Howard Terminal

An Alameda County Superior Court judge rejected legal challenges Thursday to the Oakland A’s quest for a new stadium that had argued that the proposed ballpark at Howard Terminal would cause serious environmental harm to the surrounding port area.

Truckers, longshore workers and others opposed to a billion-dollar Oakland A’s ballpark planned at the Charles P. Howard Terminal in Oakland have filed a lawsuit against a little-known Bay Area commission over its decision to allow the A’s to build at the terminal pending other regulatory approvals.

After 11 hours of debate, it was decided that voters will not get a say in the Oakland Athletics’ plans for a new stadium at the Howard Terminal – at least not right now.

After 11 hours of debate, a 5-1 vote decided the Oakland A’s ballpark proposed measure won’t be on the November ballot. Bob Redell has the details.

The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission voted 23-2 Thursday to reclassify Howard Terminal at the Port of Oakland as a mixed-use area where Oakland A’s ballpark could be built. Raj Mathai speaks with the team’s president Dave Kaval on this.

A Bay Area agency on Thursday cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ballpark project. Velena Jones reports

A California agency on Thursday cleared the way for the Oakland Athletics to continue planning a $12 billion waterfront ballpark project.

Proponents and opponents of the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal ballpark plan had their voices heard Thursday during a meeting of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission. Bob Redell reports.

A key Bay Area commission may reverse a setback dealt to the Oakland A’s plans to build a new waterfront ballpark.