The Lilac Fire is now at 50 acres. Ariel attacks are starting but the winds are starting to pick up here in the hills. The fire jumping over the road we’re on and moving closer to I-15. @10News
BREAKING:
The City of San Diego is repealing Balboa Park parking fees. The fees are ending no later than Jan 1, 2027.
The city has also reached a settlement to lower the trash pick-up fees for FY 2027 and 2028.
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This ain’t no random. My boy @JackGordonJG is a product of the best broadcast journalism school in the country. Hard worker. Great at his craft. Best yet, a great person.
Let’s not get it twisted, he’s there for a reason.
The A's finish their first season in Sacramento with a 36-45 record at Sutter Health Park.
The A's were once again dead last in attendance & averaged over 2,000 less fans than in Oakland last season.
Maybe the A's should've actually embraced their temporary home in Sac BEFORE the last game of the season.
My thoughts tonight on @ABC10:
"I just couldn't believe they (A's ownership) could screw this up any more than they already have. And they have, in glorious proportion ... Fisher is salting the earth here, just like he did in Oakland." -Sacramento fan
From ESPN's Tim Keown:
https://t.co/m9ddBZOfvK
The treasonous @Athletics & their pathetic social team (comments turned off) should be dragged for this. John “The Con” Fisher refused to redevelop the Coliseum, something Mark Davis wanted, which aided the Raiders in leaving Oakland.
Many people still don’t know who’s really responsible for the A’s leaving Oakland. Before you form your opinion, here are some facts you NEED to remember ⬇️
Never forget the A’s would’ve had a new stadium in Oakland 20 years ago had Bud Selig not blocked the sale of the A’s to Andy Dolich and Bob Piccinini in 1999.
Never forget Selig also blocked sales to Joe Lacob, Peter Guber, Reggie Jackson/Bill Gates, etc.
Never forget Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann made zero effort to build in Oakland from 1995-2005. Instead they commissioned a study on Vegas and then invested all their time in Santa Clara.
Never forget the A’s are only owned by John Fisher because they were sold to him and his business partner Lew Wolff only because Wolff was a college buddy and old friend of Selig.
Never forget Lew Wolff’s 2005 plan for a ballpark in Oakland was nonsensical and would’ve required evicting 80+ tenants and building a new BART station. The plan was immediately abandoned by the A’s.
Never forget the A’s wasting the remainder of 2005 all the way to 2009 on Fremont and then 2010 to 2016 on San Jose.
Never forget the A’s nonsensical Peralta site plan in 2017 where the A’s failed to talk to the college board prior to the announcement.
Never forget the A’s choosing Howard Terminal in November 2018, and insisting on the most complex project possible ($12 billion with TONS of ancillary development). Oakland did everything that was asked of them, yet the A’s moved the goalposts every time. The A’s also dragged their feet and missed deadlines. The A’s also refused to compromise on anything, including with their potential maritime neighbors.
Never forget the Coliseum site was an “assured backup route for a ballpark in Oakland”, and MLB threatened to relocate the A’s if Oakland didn’t sell their half of the site and didn’t drop their lawsuit against Alameda County (who had violated Surplus Land Act with their sale of their half), but when Oakland dropped the suit, Oakland began talks to sell their half with the A’s, and Alameda County’s sale went through, the Coliseum was suddenly “not viable”.
Never forget there is PROOF the A’s made up their mind to go to Vegas in 2021, and wasted 2 years of Oakland’s time and money on the Howard Terminal project. When the A’s realized Oakland was close to a deal, thanks to Oakland’s hard work on the project, the A’s ran away from the negotiating table and did so in the most unprofessional manner possible.
Never forget ancillary development was always a must for a Oakland ballpark, but it isn’t for them in Vegas.
Never forget the A’s had to own the site & ballpark for a Oakland ballpark, but they don’t need to in Vegas.
Never forget Fisher wasn’t willing to sell a stake in the team in Oakland to get a ballpark done there, but he’s willing to do so for Vegas.
TLDR: It’s always been John Fisher, other A’s owners, and MLB at fault. Theres MOUNTAINS of evidence! If you are still blaming Oakland or A’s fans, you are being willfully ignorant!