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  • Port of Oakland T-shirt
  • The Oakland City Council is considering a partnership with Kiva, a micro-lending site to help small businesses get a start.
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oakland, loans, economy, east bay news
  • Chris Butler and Norman Wielsch.
  • The former head of Contra Costa County's drug enforcement task force, was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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crime, corruption, drugs, contra costa county, oakland, trials, east bay news, laura anthony
  • After a brief blackout, the longest lasting light bulb on the planet is back on.
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livermore, east bay news
  • Firefighters have contained a four-alarm vegetation fire in Orinda 
Monday afternoon.
  • Firefighters have contained a four-alarm vegetation fire in Orinda Monday afternoon, a fire chief said.
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orinda, fire, east bay news
  • 5-year-old killed in rollover crash in Richmond
  • A 5-year-old girl died Monday in a vehicle rollover accident which shut down a major roadway and left investigators frustrated.
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richmond, crash, child death, children, east bay news
  • Fire in Oakland
  • Firefighters are working on a two-alarm blaze at a park in the Oakland Hills this morning.
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oakland, brush fire, fire, east bay news
  • Martinez brush fire
  • A Concord woman has been arrested in connection with a brush fire that threatened homes in Martinez early Sunday evening.
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martinez, fire, crime, concord, east bay news
  • More than 1,500 people remain without power in the Fremont and Union City area following a car crash into a power pole.
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fremont, crash, power outage, I-880, PG&E, east bay news
  • One person was fatally shot and another was severely injured after a shooting in Oakland on 92nd Avenue Sunday morning.
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oakland, shooting, crime, OPD, east bay news
  • Livermore bomb squad technician
  • There was a big scare along the Amgen Tour of California route when a suspicious package was found in downtown Livermore.
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bikes, amgen tour, livermore, suspicious package, east bay news
  • CHP motorcycle officer hurt in collision with car during Amgen
  • An CHP motorcycle officer was hit by a car and injured in Brentwood while working on the Amgen Tour of California bicycle race.
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bikes, brentwood, amgen tour, crash, CHP, east bay news
  • Occupy the Farm activists
  • A standoff is taking place at the "Gill Tract" in Albany, where protesters have grown an urban farm on U.C. Berkeley-owned land.
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occupy movement, uc berkeley, albany, berkeley, whole foods, protest, agriculture, east bay news
  • Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder stemming from the discovery of a 22-year-old man's body at an Antioch apartment complex on Friday.
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antioch, murder, crime, shooting, guns, violence, east bay news
  • Hayward police say they've found a 3-year-old boy who went missing Friday night.
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hayward, children, missing person, east bay news
  • Credit card skimming devices were found at two Walnut Creek gas stations, and police are warning residents to be alert.
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walnut creek, crime, credit cards, east bay news
  • Two men were hospitalized in separate shootings in Oakland Friday.
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crime, shooting, oakland, east bay news
  • Newark police are investigating an incident in which officers shot a man who they say came out of a house shooting at them.
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newark, crime, shooting, east bay news
  • Officials have identified the two men shot and killed on I-880 in Oakland as 28-year-old Terrence Marks (left) and 30-year-old Christopher Beardon (right).
  • Officials have identified the two men shot and killed on I-880 in Oakland as Terrence Marks and Christopher Beardon.
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richmond, pittsburg, oakland, I-880, shooting, murder, crime, violence, golden state warriors, east bay news
  • A longshoreman was killed Friday at the Port of Oakland after his truck was knocked into the water.
  • A longshoreman was killed Friday at the Port of Oakland after his truck was knocked into the water.
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oakland, port of oakland, east bay news
  • Bonnita Todd was asleep when bullets ripped through her Richmond apartment
  • A woman who was fatally shot while sleeping in her home Wednesday is the mother of a man who may have been the intended target.
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richmond, shooting, guns, crime, violence, east bay news
  • Casto Valley shooting
  • An Alameda County sheriff's deputy shot a suspect who was trying to flee following a traffic stop near an I-580.
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castro valley, shooting, alameda county, crime, I-580, east bay news
  • Bonnita Todd was asleep when bullets ripped through her Richmond apartment
  • A woman known as "Granny" was killed while she slept as bullets ripped through her apartment in Richmond.
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richmond, shooting, guns, crime, violence, east bay news
  • Pleasanton police are investigating after they say two men robbed a woman of her purse and also tried to take her infant son.
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pleasanton, crime, children, violence, east bay news
  • A woman who was struck and killed by an alleged DUI driver in Brentwood has been identified as 74-year-old Judy Jensen.
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brentwood, martinez, DUI, pedestrian struck, driving, drugs, east bay news
  • Oprahs all-time favorite guest Tererai Trent to graduate from Cal
  • Against all odds, the woman Oprah Winfrey called her "all-time favorite guest" is about to become a U.C. Berkeley graduate.
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berkeley, salinas, uc berkeley, oprah winfrey, africa, AIDS, children, east bay news, carolyn tyler
  • The EBMUD district general manager Tuesday proposed a 19 percent water rate increase for customers over the next two years.
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oakland, east bay news
  • Police say a man was arrested for driving under the influence after he struck and killed an elderly woman walking in Brentwood.
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brentwood, martinez, DUI, pedestrian struck, driving, drugs, east bay news
  • A Seattle man has been killed while on a 7,000-mile trek to help a Berkeley-based charity.
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charities, children, world cup, berkeley, highway 101, east bay news
  • Officials say a man who was shot and critically injured while driving in Richmond on Friday has died from his injuries.
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richmond, shooting, violence, guns, crime, gang violence, east bay news
  • Store security cameras caught a man walking out of a Concord gardening shop with two chainsaws he didnt pay for on Monday.
  • Store security cameras caught a man walking out of a Concord gardening shop with two chainsaws he didn't pay for on Monday.
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concord, crime, east bay news
  • New interim police chief walks streets of Oakland
  • Interim Police Chief Sean Whent walked the Temescal neighborhood to hear complaints from residents and businesses.
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