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A night view of Oakland's downtown skyline and Lakeside Apartments District as seen from East 18th Street Pier. After his 1999 inauguration, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown continued his predecessor Elihu Harris' public policy of supporting downtown housing development in the area defined as the Central Business District in Oakland's 1998 General ...
In the 1850s, what became the first campus of the University of California was founded in Oakland, and Oakland was selected as the western terminal of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. [21] The following year, Oakland's Lake Merritt became the United States' first officially designated wildlife refuge, now a National Historic Landmark.
1907 – California School of Arts and Crafts founded. [6] 1909 Samuel Merritt College founded. Moore & Scott Iron Works in business. 1910 Oakland Public Museum and YMCA open. Population: 150,174. 1912 – Oakland School Women's Club [9] and Children's Hospital founded. 1913 – Oakland Yacht Club established. [6] 1914 Oakland Technical High ...
The city of Oakland, California, was founded in 1852, ... Only 29 years old, Oakland's first mayor was also the youngest ever elected. ... based on real estate ...
By RYAN GORMAN A massive earthquake that struck the Bay Area on October 17, 1989 forever changed the region, and potentially altered the course of baseball history. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta ...
Three orphaned mountain lion cubs are in the care of the Oakland Zoo's veterinary hospital after rescuers found the wild animals alone several weeks after the death of the cubs' mother. The baby ...
The Oakland Athletics had an overall win–loss record of 4,614–4,387–1 (.513) during their 56 years in Oakland. Seventeen former Oakland Athletics players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame with Dennis Eckersley , Rollie Fingers , Rickey Henderson , and Dick Williams depicted with an Oakland Athletics cap.
Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old when he was abducted from a park in West Oakland where he had been playing with his older brother in 1951. Now, more than 70 years later, Albino has been found.