Interesting: A’s give $100,000 endowment to district that pulled plug on downtown stadium site

Peralta Community College Chancellor Jowel Laguerre, left, meets with Laney College students, staff and community organizers on the Oakland Athletics new stadium proposal at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The rally was organized by Stay the Right Way Coalition after the board of the Peralta Community College District ordered its chancellor to stop any further planning related to the construction of a new stadium for the A’s baseball team on the site of the PCCD offices. Either the Oakland Athletics aren’t keen on holding grudges, or their dream of a downtown ballpark is still alive and kicking.

The A’s on Monday announced a $100,000 endowment to the Peralta…