News about {Oakland Airport}

Oakland Airport Connector funds still on track, but with tall hurdle and short time-table

01/28/10 The most recent hurdle for the contested $492 million Oakland Airport Connector (OAC ) was addressed at a Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) meeting Wednesday morning.  The decision before the commission was whether the $70 million (from federal ARRA stimulus funding) will still be used to help fund the OAC or if it will be div

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Stimulus money pouring into Bay Area

01/03/10 More than $1 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is flowing freely into the Bay Area, flooding university research coffers and boosting transportation projects such as the long-awaited Caldecott Tunnel expansion and the BART-Oakland Airport people mover.

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Department of Fish and Game investigates killing of about 60 birds off Oyster Bay

12/30/09 Bird abatement activities at Oakland Airport called "unusual"

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Man Who Made NY Bomb Threat Was Bay Area Bound

08/01/09 The man who was arrested Saturday for carrying and pretending to detonate a fake bomb in New York's busy LaGuardia Airport, forcing an evacuation and snarling flight schedules across the U.S., was carrying a valid ticket to Oakland Airport, authorities said Saturday.

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