The Bay also continues to serve as a major international shipping port, served by a large container facility operated by the Port of Oakland, and two smaller facilities in Richmond and San Francisco.

The Simpson Timber Company mill on Puget Sound's Oakland Bay continues to dominate the landscape of the downtown area.

A remnant of the California Zephyr continues to operate Chicago to Ogden, Utah on the CB & Q and D & RGW on a tri-weekly schedule, with a cross platform transfer in Ogden to the City of San Francisco for passengers to Oakland.

The route currently begins at Interstate 580 near Mills College in East Oakland and continues north as the Warren Freeway, named after former Alameda County District Attorney, California Governor and U. S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren.

At the north end of Hayward it changes its name to East 14th Street, which continues as a major thoroughfare going through San Leandro and Oakland.

The route passes several small lakes and continues east into Oakland County.

East Oakland continues to have high unemployment and dropout rates, and its most poverty-stricken neighborhoods continue on a cycle of despair and apathy.

Today, mainstream hip-hop continues to lyrically and musically incorporate much of what was pioneered in East Oakland.

It was awarded the “ Best of the Bay ” by the SF Guardian multiple times and continues every first Thursday of the month in Oakland, CA.

After relocating back to Oakland, the team sued the NFL for interfering with their negotiations to build a new stadium at Hollywood Park prior to the move.

* Moneyball, the 2011 film about Billy Beane's use of sabermetrics to build the Oakland Athletics.

* February 20 – California gets the go-ahead by the U. S. Congress to build the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge.

The Oakland Athletics have long sought a site to build a new baseball stadium.

In 1907, Henry Ford purchased just north of Manchester Street between Woodward Avenue and Oakland Street to build an automobile plant.

From 1933 to 1936, Bechtel helped build the 4. 5 mile ( 7 km ) long San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge.

Route 208 passing through Hawthorne, New Jersey. Meanwhile, plans still existed to build Route 208 past Oakland to the New York border.

The Port of Oakland is the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships.

Thomas Cummings, S. J., the school began soliciting funds for the " Triple E " program ( standing for " Education, Endowment, and Expansion "), which helped to remodel the interior of the school, build the endowment and erect an upper field, faculty parking lot and the current football stadium on the Oakland Avenue side of the school.

The original Western Pacific Railroad was established in 1865 to build the western-most portion of the Transcontinental Railroad between San Jose, California ( later Oakland, California ), and Sacramento, California.

Henry was briefly portrayed by Arliss Howard in the 2011 film Moneyball which follows Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane and his quest to build a winning team in 2002.

Rendering of proposed new eastern span for San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, designed for more than mere functionality and becoming quite costly to build

The Detroit Area Council, later becoming the Great Lakes Council for the Boy Scouts of America which serves the Detroit metropolitan area and covers all of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties chose to build its headquarters in Woodbridge.

Even though the island is just minutes off Interstate 880 in Oakland, the speed limit for the city is 25 mph ( 40 km / h ) on almost every road.

Alameda is home to the official offices and training facility of the Oakland Raiders American football team, which is located on Bay Farm Island.

Barney died on August 12, 1997, and in his honor that night's game at Camden Yards against the Oakland Athletics was held without a public – address announcer.

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.

Reed Johnson and Jim Edmonds were added early on and Rich Harden was acquired from the Oakland Athletics in early July.

The structure was re-striped to accommodate six lanes on October 18, 1989 in response to the temporary closing of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge due to the Loma Prieta earthquake, and the permanent widening of the approaches was completed by July 2003.

The team went back to wearing this uniform at home on Thanksgiving Day in 2009 while their opponent was the Oakland Raiders who wore their AFL Legacy Weekend throwbacks.

After the 23 July show at the Days on the Green festival at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California, Bonham and members of the band's support staff were arrested after a member of promoter Bill Graham's staff had been badly beaten during the band's performance.

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 Vikings played in Super Bowl XI, their third Super Bowl ( 4th overall ) in 4 years, against the Oakland Raiders at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 9, 1977.

From 1972 through 1980, the team nickname was officially " Oakland A's ," although, during that time, the Commissioner's Trophy, given out annually to the winner of baseball's World Series, still listed the team's name as the " Oakland Athletics " on the gold-plated pennant representing the Oakland franchise.

Several neighborhoods on the edges of the city are less urban, featuring tree-lined streets, yards and garages giving a more characteristic suburban feel, while other aforementioned neighborhoods, such as Oakland, the South Side, the North Side, and the Golden Triangle are characterized by a more diverse, urban feel.

Clemens most explosive postseason failure came in the second inning of the final game of the 1990 ALCS against the Oakland Athletics, when he was ejected for arguing balls and strikes with umpire Terry Cooney, putting a dismal stamp on an A's sweep.

The terminus was switched to the Oakland Long Wharf two months later on November 8, 1869.

The Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Interstate 580 which connects Marin and Contra Costa counties, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge on Interstate 80 which connects Alameda and San Francisco counties, the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge on Highway 92 which connects Alameda and San Mateo counties and the Dumbarton Bridge on Highway 84 which connects Alameda and San Mateo counties.

It was a game-winning play executed by the Oakland Raiders against the Chargers on September 10, in San Diego at Jack Murphy Stadium.

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.

The loss to Oakland ended their 13 game winning streak against the Raiders since their last loss on September 28, 2003.

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.