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  • The morning sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 30, 2013, as the government teeters on the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight unless Congress can reach an agreement on funding.
  • President Barack Obama has signed a measure averting default on the national debt and ending a partial government shutdown.
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  • The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory faces a nearly total closure this week if the partial federal government shutdown continues.
  • As the government shutdown drags on, the ripple effects continue to stretch from Washington to the Bay Area.
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  • The Lawrence Livermore Laboratory faces a nearly total closure this week if the partial federal government shutdown continues.
  • As the government shutdown drags on, the ripple effects continue to stretch from Washington to the Bay Area.
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  • A vote in the House on a new Republican plan to reopen the government and avert a financial default has now been postponed.
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  • Hope for shutdown deal: Reid, McConnell optimistic
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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  • The Capitol is seen as a partial government shutdown enters its third week, in Washington, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013
  • The Senate's top two leaders raced to reach an agreement Monday that could head off a first-ever U.S. Treasury default.
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  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over spending in their struggle to end a partial government shutdown.
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  • Veterans carry a gate to the White House from a WWII memorial
  • A group of veterans protested outside the White House, over the closure of the World War II Memorial during the shutdown.
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  • Capitol Hill clock
  • Senate leaders have taken the helm in the search for a deal to end the partial government shutdown and avert a federal default.
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  • San Francisco's iconic Cliff House restaurant reopened Saturday despite the federal government shutdown.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses while speaking to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013
  • The Senate has rejected a Democratic effort to extend the government's ability to borrow money through next year.
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  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013
  • Mitch McConnell says GOP lawmakers are working on trying to come up with a solution to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • Starbucks says it will ask customers and businesses to sign a petition calling for an end to the partial government shutdown.
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  • President Barack Obama applauds as he announces his nominee for Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, currently vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington
  • Pres. Obama and Republican leaders reached no specific determination on how to end the partial government shutdown.
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  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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  • Government shutdown protester at the Cliff House in San Francisco
  • The federal government shutdown continues to affect all sorts of services in the Bay Area, leaving a lot of people disappointed.
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  • Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Army Secretary John McHugh.
  • The Obama administration says a charity will pick up the costs of suspended death benefits payments for the families of fallen troops.
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  • Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz wants lawmakers to come together to resolve their political gridlock -- so he's giving away free coffee.
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  • President Obama says he's fighting the budget battle because "we can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy."
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  • USGS Menlo Park office sign
  • Sunday's quake in the East Bay underscores just one impact of the shutdown -- no one was at the USGS office in Menlo Park.
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  • USGS Menlo Park office sign
  • Sunday's earthquake in the East Bay underscores just one impact of the government shutdown -- no one was at the USGS office.
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  • President Barack Obama walks back toward the Oval Office after he speaking about the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.
  • Senate Democrats intend to introduce legislation by mid-week to raise the nation's debt limit without the unrelated conditions.
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  • Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, walks to the chamber as lawmakers vote to pay federal workers who have been furloughed during the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington
  • House Speaker Boehner says he doesn't know when the shutdown will end and says it's up to Pres. Obama to start negotiations.
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  • Government shutdown sign
  • The House has passed a bill to give 800,000 furloughed federal workers retroactive pay once the government reopens.
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  • Government shutdown sign
  • The House has passed a bill to give 800,000 furloughed federal workers retroactive pay once the government reopens.
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  • Cal Fire pilots on their own due to shutdown
  • Due to the government shutdown which furloughed the California National Guard, Cal Fire must fight wildfires alone.
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  • Governor Jerry Brown will see an increase of nearly $9,000 after a citizens panel voted Wednesday to restore some of the cuts it made during the recession.
  • State lawmakers will get a pay increase of nearly $5,000 after a citizen's panel voted to restore a pay cut it made to salaries.
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  • Coast Guard helicopter
  • The San Francisco Bay will see fewer Coast Guard patrols as sequester cuts start to be felt by Homeland Security.
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  • Coast Guard helicopter
  • The San Francisco Bay will see fewer Coast Guard patrols as sequester cuts start to be felt by Homeland Security.
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  • Furloughs saved money, but cost state too
  • The furloughs saved the state $5 billion over 5 years, but increased vacation and leave time by 50 percent.
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  • In Concord, nearly 400 city workers will have a three day weekend, but instead of relaxing, they're protesting.
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  • In Concord, nearly 400 city workers will have a three day weekend, but instead of relaxing, they're protesting.
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  • Teachers in the San Francisco Unified School District have approved a new contract that includes more than 2 weeks of furlough days.
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  • Oakland administrators are reminding residents that most non-essential city services will be suspended on Monday.
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  • Mount Diablo teach-in
  • Mt. Diablo Unified teachers, students and parents are holding a teach-in on the teachers' first furlough day of the year.
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  • Mount Diablo teach-in
  • Mt. Diablo Unified teachers, students and parents are holding a teach-in on the teachers' first furlough day of the year.
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  • California furloughs
  • The Calif. Supreme Court upheld Gov. Schwarzenegger's order to furlough state workers.
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  • California furloughs
  • The California Supreme Court upheld Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's order to furlough state workers.
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  • San Jose Unified takes a furlough week
  • Parents in San Jose have to figure out what to do with their kids next week since the school will have 5 furlough days.
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  • San Jose Unified takes a furlough week
  • Parents in San Jose have to figure out what to do with their kids next week since the school will have 5 furlough days.
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  • The CA Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the governor should have the power to issue furloughs.
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  • CA Supreme Court hears furlough debate
  • The CA Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the governor should have the power to issue furloughs.
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  • The Supreme Court of California heard arguments regarding state worker furlough days.
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  • The California Supreme Court is set to grapple at a hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with whether the governor has the power to furlough tens of thousands of state workers in response to the Golden State's budget crisis.
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  • All across California, people were either driving up or walking up to DMV offices only to find them closed.
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  • Demonstrators at San Francisco's Metreon were urging people to boycott 'The Expendables.'
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