The Alameda County Board of Supervisors have long been interested in selling its half of the 120-acre Coliseum complex. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSA day after Oakland Athletics management announced its interest in purchasing the entire Coliseum complex, the Alameda County… Read More ›
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is a former Coliseum JPA member. OAKLAND CITY COUNCILOakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan is attempting a full-court press against the Golden State Warriors and the team’s resistance toward repaying their $40 million share of existing Oracle Arena… Read More ›
2017 YEAR IN EAST BAY POLITICSThe Oakland Raiders are gone for Las Vegas. But, wait, they’re still in town for another 2-3 years? So you’re saying there’s a chance? Probably not, but with the Warriors’ new arena in San Francisco… Read More ›
COLISEUM JPA A disagreement over the Golden State Warriors’ obligation to pay a previously agreed portion of Oracle Arena’s reconstruction debt has simmered in public for three years, or since the team expressed interest in moving to San Francisco. Now,… Read More ›
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and MC Hammer at the Warriors victory parade Thursday. ALAMEDA COUNTYOn a similar sun-swept afternoon in Oakland two years ago, Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty stepped to the lectern and addressed an estimated 1 million Warriors… Read More ›
The Warriors will continue paying $7.5 million a year in debt service on Oracle Arena. OAKLAND COLISEUMThe Golden State Warriors are set to sign a two-year lease extension to play in Oracle Arena that will ease the transition to the… Read More ›
Alameda County supervisors posing with the Warriors NBA championship trophy in 2015. ALAMEDA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORSLast month, the Golden State Warriors broke ground on a new waterfront arena in San Francisco. But before they make the move across the… Read More ›
The bullhooks will be gone from circus in California starting in 2018. ASSEMBLY | It appears the Oakland City Council is a trend-setter, at least, when it comes to eliminating the gruesome use of the bullhook to control circus elephants…. Read More ›
Not a big fan of basketball: Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson used the county’s box at Oracle Sunday to read his mail during the NBA Finals. THE WORDAt what would be the Golden State Warriors’ penultimate victory before Tuesday night’s NBA championship… Read More ›
ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS | If last Friday’s approval by the Oakland City Council of a new exclusive negotiating agreement with Alameda County and the Coliseum City developer felt like politicians spiking the ball, then today’s Alameda County Board of… Read More ›
Bullhook used to control circus animals OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | The use of bullhooks by circuses traveling through Oakland will continue, but according to some opponents of the fire poker-like implement used to control elephants, the end may be near…. Read More ›
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | The circus is coming to the Oakland City Council chambers later this month. An ordinance authored by Oakland Councilmember Libby Schaaf would strengthen regulations on the treatment of circus animals and the safety of spectators, but… Read More ›
OAKLAND COLISEUM AUTHORITY | Two preliminary studies — one by the City of Oakland and Alameda County, and one by the Oakland Raiders — say the feasibility of a new stadium in Oakland for the football team would be hampered… Read More ›
Multiple camera and data feeds from across Oakland would flow to a proposedvideo and information center. OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL//PRIVACY | In the next year, authorized personnel in Oakland will be able access multiple video feeds from a large swath of the city, along… Read More ›
Rendering of the proposed arena at Piers 28-30 in San Francisco. ASSEMBLY//WARRIORS | An legislative end-run that could hasten the approval of a waterfront arena in San Francisco for the Golden State Warriors easily passed the Assembly Thursday. San Francisco Assemblyman… Read More ›
If the fans don’t hurt you, the Chili Mac Hot Dog will. OAKLAND COLISEUM AUTHORITY//NOTES | Sylvia Lloyd says fan behavior at Oakland Raiders games is getting out of hand and the stadium’s concession vendor, Aramark, doesn’t have their backs…. Read More ›
