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| May.1 |
SJ Arena |
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Sharks beat Wings, grab 2-0 lead
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| May.2 |
PG&E |
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PG&E to replace 1,600 SmartMeter| Pacific Gas & Electric will replace 1,600 SmartMeters due to a 'rare defect' that causes the wireless meters to run fast and inflate bills | |
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San Francisco |
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Bin Laden's death brings closure to families| Part of the story is in San Francisco since some of the victims lived here. Sunday's developments gave their families a sense of peace | |
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| May.3 |
BART |
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BART, Muni, SFO increase security
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| May.4 |
San Francisco |
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7 arrested in death of German tourist Police announced that seven arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of Mechtild Schroeer in the city's theater district last August
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San Jose |
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Sharks push Wings into 0-3 hole
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San Ramon |
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Officer arrested in task force probe Louis Lombardi has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a Northern California drug task force
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South of Market |
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6 injured in 4-alarm hotel blaze 
The fire broke out at the three-story Park Hotel, but the flames spread to the third story of an adjacent building
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| May.6 |
San Jose |
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Wings tip Sharks late to stay alive |
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| May.7 |
East San Jose |
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Two dead, 17-year-old injured in shooting Police found three victims in a home; the 2 adults, both 31, were pronounced dead at the scene. The 17-year-old was transported to a hospita...
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Applied Materials |
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Applied Materials buying Varian |
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| May.8 |
SJ Arena |
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Red Wings beat Sharks 4-3 to stay alive
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| May.9 |
LinkedIn |
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LinkedIn readies IPO |
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SFO |
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Man tries to storm S.F.-bound cockpit A Vallejo man holding a Yemeni passport tried to break into the locked cockpit of before crew members and passengers subdued him
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eBay |
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Microsoft near deal to buy Skype
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| May.10 |
San Jose |
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Wings Even Series |
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| May.11 |
SJSU |
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Killer shot wife, her friend, then himself Map of South 10th and East Fernando street San Jose University and city police responded to the parking structure, where they found 3 people, including the shooter, who had sustained injuries
| Police said the shooting at a San Jose State University parking garage Tuesday night was a double-murder suicide. 25-year-old Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran, and her companion Thomas Kyle Williams, 26, were both honors business students and would have graduated this month.
54-year-old Napoleon Lavarias Caliguiran, shot himself after fatally shooting his wife and Williams as the two sat in the Caliguirans' Mercedes
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Cisco |
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Profit falls 17%; overhauling business
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SFO |
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World's largest passenger jet arrives |
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| May.12 |
SJ Arena |
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Sharks clinch series with win over Wings| Marleau knocked home a rebound with 7:47 to play and San Jose finally managed to knock out Detroit on their fourth try with a 3-2 victory. Setoguchi and Couture scored in the first period and Niemi made 38 saves. Sharks had lost ... | |
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| May.13 |
Pleasant Hill |
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Co-defendant: Cop ran brothel A Concord private investigator at the center of a law enforcement scandal admits he helped run a house of prostitution in Pleasant Hill
| Private investigator Christopher Butler claims he and former Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Commander Norman Wielsch hired 4 prostitutes to work at My Divine Skin
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Facebook |
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Facebook's campaign against Google
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Oakland |
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Oakl police arrest 36 in drug crackdown |
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| May.14 |
San Francisco |
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8-year-old gets Botox| 8-year-old Britney Campbell says she has gotten used to Botox injections to remove wrinkles, so she can look pretty for beauty pageants | |
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Santa Clara |
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Murder of 'The Church Man' investigated |
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| May.15 |
Bernal Heights |
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2 dead, 1 wounded in S.F. shooting Officers found three men suffering from gunshot wounds. Two men were taken a hospital, where they were pronounced dead
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Golden Gate Park |
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Thousands on streets for Bay to Breakers
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San Jose |
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Canucks rally in third, top Sharks
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| May.16 |
HP |
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Leaked memo shows HP CEO jitters
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San Francisco |
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Beaten Giants fan moved to SF hospital
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| May.17 |
LinkedIn |
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LinkedIn raises IPO price - $42 to $45 |
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| May.18 |
Intel |
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Intel CEO touts power-saving chip focus |
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San Francisco |
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Doctor says Stow is improving |
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| |
San Jose |
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Sharks Go Down 0-2
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| May.19 |
East Oakland |
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Police fatally shoot 2 men on street Oakland police killed two men during a confrontation after officers got a tip that a gang crime was about to go down in a quiet neighborhood
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| |
LinkedIn |
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LinkedIn soars 90% in debut LinkedIn's stock more than doubled in its market debut because of investor demand for the first major social networking company to go public
| The LNKD stock traded at $103 at midday on the New York Stock Exchange. The company raised $353 million in an IPO that valued it at $4.3 billion
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| May.20 |
San Leandro |
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Cop accused of giving pot to informant
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| |
SJ Arena |
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Sharks tip Canucks, now trail 2-1
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| May.21 |
East Oakland |
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Oakland police investigating two homicides |
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Half Moon Bay |
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Stretch of county land to be preserved |
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| |
SF Mission |
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Stabbed in bus fight |
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Oakland |
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Doomsday whoopla fizzles out| Harold Camping, the religious leader who owns Family Radio, predicted that Saturday, May 21, the world would come to an end | |
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| |
San Jose |
|
Vietnamese unveils 'Little Saigon' signs |
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| |
Pac Bell Park |
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Lincecum stumps A's with 3-hitter |
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| May.22 |
Giants |
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Suspect detained in beating of Giants fan Los Angeles police say that they have detained a suspect in the brutal beating of Brian Stow after a game at Dodger Stadium
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| |
SJ Arena |
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Canucks Down Sharks 4-2 in Game 4
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| May.23 |
Oakley |
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Missing baby found safe |
|
| |
Danville |
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Police search for missing 15-year-old girl Allison 'Alliy' Bayliss, 15, was last seen shortly after 8 a.m. at San Ramon Valley High School where she is a sophomore
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| May.24 |
San Francisco |
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Family of beaten Giants fan sues Dodgers |
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| |
San Leandro |
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4-alarm fire destroys 4 apartments |
|
| |
San Jose |
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Canucks edge Sharks to reach Cup finals Bieksa scored 10:18 into the second OT and Vancouver with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks
| The Canucks advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 17 years
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| May.25 |
East Oakland |
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High school senior shot dead on street
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Chevron |
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CEO John Watson addresses protesters
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| May.26 |
San Francisco |
|
Giants' Posey likely done for season
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| |
BART |
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All BART officers to be issued stun guns |
|
| |
Google |
|
PayPal sues Google over phone service
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| May.27 |
San Francisco |
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Prosecutors drop 28 cases over searches
|
| |
Oakland Hills |
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Police arrest assault suspect after chase |
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| |
Livermore |
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Victim of drug-related explosion dies |
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Giants |
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Giants deal Brewers rear home defeat |
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South SF |
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Solazyme's solid IPO |
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| May.28 |
West Oakland |
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Gunman on motorcycle fires on crowd
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| May.29 |
East Oakland |
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200 people dedicate Jonestown memorial Map of Evergreen Cemetery Oakland| A crowd of nearly 200 people gathered at Evergreen Cemetery to dedicate a newly completed memorial to the victims of the 1978 mass murder | |
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South San Jose |
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Woman shot to death in car |
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| May.30 |
East Oakland |
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Two dead, one critically hurt in shooting
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Alameda |
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Man drowns as police watch |
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| 2011 |
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| May.4 |
South of Market |
6 injured in 4-alarm hotel blaze The fire broke out at the three-story Park Hotel, but the flames spread to the third story of an adjacent building
|
| May.14 |
San Francisco |
8-year-old gets Botox| 8-year-old Britney Campbell says she has gotten used to Botox injections to remove wrinkles, so she can look pretty for beauty pageants | |
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| May.16 |
San Francisco |
Beaten Giants fan moved to SF hospital
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| May.18 |
San Francisco |
Doctor says Stow is improving |
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| May.23 |
Oakley |
Missing baby found safe |
|
| May.23 |
Danville |
Police search for missing 15-year-old girl Allison 'Alliy' Bayliss, 15, was last seen shortly after 8 a.m. at San Ramon Valley High School where she is a sophomore
|
| May.24 |
San Leandro |
4-alarm fire destroys 4 apartments |
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| May.27 |
Livermore |
Victim of drug-related explosion dies |
|
| May.30 |
Alameda |
Man drowns as police watch |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.18 |
Intel |
Intel CEO touts power-saving chip focus |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.2 |
PG&E |
PG&E to replace 1,600 SmartMeter| Pacific Gas & Electric will replace 1,600 SmartMeters due to a 'rare defect' that causes the wireless meters to run fast and inflate bills | |
|
| May.7 |
Applied Materials |
Applied Materials buying Varian |
|
| May.9 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn readies IPO |
|
| May.9 |
eBay |
Microsoft near deal to buy Skype
|
| May.11 |
Cisco |
Profit falls 17%; overhauling business
|
| May.11 |
SFO |
World's largest passenger jet arrives |
|
| May.13 |
Facebook |
Facebook's campaign against Google
|
| May.16 |
HP |
Leaked memo shows HP CEO jitters
|
| May.17 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn raises IPO price - $42 to $45 |
|
| May.18 |
Intel |
Intel CEO touts power-saving chip focus |
|
| May.19 |
LinkedIn |
LinkedIn soars 90% in debut LinkedIn's stock more than doubled in its market debut because of investor demand for the first major social networking company to go public
| The LNKD stock traded at $103 at midday on the New York Stock Exchange. The company raised $353 million in an IPO that valued it at $4.3 billion
|
| |
|
| May.24 |
San Francisco |
Family of beaten Giants fan sues Dodgers |
|
| May.25 |
Chevron |
CEO John Watson addresses protesters
|
| May.26 |
Google |
PayPal sues Google over phone service
|
| May.27 |
South SF |
Solazyme's solid IPO |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.1 |
SJ Arena |
Sharks beat Wings, grab 2-0 lead
|
| May.4 |
San Jose |
Sharks push Wings into 0-3 hole
|
| May.6 |
San Jose |
Wings tip Sharks late to stay alive |
|
| May.8 |
SJ Arena |
Red Wings beat Sharks 4-3 to stay alive
|
| May.10 |
San Jose |
Wings Even Series |
|
| May.12 |
SJ Arena |
Sharks clinch series with win over Wings| Marleau knocked home a rebound with 7:47 to play and San Jose finally managed to knock out Detroit on their fourth try with a 3-2 victory. Setoguchi and Couture scored in the first period and Niemi made 38 saves. Sharks had lost ... | |
|
| May.15 |
Golden Gate Park |
Thousands on streets for Bay to Breakers
|
| May.15 |
San Jose |
Canucks rally in third, top Sharks
|
| May.18 |
San Francisco |
Doctor says Stow is improving |
|
| May.18 |
San Jose |
Sharks Go Down 0-2
|
| May.20 |
SJ Arena |
Sharks tip Canucks, now trail 2-1
|
| May.21 |
Pac Bell Park |
Lincecum stumps A's with 3-hitter |
|
| May.22 |
Giants |
Suspect detained in beating of Giants fan Los Angeles police say that they have detained a suspect in the brutal beating of Brian Stow after a game at Dodger Stadium
|
| May.22 |
SJ Arena |
Canucks Down Sharks 4-2 in Game 4
|
| May.24 |
San Francisco |
Family of beaten Giants fan sues Dodgers |
|
| May.24 |
San Jose |
Canucks edge Sharks to reach Cup finals Bieksa scored 10:18 into the second OT and Vancouver with a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks
| The Canucks advanced to the Stanley Cup finals for the first time in 17 years
|
| |
|
| May.26 |
San Francisco |
Giants' Posey likely done for season
|
| May.27 |
Giants |
Giants deal Brewers rear home defeat |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.2 |
San Francisco |
Bin Laden's death brings closure to families| Part of the story is in San Francisco since some of the victims lived here. Sunday's developments gave their families a sense of peace | |
|
| May.3 |
BART |
BART, Muni, SFO increase security
|
| May.4 |
San Francisco |
7 arrested in death of German tourist Police announced that seven arrests have been made in the fatal shooting of Mechtild Schroeer in the city's theater district last August
|
| May.4 |
San Ramon |
Officer arrested in task force probe Louis Lombardi has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a Northern California drug task force
|
| May.7 |
East San Jose |
Two dead, 17-year-old injured in shooting Police found three victims in a home; the 2 adults, both 31, were pronounced dead at the scene. The 17-year-old was transported to a hospita...
|
| May.9 |
SFO |
Man tries to storm S.F.-bound cockpit A Vallejo man holding a Yemeni passport tried to break into the locked cockpit of before crew members and passengers subdued him
|
| May.11 |
SJSU |
Killer shot wife, her friend, then himself Map of South 10th and East Fernando street San Jose University and city police responded to the parking structure, where they found 3 people, including the shooter, who had sustained injuries
| Police said the shooting at a San Jose State University parking garage Tuesday night was a double-murder suicide. 25-year-old Marcory Tarlit Caliguiran, and her companion Thomas Kyle Williams, 26, were both honors business students and would have graduated this month.
54-year-old Napoleon Lavarias Caliguiran, shot himself after fatally shooting his wife and Williams as the two sat in the Caliguirans' Mercedes
|
| |
|
| May.13 |
Pleasant Hill |
Co-defendant: Cop ran brothel A Concord private investigator at the center of a law enforcement scandal admits he helped run a house of prostitution in Pleasant Hill
| Private investigator Christopher Butler claims he and former Contra Costa Narcotics Enforcement Commander Norman Wielsch hired 4 prostitutes to work at My Divine Skin
|
| |
|
| May.13 |
Oakland |
Oakl police arrest 36 in drug crackdown |
|
| May.14 |
Santa Clara |
Murder of 'The Church Man' investigated |
|
| May.15 |
Bernal Heights |
2 dead, 1 wounded in S.F. shooting Officers found three men suffering from gunshot wounds. Two men were taken a hospital, where they were pronounced dead
|
| May.19 |
East Oakland |
Police fatally shoot 2 men on street Oakland police killed two men during a confrontation after officers got a tip that a gang crime was about to go down in a quiet neighborhood
|
| May.20 |
San Leandro |
Cop accused of giving pot to informant
|
| May.21 |
East Oakland |
Oakland police investigating two homicides |
|
| May.21 |
SF Mission |
Stabbed in bus fight |
|
| May.22 |
Giants |
Suspect detained in beating of Giants fan Los Angeles police say that they have detained a suspect in the brutal beating of Brian Stow after a game at Dodger Stadium
|
| May.25 |
East Oakland |
High school senior shot dead on street
|
| May.26 |
BART |
All BART officers to be issued stun guns |
|
| May.27 |
San Francisco |
Prosecutors drop 28 cases over searches
|
| May.27 |
Oakland Hills |
Police arrest assault suspect after chase |
|
| May.27 |
Livermore |
Victim of drug-related explosion dies |
|
| May.28 |
West Oakland |
Gunman on motorcycle fires on crowd
|
| May.29 |
South San Jose |
Woman shot to death in car |
|
| May.30 |
East Oakland |
Two dead, one critically hurt in shooting
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| May.4 |
San Ramon |
Officer arrested in task force probe Louis Lombardi has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into a Northern California drug task force
|
| May.14 |
Santa Clara |
Murder of 'The Church Man' investigated |
|
| May.21 |
Half Moon Bay |
Stretch of county land to be preserved |
|
| May.21 |
Oakland |
Doomsday whoopla fizzles out| Harold Camping, the religious leader who owns Family Radio, predicted that Saturday, May 21, the world would come to an end | |
|
| May.21 |
San Jose |
Vietnamese unveils 'Little Saigon' signs |
|
| May.25 |
Chevron |
CEO John Watson addresses protesters
|
| May.29 |
East Oakland |
200 people dedicate Jonestown memorial Map of Evergreen Cemetery Oakland| A crowd of nearly 200 people gathered at Evergreen Cemetery to dedicate a newly completed memorial to the victims of the 1978 mass murder | |
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