Oakland

fan of the Oakland Raiders since I was born. The city of Oakland has a rich history. It is the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and the home of many influential artists, such as Tupac, MC Hammer, and Too Short. The Raiders shouldn’t leave this city because of the culture that has spawned from here, a culture that the they are a part of. The Raiders staying in Oakland will be profitable to the ownership as well as beneficial to the team on the field and for fans. Staying in Oakland will be the

Staying in Oakland will be the best solution financially. Oakland has a booming economy that continues to grow at a rapid pace. Many new companies setting up headquarters in Oakland, such as Uber, are making the prices of living in Oakland rise higher and higher because many rich tech people are moving in rapidly. As a result, Oakland is becoming a much nicer place than it once was. By staying put, the Raiders would benefit from more expensive tickets due to Oakland becoming a wealthy city. Also

2 Na (Lona) Zhai - EMBA 2016 1.What is the Oakland Athletics’ overall strategy for evaluating talent (after Beane takes over)? How does it differ from other teams? Does it give Oakland a competitive advantage? Explain. Oakland Athletics’ strategy is using sabermetrics, the sophisticated statistical methodologies, for evaluating players. The Oakland found the undervalued players and hired them with low budget to compete with big-budget teams. Oakland focused “on-base percentage” rather than “batting

consequently it goes hand in hand with pride for local sports teams. In the city of Oakland there have traditionally been the Oakland Raiders (an NFL team), the Golden State Warriors (and NBA team whose city ties are ambiguous), and the Oakland Athletics. Recently two of these teams have committed to leaving the city of Oakland for supposedly greener pastures in Las Vegas and across the bay in San Francisco. Oakland sports fans are known as being some of the most committed fans in the country; correspondingly

The city of Oakland, California lies at the center of the Pacific Coast between Canada and Mexico. Oakland is on the east side of San Francisco Bay, 19 miles of coastline to the west and flatland/hills to the east. The community surrounding Oakland occupies a total area of 78.0 square miles, land of 55.8 square miles and water of 22.2 square miles (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). According to the city data, cities adjacent to Oakland include Berkeley (north); San Leandro (south); Alameda across the estuary;

Entrepreneur Franklin Nicola dreamt of Oakland as a center for culture, art, and education. Franklin’s dream for Oakland was drastically different from the smog-filled Downtown and was an ambitious goal. However, with the help of other Pittsburgh notables: Andrew W. Mellon, Henry Frick, Andrew Carnegie, George Westinghouse and H. J. Heinz, Nicola formed the Bellefield Company, which constructed numerous iconic Oakland landmarks. Such ventures included: the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, the campuses

2010 census, it was estimated Alameda would add a little over 100,000 residents by August of 2014. With the increased population the cost of living has also increased, especially housing costs. From January 2014 to January 2015, the average rent in Oakland increased by approximately 20 percent in a city struggling to deal with housing demands (Zillow, 2015). The core cause of this problem stems from the issues of gentrification. The merriam-webster dictionary defines gentrification as “the process

Cincinnati, and one plant in Oakland that we contract out to ship up to 500,000 of the locomotive cleaning fluid. The Cincinnati plant charges $1.30 per gallon to produce, and the Oakland plant charges 1.65 per gallon to produce. The president of Solution Plus, Charlie Weaver, contacted several trucking companies and was given guaranteed rates for one year, for shipping costs. In order to figure out the price per gallon, we must create a transportation problem. Cincinnati and Oakland are the production facilities

for middle school readers is that 1- It encourages further inquiry( historical) and 2-The situations and characters are relatable (Y/A novel). The story is set in 1968 in Oakland, California three young girls Delphine, Vonetta, and Fern who leave their father in Brooklyn to go Oakland to meet their mother who abandoned them. Oakland at this time is a boiling pot with political and racial turmoil, with the Black Panthers at the head of a movement fighting for civil rights. In a historical context many

Throughout my years living in Oakland I have seen violence and distress within my community. What most people hear about Oakland is never really anything positive; it’s mostly always negative. Oakland is known to have a history of gang violence, drug abuse, high school dropouts, teenage pregnancies, and social injustice. Within my research I find myself asking this question, ‘Why is there so much violence in Oakland? And what is the major contributor of this hardship that my community faces? Throughout