Borenstein: In A’s Coliseum negotiations, Oakland mayor has taken her eye off the ball
Sheng Thao insists on the team name and a future expansion club. It’s not going to happen. It’s the wrong play.
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Borenstein: Alameda County demands A’s make $45 million payment for leaving Oakland
It should have happened eight months ago, when the team first announced its departure. But late is better than never.
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Borenstein: The Oakland A’s haven’t announced they’re leaving, county officials bizarrely claim
The bizarre determination allows the team to postpone paying $45 million for a half-interest in the Coliseum.
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Borenstein: Why Newsom’s Bay Area transit bailout will likely fail
Governor and legislators missed a chance to curb wasteful spending and reform a confusing web of 27 transit agencies
Borenstein: Titan implosion provides tragic lesson in ‘buyer beware’ — even for billionaires
The five deaths, which experts had feared and warned about, raise questions not just about risk but about informed risk
Borenstein: MLB’s abusive gaslighting of A’s fans, Oakland officials
Thanks to Commissioner Rob Manfred and team billionaire owner John Fisher, this is turning into an ugly divorce.
Borenstein: Oakland should seize the A’s stake in the Coliseum through eminent domain
As billionaire owner moves the team to Las Vegas, he still controls a key interest in the East Bay sports complex.
Borenstein: Rejoice, the Oakland A’s ballpark scam is over
Billionaire owner only wanted to keep the team here if he could make a killing on a ginormous real estate venture.
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Borenstein: California's population boom is over, plan accordingly
It's time to rethink building a new BART tube, preserving underutilized schools or sinking billions into high-speed rail.
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Borenstein: Seeno v. Seeno becoming building empire’s ‘War of the Roses’
With largest Bay Area housing project on the line, family legal feud revelations should concern Concord council.