The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
It was the one thing on which every major player could agree.
Category: Oakland (Calif)
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Too Short’s Long (and Very Raunchy) Life in Rap
The New York Times – Music:
The West Coast rapper is an unsung pioneer of some of the genre’s most central elements.
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Glow of Baseball’s All-Star Game Can’t Obscure Athletics’ Departure
The New York Times – Sports:
Major League Baseball’s midsummer celebration comes on the heels of an announced agreement to build a stadium for the Athletics that would relocate the franchise to Las Vegas from Oakland.
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Forests, Band from Singapore, Played On After U.S. Robbery
The New York Times – Music:
Forests, a band from Singapore, ended its tour in New York in high spirits, two weeks after being robbed in California.
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Vida Blue, Pitching Sensation for Champion A’s Teams, Dies at 73
The New York Times – Sports:
In his rookie season in 1971, he was an unstoppable fastball pitcher. Then he had a fight with the owner of the Athletics that left him embittered.
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Oakland A’s Reach Deal on Las Vegas Stadium
The New York Times – Sports:
After years of tense negotiations, the A’s said Wednesday that they had reached a deal to acquire a stadium site near the Las Vegas Strip.
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The Return of Midnight Basketball and Its Oakland Community
The New York Times – Sports:
A once-politicized program has made a comeback, and its organizers hope it can give young Black men a place to escape a troubled city.
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A Northern California Loft Gets a Sophisticated Update
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The loft, in a former ironworks in Oakland, had a heavy-handed industrial vibe. She gave it a ‘spalike’ makeover that recalls the hotels of Sonoma County.