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1871 – Mills Seminary relocates to Oakland. 1872 Brooklyn becomes part of Oakland. Theosophical Society Library founded. [2] 1873 – University of California relocates to Berkeley. 1875 – Oakland Daily Evening Tribune newspaper in publication. [5] 1878 – Oakland Free Library opens. [8] 1880 – Population: 34,456. [1] 1884 – Horton ...
Cathedral of Saint Francis de Sales (Oakland, California) Central Pacific Railroad Depot (Oakland) Chaosium; Claremont, Oakland/Berkeley, California; Cocaine Cowboys 2; College of California; Cypress Street Viaduct
Oakland, which had experienced some relative racial harmony prior to the war, found itself by the late 1950s with a population that was becoming progressively more poor and racially divided. [52] [53] Beginning in the mid-1950s, much of West Oakland was destroyed, after then-Highway 17, now I-880 (or Nimitz Freeway) was built.
Crime in Oakland, California began to rise during the late 1960s after the King assassination riots, and by the end of the 1970s Oakland's per capita murder rate had risen to twice that of San Francisco or New York City. [2] In 1983, the National Journal referred to Oakland as the "1983 crime capital" of the San Francisco Bay Area. [3]
Oakland is a major West Coast port, and the fifth-busiest in the United States by cargo volume. [149] The Port of Oakland handles 99% of all containerized goods moving through Northern California, representing $41 billion worth of international trade. [150] [151] There are nearly 200,000 jobs related to marine cargo transport in the Oakland ...
The problem: Oakland has too many guns! The solution: Offer $250 for every gun turned in to the police, no questions asked. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Before sunset Thursday, there wi ll be no more "there there " for major professional sports in this Bay Area city. The Oakland Athletics will cease to be Oakland's Athletics ...
In two of those years (2001 against the Yankees and 2003 against the Red Sox), the Athletics won the first two games of the series, only to lose the next three straight. In 2001, Oakland became the first team to lose a best-of-five series after winning both of the first two games on the road.