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Advocates: Reparations are the answer for sea level threat in West Oakland, Calif.

Reparations are one way to confront the rising sea levels in West Oakland, Calif.

WEKU

Wonder Women of Los Angeles 2023: Amina Hussein

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Site of Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 sold to community group

A converted artists’ warehouse in Oakland that burned in 2016 and killed 36 people has been acquired by a nonprofit community development organization

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New bill to build Oakland Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada's cost at $380 million

The Oakland Athletics are asking Nevada for $380 million for a 30,000 seat, $1.5 billion retractable roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

A’s Release Renderings of $1.5 Billion Proposed Stadium on Las Vegas Strip

The club is still in the process of finalizing its expected move from Oakland to Las Vegas.

Sports Illustrated

A's, Nevada legislative leadership reach tentative agreement for new ballpark

Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo announced Wednesday a preliminary agreement between his office, legislative leaders in the state and the Oakland Athletics for a stadium funding plan after weeks of negotiations over how much public assistance the state will contribute to a $1.5 billion ballpark in Las Vegas

The Independent UK

‘Incalculable loss’: Oakland battles to save last pro sports team

As Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics look set to move to Las Vegas, fans say the loss goes far beyond sport.

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Report: A’s reach ‘loose agreement’ with Nevada lawmakers for Las Vegas public financing

The Oakland A’s publicly stated their intentions to move to Las Vegas more than a month ago, and it seems that they are finally making progress on that relocation this week.

Tribune News Service

Is a four-day workweek as good as it sounds? California employees share what it’s really like

OAKLAND, California — It’s after noon on a recent Wednesday, and the kitchen and patio at ThredUp’s Oakland headquarters are packed.

Los Angeles Times

Child labor, mayhem, lewd comments to teen girls alleged at California Popeyes

OAKLAND, California — Children as young as 13 worked illegally, female teen employees were subjected to sexually suggestive comments, and security guards contributed to violent mayhem at a Popeye’s fried-chicken restaurant in Oakland, newly filed worker complaints to state regulators claim.

Tribune News Service

Carl Weathers’s acting career fueled by a comment from John Madden

Before he was Apollo Creed or Greef Karga, he was a Raiders linebacker. Now more than 50 years later, Weathers revisits his end in football and start in Hollywood.

Sports Illustrated

Funding gap of $75M holding up A’s stadium deal

LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics are negotiating with Clark County to bridge a $75 million dollar gap in public financing for the proposed $1.5 billion MLB Las Vegas ballpark.

Tribune News Service

Tupac Shakur Way: California city to name street after iconic rapper

Shakur lived in Oakland in the early 1990s and has other connections to the city, including filming a video there

The Guardian - US

Tupac Shakur to be honored with a street name in California

The late Tupac Shakur is getting part of an Oakland city street named after him

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MLB fans lashed out at John Fisher after the A’s had their worst attendance since 1979

MLB should never have let this happen.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally shot in Woodlawn home

About an hour earlier, another man was shot to death less than four miles away in the Oakland neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally shot in Oakland neighborhood

Jermone Baker, 34, was outside in the 700 block of East 38th Place about 6:35 a.m. Thursday when someone in a red sedan exited and opened fire, Chicago police said.

Sports Illustrated

Oakland A’s Reach Agreement to Build $1.5 Billion Stadium on Las Vegas Strip

The team’s eventual move to the desert cleared a major hurdle Tuesday.

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The Independent UK

Oakland 2nd California diocese to seek bankruptcy over abuse

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland has filed for bankruptcy due to hundreds of new child sex abuse claims, becoming the second diocese in California to do so

WEKU

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.

The Guardian - US

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 Independent UK

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

USA Today Sports Media Group

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

Oakland deserves so much better.

WEKU

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.

Capital & Main

Wood Street Commons’ Final Stand

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

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