Lew Wolff’s concept of a ballpark village is about to look less innovative as housing giant Lennar and the city of Anaheim are about to embark on a massive mixed development project immediately to the west of Angel Stadium. According to a fresh-off-the-wire press release, the development will encompass 54.1 acres with up to 3,813 [...]

Among other election-related items, respondents to a recent poll commissioned by the Merc were asked how they felt about the city spending public money to bring MLB to San Jose. The results were negative in a landslide: 53.6% were against the idea, while 32.1% were for it. The San Jose effort has been marred by [...]

Chris De Benedetti of the Fremont Argus wrote about the A’s Baseball to Fremont website and the effort behind it. There’s a comment from Cindy Bonior, head of the Fremont Chamber of Commerce: “It’s been a slow process because the city warned us the A’s are obligated to work with (Oakland),” Bonior said. “We’re looking [...]

Two nights ago I hung out around the perimeter of AT&T Park. While I was disappointed in the numerous empty seats, the noise promised to be especially heavy for Barry Bonds as he attempted to tie the Babe. When Juan Pierre robbed Bonds on his shot to deep center, the circumstances were perfect. More on [...]

The Trib’s Dave Newhouse presents the City of Oakland with a challenge in today’s column: Show us the site. And by “us” he doesn’t just mean the A’s or the media – he means all of A’s fandom. Unlike his colleague Art Spander, Newhouse finds Wolff relatively trustworthy: Lew Wolff’s at the plate, and he [...]

The A’s Baseball to Fremont website is up, folks! There isn’t much there yet, but there are links to a survey and a bulletin board. As more information becomes available about transportation options and the plan itself, the site will be the place to go for information. Also, please take a look at the site’s [...]

Dave Newhouse’s new column in the Oakland Tribune profiles the three mayoral candidates with respect to their stance on the A’s. Newhouse stays away from giving an endorsement here, and I don’t blame him. While all three express their interest in keeping the A’s, none of them given any details as to how it would [...]

Extending the comment period for San Jose’s Ballpark Draft EIR to last Thursday fairly allowed for a much greater amount of time for neighborhood residents and interests to properly review the document. Again, the traffic and parking estimates were roundly assailed as unrealistic or incomplete given the nature of event traffic. If you’re interested in [...]

Yesterday San Francisco made the list of five finalists for the US Olympic Committee’s bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics. The others are Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Notably absent is New York City, winner of the 2012 bid that eventually lost to London. USOC officials are scheduled to visit San Francisco for two [...]

Before I left work today, I went to 511 and took a quick snapshot of the East Bay traffic scene. The typical choke points were heavy as usual, except for greater traffic near the Coliseum due to tonight’s game (click the pic for a larger version).SFGate A’s blogger Vlae Kershner picked up on the snake-mongoose [...]