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San Francisco is suing Oakland over plan to add 'San Francisco' to its airport's name
San Francisco on Thursday sued Oakland after officials there voted in favor of changing the name of the city’s airport to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, saying the change will cause confusion and is already affecting its airport financially.
Last week, the Board of Commissioners for the Port of Oakland voted unanimously to move forward with the name-change and scheduled a second vote for final approval on May 9. The airport is currently called Oakland International Airport.
“We had hoped Oakland would come to its senses, but their refusal to collaborate on an acceptable alternative name leaves us no choice but to file a lawsuit to protect SFO’s trademark,” San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu said in a statement.
San Francisco is asking the court to prevent Oakland airport from moving forward with its name-change and rule that the new name violates San Francisco International Airport’s trademark.
“The renaming plan appears intentionally designed to divert travelers who may be unfamiliar with Bay Area geography and lead them to believe OAK has a business relationship with SFO, which it does not,” Chiu said, adding that the renaming would be particularly confusing for international travelers who don’t speak or read English.
Oakland airport officials said they plan to implement the name-change and defend their right to do so in court.
“OAK’s proposed renaming does not infringe upon SFO’s mark,” the Port of Oakland said in a statement. “We will vigorously defend our right to claim our spot on the San Francisco Bay.”
SAN FRANCISCO – Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is off to an unsavory start with an unproved attack against two elderly Asian men in San Francisco Wednesday morning.
Two Filipino men, one aged 59 and another 78, were assaulted in an attack deemed unprovoked around 10:20 a.m. in the Union Square Area, according to authorities.
The incident occurred on Post and Kearny Streets.
San Francisco police said the victims claimed an unknown man got out of a vehicle, assaulted the two men, got back into the car and then fled the scene.
SFPD responded to the scene. Authorities say they have not ruled out hate being a motive for the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the San Francisco Police Department at (415) 575-4444 or text a tip to TIP411 starting the message with SFPD. Anonymous reporting is available.
Brandon Boyd of Incubus performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre on August 26, 2022 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
Tickets for dozens of concerts and stand-up comedy shows around the Bay Area will be available for as little $25 later this month.
The relatively cheap price will get fans in to see acts like Meghan Trainor and Avril Lavigne at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, Missy Elliott at the Oakland Arena, Weezer at San Francisco’s Chase Center and many more.
The deals are part of Live Nation’s annual Concert Week promotion. The events will be held this summer and into the fall, but the cheap tickets will be on sale from May 8-14.
But there are ways to get early access. T-Mobile customers are eligible to start making purchases on May 7. Rakuten members also get access one day before the general public.
For more information, visit Live Nation’s Concert Week web page.
The participating venues include Concord’s Toyota Pavilion, Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre, the Oakland Arena and Paramount Theatre in Oakland, the Bill Graham Civi Auditorium, Chase Center, Cobb’s Comedy Club, the Fillmore, the Masonic and the Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco, San Jose’s SAP Center and San Jose Civic as well as the Luther Burbank Center in Santa Rosa.
For a complete list of the Bay Area events that are part of Concert Week, see below.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco police are investigating a fatal shooting that took place earlier this week in the city’s Bayview District.
At 9:33 p.m. Monday, officers were alerted to a reported shooting in the area of Third Street and Quesada Avenue. Upon arrival, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.
The victim was given CPR by officers, while paramedics provided first aid, but the man eventually died after he was transported to a hospital, police said.
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