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A’s Could Hear Soon On Possible Move To San Jose
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Athletics general manager Billy Beane expects to hear “very soon” from Commissioner Bud Selig about whether the club will be allowed to move south to San Jose and build a new...
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San Jose Proposes Selling Ballpark Land To A’s For Bargain Price
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Five acres of prime downtown San Jose real estate needed to build a baseball park for the Oakland Athletics could be sold to the team for less than half what it would be worth as...
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Major League Baseball May Soon Rule On A’s Move To San Jose
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – San Jose officials are encouraged over a number of recent reports that suggest that Major League Baseball is finally ready to rule on the Oakland A’s possible move to the South Bay....
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KCBS Sports Fans: The Dismantling Of The A’s
KCBS News Anchor Stan Bunger (who along with KCBS Sports Anchor Steve Bitker are the on-air duo known as KCBS Sports Fans) offers his unique sports analysis. OAKLAND (KCBS) – Let me say it right off...
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A’s Owner Buys Historic San Jose Hotel
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The landmark Sainte Claire Hotel has been sold to real estate developer Lew Wolff, a purchase other developers and local officials see as emblematic of the growing vitality of...
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A’s Owner Showing Interest In Manny Ramirez
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff said Friday that he is open to the idea of signing former Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez. “I really don’t see any non-baseball reason for...
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A’s Owner Running Out Of Patience With MLB On South Bay Move
OAKLAND (CBS/AP) – Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff said Wednesday that indecision by Major League Baseball over whether his club can move to San Jose has been “excruciating” but that he believes the...
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Earthquakes Stadium Deal Clears Final Hurdle
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The San Jose Earthquakes have won final approval to build a stadium near Mineta San Jose International Airport. The Planning Commission on Wednesday denied an appeal to block...
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Phil Matier: Investment Groups Eye The Athletics
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Two investment groups have reportedly expressed serious interest in buying the Oakland Athletics and keeping the team in its current home. KCBS, CBS 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil...
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A’s Push Major League Baseball For Decision On Move To San Jose
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – After three years, the Oakland A’s have become impatient for a decision from Major League Baseball on whether the team can move to San Jose. The A’s reportedly plan to file papers to...
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Major East Bay Corporations Go To Bat For New Oakland Ballpark
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – Putting their money where their rooting interest is, some major East Bay companies say they’ll support building a new stadium to keep the A’s from leaving Oakland. In fact, they’re...
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A’s Co-Owner Remains Optimistic Of Move At Silicon Valley Conference
MOUNTAIN VIEW (KCBS) – A possible move by the Oakland A’s to the South Bay was on the mind of business and political leaders in Mountain View on Wednesday. A conference focusing on bringing...
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San Jose Officials Confident On Ballpark Plans After MLB Meeting
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – After a meeting with Major League Baseball officials, local leaders in San Jose say they’re not concerned about rumors of a new baseball stadium proposal coming out of Oakland....
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Phil Matier: A’s To Stay In Oakland For A While
OAKLAND (KCBS) – With the Oakland A’s headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2006, a possible move to the South Bay has been put on the back burner. In fact, the A’s may be staying in Oakland...
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A’s Owner Reiterates Team Needs New Home In San Jose
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff reiterated Thursday that his team needs a new home in the Bay Area and, after looking at the options, he thinks the best choice is San Jose. “The only...
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State Controller Finds Improper Fund Transfers By SJ Developers For A’s Ballpark
SAN JOSE (KCBS) — State Controller John Chiang found Thursday that San Jose’s Redevelopment Agency improperly transferred $148.1 million for projects that included land to be given for an Oakland A’s...
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A’s, Giants May Share AT&T Park; A’s Owner Says Team Staying Put For Now
OAKLAND (AP) — Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff insists his team is staying put. For now, anyway. Wolff said Monday through the team that the A’s will extend their lease at the Oakland Coliseum and...
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Letter Surfaces Showing MLB Denied A’s San Jose Move
SAN JOSE (CBS/AP) — Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig formally informed the Oakland A’s this summer that the team’s bid to move San Jose had been denied. Saturday a Selig letter to the team...
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Phil Matier: Group Reveals Plan To Build A’s Stadium On Oakland Waterfront
OAKLAND (KCBS) — A group trying to keep the A’s in Oakland has been lobbying for a stadium on the waterfront, saying it is taking the next steps toward making that dream a reality. The team is led by...
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Phil Matier: Oakland A’s Reject Lease Extension To Play At Coliseum
OAKLAND (KCBS) – The Oakland A’s have rejected a deal to play at the Coliseum, after being offered a 10-year lease extension by the Oakland Coliseum Authority. Late Tuesday night, team officials...
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Coliseum Authority Claims A’s Wanted Debts Written Off As Negotiations Sour
OAKLAND (KCBS)— After word of Tuesday night’s rejection from the A’s on a 10-year lease proposal to stay in Oakland, the Coliseum Authority is speaking out about one of the pressing issues. It involves...
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A’s Owner Says Team Close To Signing 10-Year Lease Extension At Coliseum
OAKLAND (CBS SF) – A’s owner Lew Wolff appeared on Bloomberg TV Wednesday and said he expects the team to hammer out a lease extension in Oakland over the next few weeks. “We’re having some very good...
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Oakland A’s Owner Lew Wolff Provides Details Of Proposed 10-Year Lease...
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff has said the team will soon sign a 10-year lease extension to keep them in the East Bay. And now, Wolff, has released a few more details about that proposed...
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Proposed Oakland A’s Lease Extension At O.co Coliseum Could Drive Raiders Out...
OAKLAND (KPIX 5) — A proposed 10-year lease extension at O.co Coliseum by the Oakland A’s have some saying the deal would be the catalyst to drive the Raiders out of town. Critics of the proposal by...
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Oakland A’s Coliseum Extension In Limbo After Raucous, Outrage-Filled...
OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A planned vote on a disputed agreement between the Oakland Athletics and officials from Oakland and Alameda County over an extended lease at O.co Coliseum was put off Friday when...
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A’s Owner Threatens Immediate Pull-Out From Oakland If Coliseum Extension...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Oakland Athletic’s owner Lew Wolff sent an e-mail to Oakland and Alameda County leaders Wednesday night indicating Major League Baseball has given him permission to relocate the team...
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Coliseum Officials Approve Oakland A’s Lease Extension
OAKLAND (KCBS) – A 10-year lease extension for the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum was approved Thursday by stadium officials, after contentious negotiations that raised the possibility the baseball team...
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Oakland A’s Deal May Be In Jeopardy As Mayor Quan, Others Want To Make Changes
OAKLAND (KCBS) — While stadium officials approved a 10-year lease extension for the A’s at the Oakland Coliseum on Thursday, the deal already appears to be unraveling as some in City Hall, including...
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Oakland A’s Lease Agreement Could Be Tweaked Behind Closed Doors Monday
OAKLAND (KCBS)— Oakland City Council is set to meet behind closed doors Monday to go over details of the A’s lease agreement that was approved by the Coliseum board last Thursday. The deal could go...
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Oakland City Council Prepared To Vote On A’s Lease Deal; Mayor Quan Seeks...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — The long, drawn-out fight over a proposed lease agreement that would keep the Oakland A’s in town may be coming to an end, as the city council is set to vote on the deal on Wednesday...
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Phil Matier: A’s Agree To 10-Year-Lease Extension To Keep Playing In Oakland
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)— The Oakland A’s have agreed to a 10-year lease extension to keep them playing ball at the Coliseum. A’s owner Lew Wolff originally said he was ready to take the team elsewhere if...
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Jump On Tomorrow: A’s Lease Vote, Richmond Refinery Ruling, Lucy Li,...
SAN FRANCISCO (KBCW) — A’s lease deal. In a dramatic last-minute decision the board that manages the Oakland Coliseum voted to approve the new 10-year-lease with the A’s and the Board of Supes is...
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Selig ‘Frustrated’ Over Unresolved A’s Ballpark Situation, Reiterates Need...
OAKLAND (CBS / AP) — Bud Selig will likely leave his tenure as baseball commissioner early next year with one unsettled situation that has him “frustrated.” The Oakland Athletics still don’t have the...
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Oakland Mayoral Candidate Returns Campaign Donations From A’s Owner Lew Wolff
OAKLAND (KCBS) — Oakland mayoral candidate Rebecca Kaplan’s campaign says she’ll return 21-hundred dollars in donations from Oakland Athletics owner Lew Wolff and his family. KCBS and KPIX 5 reporter...
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Raiders, A’s Asked To Compete For Best Plan To Redevelop Oakland Coliseum
OAKLAND (KCBS)— In a political shift that signals change at Oakland City Hall, the mayor and Alameda County appear to be on the same page to allow both the A’s and the Raiders to submit competing...
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Oakland A’s Owner Lew Wolff Says Move To San Jose ‘Not Worth A Nasty Battle’
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_0604201517060829316AA.mp4 OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Oakland A’s owner Lew Wolff said a possible move to San Jose is “not worth a nasty battle” over territorial...
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Developer Expected To Present Plans For Raiders- A’s Shared Oakland Site On...
OAKLAND (KCBS) — We may know sometime Monday whether a plan to build a new football stadium for the Oakland Raiders in Oakland is still in play. New City Development, a San Diego developer, is expected...
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A’s Majority Owner Reportedly Takes Leading Role In Stadium Push
OAKLAND (KCBS) – Oakland A’s managing partner Lew Wolff is reportedly taking a back seat in the team’s ongoing quest to build a new stadium to replace the aging Oakland Coliseum. KCBS, KPIX 5 and...
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Owner Lew Wolff Selling His Stake In The Oakland A’s
OAKLAND (CBS SF & AP) — Real estate developer Lew Wolff, who has been the managing partner of the Oakland Athletics since 2015 and an owner since 2005, is selling the majority of his stake in the...
View ArticleOakland, SJ Mayors Trade Barbs Over Future Home Of A’s
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The Battle of the Bay continues, and it has everything to do with the elected officials in charge of the cities vying for the Oakland A’s baseball team. By all accounts, the rivalry...
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