A federal magistrate on Tuesday blocked Oakland’s plan to add San Francisco to the name of its airport, saying the renaming would falsely tell travelers the airport was affiliated with San Francisco.

The Port of Oakland approved changing the city's airport name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport earlier this year. That prompted San Francisco's city attorney in September to ask for a preliminary injunction to halt the name change ...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas Hixson said in the decision that changing the name of Metropolitan Oakland International Airport in nearby Oakland to "San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport" would likely mislead consumers into thinking it is connected with San Francisco.