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A California panel has called for billions in reparations for descendants of slaves

California's reparations task force has voted to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies.

WEKU

Once a refuge, Oakland homeless camp is dismantled: ‘My world was ripped to pieces’

The city has evicted all the residents from Wood Street amid its worst housing and homelessness crisis ever

The Guardian - US

Oakland teachers union on strike; schools open without them

More than 3,000 teachers and other workers in the Oakland Unified School District are on strike after claiming the district failed to bargain in good faith on a new contract

The Independent UK

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MLB fans crushed A’s ownership after attendance dropped to 2,500 in the saddest scene at Oakland Coliseum

Oakland deserves so much better.

USA Today Sports Media Group

More people are getting away with murder. Unsolved killings reach a record high

U.S. murder clearance or solve rates have hit an all-time low. Experts say mutual mistrust between police and some communities is creating a vicious cycle where unsolved killings breed more mistrust.

WEKU

Wood Street Commons’ Final Stand

Oakland is clearing out what was once the city’s largest unhoused community.

Capital & Main

Reggie Jackson Rips Oakland Officials for Botching A’s Stadium Issue

The Hall of Fame outfielder blames the city for what has transpired.

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Bill Madden: A’s continue to be an embarrassment to MLB, but so do a half-dozen other teams

NEW YORK — The sorry plight of the Oakland Athletics, which came to a head this week with the announcement the team will be pulling up stakes and heading to a new ballpark in Las Vegas, is the most glaring example of the bigger problem vexing baseball — the lack…

Tribune News Service

Police warn drivers of 'two new tricks' criminals are using in spate of carjackings

The Oakland Police Department revealed thieves are intentionally ramming their vehicles into people's car “in hopes of getting the victim to stop" to try and steal their possessions

Daily Mirror

Bill Shaikin: MLB and A's should do the right thing and keep team in Oakland

If baseball mythology really came to life, if teams really were civic assets and owners really were stewards of those public trusts, Rob Manfred would have issued a starkly different statement when the Oakland Athletics decided they wanted to move to Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Times

Oakland Trader Joe's store becomes first to unionize in California

The campaign to unionize Trader Joe's workers has officially claimed a victory in the company's home state. An Oakland store on Thursday became the first Trader Joe's in California to unionize.

Los Angeles Times

NFL Owner Rips Baseball Team for Plans to Move to Las Vegas

The Raiders and A’s have a contentious history, which Davis won’t let anybody forget.

Sports Illustrated

Dieter Kurtenbach: Oakland, the East Bay deserve better than John Fisher’s bush-league A’s

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Around these parts, those who can do.

Tribune News Service

A’s Display the Ugly Side of Moneyball, On and Off the Field

Ownership’s unwillingness to support their team on and off the field will seemingly lead the Athletics on a shameless path out of Oakland to Las Vegas.

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On the move? Oakland Athletics announce Las Vegas land deal.

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland A’s, who for five decades built an iconic legacy of baseball and community at the vast concrete Coliseum it called home, have agreed to buy land in Las Vegas and build a new stadium there, team officials confirmed Wednesday.

Daily Mirror

Athletics set to join Oakland exodus as Las Vegas plans edge closer

MLB side Oakland Athletics are set to be moved 553 miles and join the Raiders in Las Vegas, following stalled progression with new ballpark in their current region

Chicago Sun-Times

Oakland A’s take another step toward moving to Las Vegas

President Dave Kaval said the team finalized a deal last week to buy a 49-acre site where the A’s plan to build a stadium close to the Las Vegas Strip with a seating capacity of 30,000 to 35,000.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Oakland unbelievably lost all three of its pro sports teams in just 5 years

This city and these fanbases deserved so much better.

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How renters will be protected when Oakland’s eviction ban ends in July

OAKLAND, California — Property owners in Oakland can once again kick out tenants for failure to pay rent starting July 15, a hard-fought compromise end date to the city’s COVID-era ban on evictions.

The Independent UK

San Francisco Home Depot worker shot dead confronting shoplifter

Suspect left store in getaway car but was later detained in Oakland, authorities say

The Independent UK

Oakland A's purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas

The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable roof ballpark in Las Vegas after being unable to build a new venue in the Bay Area

Tribune News Service

Dazzling dose of Miller time can’t save Athletics in loss to Cubs

OAKLAND, Calif. — Mason Miller was electric as advertised, but the Athletics remain in a state of system-wide failure.

Tribune News Service

‘A house of cards’: When the Big One comes, will Alameda be ready?

When the “Big One” eventually hits, the city of Alameda will have plenty to worry about.

Tribune News Service

Athletics on the verge of wrong side of history after loss to Cubs

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Athletics will have to win two straight games against the Chicago Cubs to avoid history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cubs’ Nico Hoerner reflects on Oakland Coliseum memories before homecoming

In his first major-league game at the Coliseum, he went 2-for-5 with a walk, three runs scored and an RBI as the Cubs pounded out 20 hits in a 10-1 victory Monday against the A’s.

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