From San Francisco to Oakland, it’s 1,000 miles,” said Shapiro, who covered the Seals before becoming part of their media relations team. “People wouldn’t go to Oakland.” ...

The Oakland Fire Department captured a wayward elephant seal pup hanging out in a drainage culvert behind Network Associates Coliseum, 2 miles from the San Francisco Bay, and turned it over to ...

They were first named California Seals; renamed the Oakland Seals part-way through the 1967–68 season, and then to California Golden Seals in 1970. In today's NHL, ...

When the Bay Area was selected as one of the NHL's six expansion sites for the 1967-68 season, Barry Van Gerbing purchased the Seals from then owner Mel Swig to transform them from a minor league ...

Oakland Ball Park a.k.a "Oaks Park" (1913-1957) This stadium was the home for the Professional minor league Baseball team the Oakland Oaks. The Oaks were the rival to the San Francisco Seals.

The Yolo High Wheelers blew open a close game with a seven-run eighth inning Tuesday and beat the Oakland Ballers 14-4 in a first-round Pioneer League playoff game at Dobbins Stadium on the UC ...

Fifty years ago, the expansion California Seals landed in the NHL. The franchise was short-lived, but the stories of its chaotic rise, sudden fall and cadre of charismatic characters live on.

When the NHL expanded in 1967, one of the major concerns was spreading hockey to the west coast. California was given two hockey franchises—the Los Angeles Kings and the California Seals.