It settled on a location north of Oakland along the foot of the Contra Costa Range ( later called the Berkeley Hills ) astride Strawberry Creek, at an elevation about above the bay, commanding a fantastic view of the Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean through the Golden Gate.

The name also vaguely suggested the name of the old minor league Oakland Oaks, which were alternatively called the " Acorns.

From 1904 to 1929, the Realty Syndicate also operated a major amusement park in north Oakland called Idora Park.

Russell Clifford Durant ( called " Cliff " by his friends ) was a race car driver, speedboat enthusiast, amateur flier, President of Durant Motors in Oakland, and son of General Motors founder William " Billy " Crapo Durant.

Durant Field was often called Oakland Airport, though the current Oakland International Airport was soon established four miles ( 6 km ) southwest.

Between 1950 and 1960, about 100, 000 white property owners moved out of Oakland — part of a nationwide phenomenon called white flight.

Developers turned southern Oakland County into a suburb of Detroit in the 1890s, when a Cincinnati firm platted a section of Royal Oak called " Urbanrest.

There is also a Roman Catholic school, called Our Lady of Grace ( K-8 ), which is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland.

The city has also built a new park, called " 8-Acre Park ", and auditorium in the Oakland area, on the northern side of the city.

* 20px M-59, commonly called Hall Road one the expressway ends-which is the east-west connector from just north of Mount Clemens, through Utica as a surface road, and then becomes a limited access freeway to Pontiac, Michigan, being the main northern connector between Macomb County and Oakland County.

As the years passed, the farms along Newton Creek were divided into lots and the development called " Oakland the Beautiful.

In the mid-80s while rapping in small venues and after a record deal went sour, Hammer borrowed US $ 20, 000 each from former Oakland A's players Mike Davis and Dwayne Murphy to start a record label business called Bust It Productions.

That year, he moved to Oakland, California, and built a home for himself he called " The Hights ".

* December 23-In the first Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game in 25 years ( and the franchises first playoff win ), rookie Franco Harris salvages and converts into a touchdown a final seconds Terry Bradshaw incomplete pass in what has been called the greatest play in NFL history -- The Immaculate Reception -- to beat the Oakland Raiders 13-7.

Blinko authored a semi-autobiographical novel called The Primal Screamer, which has most recently been repressed by PM Press from Oakland, California.

At 2: 00 p. m. on October 20, 1969, someone claiming to be the Zodiac called Oakland PD demanding that one of two prominent lawyers, F. Lee Bailey or Melvin Belli, appear on Jim Dunbar's television talk show in the morning.

The inaugural league was called the GOPPPL ( Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin Prognosticators League ), and the first draft took place in the rumpus room of Winkenbach's home in Oakland, CA in August 1963.

Passaic County called for a divided highway was called for to bypass Skyline Drive, and in 1967 the New Jersey Department of Transportation proposed a Route 208 freeway through the Ramapo Mountains that would run from Oakland to the New York border in Greenwood Lake, where it would connect to a proposed NY 208 freeway ( called the Orange Expressway ) that would continue north to Interstate 84 in Maybrook, New York.

Clark based the original Porky's on actual occurrences at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport, Florida and Fort Lauderdale High School in the early 1960s, and on a joint called Porky's in Oakland Park, Florida.

The fire has also been called the Oakland hills firestorm, the East Bay Hills Fire, and the Tunnel Fire ( because of its origin above the west portal of the Caldecott Tunnel ) in Oakland.

The 1976 season brought Reggie Jackson and Ken Holtzman from a trade with Oakland, but the Orioles only won 88 games.

In 2006, the Twins won the division on the last day of the regular season ( the only day all season they held sole possession of first place ) but lost to the Oakland Athletics in the ALDS.

The innovative uniforms only increased after the team's move to Oakland, which also came at the time of the introduction of polyester pullover uniforms.

Previously, the bay waters and harbor facilities only allowed for ships with a draft of, but dredging activities undertaken by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in partnership with the Port of Oakland succeeded in providing access for vessels with a draft.

They would go on to win the AFC West, ( their 4th straight division title, only Oakland with five straight 1972 – 1976 is better ), along the way blowing out the Denver Broncos with a convincing 32 – 3 victory at Denver and defeating every NFC East team.

With the Oakland Raiders wearing their white jerseys at home for the first time ever in a game against the San Diego Chargers on September 28, 2008, the Seahawks have become the only NFL team to have never worn their white jerseys at home.

Raiders returner Rodger Bird gave them great field position with a 12-yard return to Green Bay's 40-yard line, but Oakland could only gain 1 yard with their next 3 plays and came up empty when George Blanda's 47-yard field goal attempt fell short of the goal posts.

The Chiefs managed to finish in second place behind the Oakland Raiders in the AFL's Western Division, but only after suffering a tough 10-6 loss to Oakland in the final game of the regular season.

Meanwhile, the Steelers only gave up a combined total of 20 points in their playoff victories over the Baltimore Colts, 28 – 10, and the Oakland Raiders, 16 – 10.

Oakland has of shoreline, but Radio Beach is the only beach in Oakland.

Oakland is situated only miles from the source of the Potomac River, which flows directly into the Chesapeake Bay.

In the third inning of that seventh game, which ended in a 5 – 2 score, the A's jumped out to a 4 – 0 lead as both Bert Campaneris and Jackson hit two-run home runs off Jon Matlack — the only two home runs Oakland hit the entire Series.

Against the Oakland Athletics on August 22, Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson to become the only pitcher to record 5, 000 career strikeouts.

On August 6, 1992, Ryan had the first and only ejection of his career when he was ejected after engaging in a shouting match with Oakland Athletics outfielder Willie Wilson with 2 outs in the 9th inning.

As a result of Pontiac's rising sales, versus Oakland's declining sales, Pontiac became the only companion marque to survive its parent, with Oakland ceasing production in 1932.

Pitching against the Oakland Athletics, he allowed no walks and only two hits, the first of which came with two outs in the seventh inning when Jason Giambi fought off an 0-2 count and singled.

This was the fourth highest percentage in the United States for this category, the highest for a community outside of Oakland County, Michigan and the only one of the top seven places in this category that was not one of Detroit's northern suburbs.

364 ( Oakland Road and Berlin Street ) was dedicated as the Officer Timothy Foley Memorial Highway on Sept. 11, 2009 in honor of the first ( and to date the only ) Southington police officer killed in the line of duty.

Oakland City is home of Oakland City University, the only General Baptist affiliate University, with a global campus providing over 40 degrees from Associate, Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate studies and Oakland City University School of Adult and Extended Learning with programs that specialize on busy adult students.

The city has the second largest proportion of Native American residents in Oakland County, only topped by Keego Harbor.

Lake Angelus, MI covers only as part of Oakland County.