CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : OAKLAND : Bid to Lure Raiders Puts Stadium in Red

The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum is in debt after spending nearly $4.9 million in its failed effort to lure the Los Angeles Raiders football team back to Oakland, according to financial reports. The biggest expense in last year’s campaign was $2.2 million in fees paid to two law firms that represented the Coliseum, Oakland and Alameda County in talks with the team, according to reports released by Coliseum directors. Raiders chief Al Davis decided last September to keep the team in Los Angeles, dashing the hopes of officials in Oakland, Sacramento and Irwindale to lure the team. A Coliseum board spokesman anticipated a $1.5-million deficit in the 1990-91 fiscal year.