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  • Alcatraz Island
  • Now that the government shutdown will end, Alcatraz Island will open and resume normal operating hours on Thursday.
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  • This April 2013 image shows Half Dome, the iconic granite peak in Yosemite National Park in California. Beautiful scenery, from mountain views to waterfalls, is easily accessible to visitors at Yosemite.
  • Yosemite National Park has reopened and is ready for visitors as the government shutdown comes to an end. Staff members and tourists say it can't happen soon enough.
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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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  • Yosemite prepares to reopen following shutdown
  • Hundreds of national parks are preparing to open when the government shutdown ends, including Yosemite.
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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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  • Former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Serrano of San Jose.
  • Budget cuts have hit the Marine Corps, which delayed its annual muster from October until February.
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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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  • Former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Serrano of San Jose.
  • Budget cuts have hit the Marine Corps, which delayed its annual muster from October until February.
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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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  • People arrive to seek employment opportunities at a JobTrain office in Menlo Park, Calif.
  • U.S. jobless claims spiked to 374,000 due to a backlog of claims processed in California and the partial government shutdown.
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  • Microbreweries cant sell new beer due to shutdown
  • Microbreweries cannot sell their new beers due to the fact the government office they rely on to approve their labels is closed.
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  • Microbreweries cant sell new beer due to shutdown
  • Microbreweries cannot sell their new beers due to the fact the government office they rely on to approve their labels is closed.
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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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  • Gold Star moms outraged funeral funds are frozen
  • Gold Star Moms are outraged the death gratuity funds for military families is frozen due to the government shutdown.
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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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  • Former President Jimmy Carter
  • Former President Jimmy Carter volunteered in San Jose to fulfill the American dream for an immigrant couple from Ethiopia.
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  • Former President Jimmy Carter
  • Former President Jimmy Carter volunteered in San Jose to fulfill the American dream for an immigrant couple from Ethiopia.
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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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  • President Obama and John Boehner
  • Both sides are making it clear Friday that they take the partial shutdown of the federal government seriously.
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  • home for sale
  • With the government shutdown taking place, homebuyers are forced to wait on the sidelines for home loan paperwork to process.
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  • home for sale
  • With the government shutdown taking place, homebuyers are forced to wait on the sidelines for home loan paperwork to process.
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  • President Obama and John Boehner
  • Both sides are making it clear Friday that they take the partial shutdown of the federal government seriously.
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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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  • President Barack Obama says House Speaker John Boehner is the only thing standing in the way of reopening the federal government.
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  • Weddings cancelled, Cliff House closed due to shutdown
  • Due to the government shutdown, weddings scheduled to take place on federal parkland were cancelled.
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  • Confusion persists in the second day of the federal government shutdown. In the Bay Area, the impact is being felt by taxpayers and even job-hunters.
  • Confusion persists in the second day of the federal government shutdown. In the Bay Area, the impact is being felt by taxpayers and even job-hunters.
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  • This April 2013 image shows Half Dome, the iconic granite peak in Yosemite National Park in California. Beautiful scenery, from mountain views to waterfalls, is easily accessible to visitors at Yosemite.
  • The last remaining visitors in Yosemite National Park now have less than 24 hours to leave because of the government shutdown.
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  • Yosemite campers forced to cut trips short
  • The last remaining visitors in Yosemite National Park now have less than 24 hours to leave because of the government shutdown.
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  • Alcatraz cruise
  • If the government shutdown continues businesses fear the economic impact to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf will be huge.
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  • Alcatraz cruise
  • If the government shutdown continues businesses fear the economic impact to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf will be huge.
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  • Government recruiters missing from job fair
  • Several government recruiters were missing from a South Bay job fair because of the government shutdown.
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