{"id":73949,"date":"2025-11-29T03:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/73949\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T03:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:05:37","slug":"fremont-cricket-field-critics-fear-the-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/73949\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont cricket field critics fear the unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Submit your letter to the editor via this form<\/a>. Read more Letters to the Editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cricket field critics
fear the unknown<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cNeighbors up in arms over cricket field plans<\/a>\u201d (Page B1, Nov. 22).<\/p>\n

It was shocking to read that a few neighbors are opposed to having a cricket field in the proposed Palm Avenue Community Park in Fremont. The main fear is that flying cricket balls could injure a child or elderly person or damage homes or cars. Do baseballs ever fly out of the field and cause personal injury? Balls flying over to the street or neighborhood will be rare and can easily be prevented in the design and construction of the stadium.<\/p>\n

It is more likely the fear of the unknown. People here are not familiar with cricket. Both baseball and cricket trace their origins back to medieval European bat-and-ball games and are more like \u201ccousins.\u201d Cricket fields all over the world are in the middle of cities and residential neighborhoods, and they are safe. It is fun to play and or watch cricket, so let us go for it.<\/p>\n

Subru Bhat
Union City<\/p>\n

Coal project is bad
for Oakland\u2019s health<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cCoal project costs mounting<\/a>\u201d (Page A1, Nov. 26).<\/p>\n

The New York Times article about Phil Tagami\u2019s proposed Oakland coal terminal is very misleading.<\/p>\n

The article says, \u201ca state judge ruled in 2023 that the city had to uphold its deal with Tagami.\u201d However, that ruling only provided Tagami with $320,000 in damages. The disappointed coal developers found a judge in Kentucky whose suggestion of hundreds of millions in damages was rejected by Kentucky\u2019s district court on November 21.<\/p>\n

The article quotes Tagami as denying that the project \u201cmakes a difference in the world.\u201d But several mile-long trains every day would be spewing unhealthy coal dust from Utah to Oakland. And when burned, that much coal would cost the world tens of billions of dollars in damages (using the EPA\u2019s social cost of carbon<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The article says, \u201dThe coal project must now go forward.\u201d Those of us who care about the livability of Oakland will continue to oppose this deadly project.<\/p>\n

Jack Fleck
Oakland<\/p>\n

Mastering spelling
unlocks many doors<\/p>\n

Re: \u201cSpelling isn\u2019t a subject we can afford to drop<\/a>\u201d (Page A6, Nov. 19).<\/p>\n

My attention was drawn to Abby McCloskey\u2019s column.<\/p>\n

As this article asserts, a strong foundation in spelling in a child\u2019s early learning years leads to reading and literacy proficiency down the road. My personal academic experience bears this out.<\/p>\n

In my elementary school years in the 1950s, I had a natural strength in spelling, which was nurtured by my teachers. I still have all of my certificates of achievement, which span local through regional spelling contests that I entered.<\/p>\n

Further, this skill led me toward my love of writing \u2014 whether it be in the form of a school essay, poetry or, as you are reading now, my penchant for submitting letters to the editor.<\/p>\n

While \u201cspell check\u201d is a helpful tool, our brains still rely on the visualization of words to connect the dots in our educational journey.<\/p>\n

Sharon Brown
Walnut Creek<\/p>\n

Immigration judges\u2019
principles cost them<\/p>\n

As the season of gratitude, peace, joy and hope approaches, recently unbenched<\/a> San Francisco Immigration Judges Patrick Savage, Amber George, Jeremiah Johnson, Shuting Chen and Louis Gordon have inspired this letter. Although no reason was given for their forced departures, I wasn\u2019t surprised. Having seen several preside over mandatory immigration hearings restored my hope in this country\u2019s future. Unfortunately, the very behaviors that gave me hope put them at risk of losing their jobs. Behaviors like being well-versed in immigration law, diligent in their efforts to fully understand cases from both immigrant and government perspectives, and exhibiting both kindness and respect to all present within their courtrooms.<\/p>\n

The current administration has rendered these judges easily disposable obstacles to any campaign promises conflicting with this nation\u2019s laws, Constitution and system of checks and balances. Fortunately, obstacles like integrity and allegiance to oaths of office can\u2019t be as easily disposed of.<\/p>\n

Linda Thorlakson
Castro Valley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Cricket field criticsfear…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[389,184,7,2954,390,392,17785,332,643,14,4730,181,2953,1564,143,145,144,975,1725,1695,43204,43205,1689],"class_list":["post-73949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-alameda-county","tag-bay-area","tag-california","tag-castro-valley","tag-central-contra-costa","tag-contra-costa-county","tag-cricket","tag-east-bay","tag-environment","tag-immigration","tag-k-12-education","tag-latest-headlines","tag-letters","tag-letters-to-the-editor","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-opinion","tag-parks","tag-trump-administration","tag-ukraine-invasion","tag-union-city","tag-walnut-creek"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}