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Raiders Shock Ravens With Late Touchdown For Win

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10 years ago

September 20, 2015

Oakland, CA – It was an amazing performance by Derek Carr who left last weeks game early in the second quarter with a hand injury. In the final minutes of regulation, Carr threw a twelve yard touchdown pass to Seth Roberts and led the Raiders to a 37-33 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

It was a phenomenal win for Oakland, especially after losing their home opener to the Cincinnati Bengals 33-13 last week. Today the Raiders looked like a playoff team. Carr look sharp and performed at a high level. He threw a career-high 351 yards and three touchdowns.

“We had a big jump from week one to week two, we did,” said Carr. “We’re heading the right way and we just got to keep doing it. After last week, it’s probably easy for guys to say man, here we go again but we didn’t because it’s not like that way anymore. It’s a new team.”

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Oakland wasted no time moving the ball effectively on opening drive. Carr found a wide open Amari Cooper for a 68-yard touchdown pass.

TJ Carrie forced Kamar Aiken to fumble his 6-yard pass from Joe Flacco two plays later. Curtis Lofton recovered the fumble, setting up the Raiders offense on Baltimore’s 26 yard line.

Carr unable to capitalize off the turnover, set up Sebastian Janikowski’s 23-yard field goal extending their lead 10-0. The Ravens were forced to kick a 22-yard field goal in in the first due to a smothering Raiders defense. But the penalties took the momentum away from Oakland, allowing Baltimore to get back in the game.

Joe Flacco’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Crockett Gillmore tied the game 10-10 to end the first quarter. Carr and his offense responded quickly. He found Andre Holmes who got sandwiched between two defenders for a 21-yard pass, that set up Latavius Murray’s 1-yard touchdown making it a 17-10 game to start the second.

“We have people that can get down the field,” said Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio. “We have a quarterback that’s very accurate down the field. That’s a really physical front, a physical defense that we went against today, and our offense was terrific for most of the day.”

The Ravens tied the game 17-17 when Flacco connected with Gillmore for a 9-yard touchdown, his second of the day. Gillmore broke through tackles carrying two defenders as he pushed his way into the end zone. But a pair of field goals from both kickers tied the game again 20-20 to end the half.

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Janikowski kicked a 48-yard field goal to start the third quarter. Carr later made a gutsy throw to Crabtree for a 24-yard touchdown who had triple coverage.

Oakland reached 30 points through three quarters for the 3rd time since 2004, vs Kansas City (31pts) 12/15/13 and vs Denver (59pts) 10/24/10.

“They [Raiders] had us off balance the whole game,” Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh said. “They ran it out, they spread us out, tightened up a little bit, threw those screens out to get yards, made us miss tackles, made big plays in the first half, had a couple of double moves and threw it over our head.”

The Ravens unraveled in the late in the fourth. Flacco’s pass to Steve Smith Jr. who had 10 catches for 150 yards was over thrown before Tucker’s field goal that gave Baltimore a 33-30 lead with 2:10 left in the game. Carr found Roberts for the 12-yard touchdown pass with 26 seconds left on the clock.

“It was just a great look on everyone’s face,” said Carr on the last drive. “It was just a confident, we’re just at practice. We did this. We practiced against this. We practiced against these looks. It was just a confident look in everyone in that huddle and I just said hey man, I better not screw it up. These guys are ready to go. I just tried to get the playmakers the ball and they did a great job.”

Neiko Thorpe sealed the win when he intercepted Flacco’s pass. Del Rio got his first win. An outstanding finish by the Raiders who had two players record 100+ yards receiving for the first time since 2011 when the dynamic duo of Denarius Moore and Darrius Heyward-Bey did it. Cooper had seven catches for 109 yards and Crabtree had nine catches for 111 yards.

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“It was a good team win,” Crabtree said. “It’s one game and we have 14 more so it’s really how we respond after this game.

We worked hard through OTA’s, Training Camp and practice. It’s really time to put it together on Sundays and that’s what we did today. Hard fought game.”

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Oakland Housing and Community Development Department Awards $80.5 Million to Affordable Housing Developments

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7 months ago

June 17, 2025

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The City of Oakland’s Housing and Community Development Department (Oakland HCD) announced its awardees for the 2024-2025 New Construction of Multifamily Affordable Housing Notice of Funding Availability (New Construction NOFA) today Five permanently affordable housing developments received awards out of 24 applications received by the Department, with award amounts ranging from $7 million to $28 million.

In a statement released on Jan. 16, Oakland’s HCD stated, “Five New Construction Multifamily Affordable Housing Development projects awarded a total of $80.5 million to develop 583 affordable rental homes throughout Oakland. Awardees will leverage the City’s investments to apply for funding from the state and private entities.”

In December, the office of Rebecca Kaplan, interim District 2 City Councilmember, worked with HCD to allocate an additional $10 Million from Measure U to the funding pool. The legislation also readopted various capital improvement projects including street paving and upgrades to public facilities.

The following Oakland affordable housing developments have been awarded in the current round:

Mandela Station Affordable

238 Affordable Units including 60 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $15 million + previously awarded $18 million
Developer: Mandela Station LP (Pacific West Communities, Inc. and Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 1451 7th St.

Liberation Park Residences

118 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $28 million
Developer: Eden Housing and Black Cultural Zone
City Council District: 6
Address: 7101 Foothill Blvd.

34th & San Pablo

59 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $7 million
Developer: 34SP Development LP (EBALDC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 3419-3431 San Pablo Ave.

The Eliza

96 Affordable Units including 20 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $20 million
Developer: Mercy Housing California
City Council District: 3
Address: 2125 Telegraph Ave.

3135 San Pablo

72 Affordable Units including 36 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $10.5 million
Developer: SAHA and St. Mary’s Center
City Council District: 3
Address: 3515 San Pablo Ave.

The source of this story is the media reltations office of District 2 City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.

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Oakland Housing and Community Development Department Awards $80.5 Million to Affordable Housing Developments

Published

12 months ago

January 30, 2025

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Rebecca Kaplan, interim District 2 city councilmember. File photo.

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The following Oakland affordable housing developments have been awarded in the current round:

Mandela Station Affordable

238 Affordable Units including 60 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $15 million + previously awarded $18 million
Developer: Mandela Station LP (Pacific West Communities, Inc. and Strategic Urban Development Alliance, LLC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 1451 7th St.

Liberation Park Residences

118 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $28 million
Developer: Eden Housing and Black Cultural Zone
City Council District: 6
Address: 7101 Foothill Blvd.

34th & San Pablo

59 Affordable Units including 30 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $7 million
Developer: 34SP Development LP (EBALDC)
City Council District: 3
Address: 3419-3431 San Pablo Ave.

The Eliza

96 Affordable Units, including 20 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $20 million
Developer: Mercy Housing California
City Council District: 3
Address: 2125 Telegraph Ave.

3135 San Pablo

72 Affordable Units including 36 dedicated for Homeless/Special Needs
Award: $10.5 million
Developer: SAHA and St. Mary’s Center
City Council District: 3
Address: 3515 San Pablo Ave.

The source of this story is media reltations office of District 2 City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan.

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Oakland Acquisition Company’s Acquisition of County’s Interest in Coliseum Property on the Verge of Completion

The Board of Supervisors is committed to closing the deal expeditiously, and County staff have worked tirelessly to move the deal forward on mutually agreeable terms. The parties are down to the final details and, with the cooperation of OAC and Coliseum Way Partners, LLC, the Board will take a public vote at an upcoming meeting to seal this transaction.

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1 year ago

January 11, 2025

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Alameda County Board of Supervisors Chairman David Haubert. Official photo.

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The County of Alameda announced this week that a deal allowing the Oakland Acquisition Company, LLC, (“OAC”) to acquire the County’s 50% undivided interest in the Oakland- Alameda County Coliseum complex is in the final stages of completion.

Oakland has already finalized a purchase and sale agreement with OAC for its interest in the property. OAC’s acquisition of the County’s property interest will achieve two longstanding goals of the County:

The Oakland-Alameda Coliseum complex will finally be under the control of a sole owner with capacity to make unilateral decisions regarding the property; and
The County will be out of the sports and entertainment business, free to focus and rededicate resources to its core safety net

In an October 2024 press release from the City of Oakland, the former Oakland mayor described the sale of its 50% interest in the property as an “historic achievement” stating that the transaction will “continue to pay dividends for generations to come.”

The Board of Supervisors is pleased to facilitate single-entity ownership of this property uniquely centered in a corridor of East Oakland that has amazing potential.

“The County is committed to bringing its negotiations with OAC to a close,” said Board President David Haubert.