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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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furloughs, lawrence livermore lab, government shutdown, livermore, restaurants, economy, east bay news, david louie
  • 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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furloughs, lawrence livermore lab, government shutdown, livermore, restaurants, economy, news
  • Cover smartphone app
  • If you've ever gotten tired at a restaurant waiting for your server to bring your check, a new app may be just the ticket.
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new york, apps, cellphone, food, restaurants, smartphones, iphone, android, technology
  • The Oakland City Council is expected to adopt an ordinance banning potentially dangerous objects at demonstrations.
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oakland, protest, violence, restaurants, trayvon martin, george zimmerman, laws, east bay news
  • Pittsburg is the first East Contra Costa County city to adopt a ban on plastic bags.
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pittsburg, contra costa county, restaurants, east bay news
  • A server.
  • Gov. Jerry Brown is promising to sign a bill that will raise the state's minimum wage by a couple of dollars by 2016.
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jerry brown, restaurants, news
  • Some high school students in San Francisco are testing more than their culinary skills in a program this fall.
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restaurants, food, education
  • Restaurants consider doing away with tipping
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area, are doing away with tipping.
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restaurants, food, san jose, business
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area are doing away with tipping.
  • Restaurants in New York, Chicago, and even here in the Bay Area are doing away with tipping.
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restaurants, food, san jose, business, lisa amin gulezian
  • Restaurants and bars along the Embarcadero in San Francisco are feeling the impact of the Bay Bridge closure.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, news
  • Bay Bridge construction worker
  • Caltrans says that construction on the Bay Bridge is going well and that the reopening is still on schedule for Tuesday morning.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, news
  • Construction crews put in striping before toll plaza near Bay Bridge
  • Weekend construction work is proceeding as planned on the Bay Bridge, which is on schedule to open Tuesday morning.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, bay area traffic
  • Empty Bay Bridge toll plaza during closure
  • With less than 48 hours to go until the new Bay Bridge opens, Caltrans officials say demolition is done and everything's still on track.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, news
  • Special needs child Riley England
  • The mother of a special needs child is issuing a thank you online after a stranger paid for their dinner and left a touching note.
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children, disability, restaurants, facebook, national/world
  • Construction work on the Bay Bridge is still moving smoothly. But while Caltrans says there is nothing they've encountered so far that would endanger the projected reopening on Tuesday morning, they warn against planning for an early opening.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, bay area traffic
  • Caltrans officials say final construction touches on the new, $6.4-billion eastern span of the Bay Bridge are on schedule. The bridge closed on Wednesday night. It is scheduled to open by 5 a.m. Tuesday at the latest.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, transportation, bikes, fastrak, CHP, san francisco bay, treasure island, restaurants, bay area traffic
  • A very popular San Francisco restaurant is voluntarily closing this busy Labor Day weekend because of an outbreak of E. coli.
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restaurants, san francisco news
  • Police are searching for two gunmen who robbed a downtown Walnut Creek restaurant on Saturday night.
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walnut creek, crime, guns, restaurants, east bay news
  • Man arrested, put into police car in San Leandro
  • Merchants in San Leandro disagree on what security measures should be implemented to make their business district safer.
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san leandro, oakland, crime, violence, retail, restaurants, news
  • Man arrested, put into police car in San Leandro
  • Merchants in San Leandro disagree on what security measures should be implemented to make their business district safer.
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san leandro, oakland, crime, violence, retail, restaurants, east bay news, vic lee
  • New Bay Bridge span tower
  • California transportation officials have voted to open the new eastern span of Bay Bridge right after the Labor Day weekend.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, restaurants, oakland international airport, san francisco international airport, san mateo bridge, golden gate bridge, dumbarton bridge, richmond san rafael bridge, port of oakland, oakland athletics, cal bears, oakland coliseum, sausalito, art, ac transit, BART, transportation, bay area traffic
  • AC Transit bus and a BART train
  • Transit agencies are already announcing contingency plans to help commuters deal with the five-day shutdown of the Bay Bridge.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, restaurants, oakland international airport, san francisco international airport, san mateo bridge, golden gate bridge, dumbarton bridge, richmond san rafael bridge, port of oakland, oakland athletics, cal bears, oakland coliseum, sausalito, art, ac transit, BART, transportation, news
  • Taxi at Oakland International Airport
  • Many local businesses will be significantly impacted when the Bay Bridge is shut down for five days over Labor Day weekend.
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bay bridge, earthquake, oakland, traffic, construction, caltrans, metropolitan transportation commission, labor day, restaurants, oakland international airport, san francisco international airport, san mateo bridge, golden gate bridge, port of oakland, oakland athletics, cal bears, oakland coliseum, sausalito, art, news
  • BottleRock music festival in Napa.
  • The financial fallout from a huge music festival in Napa in May is still not resolved.
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napa, napa county, music, restaurants, entertainment, laura anthony
  • Napa City Hall.
  • The financial fallout from a huge music festival in Napa in May is still not resolved.
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napa, napa county, music, restaurants, news
  • Restaurants fighting food trucks with food trucks
  • The booming food truck business in San Francisco is now facing new competition from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
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food, restaurants, san francisco board of supervisors, ed lee, laws, news
  • Restaurants fighting food trucks with food trucks
  • The booming food truck business in San Francisco is now facing new competition from brick-and-mortar restaurants.
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food, restaurants, san francisco board of supervisors, ed lee, laws, san francisco news, lilian kim
  • Napa BottleRock festival
  • The company behind the BottleRock festival is being accused of handing out bad checks to a security company and a vendor.
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napa, napa county, charities, music, non-profit, restaurants, entertainment
  • Bacon Bacon SF restaurant
  • A hearing was held at San Francisco City Hall Thursday to decide if the popular Bacon Bacon SF restaurant could reopen.
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food, restaurants, san francisco city hall, haight ashbury, san francisco news
  • Wingstop double murder
  • A suspect in the fatal shootings of two restaurant employees at an Oakland Wingstop is set to be arraigned Friday afternoon.
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oakland, crime, shooting, murder, guns, violence, lake merritt, OPD, restaurants, east bay news
  • Oakland police held a meeting Wednesday about the double murder at a Wingstop restaurant.
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oakland, crime, shooting, murder, guns, violence, lake merritt, OPD, restaurants, news
  • Oakland police held a meeting Wednesday about the double murder at a Wingstop restaurant.
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oakland, crime, shooting, murder, guns, violence, lake merritt, OPD, restaurants, east bay news
  • Two customers were involved in the double homicide at an Oakland restaurant earlier this week.
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oakland, crime, shooting, murder, guns, violence, lake merritt, OPD, restaurants, news
  • Plastic bags
  • In an effort to help the environment, carry-out plastic bags will be banned in Palo Alto starting Monday.
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palo alto, laws, restaurants, south bay news
  • SF food truck
  • Expect to see more food trucks like in neighborhoods that are currently off-limits in San Francisco.
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food, restaurants, san francisco board of supervisors, ed lee, laws, san francisco news
  • Napa BottleRock festival
  • Hundreds of people who worked to make last month's BottleRock music festival in Napa a success are still waiting to get paid.
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napa, napa county, charities, music, non-profit, restaurants, news
  • Napa BottleRock festival
  • Hundreds of people who worked to make last month's BottleRock music festival in Napa a success are still waiting to get paid.
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napa, napa county, charities, music, non-profit, restaurants, entertainment, laura anthony
  • San Francisco's "Tamale Lady" has launched an online fundraising campaign to set up a restaurant in the city's Mission District.
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mission district, food, restaurants, fundraiser, websites, internet, san francisco news
  • San Jose is hoping a new highrise will attract more people to new downtown retail stores.
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san jose, construction, shopping, san jose sharks, housing market, restaurants, retail, south bay news, david louie
  • San Jose is hoping a new highrise will attract more people to new downtown retail stores.
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san jose, construction, shopping, san jose sharks, housing market, restaurants, retail, news
  • SF food truck
  • The San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation Tuesday to establish clearer and better guidelines for operators of food trucks.
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food, restaurants, san francisco board of supervisors, san francisco news
  • Attempted robbery suspect fatally shot by deputies at Boulevard Burger in Castro Valley
  • Alameda County Sheriff's Deputies have identified the man who was fatally shot by a deputy during a robbery at a Castro Valley restaurant last week.
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castro valley, shooting, crime, restaurants, guns, violence, east bay news
  • People in parklet
  • City officials say a parklet in Haight-Ashbury has become a neighborhood nuisance and they are moving to tear it down.
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haight ashbury, food, restaurants, retail, san francisco news, carolyn tyler
  • People in parklet
  • City officials say a parklet in Haight-Ashbury has become a neighborhood nuisance and they are moving to tear it down.
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haight ashbury, food, restaurants, retail, news
  • Explosion near Grant and Sutter in SF
  • Traffic near SF's Union Square was shut down for a short time Saturday after a small explosive was thrown at a business.
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explosion, crime, violence, union square, shopping, restaurants, retail, news
  • Joe Biden surprises customers at Hobees Restaurant in Sunnyvale
  • Vice President Joe Biden surprised some customers by making an unannounced stop at a Sunnyvale restaurant Saturday morning.
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sunnyvale, restaurants, stanford university, joe biden, democrats, fundraiser, traffic, barack obama, politics
  • Explosion near Grant and Sutter in SF
  • Traffic near SF's Union Square was shut down for a short time Saturday after a small explosive was thrown at a business.
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explosion, crime, violence, union square, shopping, restaurants, retail, san francisco news
  • Attempted robbery suspect fatally shot by deputies at Boulevard Burger in Castro Valley
  • Two young Castro Valley restaurant workers are being called brave and foolish for trying to fight off an armed robber Friday night.
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castro valley, shooting, crime, restaurants, guns, violence, east bay news
  • Attempted robbery suspect fatally shot by deputies at Boulevard Burger in Castro Valley
  • Two young Castro Valley restaurant workers are being called brave and foolish for trying to fight off an armed robber Friday night.
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castro valley, shooting, crime, restaurants, guns, violence, news
  • SF food truck
  • San Francisco's food trucks may have new regulations on the menu soon.
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food, restaurants, voting, san francisco news