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| Oct.1 |
Oakland |
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Trial begins in slaying of nursing student Michele Le
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Oracle Open World conference starts in SF
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San Lorenzo |
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Teacher accused of lewd acts with minor found dead |
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Yahoo |
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CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy Mayer is casting a spotlight on her ability to steer the struggling company in a new direction while adjusting to the challenges of being a first-time...
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South San Jose |
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Member of motorcycle club was man fatally stabbed outside club |
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Coliseum |
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A's back in playoffs for first time in 6 years |
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| Oct.2 |
East Oakland |
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Two killed in early morning shooting
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Coliseum |
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A's forge 1st-place tie with 3-1 win vs. Rangers
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| Oct.3 |
Coliseum |
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A's rally past Rangers for AL West crown
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San Francisco |
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Mistrial declared in SFPD crime lab scandal a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the cocaine-fraud trial of Deborah Madden, 62, a former SF police crime laboratory technician
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| Oct.4 |
Facebook |
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Facebook passes one billion users| The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday | |
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Vallejo |
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Neighbor detained after two fatally shot
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SF Downtown |
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S.F.'s new archbishop takes over
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Kaiser |
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Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire |
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Oakland |
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Oakland police launch new anonymous tip system |
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| Oct.5 |
San Francisco |
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Calif. Gas prices jump 20 cents overnight |
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Hayward |
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Man killed in officer-involved shooting |
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| Oct.6 |
San Jose |
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Skyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high| In San Jose, the average jumped to $4.63 a gallon for regular gas, up 9 cents since Friday. Mid-grade jumped to $4.72 and premium was $4.83 | |
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East Oakland |
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1 killed, 3 injured in 3 Oakland shootings |
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Daly City |
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Girl killed, two injured at Daly City church 
Map of 1500 Southgate Avenue Daly City| A 6-year-old girl was killed and two other persons injured when a minivan struck a group of pedestrians in Andrew Catholic Church parking. The female driver of the To... | |
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Hercules |
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Woman's death investigated as homicide |
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Athletics |
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Verlander silences A's in Game 1 |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Reds top Giants in Game 1 despite Cueto's injury |
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SF Downtown |
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Crowds flock to SF for event-filled weekend |
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| Oct.7 |
Athletics |
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Tigers beat A's in 9th for 2-0 lead |
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Candlestick |
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49ers set franchise yards record, beat Bills 45-3 |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Arroyo gem puts Reds up 2-0 on Giants in NLDS
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| Oct.8 |
UCSF |
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UCSF researcher wins Nobel award| Shinya Yamanka, 50, has been awarded the prize for Medicine for his discovery that ordinary human cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells | |
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SFO |
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President lands for SF fundraisers |
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South of Market |
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Obama's fundraiser at InterContinental Hotel 
Obama's first stop was a fundraiser, where attendees paid as much as $40,000 for the opportunity to meet the president
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| Oct.9 |
West Oakland |
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Two men shot and killed while driving
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Giants |
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Giants top Reds 2-1 in 10, push NLDS to Game 4 |
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Coliseum |
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Anderson pitches A's past Tigers to avoid sweep
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
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Nobel Prize for Stanford prof| Brian Kobilka, 57, won the Prize in Chemistry for his research into protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals | |
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Giants |
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Lincecum, Giants top Reds 8-3, tying NLDS |
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Coliseum |
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A's rally past Tigers 4-3 to force Game 5
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| Oct.11 |
49ers |
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49ers to play Jaguars in London in 2013 |
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Giants |
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Giants' rally past Reds and into NLCS Posey ripped a fifth-inning grand slam to cap a six-run outburst and the Giants defeated the Reds 6-4 in Game 5
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Coliseum |
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Tigers Eliminate A's Verlander struck out 11 in a four-hitter with a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the decisive Game 5 of their division series
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
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SF firefighters battling 4-alarm West Portal fire
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Oakland City Hall |
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Officers disciplined in Occupy Oakland protests
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Pleasanton |
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Workday surges in post-IPO trading debut
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
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Coast Guard rescues 22 from sinking boat in SF Bay Around 9:15 p.m. the hull of 'The Neptune' was punctured and the passenger boat started taking on water just off Alcatraz
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Stanford |
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No. 7 Notre Dame stops No.17 Stanford in OT
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Pac Bell Park |
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SF Giants first base coach hit by line drive |
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Half Moon Bay |
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42nd Art and Pumpkin Festival
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| Oct.14 |
Candlestick |
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Giants force 3 INTs, rout 49ers 26-3 |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Beltran, Freese hit 2-run HRs, Cards beat Giants
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Pittsburg |
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Police investigate fatal double shooting
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| Oct.15 |
Stanford |
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Guest Stanford prof wins economic Nobel
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Yahoo |
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Yahoo appoints Google executive |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants beat Cardinals 7-1 to even NLCS
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
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America's Cup boat flips in S.F. bay
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Half Moon Bay |
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Authorities find downed plane on coast; pilot killed
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| Oct.17 |
Giants |
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Beltran sub boosts Cardinals in Game 3
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
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Error sees Google stock suspended Trading in Google shares was suspended for two-and-a-half hours after the internet giant released its third-quarter results early by mistake
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Candlestick |
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49ers hold off Seahawks
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| Oct.19 |
Giants |
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Cardinals beat Giants 8-3 to take 3-1 lead in NLCS |
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Martinez |
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Richmond rape instigator gets 32 years in prison |
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Giants |
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Giants Blank Cards
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Warriors |
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Warriors' Curry rolls repaired ankle |
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| Oct.20 |
San Mateo Bridge |
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San Mateo Bridge closed for repairs this weekend The closure will be through the weekend until 5 a.m. Monday. Lanes will open gradually Monday morning with the complete reopening by 1 p.m.
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Vallejo |
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Man shot dead, another injured in Vallejo |
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Highway 101 |
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Three killed in San Jose freeway crash Map of Interstate 101 San Jose| The Jeep they were sitting in on the side of Highway 101 in San Jose was hit from behind and sent rolling down an embankment. The driver of the 1996 Jeep was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers - a 63-year-old man and a ... | |
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UC Berkeley |
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No. 22 Stanford shreds Cal 21-3 in Big Game |
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Half Moon Bay |
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2 killed, 1 injured in crash |
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| Oct.21 |
Vallejo |
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Police fatally shoot naked man inside burning home Map of 2500 Alameda Drive Vallejo| The man pressed the barrel of the rifle against an officer's stomach, prompting another officer to fire his service weapon at the man. The men had also broken windows of several cars. As the officers confro... | |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants beat Cardinals 6-1 to force NLCS Game 7
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| Oct.22 |
Bay Area |
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First rain douses Bay Area |
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Martinez |
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Teen that stuck dad, girl sentenced to juvenile detention
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Pac Bell Park |
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Giants beat Cardinals 9-0 in Game 7 to win NLCS Pence got the Giants going with a weird double and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing St. Louis
| Giants won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, completing a lopsided rally from a 3-1 deficit
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| Oct.23 |
Byron |
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2 killed in Byron small-plane crash Map| The experimental Glasair III, a single-engine, home-built airplane, crashed in a field 4 miles northeast of the airport at about 2 p.m. | |
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Facebook |
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Facebook 3Q results show mobile ad growth |
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| Oct.24 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Sandoval homers in first 3 at-bats of World Series | San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game | |
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Pac Bell Park |
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Sandoval's 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener | Sandoval joined Reggie Jackson , Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only boppers to do it in the Series, and San Francisco jolted Verlander and the Tigers. He he went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs. Verlander... | |
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San Francisco |
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Charles Scharf is new Visa CEO |
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| Oct.25 |
Pac Bell Park |
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Giants win 2-0 for 2-0 WS lead| Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for 7 innings, then the Giants took advantage of a bunt that stayed fair to eke out the go-ahead run | |
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Apple |
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Apple misses Wall Street 4Q expectations |
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| Oct.27 |
Giants |
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Giants beat Tigers 2-0 for 3-0 World Series lead| Blanco hit an RBI triple and trotted home on Crawford's single in the second inning. No team has ever blown such a huge margin in the World Series | |
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| Oct.28 |
North San Jose |
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12 displaced in four-alarm fire |
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Giants |
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Giants sweep Tigers for World Series title Marco Scutaro singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday night
| Giants completed a four-game sweep and win their second World Series title in three years. Pablo Sandoval, who hit three homers in Game 1, was selected Series MVP
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| Oct.29 |
SF Mission |
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Celebrations by Giants fans turn rowdy in SF |
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Apple |
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Apple's Retail Boss Is Out After Just 9 Months |
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49ers |
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Smith almost perfect, 49ers flatten Arizona 24-3
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| Oct.30 |
SF Presidio |
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Disney buys firm behind Star Wars| Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn | |
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| Oct.31 |
SF Downtown |
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Huge turnout for Giants parade up Market Map of Market St San Francisco| With adoring roars from the crowd and beaming grins from the players, the World Series victory parade ending up in front of City Hall | |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.1 |
San Lorenzo |
Teacher accused of lewd acts with minor found dead |
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| Oct.6 |
Daly City |
Girl killed, two injured at Daly City church Map of 1500 Southgate Avenue Daly City| A 6-year-old girl was killed and two other persons injured when a minivan struck a group of pedestrians in Andrew Catholic Church parking. The female driver of the To... | |
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| Oct.12 |
San Francisco |
SF firefighters battling 4-alarm West Portal fire
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| Oct.13 |
SF Downtown |
Coast Guard rescues 22 from sinking boat in SF Bay Around 9:15 p.m. the hull of 'The Neptune' was punctured and the passenger boat started taking on water just off Alcatraz
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
America's Cup boat flips in S.F. bay
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| Oct.16 |
Half Moon Bay |
Authorities find downed plane on coast; pilot killed
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| Oct.20 |
Highway 101 |
Three killed in San Jose freeway crash Map of Interstate 101 San Jose| The Jeep they were sitting in on the side of Highway 101 in San Jose was hit from behind and sent rolling down an embankment. The driver of the 1996 Jeep was pronounced dead at the scene. Two passengers - a 63-year-old man and a ... | |
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| Oct.20 |
Half Moon Bay |
2 killed, 1 injured in crash |
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| Oct.22 |
Bay Area |
First rain douses Bay Area |
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| Oct.23 |
Byron |
2 killed in Byron small-plane crash Map| The experimental Glasair III, a single-engine, home-built airplane, crashed in a field 4 miles northeast of the airport at about 2 p.m. | |
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| Oct.28 |
North San Jose |
12 displaced in four-alarm fire |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.8 |
UCSF |
UCSF researcher wins Nobel award| Shinya Yamanka, 50, has been awarded the prize for Medicine for his discovery that ordinary human cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells | |
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| Oct.10 |
Stanford |
Nobel Prize for Stanford prof| Brian Kobilka, 57, won the Prize in Chemistry for his research into protein receptors that let body cells sense and respond to outside signals | |
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| Oct.15 |
Stanford |
Guest Stanford prof wins economic Nobel
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.1 |
Coliseum |
A's back in playoffs for first time in 6 years |
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| Oct.2 |
Coliseum |
A's forge 1st-place tie with 3-1 win vs. Rangers
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| Oct.3 |
Coliseum |
A's rally past Rangers for AL West crown
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| Oct.6 |
Athletics |
Verlander silences A's in Game 1 |
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| Oct.6 |
Pac Bell Park |
Reds top Giants in Game 1 despite Cueto's injury |
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| Oct.7 |
Athletics |
Tigers beat A's in 9th for 2-0 lead |
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| Oct.7 |
Candlestick |
49ers set franchise yards record, beat Bills 45-3 |
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| Oct.7 |
Pac Bell Park |
Arroyo gem puts Reds up 2-0 on Giants in NLDS
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| Oct.9 |
Giants |
Giants top Reds 2-1 in 10, push NLDS to Game 4 |
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| Oct.9 |
Coliseum |
Anderson pitches A's past Tigers to avoid sweep
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| Oct.10 |
Giants |
Lincecum, Giants top Reds 8-3, tying NLDS |
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| Oct.10 |
Coliseum |
A's rally past Tigers 4-3 to force Game 5
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| Oct.11 |
49ers |
49ers to play Jaguars in London in 2013 |
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| Oct.11 |
Giants |
Giants' rally past Reds and into NLCS Posey ripped a fifth-inning grand slam to cap a six-run outburst and the Giants defeated the Reds 6-4 in Game 5
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| Oct.11 |
Coliseum |
Tigers Eliminate A's Verlander struck out 11 in a four-hitter with a 6-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the decisive Game 5 of their division series
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| Oct.13 |
Stanford |
No. 7 Notre Dame stops No.17 Stanford in OT
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| Oct.13 |
Pac Bell Park |
SF Giants first base coach hit by line drive |
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| Oct.14 |
Candlestick |
Giants force 3 INTs, rout 49ers 26-3 |
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| Oct.14 |
Pac Bell Park |
Beltran, Freese hit 2-run HRs, Cards beat Giants
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| Oct.15 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants beat Cardinals 7-1 to even NLCS
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| Oct.16 |
San Francisco |
America's Cup boat flips in S.F. bay
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| Oct.17 |
Giants |
Beltran sub boosts Cardinals in Game 3
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| Oct.18 |
Candlestick |
49ers hold off Seahawks
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| Oct.19 |
Giants |
Cardinals beat Giants 8-3 to take 3-1 lead in NLCS |
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| Oct.19 |
Giants |
Giants Blank Cards
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| Oct.19 |
Warriors |
Warriors' Curry rolls repaired ankle |
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| Oct.20 |
UC Berkeley |
No. 22 Stanford shreds Cal 21-3 in Big Game |
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| Oct.21 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants beat Cardinals 6-1 to force NLCS Game 7
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| Oct.22 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants beat Cardinals 9-0 in Game 7 to win NLCS Pence got the Giants going with a weird double and San Francisco closed out Game 7 of the NL championship series in a driving rainstorm, routing St. Louis
| Giants won its record-tying sixth elimination game of the postseason, completing a lopsided rally from a 3-1 deficit
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| Oct.24 |
Pac Bell Park |
Sandoval homers in first 3 at-bats of World Series | San Francisco's Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game | |
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| Oct.24 |
Pac Bell Park |
Sandoval's 3 HRs lead Giants to 8-3 romp in opener | Sandoval joined Reggie Jackson , Babe Ruth and Albert Pujols as the only boppers to do it in the Series, and San Francisco jolted Verlander and the Tigers. He he went 4 for 4 and drove in four runs. Verlander... | |
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| Oct.25 |
Pac Bell Park |
Giants win 2-0 for 2-0 WS lead| Bumgarner shut down the Detroit Tigers for 7 innings, then the Giants took advantage of a bunt that stayed fair to eke out the go-ahead run | |
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| Oct.27 |
Giants |
Giants beat Tigers 2-0 for 3-0 World Series lead| Blanco hit an RBI triple and trotted home on Crawford's single in the second inning. No team has ever blown such a huge margin in the World Series | |
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| Oct.28 |
Giants |
Giants sweep Tigers for World Series title Marco Scutaro singled home the tiebreaking run in the 10th inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers 4-3 on Sunday night
| Giants completed a four-game sweep and win their second World Series title in three years. Pablo Sandoval, who hit three homers in Game 1, was selected Series MVP
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| Oct.29 |
SF Mission |
Celebrations by Giants fans turn rowdy in SF |
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| Oct.29 |
49ers |
Smith almost perfect, 49ers flatten Arizona 24-3
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| Oct.31 |
SF Downtown |
Huge turnout for Giants parade up Market Map of Market St San Francisco| With adoring roars from the crowd and beaming grins from the players, the World Series victory parade ending up in front of City Hall | |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.1 |
South of Market |
Oracle Open World conference starts in SF
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| Oct.1 |
Yahoo |
CEO Marissa Mayer gave birth to a boy Mayer is casting a spotlight on her ability to steer the struggling company in a new direction while adjusting to the challenges of being a first-time...
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| Oct.4 |
Facebook |
Facebook passes one billion users| The passing of the milestone was announced by founder Mark Zuckerberg on US television on Thursday | |
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| Oct.4 |
Kaiser |
Kaiser CEO George Halvorson to retire |
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| Oct.5 |
San Francisco |
Calif. Gas prices jump 20 cents overnight |
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| Oct.6 |
San Jose |
Skyrocketing Bay Area gas prices hit all-time high| In San Jose, the average jumped to $4.63 a gallon for regular gas, up 9 cents since Friday. Mid-grade jumped to $4.72 and premium was $4.83 | |
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| Oct.6 |
SF Downtown |
Crowds flock to SF for event-filled weekend |
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| Oct.12 |
Pleasanton |
Workday surges in post-IPO trading debut
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| Oct.13 |
Half Moon Bay |
42nd Art and Pumpkin Festival
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| Oct.15 |
Stanford |
Guest Stanford prof wins economic Nobel
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| Oct.15 |
Yahoo |
Yahoo appoints Google executive |
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| Oct.18 |
Google |
Error sees Google stock suspended Trading in Google shares was suspended for two-and-a-half hours after the internet giant released its third-quarter results early by mistake
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| Oct.20 |
San Mateo Bridge |
San Mateo Bridge closed for repairs this weekend The closure will be through the weekend until 5 a.m. Monday. Lanes will open gradually Monday morning with the complete reopening by 1 p.m.
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| Oct.23 |
Facebook |
Facebook 3Q results show mobile ad growth |
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| Oct.24 |
San Francisco |
Charles Scharf is new Visa CEO |
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| Oct.25 |
Apple |
Apple misses Wall Street 4Q expectations |
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| Oct.29 |
Apple |
Apple's Retail Boss Is Out After Just 9 Months |
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| Oct.30 |
SF Presidio |
Disney buys firm behind Star Wars| Disney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn | |
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| Oct.31 |
SF Downtown |
Huge turnout for Giants parade up Market Map of Market St San Francisco| With adoring roars from the crowd and beaming grins from the players, the World Series victory parade ending up in front of City Hall | |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.1 |
Oakland |
Trial begins in slaying of nursing student Michele Le
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| Oct.1 |
San Lorenzo |
Teacher accused of lewd acts with minor found dead |
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| Oct.1 |
South San Jose |
Member of motorcycle club was man fatally stabbed outside club |
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| Oct.2 |
East Oakland |
Two killed in early morning shooting
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| Oct.3 |
San Francisco |
Mistrial declared in SFPD crime lab scandal a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the cocaine-fraud trial of Deborah Madden, 62, a former SF police crime laboratory technician
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| Oct.4 |
Vallejo |
Neighbor detained after two fatally shot
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| Oct.4 |
Oakland |
Oakland police launch new anonymous tip system |
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| Oct.5 |
Hayward |
Man killed in officer-involved shooting |
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| Oct.6 |
East Oakland |
1 killed, 3 injured in 3 Oakland shootings |
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| Oct.6 |
Hercules |
Woman's death investigated as homicide |
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| Oct.9 |
West Oakland |
Two men shot and killed while driving
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| Oct.14 |
Pittsburg |
Police investigate fatal double shooting
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| Oct.19 |
Martinez |
Richmond rape instigator gets 32 years in prison |
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| Oct.20 |
Vallejo |
Man shot dead, another injured in Vallejo |
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| Oct.21 |
Vallejo |
Police fatally shoot naked man inside burning home Map of 2500 Alameda Drive Vallejo| The man pressed the barrel of the rifle against an officer's stomach, prompting another officer to fire his service weapon at the man. The men had also broken windows of several cars. As the officers confro... | |
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| Oct.22 |
Martinez |
Teen that stuck dad, girl sentenced to juvenile detention
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| Oct.29 |
SF Mission |
Celebrations by Giants fans turn rowdy in SF |
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| 2012 |
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| Oct.4 |
SF Downtown |
S.F.'s new archbishop takes over
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| Oct.8 |
SFO |
President lands for SF fundraisers |
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| Oct.8 |
South of Market |
Obama's fundraiser at InterContinental Hotel Obama's first stop was a fundraiser, where attendees paid as much as $40,000 for the opportunity to meet the president
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| Oct.12 |
Oakland City Hall |
Officers disciplined in Occupy Oakland protests
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