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  • A roundup of Bay Area stories making news today.
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  • A research firm says the Bay Area's median home price passed the half-million dollar mark for the first time in five years.
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housing market, real estate, local news
  • Bike theft at Bike to Work Day in San Francisco
  • In video you will see Only on 7, a bike was stolen at a Bike to Work Day energizing station in San Francisco.
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  • Bike to Work Day
  • Bicyclists are taking to the streets today for the annual Bike to Work Day in the Bay Area.
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  • People around the Bay Area are out celebrating Cinco de Mayo weekend on Saturday.
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fremont, san jose, dolores park, santa clara county, HP pavilion, san jose sharks, DUI, local news
  • Thousands of people attended May Day protests in the Bay Area Wednesday.
  • Thousands of people attended May Day protests in the Bay Area Wednesday.
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  • Thousands of people attended May Day protests in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose on Wednesday.
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  • Special education student-athletes from all over the Bay Area were running as part of the 2013 Bay Area Games track-and-field competition
  • Hundreds of special education students participated in the 2013 Bay Area Games track-and-field competition on Tuesday.
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lafayette, competition, local news
  • BART
  • BART is announcing a new way it plans to keep known offenders out of stations.
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BART, crime, local news
  • BART sign in Oakland
  • BART will announce a new way it plans to keep known offenders out of stations.
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  • Four of the top high schools in the U.S. are located in the Bay Area according to new rankings by U.S. News and World Report.
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fremont, oakland, santa cruz, local news
  • Tax payers search through tax forms at the Illinois Department of Revenue in Springfield, Ill., Thursday, April 15, 2010.
  • A handful of Bay Area post offices will stay open late today to allow last minute tax filers to turn in their paperwork.
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taxes, USPS, IRS, local news
  • U.S. Navy Blue Angels pass Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay.
  • Federal budget cuts have forced the Navy to cancel all remaining 2013 performances by the Blue Angels, including Fleet Week.
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  • Members of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels fly over Alcatraz Island during practice in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.
  • Federal budget cuts have forced the Navy to cancel all remaining 2013 performances by the Blue Angels, including Fleet Week.
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blue angels, fleet week, sequester, local news
  • a bill being introduced in the state Capitol is looking to ban hands-free texting while driving.
  • It's illegal to talk on your cellphone while driving in California and 38 other states, but a new study shows the laws aren't working.
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CHP, crash, crime, cellphone, smartphones, local news
  • Bay Bridge
  • A state panel says the pilot of an oil tanker that sideswiped the Bay Bridge should have his license revoked or suspended.
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  • Allied garbage strike
  • More than 400 Bay Area Teamsters have walked out or set up picket lines in support of a sanitation workers strike in Ohio.
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daly city, fairfield, half moon bay, pacifica, fremont, strike, unions, local news
  • CHP officer writes a ticket for distracted driving
  • The CHP and law enforcement agencies throughout the state are kicking off a month-long crackdown on distracted driving.
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CHP, crash, crime, cellphone, smartphones, local news
  • It's a good weekend to make a big purchase; because come Monday, the sales tax is going up in several Bay Area counties.
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taxes, shopping, retail, san mateo county, marin county, albany, half moon bay, moraga, fairfield, healdsburg, orinda, sebastopol, vacaville, local news
  • Communities throughout the Bay Area are celebrating the life of civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.
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san jose, oakland, mexico, unions, agriculture, immigration, local news
  • Many Bay Area families are planning for egg hunts, festive gatherings, and other activities for Easter Sunday.
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  • Milpitas police search for South Bay parolee Jeremie Posas. He is considered armed and dangerous.
  • A South Bay parolee wanted on multiple felony arrest warrants is on the loose, after evading a large police manhunt Thursday.
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crime, san jose, milpitas, local news
  • genetically-engineered salmon some call frankenfish
  • Trader Joe's and Whole Foods Market said they won't sell a new type of genetically-engineered salmon in their stores.
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  • A possible arson fire damaged a commercial building and a neighboring structure in San Jose Saturday morning.
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  • The Bay Area is getting more crowded according to the Census Bureau.
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