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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oakland has a tentative deal to sell its share of the Coliseum site to a private developer that aims to create economic equity for the Black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.aasegoakland.com/\">African American Sports & Entertainment Group\u003c/a> will tentatively purchase Oakland’s 50% ownership share of the Coliseum for $105 million, Mayor Sheng Thao’s office announced Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This agreement puts us on a path towards a more equitable and resilient Oakland,” Thao said, in a statement. “We are determined to ensure that this project serves as a catalyst for positive change in historically underinvested areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council still needs to grant approval for the City Administrator to sign a purchase and sale agreement with the entertainment group. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group’s plans include the development of thousands of units of affordable housing and the preservation of Oakland Arena as an entertainment venue, according to the mayor’s office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This project is not just about building structures; it’s about building communities and opportunities for future generations,” said Ray Bobbitt, founder and managing member of the entertainment group, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a time of transition for Oakland and the beloved Coliseum, with the Athletics’ impending departure to Sacramento for the next three baseball seasons ahead of a planned move to Las Vegas and the loss of the Oakland Raiders and Warriors. The deal for the site, which includes the Oakland Arena, also comes as Oakland \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986246/oakland-city-workers-criticize-administration-over-uncollected-business-taxes\">faces a roughly $177 million budget shortfall\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. On the right, the same person with long hair sits for a photo with a child.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Beltrán\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a beautiful city … I respect everyone, from the young people who make donuts — you’ve got to be brave to make donuts, you’ve got to be brave for everything,” Beltrán says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This story includes contributions from El Tímpano’s Hiram Durán, Mayra Sierra, Katherine Nagasawa, Luis Ángel Urbina, Jasmine Aguilera, Mayra Sierra, Vanessa Flores, Ximena Loeza, Maye Primera, Martha Calmo Ramirez and Madeleine Bair.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/reporting/memories-of-the-market/\"> \u003ci>El Tímpano’s original version of the story — in English and Spanish — can be found here.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/\">El Tímpano\u003c/a>, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like swap meets throughout the country, the Coliseum Swap Meet, an open-air market known as La Pulga in East Oakland, is a reflection of the community it serves. Here, all are welcome to taste the flavors of Mexico, enjoy a Michelada under the shade, buy household goods, produce, sweets, croc charms, flowers, hardware, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and more at a discounted price.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children can run around a playground or ride a colorful choo-choo train that snakes around the aisles. Friends can meet for a beer and dance to live bands that perform on weekend evenings. La Pulga certainly provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972354\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show a couple dancing and a child riding in a stroller as bubbles float past.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-03-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972355 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos show people browsing wares in market stalls and a musician singing into a microphone.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For three Saturdays in October, the El Tímpano team set up a booth at La Pulga to engage with the community. We offered instant film portraits for free, and nearly everyone who participated in the portrait session agreed to a recorded interview. Almost 60 patrons and 14 vendors spoke to El Tímpano about how they spend their time and money at La Pulga.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We heard tales of celebration, camaraderie, and some of heartbreak, but mostly, we heard stories of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972356\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos show a person in a cowboy hat, an assortment of jewelry, and two people carrying a large pot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972357\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Three photos showing a large crowd in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-800x337.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1020x430.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-160x67.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-06-KQED-1920x809.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly every day, Samuelin Martinez, 73, can be found walking the grounds of La Pulga. Martinez calls his laps around the market “prayer walks.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972359\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972359 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg\" alt=\"A person with a moustache waves while sitting for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1020x1214.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-800x952.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-160x190.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED-1291x1536.jpg 1291w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-08-KQED.jpg 1681w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuelin Martínez\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Martinez describes it as if he’s talking about a sacred place. He has long been a community activist and is keenly aware of the area’s history — he used to live in High Street Homes, temporary public housing that once stood near where La Pulga stands now. With the help of his cane, Martinez now spends his days slowly walking among hundreds of booths run mostly by Spanish-speaking vendors. He talks to anyone who crosses his path and greets them with a wide, mustachioed smile.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972444\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people wearing cowboy hats, a person with wings tattooed on their back and a band on stage.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-1-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many vendors have found it hard to stay afloat in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inflation has also impacted sales. Many told El Tímpano that the flea market isn’t as large or packed with people as before the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972426\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972426 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-MARIA-VILLA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, a person stands amidst varied wares in a market stall. On the right, several Día de los Muertos statues on display in a market stall.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">María Villa\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>María Villa, 77, an immigrant from Mexico, was a single mother of two. She’s known around La Pulga as “Tía María” and has sold artisan jugs, pots, toys and decorations for 30 years. The sales from her booth helped put her children in college. But, Villa adds, business recently has been slow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972445\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including two people playing music, an array of baseball caps and a pan standing beside a truck.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-2-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blanca Luna, 62, is an immigrant from Guatemala who has also sold at La Pulga for 30 years. Between the flashy lights of LED signs for sale and the noises coming from the small electronic toys she sells, her booth is hard to miss.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972431\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972431 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg\" alt=\"A person in sunglasses standing in front of an array of LED signs.\" width=\"640\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1020x1224.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-800x960.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-160x192.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED-1280x1536.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-45-KQED.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blanca Luna\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Luna says her profits today are not as good as they were when she first opened up shop. On a good weekend, she says, she might take home between $200–$250.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She has noticed that patrons are spending less, and she cannot compete with online sales. On top of that, her booth location will be auctioned in December, and she’s unsure if she can afford to keep it if she is outbid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11972447 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a couple dancing, a clown playing music and a Pancho Villa sticker on a car bumper.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-4-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>La Pulga has also made recent headlines. Two men were arrested in August for allegedly selling $85,000 worth of stolen merchandise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Oct. 21, Omar Oñate Rivas told El Tímpano he was visiting La Pulga for the first time to try to find stolen construction tools that were taken from his friend’s car in San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972358\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972358 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short hair sits for a photo.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1020x1219.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-800x956.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED-1285x1536.jpg 1285w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-07-KQED.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Omar Oñate Rivas\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though Oñate Rivas didn’t find the stolen items that day, he could purchase budget-friendly construction supplies he could use for his job as a day laborer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11972446\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg\" alt=\"Six instant photos including a woman singing, a series of children's train cars and an outdoor space filled with shopping stalls.\" width=\"2500\" height=\"2026\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-800x648.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1020x827.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-160x130.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1536x1245.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-2048x1660.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/La-Pulga-Block-3-1920x1556.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" />\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though El Tímpano’s goal at La Pulga was not to verify whether goods sold at the market were stolen, we observed a cycle of supply and demand that makes clear how challenging it can be to afford to live in the Bay Area. Immigrants might find work as day laborers or in construction, but they often need to buy their tools — equipment that could amount to hundreds of dollars that they may not have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cesar, whom El Tímpano is identifying by first name only because he is underage, has sold used construction tools at La Pulga for nearly a year with three partners. Their hundreds of tools for sale are laid out on the floor in chunky rows that resemble farm fields.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972397\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972397 size-large\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg\" alt=\"A person wears a Whitney Houston sweatshirt while standing beside an array of power tools in an outdoor setting.\" width=\"640\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1020x1220.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-800x957.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-160x191.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED-1284x1536.jpg 1284w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-La-Pulga-HD-46-KQED.jpg 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cesar\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, La Pulga’s ecosystem is a microcosm of life in East Oakland, like a terrarium filled with loud music and the smell of new leather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the only work I’ve been able to invent in order to survive,” says Patricia Beltrán in Spanish. She lost her job during the pandemic and recently separated from her husband. She sells a mish-mash of items, from craft supplies to clothes. At La Pulga, she can bring her children with her so that she doesn’t have to pay for childcare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11972428\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11972428 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240111-LA-PULGA-PATRICIA-BELTRÁN-01.jpg\" alt=\"Two photos: on the left, person with long hair stands beside a market stall. On the right, the same person with long hair sits for a photo with a child.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1130\" />\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patricia Beltrán\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Oakland is a beautiful city … I respect everyone, from the young people who make donuts — you’ve got to be brave to make donuts, you’ve got to be brave for everything,” Beltrán says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>This story includes contributions from El Tímpano’s Hiram Durán, Mayra Sierra, Katherine Nagasawa, Luis Ángel Urbina, Jasmine Aguilera, Mayra Sierra, Vanessa Flores, Ximena Loeza, Maye Primera, Martha Calmo Ramirez and Madeleine Bair.\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.eltimpano.org/reporting/memories-of-the-market/\"> \u003ci>El Tímpano’s original version of the story — in English and Spanish — can be found here.\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Oakland A’s fans swarmed into the Coliseum Tuesday night, many wearing green T-shirts emblazoned with the word “Sell” as part of a last-ditch effort to keep the team in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sell the team!” fans chanted thousands of times during the A’s 2–1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays that gave Oakland a season-best seven-game winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the so-called reverse boycott, which drew the biggest crowd of the season at 27,759, are calling for A’s owner John Fisher to sell the 55-year-old baseball franchise to a buyer committed to keeping the team in Oakland, rather than moving forward with plans to build a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949532/oakland-as-signal-move-to-las-vegas-strip-after-reaching-an-agreement-for-potential-stadium-site\">$1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the proposed move to the desert came one step closer to reality Tuesday afternoon when the Nevada state Senate \u003ca href=\"https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/2023-legislature/as-ballpark-funding-bill-approved-by-nevada-senate-2793296/\">voted in favor of an amended version\u003c/a> of a proposed $380 million public financing package for the new stadium. The measure must now be approved by the state Assembly and the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952972 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man in a lime green shirt that reads \"sell\" points and smiles at the camera while standing in a parking lot.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Wohl at the reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I feel like my heart is being ripped out. It’s the worst feeling in the world, really,” Matthew Wohl, a lifelong A’s fan, said during a tailgate party before the game Tuesday night. “I’ve barely been watching baseball this year, but I know more than likely they’re leaving. Watching them leave is just killing me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Baseball needs to be in Oakland,” he insisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the A’s defy the odds and manage to stay “rooted in Oakland,” as its supporters are demanding, the team would face an already bruised and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947286/devastated-oakland-as-fans-react-to-teams-vegas-move\">devastated fan base\u003c/a> that has united in condemning Fisher and team president Dave Kaval. Both executives, they say, have poorly managed the team and are betraying a city the A’s have called home since moving from Kansas City in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, the owner owns the team, but it’s not theirs, it’s the community’s,” said Jorge Leon, president of A’s fan group the Oakland ’68s, at the Coliseum last week. “The A’s [management] have been alienating the fan base for a while. It’s nothing new. And so, now it’s the last straw — and people are tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland ’68s are known for sitting in the right-field bleachers, spiritedly rooting for their team. Since news of the potential A’s Vegas move, the group has taken to chanting brazen sentiments such as, “Sell the team,” as they beat on drums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952927\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952927\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd of people wearing Oakland A's clothing fill an outdoor parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans of the Oakland A’s gather at the Oakland Coliseum as part of a reverse boycott to protest the ownership of the team. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last few months, the group raised more than $27,000 from fans in Oakland and farther afield, and teamed up with local clothing company Oaklandish to produce the “Sell” T-shirts that go for $5 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adrian Batres, who drove down from Sacramento for Tuesday’s event, was among the thousands donning the green T-shirts. “I’ve had a big love affair with the A’s over the Giants for quite some time. And I felt that it was kind of a personal thing, especially when I consider them my team,” said Batres, who’s been a die-hard fan for four decades. “So even suggesting the fact they’re going to move to Las Vegas is kind of a big deal to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt='Three men stand beside a car with t-shirts that read \"sell\" drinking beer, eating snacks and talking to each other.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrian Batres (right) joins other Oakland A’s fans during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katie Callahan-Cisco said she and her older sister had come both to support the team and as tribute to their father, Dick Callahan, the longtime A’s public address announcer, who died in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so gratifying to see all of these people supporting the team and this reverse boycott,” she said. “The fans really initiated this and then it just really spread like wildfire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before first pitch, the A’s announced they would donate all ticket revenue from the game to the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Oakland Public Education Fund — a total of $811,107.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952928\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952928 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of seven people stand together to take a photo in an outdoor parking lot, all but one wear t-shirts reading "sell" and several wear Oakland A's hats.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleen Callahan (second from the right), Cary Kennerley (left of center) and Katie Callahan-Cisco (center) tailgate in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum with their families. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fight to keep the A’s in Oakland comes just three years after the city lost the Raiders — also to Las Vegas. The year before, the Golden State Warriors jumped ship to a new stadium in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s, who play in the American League West, currently sit at the bottom of their division and, at 19–50, have lost more games this season than any other team in the league. Still, they managed to beat the Rays — who have the best record in baseball — on Monday and Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two young men wearing Oakland A's jerseys look at the camera while standing beside a car a large open parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob and Joseph Palpallatoc join other fans of the Oakland A’s during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum to protest the ownership of the baseball team. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is ridiculous that they’re trying to move to Las Vegas. I think that we need to keep them here in Oakland,” said Annette Burt, 60, who has been an A’s fan since she was 5 years old. “It’s been a family pastime for me forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burt said she understands the chances of the team staying here are slim, but is still holding out hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a done deal,” she said. “I think there’s still enough interest, and it can be a very competitive team and it has been in the past. If we had owners backing us up, it would be very successful. And it would be successful for Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Phoebe Quinton and Matthew Green, and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Oakland A’s fans swarmed into the Coliseum Tuesday night, many wearing green T-shirts emblazoned with the word “Sell” as part of a last-ditch effort to keep the team in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sell the team!” fans chanted thousands of times during the A’s 2–1 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays that gave Oakland a season-best seven-game winning streak.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Organizers of the so-called reverse boycott, which drew the biggest crowd of the season at 27,759, are calling for A’s owner John Fisher to sell the 55-year-old baseball franchise to a buyer committed to keeping the team in Oakland, rather than moving forward with plans to build a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11949532/oakland-as-signal-move-to-las-vegas-strip-after-reaching-an-agreement-for-potential-stadium-site\">$1.5 billion stadium on the Las Vegas Strip\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the proposed move to the desert came one step closer to reality Tuesday afternoon when the Nevada state Senate \u003ca href=\"https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/2023-legislature/as-ballpark-funding-bill-approved-by-nevada-senate-2793296/\">voted in favor of an amended version\u003c/a> of a proposed $380 million public financing package for the new stadium. The measure must now be approved by the state Assembly and the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952972\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952972 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED.jpg\" alt='A man in a lime green shirt that reads \"sell\" points and smiles at the camera while standing in a parking lot.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66248__DSC3948-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matthew Wohl at the reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum on June 13, 2023. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I feel like my heart is being ripped out. It’s the worst feeling in the world, really,” Matthew Wohl, a lifelong A’s fan, said during a tailgate party before the game Tuesday night. “I’ve barely been watching baseball this year, but I know more than likely they’re leaving. Watching them leave is just killing me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Baseball needs to be in Oakland,” he insisted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the A’s defy the odds and manage to stay “rooted in Oakland,” as its supporters are demanding, the team would face an already bruised and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11947286/devastated-oakland-as-fans-react-to-teams-vegas-move\">devastated fan base\u003c/a> that has united in condemning Fisher and team president Dave Kaval. Both executives, they say, have poorly managed the team and are betraying a city the A’s have called home since moving from Kansas City in 1968.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, the owner owns the team, but it’s not theirs, it’s the community’s,” said Jorge Leon, president of A’s fan group the Oakland ’68s, at the Coliseum last week. “The A’s [management] have been alienating the fan base for a while. It’s nothing new. And so, now it’s the last straw — and people are tired of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland ’68s are known for sitting in the right-field bleachers, spiritedly rooting for their team. Since news of the potential A’s Vegas move, the group has taken to chanting brazen sentiments such as, “Sell the team,” as they beat on drums.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952927\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952927\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A large crowd of people wearing Oakland A's clothing fill an outdoor parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66260_DSC03329-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fans of the Oakland A’s gather at the Oakland Coliseum as part of a reverse boycott to protest the ownership of the team. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the last few months, the group raised more than $27,000 from fans in Oakland and farther afield, and teamed up with local clothing company Oaklandish to produce the “Sell” T-shirts that go for $5 a pop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adrian Batres, who drove down from Sacramento for Tuesday’s event, was among the thousands donning the green T-shirts. “I’ve had a big love affair with the A’s over the Giants for quite some time. And I felt that it was kind of a personal thing, especially when I consider them my team,” said Batres, who’s been a die-hard fan for four decades. “So even suggesting the fact they’re going to move to Las Vegas is kind of a big deal to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952915\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952915\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt='Three men stand beside a car with t-shirts that read \"sell\" drinking beer, eating snacks and talking to each other.' width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-02-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrian Batres (right) joins other Oakland A’s fans during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Katie Callahan-Cisco said she and her older sister had come both to support the team and as tribute to their father, Dick Callahan, the longtime A’s public address announcer, who died in 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so gratifying to see all of these people supporting the team and this reverse boycott,” she said. “The fans really initiated this and then it just really spread like wildfire.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just before first pitch, the A’s announced they would donate all ticket revenue from the game to the Alameda County Community Food Bank and Oakland Public Education Fund — a total of $811,107.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952928\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952928 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A group of seven people stand together to take a photo in an outdoor parking lot, all but one wear t-shirts reading "sell" and several wear Oakland A's hats.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS66268__DSC3917-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleen Callahan (second from the right), Cary Kennerley (left of center) and Katie Callahan-Cisco (center) tailgate in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum with their families. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The fight to keep the A’s in Oakland comes just three years after the city lost the Raiders — also to Las Vegas. The year before, the Golden State Warriors jumped ship to a new stadium in San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A’s, who play in the American League West, currently sit at the bottom of their division and, at 19–50, have lost more games this season than any other team in the league. Still, they managed to beat the Rays — who have the best record in baseball — on Monday and Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952916\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11952916 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"Two young men wearing Oakland A's jerseys look at the camera while standing beside a car a large open parking lot.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/20230614-AS-REVERSE-BOYCOTT-03-AC-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob and Joseph Palpallatoc join other fans of the Oakland A’s during a reverse boycott at the Oakland Coliseum to protest the ownership of the baseball team. \u003ccite>(Aryk Copley/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is ridiculous that they’re trying to move to Las Vegas. I think that we need to keep them here in Oakland,” said Annette Burt, 60, who has been an A’s fan since she was 5 years old. “It’s been a family pastime for me forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Burt said she understands the chances of the team staying here are slim, but is still holding out hope.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it’s a done deal,” she said. “I think there’s still enough interest, and it can be a very competitive team and it has been in the past. If we had owners backing us up, it would be very successful. And it would be successful for Oakland.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from KQED’s Phoebe Quinton and Matthew Green, and The Associated Press.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area’s Major League Baseball teams are closing another chapter on Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Giants won around half of their games, finishing third in the National League West. The Oakland Athletics are dead last, though, in the American League — with more than 100 losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the outcome, one constant in the stands remains — keeping fans fed and fired up — even when the stands at the Coliseum look empty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Hal Gordon, hot dog vendor, Oakland Coliseum\"]'I enjoy vending, I enjoy hustling, I enjoy selling stuff. But more than that, I enjoy the look on a kid's face when they have a great time or getting a whole section of baseball fans to start chanting whatever ludicrous thing I can think of.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are nights when anything you yell, the players will be able to hear you loud and clear because there’s nobody else shouting you down,” said Hal Gordon, who in the Coliseum is better known as Hal the Hot Dog Guy, wearing his signature old-school bow tie with a red-and-white-striped shirt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gordon has been vending in ballparks in Chicago, Washington and San Francisco off and on since he graduated from high school in 2005. In 2017, the A’s asked him to create a fan experience: to don a red-and-white-striped shirt and bow tie and carry an old-school steel hot dog steamer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I enjoy vending, I enjoy hustling, I enjoy selling stuff,” he said. “But more than that, I enjoy the look on a kid's face when they have a great time or getting a whole section of baseball fans to start chanting whatever ludicrous thing I can think of.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the ballpark, Hal is working toward earning a doctorate this year, in agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13914585\"]This experience gives Gordon a special take on the A’s season — full of keen insight and the fervor of a fan. He reflected on this with KQED’s Brian Watt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>BRIAN WATT: What have fans been like this season?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>HAL GORDON:\u003c/strong> It has been sometimes surreal, sometimes frustrating, but a lot of the times it's still been a lot of fun. I was looking at the A's attendance, [which] is down by 50% from 2019. It’s not surprising.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Why’s that?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The A's traded away all their best players. They went from competing, [from] winning close to 100 games a year for the last four years, to losing 100 games this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I look pretty hard at your Twitter feed and I can tell that you are trying to see all sides of the A's quest to get a new stadium. How are you seeing this now?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I don't know exactly what's going on. No one tells the hot dog vendor exactly what's going on. As someone who lives in the Bay Area, I think converting what is right now a parking lot for semi-trucks to 3,000 units of housing and a ballpark sounds good if the city can do it in a responsible manner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what it seems to be is that there's also going to be a lot of money required for [this] off-site infrastructure. And the city has been pretty clear to say that they won't use their general fund money for that off-site infrastructure. And I think that's reasonable. If you're the city, you're worried that you might end up getting sucked into something that ends up spending hundreds of millions of dollars in order to get a baseball stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>I have read that you are a vegetarian. So have you ever eaten a hot dog?\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh, I remember what hot dogs taste like. And I think I probably inhale — just from the steam — at least a few hot dogs worth of hot dogs every season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 5/16: \u003c/strong>Oakland City Council leaders have reached out to Major League Baseball to move forward with plans for a new Howard Terminal Ballpark at Oakland’s waterfront.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This comes days after MLB instructed the Oakland A’s to begin to search for a new home elsewhere. Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is pushing to schedule a vote in July on the A’s term sheet outlining financial plans for a new ballpark in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We invited them to join us, in proceeding in a way that would build a win-win strategy, that would allow the A’s to have a successful future in Oakland, in a way that would also benefit the local community,” Kaplan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland City Council seemingly wants to set the record straight — from their perspective — after taking heat from the MLB, who claimed they did not know the council’s position on the waterfront ballpark proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A letter to the MLB from Oakland City Council leadership reads, “From MLB’s statement, there appears to be incorrect information being conveyed. We want to make clear that it is entirely false that the City Council is delaying or refusing to consider the A’s project proposal.“\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The MLB did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The original story follows.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major League Baseball has instructed the Athletics to explore relocation options as the team tries to secure a new waterfront ballpark in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>MLB released a statement Tuesday expressing its longtime determination that the current Coliseum site is “not a viable option for the future vision of baseball.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“MLB is concerned with the rate of progress on the A’s new ballpark effort with local officials and other stakeholders in Oakland,” MLB said. “The A’s have worked very hard to advance a new ballpark in downtown Oakland for the last four years, investing significant resources while facing multiple roadblocks. We know they remain deeply committed to succeeding in Oakland, and with two other sports franchises recently leaving the community, their commitment to Oakland is now more important than ever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Mayor Libby Schaaf's office\"]‘Today’s statement makes clear that the only viable path to keeping the A’s rooted in Oakland is a ballpark on the waterfront.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November 2018, the A’s announced they had found a waterfront location for their new ballpark that would cost more than $1 billion, with picturesque views toward San Francisco, the Bay Bridge and the Port of Oakland. 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Today’s statement makes clear that the only viable path to keeping the A’s rooted in Oakland is a ballpark on the waterfront,” wrote Justin Berton, Schaaf’s spokesperson, in a statement. “We call on our entire community – regional and local partners included — to rally together and support a new, financially viable, fiscally responsible, world-class waterfront neighborhood that enhances our city and region, and keeps the A’s in Oakland where they belong.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11867172\" label=\"The A's Return Amid The Pandemic\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed ballpark site is about 6 miles from the Coliseum and there is no mass transit. The A’s and city have said they plan to build a gondola that would go from the waterfront area of ballpark over Interstate 880 to downtown. Kaval said the gondola is approved and undergoing environmental review.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has mentioned as possible expansion candidates: Charlotte, North Carolina; Las Vegas; Montreal; Nashville, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; and Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to play in Oakland until something changes,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said before a game in Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Athletics have moved twice since the franchise was founded in Philadelphia, arriving in Kansas City for the 1955 season and in Oakland for the 1968 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked if the A’s were considering a jump to Las Vegas or Portland, two locations previously mentioned publicly, Kaval said exactly where they go is a decision up to the MLB.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t exactly have a read on that yet. That’s gonna be something the MLB will determine. They have the best sense of the markets that’d make the most sense for the A’s,” Kaval said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just two MLB teams have moved in the past half-century: The expansion Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers for the 1972 season and the Montreal Expos transformed into the Washington Nationals for the 2005 season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"arts_13839115\" label=\"Putting the A's in Oakland\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Braves also moved twice, switching from Boston to Milwaukee for the 1953 season and to Atlanta for 1966.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was a flurry of switches in the 1950s and ’60s: the St. Louis Browns became the Baltimore Orioles (1954), the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles for 1958, the New York Giants moved to San Francisco for 1958, the original Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins (1961) and the Seattle Pilots became the Milwaukee Brewers (1970).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Manfred says MLB will not consider expansion until the A’s and Tampa Bay Rays get new ballparks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rays owner Stu Sternberg had been working to build a ballpark in Tampa’s Ybor City area but abandoned that plan in December 2018. 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The actor of \u003cem>Forrest Gump\u003c/em> and \u003cem>Big\u003c/em> \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/26/tom-hanks-has-something-to-say-about-raiders-move/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was ready to boycott the league\u003c/a> altogether.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You cannot take the Silver and Black, put them in an air-conditioned dome in the desert, make them play on artificial turf within a stone’s throw of the fountains of Caesar’s Palace, and call them the Raiders,” said the Skyline alum, who is also a fan of the Oakland Athletics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Growing up, Hanks idolized Raiders' legendary quarterback Ken Stabler, and once recalled using pliers to change the channel on his old TV set, searching for the football game.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stabler's \"throw deep!\" became a motto of sorts for Hanks, who referenced it in his acceptance speech at the 2017 People's Choice Awards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25vOG48zJkE?start=101]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. 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