Oakland

It is not a coincidence.

And then similar, we just picked up our location in Stockton, right over the hill from Oakland.

Port of Oakland is one of the only places on the West Coast you can currently get hydrogen, not to mention the extreme density in the greater Bay Area.

And then obviously you drop down to Long Beach, SoCal, Orange County and density like crazy, right? So none of that's surprising.

What I would say is look out, Texas is next, right? Unequivocally, like what people overlook as it relates to Texas and you guys can appreciate this more than us West Coast folks is Texas might not be like politically viewed as a super progressive or innovative place.

Thank you.

The Oakland A's will lead it off with Angel Mangual.

Mangual will be in center field.

Joe Rudy, R-U-D-I, will be in left field.

He will bat fifth.

Dave Duncan to do the catching.

Duncan and an All-Star from the Oakland contingent.

With Ray Fossey out of the All-Star game and manager Earl Weber naming Duncan to back up Bill Freehand.

He swings and fouls this one out of play.

With his third big league ball club with the Oakland A's when he signed as the number one draft choice of Arizona State.

Coming to the Cubs in 1971 and now in his first year with the Dodger team.

Dodgers have been trying to get him a long, long time before they finally pulled it off this past January.

Delivers to Garvey.

Missing outside.

Also Milwaukee at Oakland.

That'll be a 4-30 beginning.

And Baltimore, two games under .500, they've won four of ten, three games out, still minus Reggie Jackson.

In American League West, the Texas Rangers have a half-game lead over Kansas City and Oakland.

Chicago one game out, California two, and Minnesota two and a half.

Looking at the National League quickly, Pittsburgh has a half-game lead over Philadelphia, one over Chicago, and in the West, Atlanta and Boston and Houston.

Boston will play the White Sox tonight in Chicago.

California's at Milwaukee.

Oakland at Cleveland.

And Texas at Detroit.

Roy Smalley, the son of the one-time Cubs shortstop, had hit a homer in that ballgame for the Twins to help them to their victory, and they are off to a great start.

California, one game behind them, followed by the Rangers, Kansas City, the White Sox six games off the pace, then Oakland and Seattle.

And the Baltimore Orioles are leading the American League Eastern Division today by a half game over Boston.

with Milwaukee just one game off the pace.

Kansas City at Cleveland.

Seattle at Boston.

Oakland at New York.

California at Baltimore.

Good job by Essien, keeping that ball from getting away from him and allowing that runner to go down.

Oakland and Kansas City tonight, by the blue, going against Dennis Leonard.

Philadelphia leading the Pirates 2-0 to the bottom of the 4th.

Right-hander ready, out of the stretch.

Top of the seventh inning.

White Sox now leading 7-5.

Kansas City leading Oakland in the fifth, 6-1.

Spencer down at second.

Lurie wants to beef up funding for tenant legal assistance, among other changes.

Two Oakland police officers were put on administrative leave Thursday.

They're facing federal charges for conspiring to defraud the Federal Aviation Administration.

A grand jury indictment says officers Brandon Mart and David Mack submitted false documents to get airman certifications.

Here's Oakland Police Chief James Beer.

Anyone who commits a crime in our city will be held accountable, including members of the Oakland Police Department, who are entrusted with a level of authority and responsibility that few others are given.

When an officer violates that trust, it not only undermines the integrity of that individual, but it also erodes the confidence our community has in the entire profession.

A third man was employed by the FAA and is charged with

Yes.

I mean, the whole process out in Oakland was terrible.

And the fact that...

Like, they had been so close to a stadium deal there, it felt like, you know, four or five times, and it just never ended up happening.

And they had all these great plans, all these great renderings, and they just couldn't figure out the deal.

And then there was just so many bad feelings between everybody at the end that they couldn't even continue to rent out the Oakland Coliseum.

And, you know...

I'm not sure if you guys have been at Oakland Coliseum at all or in the last few years.

You know, of course, there's games left after that.

You know, Oakland, I mean, they play the A's, then they go on the road to Boston and KC.

But, you know, I think You know, you're doing yourself a disservice if you only win in one game.

You really put yourself in a hole.