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SFBayThe Oakland A’s on Sunday sent a letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf and the City Council expressing the team’s desire to assume control of the Oakland Coliseum complex in exchange for paying more than $135 million in debt currently owed by the city and … and more …read more Source:: Port of Oakland News By […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/as-seek-coliseum-purchase-as-stadium-options-shrivel-sfbay/ via IFTTT

oaklandpost.orgAssemblymember Tony Thurmond (AD 15) presented and congratulated Irma L. Anderson on receiving Woman Of The Year 2018 Award. Irma L. Anderson has been a civic and community leader in Contra Costa County for decades. In 1992, she served as the first … …read more Source:: Oakland City Council News From Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/irma-l-anderson-receives-woman-of-the-year-award-for-2018-oaklandpost-org/ via IFTTT

Patch.comOAKLAND, CA — The Oakland A’s on Sunday sent a letter to Mayor Libby Schaaf and the City Council expressing the team’s desire to assume control of the Oakland Coliseum complex in exchange for paying more than $135 million in debt currently owed by the … …read more Source:: Oakland California News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/as-seek-to-purchase-coliseum-property-patch-com/ via IFTTT

The Mercury NewsIt requires cities and towns to include housing growth in their general land-use plans. Although municipalities plan for housing, it often hasn’t been built. In February, the state housing department found that 97 percent of jurisdictions failed to … and more …read more Source:: Alameda, California News From Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/the-obscure-california-housing-law-almost-everyone-wants-to-fix-the-mercury-news/ via IFTTT

TeenVogue.comIn this op-ed, Melina Fike, a leader of Berkeley, California’s Vote 16 Campaign and junior at Berkeley High School explains that the momentum of the #NeverAgain movement could spark engagement for young activist to lower the voting age in their states … …read more Source:: Berkeley Ca. News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/the-voting-age-should-be-lowered-to-16-years-old-teenvogue-com/ via IFTTT

NGT NewsThe City of Oakland, Calif., recently floated a tender for fuel suppliers, seeking bids on both unleaded gasoline and diesel, and specifying California Air Resources Board-approved renewable diesel for the latter. Oakland switched its entire fleet of … …read more Source:: Oakland CA News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/oakland-and-renewable-diesel-not-a-single-downside-ngt-news/ via IFTTT

PG&E secures approval to provide clean alternative to fossil-fuel power plant in Oakland, USEnergy Business Review“There has been widespread support for this solution from local community representatives, environmentalists, elected officials and other groups, with a focus on using local workforce,” Kuga said. Anthony Brown, assistant business manager of IBEW 1245 … …read more Source:: Oakland […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/pge-secures-approval-to-provide-clean-alternative-to-fossil-fuel-power-plant-in-oakland-us-energy-business-review/ via IFTTT

isportsweb.com (blog)The worst possible scenario for the Golden State Warriors has reared its ugly head: Stephen Curry suffered another injury, not even 48 minutes of playtime after his return from a right ankle sprain, an injury from which he had already missed about a … …read more Source:: Golden State Warriors News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/golden-state-warriors-stephen-curry-injured-again-in-the-game-which-he-came-back-from-injury-isportsweb-com-blog/ via IFTTT

HERO Sports (blog)MLB: 2018 Oakland Athletics Preview, Predictions, Projections & Odds. SHARE; Twitter · Google+ · Email This Post; More. Flipboard. Facebook Comment. MLB: 2018 Oakland Athletics Preview, Predictions, Projections & Odds. WIKICOMMONSChad Pinder will be … …read more Source:: Oakland Athletics News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/mlb-2018-oakland-athletics-preview-predictions-projections-odds-hero-sports-blog/ via IFTTT

The Daily EvergreenWSU rowing concluded the second and final day of racing Sunday at the San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay. The Cougars’ second varsity eight and varsity four each placed fourth, and the varsity eight finished fifth at the event. WSU advanced to the … and more …read more Source:: Berkeley Ca. News […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/wsu-rowing-concludes-solid-weekend-in-san-diego-the-daily-evergreen/ via IFTTT

USA TODAYOAKLAND — This Steph Curry situation is a major problem for the Golden State Warriors. Try as the ailing star might have on Sunday to put a positive spin on the matter, when he shared his plan to prove Steve Kerr wrong after the Warriors coach …Warriors struggle without their All-Stars in loss to […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/26/steph-curry-golden-state-warriors-face-difficult-situation-as-nba-playoffs-loom-usa-today/ via IFTTT

East Bay TimesFrom left, Steve Olivar, Tatiana Mariscal, and Sven Weidner have their photo taken after finishing the 5k at the 9th Annual Oakland Running Festival, starting at Lake Merritt and featuring a full marathon, half-marathon, 5k and kids fun run on Sunday …Littlest runners off to good start in Oakland Marathon’s 7-and …SFGate all […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/more-than-10000-runners-join-in-oakland-running-festival-east-bay-times/ via IFTTT

SLC DunkThe Golden State Warriors came limping into tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz being down all four of their All Stars. The Utah Jazz weren’t going to give them any sympathy. If there’s been a team that has been bitten by the injury bug the last 4 … and more …read more Source:: Golden […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/utah-jazz-take-advantage-of-shorthanded-golden-state-warriors-slc-dunk/ via IFTTT

247Sports (blog)We’re now right around two weeks into the NFL’s legal tampering period of NFL free agency and the Oakland Raiders have been one of the most active teams in the league. After a bit of a slow start, the team has tallied a total of 19 total free-agent … and more …read more Source:: […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/grading-the-raiders-five-biggest-free-agent-signings-247sports-blog/ via IFTTT

The San Diego Union-TribuneThat belonged to the San Diego State women’s eight, which won the women’s Cal Cup — the second-tiered event for varsity eight crews. The Aztecs had won the Cal Cup before, in fact twice in the first 44 years … against lesser competition than the … and more …read more Source:: California […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/cal-men-and-women-dominate-in-crew-classic-the-san-diego-union-tribune/ via IFTTT

MLB.comOAKLAND — A young A’s club is readying to open the 2018 regular season against the Angels on Thursday, with right-hander Kendall Graveman set to square off against righty Garrett Richards in Graveman’s second consecutive Opening Day assignment. The 1 … …read more Source:: Oakland Athletics News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/young-as-ready-to-turn-some-heads-in-18-mlb-com/ via IFTTT

Daily CalifornianUC Berkeley mathematics professor and California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, computational biology professor Lior Pachter filed a Title IX complaint in 2016 against UC Berkeley statistics professor Terry Speed for allegedly sexually harassing … and more …read more Source:: Berkeley Ca. News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/uc-berkeley-statistics-professor-allegedly-sexually-harassed-postdoctoral-researcher-daily-californian/ via IFTTT

New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “In California, a Green Split Over a Density Push” (front page, March 16): State Senator Scott Wiener’s plan to enable more homes near public transit is like California’s climate goals: bold, audacious and necessary. Although … and more …read more Source:: Oakland California News By Google News from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/so-long-california-drivers-new-york-times/ via IFTTT

Ventura County StarBut, so far, those are mostly just projections. More than 16 months after the measure passed, state data shows only a fraction of those who can clear up their records have even applied to do so. People of color figure to be hurt the most. Though … …read more Source:: Alameda, California News […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/you-can-clear-record-of-pot-violations-most-havent-ventura-county-star/ via IFTTT

San Francisco ChronicleFor black men, it was 30.7 per 100,000 in the same period. In July, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that 13.3 percent of the population was black. That’s why Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, an outspoken gun control advocate, wanted local students present …East Oakland youth flying to DC to ‘March for Our […] from WordPress http://zennie62blog.com/2018/03/25/gun-control-debate-overlooks-biggest-victims-black-people-san-francisco-chronicle/ via IFTTT