By Taylor Romine and Chimaine Pouteau, CNN (CNN) — Oakland’s airport has changed its name from “Metropolitan Oakland International” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” after a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Port Commissioners on Thursday – despite a trademark lawsuit from neighboring San Francisco. “With the new name, the Port aims
By Taylor Romine and Chimaine Pouteau, CNN (CNN) — Oakland’s airport has changed its name from “Metropolitan Oakland International” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” after a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Port Commissioners on Thursday – despite a trademark lawsuit from neighboring San Francisco. “With the new name, the Port aims
By Taylor Romine and Chimaine Pouteau, CNN (CNN) — Oakland’s airport has changed its name from “Metropolitan Oakland International” to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” after a unanimous vote by the city’s Board of Port Commissioners on Thursday – despite a trademark lawsuit from neighboring San Francisco. “With the new name, the Port aims
The race gets going at 8 a.m. on Sunday, but beware -- there are several street closures starting Saturday night that stretch across the city. Here's what you need to know:
The collective blood pressure in West Berkeley may have lowered significantly in recent days as a new roundabout just opened at one of the most dreaded intersections in the Bay Area. Caltrans announced last week that the Gilman Street interchange, which has made drivers fear for their lives for decades, opened two sections of its multi-year infrastructure project to the public on May 11. These include a bike and pedestrian overpass that travels above Interstate 80 near Gilman Street and a...
Auroras, also known as northern lights or the aurora borealis, were visible throughout the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday night and early Saturday morning and were reported as far south as San Diego. The rare occurrence was due to a phenomenon known as a solar storm. Graded as a Level 4 storm (out of 5), it marked the first severe geomagnetic storm that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has tracked in nearly 20 years.Starting around 11 p.m. on Friday night, incredible...
Pres. Biden and first lady Jill Biden are in San Francisco for a quick Bay
Some people arrive in the Bay Area by car or plane. Others, like Whatsapp co-founder Jan Koum, make larger waves. The Ukraine-born billionaire’s superyacht was spotted in the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday, with its presence confirmed by ship-tracking website MarineTraffic.org. It’s a monstrous ride: Named “Mogambo,” the custom-built ship is more than 240 feet long and sold to Koum for $75 million in 2012, Luxury Launches reported. A 2022 article said the yacht holds 17 crew members after...
It’s official: Oakland, California’s airport has changed its name. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners, which oversees Oakland International Airport (OAK), voted unanimously Thursday to change the airport’s name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport in an effort to better reflect the airport’s location as part of an effort to attract more passengers and …
Evidently, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim aren't the only organization with big-city envy. The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted Thursday to change the name of the airport to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport" in an attempt to bring more recognition to the airport. Despite opposition from some locals and San Francisco officials, the commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the new moniker, replacing the more precise "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport." The...
The decision to rename the airport was based on the airport’s location on San Francisco Bay and its proximity to numerous notable locations, such as Wine Country, several colleges and universities, and the cities of San Francisco and Berkeley.
What would you say if I told you that the hottest restaurant in San Francisco right now is an unmarked ramen counter that doesn’t have a phone number, doesn’t let you pick your courses and charges right around $200 a head? You’d probably be surprised — didn’t the pandemic kill off this sort of dining trend? — and then a touch resigned. Of course San Francisco still has this kind of restaurant. Of course yuppies all across this city would sell all of their Dogecoin to get a reservation. As long...