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| Jan.1 |
San Francisco |
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First baby born in the Bay Area in 2015 |
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| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
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Man identified as suspect in string of fires
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East Oakland |
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Man shot dead in Oakland’s first homicide of year |
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| Jan.3 |
Bay Area |
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Rent prices in Bay Area skyrocketing |
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49ers |
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Mike Shanahan interviewed with 49ers |
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| Jan.4 |
SF Mission |
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Police shoot, kill man holding replica gun
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Sunol |
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Two people died in collision on Highway 84 |
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| Jan.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
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Libby Schaaf officially Oakland's 50th mayor |
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| Jan.6 |
San Jose City Hall |
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Liccardo's inaugural mantra: 'We are San Jose'
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
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French community in SF in mourning after gunmen attack
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| Jan.8 |
San Francisco |
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S.F.’s Olympic dreams dashed: Boston beats out Bay Area| The U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday voted to make Boston the country’s candidate to host the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| Jan.9 |
East San Jose |
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Man shot on New Year's Day dies |
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Palo Alto |
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Man dies after Palo Alto fight — 2 charged |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Golden Gate Bridge closed for median barrier installation 
| The bridge shut down to private vehicles for 52 hours so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions | |
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| Jan.10 |
Western Addition |
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4 shot dead in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley 
Map of Laguna and Page street San Francisco The African-American adult males were found shot in a Honda near the corner of Laguna and Page st. about 10 p.m. The car had been stolen
| A quadruple homicide in Hayes Valley neighborhood was gang-related. All four men died at the scene. The killings were a grim start to the new year in San Francisco, which reported 45 homicides in 2014
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Final barrier piece was put in place by crews
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| Jan.11 |
South San Jose |
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Five shot near nightclub hosting singer Chris Brown Map of Monterey Street and Rancho Drive San Jose| Five people were shot and wounded near Fiesta nightclub early Sunday where controversial R&B singer Chris Brown was making an appearance | |
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Bay Area |
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11th in a row Winter Spare the Air Alert in effect This is the eleventh alert in a row, and the seventeenth alert overall for the season
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Bridge work on track for Monday reopening |
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Golden Gate Bridge |
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Golden Gate Bridge work finished early as barrier installed| Drivers no longer need to avoid 'suicide lane', thanks to a new $30 million steel-and-concrete movable barrier separating the north and south lanes. The Golden Gate Bridge re-opened Sunday evening more than 6 hours... | |
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| Jan.13 |
Martinez |
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County supervisors revoke 33 percent pay increase |
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Oakland Downtown |
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2 bodies found near Lake Merritt |
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| Jan.14 |
Richmond |
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Man killed in a triple shooting
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Newark |
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6 injured when car plows 50 feet into Newark Macy’s Map of NewPark Mall Newark| Six people were injured, one of them critically, when a car plowed 50 feet through the front of a Macy’s store in a Newark mall | |
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49ers |
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49ers hire Jim Tomsula as new head coach| Tomsula, 46, spent the last eight seasons as the 49ers' defensive line coach. He also served as the team's interim head coach | |
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Raiders |
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Raiders hire Broncos DC Jack Del Rio as head coach
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West Oakland |
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Cyclist hit and robbed 25-year-old Gregory Lowrie was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck and was lying. Group of people came up to him and took his wallet
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| Jan.15 |
Google |
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Google Glass sales halted but kit is not dead
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| Jan.16 |
Fremont |
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Fremont police shoot and kill suspect |
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East Oakland |
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Man and woman shot dead in East Oakland
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| Jan.17 |
West Oakland |
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Vacaville man killed, 2 injured, in Oakland shooting
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Kaiser |
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Nurses and Kaiser reach contract deal, avert 2-day strike
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Bay Area |
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Bay Area cities’ homicide rates show striking drop |
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| Jan.19 |
San Mateo Bridge |
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San Mateo Bridge reopens after protest closed lanes |
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South of Market |
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Hundreds marched to pay tribute to MLK |
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| Jan.20 |
Berkeley |
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38,000 PG&E customers lost power in East Bay
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West Oakland |
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2 men shot dead in West Oakland
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| Jan.22 |
Redwood City |
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Suspect appeared in courtroom for 'Gypsy Hill' murders
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| Jan.23 |
Bay Area |
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Major measles outbreak traced to Disneyland | So far, there are eight confirmed cases of measles in the Bay Area. Now, some parents are adjusting their children's vaccination schedule | |
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| Jan.24 |
Los Altos |
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Online storage provider Box soars in IPO |
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SF Downtown |
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Thousands join antiabortion march in S.F.
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Napa |
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8 people injured in Napa crash A four-vehicle accident in Napa injured eight people, including one who had to be extricated and air-lifted to a trauma center
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Bay Area |
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High Surf Advisory in effect for Bay Area |
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| Jan.26 |
Pacifica |
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Residents evacuated by six-alarm vegetation fire The blaze began at about 5 a.m. and prompted the evacuation of 80 to 90 homes near Fassler Avenue
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East San Jose |
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Jogger dead in apparent street-racer crash
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Bay Bridge |
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CHP car catches fire on Bay Bridge ramp, snarling traffic |
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| Jan.27 |
SF Downtown |
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Thieves ram original Wells Fargo, grab gold nuggets Masked crooks barreled a stolen SUV into a museum at the site of the original Wells Fargo Bank , holding a guard at gunpoint
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SF Bayview |
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2 slain in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood
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Apple |
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Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history
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| Jan.28 |
SF Bayview |
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Bayview mom killed by stray bullet in front of her 3 children |
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Berkeley |
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Charles H. Townes, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, dies |
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SF Mission |
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Crews battle raging Mission District fire |
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South of Market |
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More remains found near body part-stuffed suitcase in SoMa Map of Mission and 11th street San Francisco| After investigators discovered the suitcase, 11th Street was immediately shut down. Police found more body parts | |
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SF Mission |
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1 dead, 6 injured in raging Mission District blaze Map of 22nd and Mission street San Francisco| Flames tore through a Mission District building home to dozens of families, killing one person, injuring six others and causing major damage. Firefighters rescued at least 12 people from the four-al... | |
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| Jan.29 |
Google |
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Google earnings miss estimates, stock sinks |
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| Jan.30 |
SJC |
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San Jose airport sees another security breach
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| Jan.31 |
SF Tenderloin |
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Suspect arrested in suiytcase body parts case |
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San Francisco |
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4-alarm fire damages 4 buildings near Alamo Square |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.4 |
Sunol |
Two people died in collision on Highway 84 |
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| Jan.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Golden Gate Bridge closed for median barrier installation | The bridge shut down to private vehicles for 52 hours so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions | |
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| Jan.11 |
Bay Area |
11th in a row Winter Spare the Air Alert in effect This is the eleventh alert in a row, and the seventeenth alert overall for the season
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| Jan.13 |
Oakland Downtown |
2 bodies found near Lake Merritt |
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| Jan.14 |
Newark |
6 injured when car plows 50 feet into Newark Macy’s Map of NewPark Mall Newark| Six people were injured, one of them critically, when a car plowed 50 feet through the front of a Macy’s store in a Newark mall | |
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| Jan.14 |
West Oakland |
Cyclist hit and robbed 25-year-old Gregory Lowrie was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck and was lying. Group of people came up to him and took his wallet
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| Jan.19 |
San Mateo Bridge |
San Mateo Bridge reopens after protest closed lanes |
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| Jan.20 |
Berkeley |
38,000 PG&E customers lost power in East Bay
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| Jan.23 |
Bay Area |
Major measles outbreak traced to Disneyland | So far, there are eight confirmed cases of measles in the Bay Area. Now, some parents are adjusting their children's vaccination schedule | |
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| Jan.24 |
Napa |
8 people injured in Napa crash A four-vehicle accident in Napa injured eight people, including one who had to be extricated and air-lifted to a trauma center
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| Jan.24 |
Bay Area |
High Surf Advisory in effect for Bay Area |
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| Jan.26 |
Pacifica |
Residents evacuated by six-alarm vegetation fire The blaze began at about 5 a.m. and prompted the evacuation of 80 to 90 homes near Fassler Avenue
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| Jan.26 |
East San Jose |
Jogger dead in apparent street-racer crash
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| Jan.26 |
Bay Bridge |
CHP car catches fire on Bay Bridge ramp, snarling traffic |
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| Jan.28 |
SF Mission |
Crews battle raging Mission District fire |
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| Jan.28 |
South of Market |
More remains found near body part-stuffed suitcase in SoMa Map of Mission and 11th street San Francisco| After investigators discovered the suitcase, 11th Street was immediately shut down. Police found more body parts | |
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| Jan.28 |
SF Mission |
1 dead, 6 injured in raging Mission District blaze Map of 22nd and Mission street San Francisco| Flames tore through a Mission District building home to dozens of families, killing one person, injuring six others and causing major damage. Firefighters rescued at least 12 people from the four-al... | |
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| Jan.30 |
SJC |
San Jose airport sees another security breach
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| Jan.31 |
San Francisco |
4-alarm fire damages 4 buildings near Alamo Square |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.28 |
Berkeley |
Charles H. Townes, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, dies |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.3 |
49ers |
Mike Shanahan interviewed with 49ers |
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| Jan.8 |
San Francisco |
S.F.’s Olympic dreams dashed: Boston beats out Bay Area| The U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday voted to make Boston the country’s candidate to host the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| Jan.14 |
49ers |
49ers hire Jim Tomsula as new head coach| Tomsula, 46, spent the last eight seasons as the 49ers' defensive line coach. He also served as the team's interim head coach | |
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| Jan.14 |
Raiders |
Raiders hire Broncos DC Jack Del Rio as head coach
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.1 |
San Francisco |
First baby born in the Bay Area in 2015 |
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| Jan.3 |
Bay Area |
Rent prices in Bay Area skyrocketing |
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| Jan.9 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Golden Gate Bridge closed for median barrier installation | The bridge shut down to private vehicles for 52 hours so workers can install a moveable median barrier designed to prevent head-on collisions | |
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| Jan.10 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Final barrier piece was put in place by crews
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| Jan.11 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Bridge work on track for Monday reopening |
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| Jan.11 |
Golden Gate Bridge |
Golden Gate Bridge work finished early as barrier installed| Drivers no longer need to avoid 'suicide lane', thanks to a new $30 million steel-and-concrete movable barrier separating the north and south lanes. The Golden Gate Bridge re-opened Sunday evening more than 6 hours... | |
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| Jan.15 |
Google |
Google Glass sales halted but kit is not dead
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| Jan.17 |
Kaiser |
Nurses and Kaiser reach contract deal, avert 2-day strike
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| Jan.24 |
Los Altos |
Online storage provider Box soars in IPO |
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| Jan.27 |
Apple |
Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history
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| Jan.29 |
Google |
Google earnings miss estimates, stock sinks |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.2 |
San Jose |
Man identified as suspect in string of fires
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| Jan.2 |
East Oakland |
Man shot dead in Oakland’s first homicide of year |
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| Jan.4 |
SF Mission |
Police shoot, kill man holding replica gun
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| Jan.9 |
East San Jose |
Man shot on New Year's Day dies |
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| Jan.9 |
Palo Alto |
Man dies after Palo Alto fight — 2 charged |
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| Jan.10 |
Western Addition |
4 shot dead in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley Map of Laguna and Page street San Francisco The African-American adult males were found shot in a Honda near the corner of Laguna and Page st. about 10 p.m. The car had been stolen
| A quadruple homicide in Hayes Valley neighborhood was gang-related. All four men died at the scene. The killings were a grim start to the new year in San Francisco, which reported 45 homicides in 2014
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| Jan.11 |
South San Jose |
Five shot near nightclub hosting singer Chris Brown Map of Monterey Street and Rancho Drive San Jose| Five people were shot and wounded near Fiesta nightclub early Sunday where controversial R&B singer Chris Brown was making an appearance | |
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| Jan.14 |
Richmond |
Man killed in a triple shooting
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| Jan.14 |
West Oakland |
Cyclist hit and robbed 25-year-old Gregory Lowrie was seriously hurt after being hit by a truck and was lying. Group of people came up to him and took his wallet
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| Jan.16 |
Fremont |
Fremont police shoot and kill suspect |
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| Jan.16 |
East Oakland |
Man and woman shot dead in East Oakland
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| Jan.17 |
West Oakland |
Vacaville man killed, 2 injured, in Oakland shooting
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| Jan.17 |
Bay Area |
Bay Area cities’ homicide rates show striking drop |
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| Jan.20 |
West Oakland |
2 men shot dead in West Oakland
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| Jan.22 |
Redwood City |
Suspect appeared in courtroom for 'Gypsy Hill' murders
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| Jan.26 |
East San Jose |
Jogger dead in apparent street-racer crash
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| Jan.27 |
SF Downtown |
Thieves ram original Wells Fargo, grab gold nuggets Masked crooks barreled a stolen SUV into a museum at the site of the original Wells Fargo Bank , holding a guard at gunpoint
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| Jan.27 |
SF Bayview |
2 slain in San Francisco’s Bayview neighborhood
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| Jan.28 |
SF Bayview |
Bayview mom killed by stray bullet in front of her 3 children |
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| Jan.28 |
South of Market |
More remains found near body part-stuffed suitcase in SoMa Map of Mission and 11th street San Francisco| After investigators discovered the suitcase, 11th Street was immediately shut down. Police found more body parts | |
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| Jan.30 |
SJC |
San Jose airport sees another security breach
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| Jan.31 |
SF Tenderloin |
Suspect arrested in suiytcase body parts case |
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| 2015 |
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| Jan.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Libby Schaaf officially Oakland's 50th mayor |
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| Jan.6 |
San Jose City Hall |
Liccardo's inaugural mantra: 'We are San Jose'
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| Jan.7 |
SF Downtown |
French community in SF in mourning after gunmen attack
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| Jan.13 |
Martinez |
County supervisors revoke 33 percent pay increase |
|
| Jan.19 |
San Mateo Bridge |
San Mateo Bridge reopens after protest closed lanes |
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| Jan.19 |
South of Market |
Hundreds marched to pay tribute to MLK |
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| Jan.24 |
SF Downtown |
Thousands join antiabortion march in S.F.
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