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West Oakland resident Melody Davis stood on the steps of Oakland City Hall to protest the city’s decision to move forward with a plan to build a new waterfront ballpark for the Oakland A’s. (Photo by Nicholas Iovino for Courthouse News)
OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) Under threat of another professional sports team moving to Las Vegas, the Oakland City Council on Tuesday approved a roadmap for building a $1 billion Oakland Athletics ballpark near the Port of Oakland, despite staunch opposition from some residents and labor groups.
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Tech workers swore off the Bay Area. Now they’re coming back
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Tech workers swore off the Bay Area. Now they’re coming backBy Kellen Browning, New York Times
Last Updated: Jul 16, 2021, 10:43 AM IST
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The pandemic was supposed to lead to a great tech diaspora. Freed of their offices and after-work klatches. But dire warnings over the past year that tech was done with the Bay Area because of a high cost of living, homelessness, crowding and crime are looking overheated.
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A growing number of industry workers already trickling back as a healthy local rate of coronavirus vaccinations makes fall return-to-office dates for many companies look likely.