The Merc’s Tracy Seipel profiled the owners of the Bay Area’s two MLB franchises, noting their differing personalities and careers. For the sake of brevity, I’ll get down to nitty gritty: Asked to characterize his negotiating style, he said, “I believe the best outcome is when everybody wins a little bit of something.” But some [...]

Over at the SJ/SV Business Journal, Katherine Conrad reports that flawed traffic projections in the original 2006 environmental impact report will force a revisiting of that subject. Key to this is traffic on the stretch of 280 between 10th/11th streets and Guadalupe Pkwy (CA-87), an area that frequently sees congestion on Sharks game nights. Dennis [...]

The barn door is officially open. Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB X3 81 today, allowing Ed Roski’s stadium project to sidestep environmental laws by negating a citizen-initiated legal challenge. While the process is often tedious and wasteful, the idea of legislating a legal maneuver for a single, entirely local project doesn’t sit well with me. It’s [...]

Reader Mike Headley (a.k.a. LoneStranger) was one of the privileged 6,341 to see the inaugural home game for the UFL’s California Redwoods franchise at AT&T Park. Below are his observations of the experience and my feedback (in italics). Enjoy. Hey ML, I went to the California Redwoods vs NY Sentinels UFL game at AT&T Park [...]

The California High Speed Rail Authority has been workshopping route details all over the state. Especially sensitive are the Atherton/Menlo Park/Palo Alto areas and the area immediately to the south of Diridon Station, where numerous alternatives exist. In the picture below, you’ll see a mix of working class residential and industrial buildings near the station. [...]

The move to CSN California may be good for the A’s long-term financial security, but they sure have taken a major hit on TV to do it according to Sports Business Journal. Having moved from CSN Bay Area to the sister network, the A’s posted a paltry 0.82 rating locally for the season, a drop [...]

In its quest to attract additional sports franchises to town, San Jose leaders revealed that they are pursuing a NBA team, probably the Sacramento Kings. They’re far enough along to admit that they may soon have a MOU (memorandum of understanding) to guide future machinations, just as they’ve done regarding the A’s. As we all [...]

Over at the East Bay Express, Robert Gammon reports that former Oakland City Administrator Robert Bobb will not seek the Oakland mayoral job, as he’s looking to extend his gig as the emergency financial manager for the troubled Detroit Public Schools system. However, Bobb may not be as clearly off limits as he appears to [...]

While the Yanks and visitors have set a team record for home runs hit in the Bronx, they have cooled off from their record-setting pace earlier in the season. As of this morning, New Yankee Stadium finished the season with 237 HR (2.93 HR/game). That’s far from the 303 HR hit at Coors Field in [...]