 |
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| Apr.7 |
Bay Area |
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Average wage in the Bay Area: $67,548 |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants Beat Brewers In Opener |
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| Apr.8 |
SF City Hall |
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Muni considering budget cuts |
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Genentech |
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Drug Raptiva pulled from market |
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| Apr.9 |
Wells Fargo |
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Record 1Q Profit For Wells Wells Fargo expects record first-quarter earnings of $3 billion, easily surpassing analysts' estimates
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San Jose |
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Vandalism Likely In Big Phone Outage| Vandals severed multiple fiber optic cables, leaving thousands of people in 3 counties without cell phone, Internet and landline service. Someone removed a manhole cover and severed four fiber op... | |
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San Francisco |
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Yelp to let businesses comment on reviews |
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| Apr.10 |
BART |
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Fare Hike, Service Cuts Considering
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San Jose |
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Reward of $100,000 after phone outage |
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Yahoo |
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Microsoft, Yahoo Chiefs Meet on linkups |
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San Jose |
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$250,000 Reward For S. Bay Cable Cutter
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| Apr.11 |
San Francisco |
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Gore's Current Media scraps plan for IPO |
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East Oakland |
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Attorney killed, girlfriend arrested
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San Jose |
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Sharks clinch first Presidents' Trophy |
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| Apr.12 |
SF Mission |
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Shooting hospitalized four men |
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| Apr.13 |
San Jose Downtown |
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Police Investigate Fatal Shooting |
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San Jose |
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Silicon Valley CEOs See Bleak Job Market |
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Giants |
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Dodgers thump Giants |
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| Apr.14 |
Oakland |
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East Bay M. Utilty District to raise rates |
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eBay |
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IPO Planned For Skype |
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Intel |
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Intel Says PC Sales Beginning To Improve |
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| Apr.15 |
San Mateo Bridge |
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Winds push boat into Bridge The westbound direction was closed overnight when strong winds pushed a 70-foot fishing boat into the span
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Bay Area |
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26,000 lost power
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Intel |
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Shares fall despite bullish PC prediction |
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| Apr.16 |
Oakland |
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Accused Bailey Killer Striking Plea Deal Devaughndre Broussard charged with the August 2007 murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey in Oakland has agreed to a possible plea deal
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San Leandro |
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Amber Alert Issued For Toddler |
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Bay Area |
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Falling home prices start to slow |
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Google |
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Google growth slows dramatically in 1Q |
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SJ Arena |
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Ducks Shut Out Sharks In Playoff Opener |
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| Apr.17 |
Google |
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Search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct
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East Oakland |
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8 & 10-Year-Old Attempt Store Robbery 
Two boys, ages 8 and 10, who are cousins, allegedly used a BB gun to demand candy and cash from a cashier at an 'ampm' store
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Bay Area |
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Unemployment rates continued to rise
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Cupertino |
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Mother Of 2 Killed In Home Attack |
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| Apr.18 |
San Francisco |
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Rolling Stone closes last S.F. office
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SF Downtown |
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SF remembers great quake on anniversary |
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| Apr.19 |
Sausalito |
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PD Investigate First Homicide Since '91
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East San Jose |
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Plane Crash On Mount Hamilton Kills 2
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SF Chronicle |
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Teamsters OK Chronicle Pact |
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SJ Arena |
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Ducks rally past Sharks for 2-0 lead |
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UC Berkeley |
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Student diagnosed with active TB |
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| Apr.20 |
Oracle |
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Oracle To Buy Sun For $7.4B| Oracle Corp. is pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM abandoned an earlier bid to buy computer server and software maker | |
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Bay Area |
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Record Highs Set; Advisory Extended Record temperatures occured again during a sweltering heat wave that was forecast to continue for a third straight day
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Saratoga |
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Cyclist injured in hit-and-run accident |
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| Apr.21 |
Oakland |
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Grand jury indicts Omeed Aziz Popal |
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SF City Hall |
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Newsom Launches Run For Governor| Mayor formally announced his candidacy for state governor, entering a race that could see him competing against men 15 and 30 years his senior | |
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San Francisco |
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Call to rally against cyber crime |
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo to lay off 675 after profit slides 78%
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San Francisco |
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Mom found guilty of killing daughter, 3 |
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San Jose |
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Sharks Beat Ducks In Game 3 |
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Martinez |
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Suspected county gun thief arrested |
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| Apr.22 |
West Contra Costa |
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2 school districts reviewing cuts |
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Apple |
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Apple easily tops expectations |
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Bay Area |
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Mortgage defaults hit record
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| Apr.23 |
Wells Fargo |
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State sues Wells for $1.5 billion
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North Oakland |
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One killed, another injured in shooting |
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| Apr.24 |
San Jose |
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Sharks Near Elimination, Lose Game 4 |
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South SF |
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Skateboarding accident claims life of teen |
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Martinez |
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Backlash Over DA Prosecution Cutbacks
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Oakland City Hall |
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Police officers fired over search warrants
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| Apr.25 |
East Oakland |
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3 Kids Shot In Broad Daylight On Street 4-year-old girl, another girl and a 14-year-old boy - were shot and wounded during a gunfight. All three were expected to survive
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SJ Arena |
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Sharks stave off elimination |
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
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Craigslist safety questioned after slayings
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San Francisco |
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Dalai Lama serves hope to SF homeless
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| Apr.27 |
Castro Valley |
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Police Kill Man After Finding Body Police shot a man because he tried to attack them with a knife when they found him lying next to a woman he is suspected of stabbing to deat...
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San Jose |
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Ducks Oust Sharks From Playoffs| The 8th-seeded Ducks ousted the Presidents' Trophy-winning Sharks from the first round with a 4-1 victory | |
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Antioch |
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Arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Bonds In Front Row, Giants Edge Dodgers |
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Wells Fargo |
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Industry analysts downgrade bank rating |
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| Apr.28 |
Vallejo |
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City Council to fire city manager |
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East Oakland |
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1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Taco Truck Shooting |
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Marin County |
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2 residents swine flu victims |
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
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Schools Closed Over Swine Flu Exposure| San Jose's Branham High School will be closed for a week. Tests revealed three Pittsburg 4th-graders have probable cases on swine flu | |
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East Oakland |
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2 separate shootings left 2 men dead |
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Oakland |
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Bey Indicted In Bailey, 2 Other Murders| A County grand jury indicted the former leader of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery group in connection with the 2007 killing of a journalist | |
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El Sobrante |
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Man killed and killed in front of Walgreens |
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| Apr.30 |
Bay Area |
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3 Area men charged with insider trading |
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Oakland Hills |
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State's top cop victim of theft
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Stanford |
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Student Confronts Rice On Interrogations
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.5 |
East Oakland |
Man Kills Wife & Himself In Home |
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| Apr.9 |
San Jose |
Vandalism Likely In Big Phone Outage| Vandals severed multiple fiber optic cables, leaving thousands of people in 3 counties without cell phone, Internet and landline service. Someone removed a manhole cover and severed four fiber op... | |
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| Apr.15 |
San Mateo Bridge |
Winds push boat into Bridge The westbound direction was closed overnight when strong winds pushed a 70-foot fishing boat into the span
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| Apr.15 |
Bay Area |
26,000 lost power
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| Apr.19 |
East San Jose |
Plane Crash On Mount Hamilton Kills 2
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| Apr.19 |
UC Berkeley |
Student diagnosed with active TB |
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| Apr.20 |
Bay Area |
Record Highs Set; Advisory Extended Record temperatures occured again during a sweltering heat wave that was forecast to continue for a third straight day
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| Apr.20 |
Saratoga |
Cyclist injured in hit-and-run accident |
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| Apr.24 |
South SF |
Skateboarding accident claims life of teen |
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| Apr.28 |
Marin County |
2 residents swine flu victims |
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
Schools Closed Over Swine Flu Exposure| San Jose's Branham High School will be closed for a week. Tests revealed three Pittsburg 4th-graders have probable cases on swine flu | |
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.2 |
San Francisco |
Lawmaker pushes to keep JROTC |
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| Apr.19 |
UC Berkeley |
Student diagnosed with active TB |
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| Apr.22 |
West Contra Costa |
2 school districts reviewing cuts |
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| Apr.29 |
San Jose |
Schools Closed Over Swine Flu Exposure| San Jose's Branham High School will be closed for a week. Tests revealed three Pittsburg 4th-graders have probable cases on swine flu | |
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.5 |
Stanford |
Stanford Steamrolled By UConn In Final 4 |
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| Apr.7 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants Beat Brewers In Opener |
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| Apr.11 |
San Jose |
Sharks clinch first Presidents' Trophy |
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| Apr.13 |
Giants |
Dodgers thump Giants |
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| Apr.16 |
SJ Arena |
Ducks Shut Out Sharks In Playoff Opener |
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| Apr.19 |
SJ Arena |
Ducks rally past Sharks for 2-0 lead |
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| Apr.21 |
San Jose |
Sharks Beat Ducks In Game 3 |
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| Apr.24 |
San Jose |
Sharks Near Elimination, Lose Game 4 |
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| Apr.25 |
SJ Arena |
Sharks stave off elimination |
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| Apr.27 |
San Jose |
Ducks Oust Sharks From Playoffs| The 8th-seeded Ducks ousted the Presidents' Trophy-winning Sharks from the first round with a 4-1 victory | |
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| Apr.27 |
Pac Bell Park |
Bonds In Front Row, Giants Edge Dodgers |
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.1 |
Bay Area |
Home prices in free fall Down 32.4 percent. Alameda and Contra Costa, which have been racked by foreclosures
| Low-priced homes, under $297,909, are now back to the levels of August 2000, 16 percent above their January 2000 levels
|
| |
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| Apr.2 |
San Francisco |
Lowe's plans to come to Bayshore Blvd |
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| Apr.4 |
Google |
Google-Twitter Deal Rumored
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| Apr.5 |
Sun |
Sun deal cloudy after IBM pulls offer
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| Apr.7 |
Bay Area |
Average wage in the Bay Area: $67,548 |
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| Apr.8 |
SF City Hall |
Muni considering budget cuts |
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| Apr.8 |
Genentech |
Drug Raptiva pulled from market |
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| Apr.9 |
Wells Fargo |
Record 1Q Profit For Wells Wells Fargo expects record first-quarter earnings of $3 billion, easily surpassing analysts' estimates
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| Apr.9 |
San Francisco |
Yelp to let businesses comment on reviews |
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| Apr.10 |
BART |
Fare Hike, Service Cuts Considering
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| Apr.10 |
Yahoo |
Microsoft, Yahoo Chiefs Meet on linkups |
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| Apr.11 |
San Francisco |
Gore's Current Media scraps plan for IPO |
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| Apr.13 |
San Jose |
Silicon Valley CEOs See Bleak Job Market |
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| Apr.14 |
Oakland |
East Bay M. Utilty District to raise rates |
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| Apr.14 |
eBay |
IPO Planned For Skype |
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| Apr.14 |
Intel |
Intel Says PC Sales Beginning To Improve |
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| Apr.15 |
Intel |
Shares fall despite bullish PC prediction |
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| Apr.16 |
Bay Area |
Falling home prices start to slow |
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| Apr.16 |
Google |
Google growth slows dramatically in 1Q |
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| Apr.17 |
Google |
Search for savings boosts 1Q profit 9 pct
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| Apr.17 |
Bay Area |
Unemployment rates continued to rise
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| Apr.18 |
San Francisco |
Rolling Stone closes last S.F. office
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| Apr.19 |
SF Chronicle |
Teamsters OK Chronicle Pact |
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| Apr.20 |
Oracle |
Oracle To Buy Sun For $7.4B| Oracle Corp. is pouncing on an opportunity that opened up after rival IBM abandoned an earlier bid to buy computer server and software maker | |
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| Apr.21 |
San Francisco |
Call to rally against cyber crime |
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| Apr.21 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo to lay off 675 after profit slides 78%
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| Apr.22 |
West Contra Costa |
2 school districts reviewing cuts |
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| Apr.22 |
Apple |
Apple easily tops expectations |
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| Apr.22 |
Bay Area |
Mortgage defaults hit record
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| Apr.23 |
Wells Fargo |
State sues Wells for $1.5 billion
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| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist safety questioned after slayings
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| Apr.27 |
Wells Fargo |
Industry analysts downgrade bank rating |
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| Apr.30 |
Bay Area |
3 Area men charged with insider trading |
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| 2009 |
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| Apr.2 |
SF City Hall |
Homicides, crime down in city, Mayor says
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| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years| Former city supervisor was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 years and 4 months in prison for seeking to extort $80,000 from small businesses | |
|
| Apr.5 |
East Oakland |
Man Kills Wife & Himself In Home |
|
| Apr.9 |
San Jose |
Vandalism Likely In Big Phone Outage| Vandals severed multiple fiber optic cables, leaving thousands of people in 3 counties without cell phone, Internet and landline service. Someone removed a manhole cover and severed four fiber op... | |
|
| Apr.10 |
San Jose |
Reward of $100,000 after phone outage |
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| Apr.10 |
San Jose |
$250,000 Reward For S. Bay Cable Cutter
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| Apr.11 |
East Oakland |
Attorney killed, girlfriend arrested
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| Apr.12 |
SF Mission |
Shooting hospitalized four men |
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| Apr.13 |
San Jose Downtown |
Police Investigate Fatal Shooting |
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| Apr.16 |
Oakland |
Accused Bailey Killer Striking Plea Deal Devaughndre Broussard charged with the August 2007 murder of journalist Chauncey Bailey in Oakland has agreed to a possible plea deal
|
| Apr.16 |
San Leandro |
Amber Alert Issued For Toddler |
|
| Apr.17 |
East Oakland |
8 & 10-Year-Old Attempt Store Robbery Two boys, ages 8 and 10, who are cousins, allegedly used a BB gun to demand candy and cash from a cashier at an 'ampm' store
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| Apr.17 |
Cupertino |
Mother Of 2 Killed In Home Attack |
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| Apr.19 |
Sausalito |
PD Investigate First Homicide Since '91
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| Apr.20 |
Saratoga |
Cyclist injured in hit-and-run accident |
|
| Apr.21 |
Oakland |
Grand jury indicts Omeed Aziz Popal |
|
| Apr.21 |
San Francisco |
Call to rally against cyber crime |
|
| Apr.21 |
San Francisco |
Mom found guilty of killing daughter, 3 |
|
| Apr.21 |
Martinez |
Suspected county gun thief arrested |
|
| Apr.23 |
North Oakland |
One killed, another injured in shooting |
|
| Apr.24 |
Martinez |
Backlash Over DA Prosecution Cutbacks
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| Apr.25 |
East Oakland |
3 Kids Shot In Broad Daylight On Street 4-year-old girl, another girl and a 14-year-old boy - were shot and wounded during a gunfight. All three were expected to survive
|
| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Craigslist safety questioned after slayings
|
| Apr.27 |
Castro Valley |
Police Kill Man After Finding Body Police shot a man because he tried to attack them with a knife when they found him lying next to a woman he is suspected of stabbing to deat...
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| Apr.27 |
Antioch |
Arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting |
|
| Apr.28 |
East Oakland |
1 Dead, 2 Hurt In Taco Truck Shooting |
|
| Apr.29 |
East Oakland |
2 separate shootings left 2 men dead |
|
| Apr.29 |
Oakland |
Bey Indicted In Bailey, 2 Other Murders| A County grand jury indicted the former leader of the now-defunct Your Black Muslim Bakery group in connection with the 2007 killing of a journalist | |
|
| Apr.29 |
El Sobrante |
Man killed and killed in front of Walgreens |
|
| Apr.30 |
Bay Area |
3 Area men charged with insider trading |
|
| Apr.30 |
Oakland Hills |
State's top cop victim of theft
|
|
| 2009 |
|
| Apr.1 |
SF City Hall |
SF deficit could hit $750 million by 2011 |
|
| Apr.2 |
San Francisco |
Lawmaker pushes to keep JROTC |
|
| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years| Former city supervisor was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 years and 4 months in prison for seeking to extort $80,000 from small businesses | |
|
| Apr.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
Judge: City illegally spent safety funds |
|
| Apr.18 |
SF Downtown |
SF remembers great quake on anniversary |
|
| Apr.21 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom Launches Run For Governor| Mayor formally announced his candidacy for state governor, entering a race that could see him competing against men 15 and 30 years his senior | |
|
| Apr.24 |
Martinez |
Backlash Over DA Prosecution Cutbacks
|
| Apr.24 |
Oakland City Hall |
Police officers fired over search warrants
|
| Apr.26 |
San Francisco |
Dalai Lama serves hope to SF homeless
|
| Apr.28 |
Vallejo |
City Council to fire city manager |
|
| Apr.30 |
Stanford |
Student Confronts Rice On Interrogations
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