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15 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

More wildlife turns up dead from oil spill

More wildlife has turned up dead from a spill Friday that dumped 400 to 800 gallons of oil into the Bay.

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Related Topix: Alameda, CA

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Atwater Signal

Suspect in Oakland and Emeryville rapes charged

A former Brazilian police officer suspected of raping six women in Oakland and Emeryville has been charged.

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Related Topix: Emeryville, CA, San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk

Free H1N1 Vaccinations? There's a Catch.

Health officials are holding free H1N1 flu vaccinations throughout the Bay Area Saturday, but the vaccines will only be available for people at the highest risk for illness from the virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Santa Clara, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Santa Cruz, CA, San Francisco Metro

Ledger Dispatch

Alameda County awards Highland Hospital contract

Alameda County supervisors took another major step toward the massive Highland Hospital replacement project when they awarded a contract that could be worth as much as $431 million to an Oakland-based contractor.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA

Thu Nov 05, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Election Results 2009 / Alameda County

After months of roller-coaster results, the U.S. auto industry showed signs of stability in October.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

Inside Bay Area

West takes Emeryville council seat but race close for second spot

It looks like teacher Jennifer West has handily taken one of two seats on the Emeryville City Council with 707 votes, but the fight for the second open seat is a real horse race between Emeryville town founder descendant Frank Flores, with 628 votes, and Emery school board trustee Kurt Brinkman, with 624 votes.

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Related Topix: Emeryville, CA

Contra Costa Times

Oakland mayor's tax trouble leaves plenty of questions

Revelations on Monday that Mayor Ron Dellums and his wife Cynthia appear to owe at least $239,000 in back taxes have, in many respects, left more questions than answers: How did the Dellumses get into the tax trouble? How do they plan to get out? What are the political consequences? Dellums has said little on the matter and was mum Tuesday except ...

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Related Topix: Oakland, CA, Tax, San Francisco, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

KCBS

Mehserle Trial Could Be Headed Down South

State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties as possible sites for the murder trail of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle.

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Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, San Diego County, CA, Violent Crime

KansasCity.com

Oakland mayor says he owes IRS back taxes

Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums says he owes back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.Alameda County records show the agency placed a lien on his property on Oct.

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Related Topix: Tax

KCBS

Oiled Wildlife Now Present in Bay

Friday's oil spill in the San Francisco Bay has taken a turn for the worst. Carol Singleton with the state Department of Fish and Game said that a dozen birds of an unknown species have been spotted on the Eastern Bay waters covered in oil.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

KRON-TV San Francisco

Oil Spill Clean-Up Continues on East Bay Beaches

Cleanup crews are still sopping up fuel that washed up on Alameda County beaches after last week's oil spill in San Francisco Bay.

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Related Topix: Alameda, CA

Ledger Dispatch

Perata questions ranked choice voting in county

Three years after Oakland voters approved instant runoff voting for city elections, one Oakland mayoral candidate is questioning whether or not the city, county and voters are ready for it.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Alameda's news affordable homes help families, environment

Nikia Blair was on a bus when she learned that she'd secured a spot at Shinsei Gardens Apartments, but that didn't stop her from shouting with joy.

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Related Topix: Alameda, CA

Sat Oct 31, 2009

KansasCity.com

Coast Guard scoops up oil in San Francisco Bay

Crews are working to clean up a fuel leak in San Francisco Bay a day after an oil tanker spilled hundreds of gallons into the water.Coast Guard officials say skimmer boats are scooping up shipping fuel Saturday about 2.5 miles southeast of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.An estimated 400 to 800 gallons of oil spilled into the water after a ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Bay Area News Group election endorsements

NUMBERED YEARS used to be the time that East Bay residents selected many of their representatives for school boards, city councils and other local offices.

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Related Topix: Livermore, CA, Albany, CA, Emeryville, CA, Newark, CA

Pleasantonweekly.com

Portion of Vasco Road to be closed starting at 7 p.m. tonight until next Monday morning

If you're a commuter to the Tri-Valley from the Brentwood/Oakley area or vice versa, you'll want to avoid Vasco Road for the Friday commute.

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Related Topix: Brentwood, CA

Inside Bay Area

$50 robbery share gets man five years in prison

Tanom Domingue was tired of asking his father for money, he told police during a taped interview earlier this year, so he and four friends got in a car and cruised around the city looking for people to rob.

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Related Topix: Prison, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, State Prisons

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Sal Pizarro - Mercury News Arts & Ent...

Review: En Vogue wows hometown crowd

Twenty years ago, Cindy Herron, Maxine Jones, Dawn Robinson and Terry Ellis launched En Vogue.

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Related Topix: En Vogue, R-N-B, San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA, Pleasanton, CA

KGO-AM 810 NewsTalk

Arrest in C. Valley Attempted Kidnapping

The Alameda County Sheriff's Office arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of attempting to kidnap two Castro Valley High School girls Tuesday morning.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

WEBSPHERE Journal

IBM Helps Alameda County Deliver Social Services

Furthermore it will help assure that the correct benefit amounts get to deserving clients.

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Related Topix: Cellphones

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