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What's the Matter with Oakland?

The capacity carnage continued last week with both US Airways and Continental detailing their cuts. Unsurprisingly, US Airways announced it would shutter its night hub in Vegas. Continental, however, had much wider ranging cuts that hit Cleveland the hardest. There are plenty of changes to pull out...

Tags: Oakland, Airport, Vegas, Southwest, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder

Blog posts 2008-06-18

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The not-so-SWAT entry

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Hells Angels "Dago" or San Diego chapter is known amongst the club as a "gunsel" or tough chapter, a title bestowed by the Oakland mother chapter of the angels in the 1970s for making a shooting and bombing war with the rival Mongols motorcycle gang....

Articles 2008-11-01

Oakland Tribune letters

Better ways to help kids than OO THE BACKERS OF Measure OO are saying that OO is a great way to help Oakland kids without raising taxes. What they are not saying is that they already have been allocated funds by the City Council and they want...

Articles 2008-10-09

Gimme Five cool things to do this weekend

1. 18th annual San Carlos Art & Wine Faire -- Offering arts and crafts booths, live entertainment, hands-on kids activities, a Family Fun Zone, Italian Street Painting, wine, beer, food and more. Saturday and Sunday, downtown San Carlos, free, 650-593-1068, www.sancarloschamber.org. 2. Bay Area Derby Girls 2008...

Articles 2008-10-09

Schwarzenegger wrong to veto port air bill

GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER's stance on cleaning up the environment suddenly took a U-turn when, among hundreds of pieces of legislation, he vetoed a bill that would have imposed a pollution fee on cargo ships at California's ports. The fee was designated to pay for clean-air programs. Written...

Articles 2008-10-09

CIM Group Expands Investment in Oakland with Acquisition of Five Premier Office Properties

Firm Will Relocate Its Bay Area Office to Oakland In First Quarter 2009 OAKLAND, Calif. -- CIM Group has completed the acquisition of five Class A office properties totaling 1.7 million square feet in Oakland's Lake Merritt and City Center districts. The properties, purchased from Brandywine Realty Trust...

Articles 2008-10-08

Rookie backs get off the ground

No assembly required. Batteries included. Rookie running backs don't come into the NFL wearing such labels, but they are showing again this season that they arrive ready. Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears, Darren McFadden of the Oakland Raiders, Chris Johnson of the Tennessee Titans and Steve Slaton...

Articles 2008-10-08

Bay Area gospel choirs sing their hearts out at regional competition

On Friday, six Oakland and Bay Area church choirs will go head- to-head in a national sing-off semifinal at the Oracle Arena in the hope of advancing to the final stop next month, where a check for $25,000 awaits the champion. Each of the regional winners of...

Articles 2008-10-08

Livermore's Lois lifting to new heights 2 col, 2 lines, 33 pt light

Kevin did it drug-free ... adamantly so. Competing in the 13-15 age group 165-pound division at the American Powerlifting Association All-Raw Championships, Lois established the federation's age-group world marks of 280 pounds in the squat, 205 pounds in the bench press and 350 pounds in the deadlift....

Articles 2008-10-08

Newhouse: Why not name Coliseum after Jim Otto?

What's in a name? Too many names if you're talking about America's sports stadiums, immersed in corporate sponsors and naming rights that change like theater marquees. You need only look at the Bay Area to observe this naming and renaming malaise that has created a nauseating play-ball-or-else...

Articles 2008-10-08

West Coast Ship Supply stays the course

OAKLAND CLAD, appropriately enough, in a chartreuse green Izod shirt, jeans and leather boots, Charlie Michelson leads a tour of West Coast Ship Supply, a 55-year-old Bay Area business hoping to stay afloat in a sinking economy thanks both to the country's dependence on foreign oil and...

Articles 2008-10-08

A's send coach back to minors

OAKLAND - The Oakland Athletics reassigned first base coach Tony DeFrancesco to their minor league system on Wednesday. In addition, the A's also announced they will not renew the contract of strength and conditioning coach Clarence Cockrell. Joining Bob Geren's major league coaching staff...

Articles 2008-10-08

Feds investigating Berkeley City College financial-aid overpayment

Federal authorities are investigating whether a former Berkeley City College employee purposely paid students more than $327,000 in extra financial aid. Robert Vergas, 58, retired in April, shortly before he was to be fired by the Peralta Community College District. He has denied any wrongdoing and said...

Articles 2008-10-08

Briefs: New county arts commissioner appointed

Alameda County OAKLAND MAN APPOINTED TO ARTS COMMISSION: Oakland resident Donald Greene has been appointed to the Alameda County Arts Commission. Greene taught Mexican and Afro-American art at Santa Rosa Junior College, the Oakland Museum of California, the California College of the Arts in...

Articles 2008-10-08

Around the Horn

Lions double pleasure Behind the running duo of Nate Humphrey and Adam Leines, Liberty High School picked up its second victory when it defeated Hogan- Vallejo 28-12 on Oct. 4. The win improved the Lions to 2-2, giving them multiple wins in a season for the first...

Articles 2008-10-08

Family mourns Concord native killed in San Diego stabbing

CONCORD -- When Fred Santos was last on the phone with his son, the two Oakland Raiders fans were lamenting the firing of coach Lane Kiffin. Then, as usual, the conversation took an upbeat turn, as 22- year-old Luis Santos talked about his excitement about the Golden State Warriors' upcoming...

Articles 2008-10-08

Fired Kiffin reaches out to assist Russell

ALAMEDA -- You can take the coach out of Oakland, but you can't take away his ability to coach. That's the message gleaned from quarterback JaMarcus Russell's revelation Wednesday that fired coach Lane Kiffin called him Monday night to break down the New Orleans Saints defense in...

Articles 2008-10-08

Wine Sales Impervious to Economy

Legacy Wine and Spirits International Ltd.(OTCBB: LWSP) reports that the Company's container carrying nine varietalsof California wine has left the Port of Oakland and is destined for theshelves of the Company's wine outlet/showroom facility in TEDA, Tianjin,China. Jim Galtieri, head of Pasternak Wine Importers, described the combinationof recent economic events...

Articles 2008-10-08

fundraisers

To have an item considered, submit it in writing two weeks in advance. Include a daytime phone number readers may call. Send items to Fundraisers, P.O. Box 8099, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-8099. To obtain an announcement form, call 925-943-8235. Fresh Start's 6th annual fundraising raffle -- Now...

Articles 2008-10-08

Brandywine Announces Closing of the $412.5 Million Oakland, California Portfolio Sale and of a $48.8 Million Richmond, Virginia Sale

Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) announcedtoday that it has completed the previously disclosed five-propertyportfolio sale totaling approximately 1.7 million net rentable square feetin Oakland, California for an aggregate sales price of $412.5 million,inclusive of assumed debt. In addition, Brandywine completed the sale ofMain Street Centre, a 420,575 square foot...

Articles 2008-10-08