Recap of Oakland Alameda County Coliseum JPA Meeting 9-21-2018

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Oakland News Now – Zennie62Media vlogger Richard Haick gives a recap of the then-just-completed public portion of the Oakland Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Meeting for September 21 2018. Richard reports that the Coliseum JPA Board went into closed session to discuss the Raiders Lease, which is still not approved as there are what Richard calls … Read more

Sheng Thao Oakland City Council District 4 Candidate, Gets Endorsements From SF Bay Area Mayors

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OAKLAND, CA – As we head into mid-September, Oakland City Council District 4 candidate, SHENG THAO, gains regional Mayoral support from Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin, Fremont Mayor Lily Mei, Milpitas Mayor Rich Tran, and former San Pablo Mayor, Kathy Chao Rothberg. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin says, “I am proud to endorse Sheng Thao for Oakland … Read more

Danny Glover, Adonal Foyle, Nina Turner, Jovanka Beckles Rally Saturday Sept. 22

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Calling them our Four Warriors for the People, the Jovanka Campaign announced today that Actor-Activist Danny Glover, former Golden State Warrior and founder of Democracy Matters Adonal Foyle, Our Revolution National President Nina Turner, and Richmond City Council member and candidate for Assembly District 15 Jovanka Beckles will address a rally Saturday evening, 6:00-9:00 p.m. … Read more

Buffy Wicks Campaign Sets Up Dirty Tricks Disability Forum Organizers Shut Down Attempted Disruption

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Toward the end of the policy forum on disability issues at the East Bay Regional Center in San Leandro on Tuesday, Sept. 18, an individual with a personal grudge began a verbal attack against Assembly Candidate Jovanka Beckles. Organizers of the forum called the man, Vinay Pimple, out of order, asked him to sit down, … Read more

Buffy Wicks California Assembly District 15 Candidate Releases Vision For Disability Rights

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Berkeley, CA – Today the Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2018 campaign released its policy platform on disability rights. Buffy will discuss her platform at the Disability Rights Forum held tomorrow from 6 – 7pm at 500 Davis St in San Leandro. The forum is hosted by East Bay Legislative Coalition, The Center for Independent Living, … Read more

California Affordable Housing Initiative Gets Sacramento Bee, LA Times Endorsements

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The “Yes on 10” group sent over a press announcement to Zennie62Media that Proposition 10, the California Affordable Housing Initiative, got the endorsement of the LA Times and the Sacramento Bee. This is what they report… The Los Angeles Times formally endorsed Proposition 10. This comes just one day after the Sacramento Bee noted “it’s … Read more

Democratic Socialists Launch “Buffy Wicks Dot Money” Website Attacking Buffy Wicks Fundraising

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“Buffy Wicks Dot Money” is a website The East Bay Democratic Socialists of America announced in a press release sent to Zennie62Media in the early morning hours of September 17th. Here’s the announcement of the new site that you can visit here: http://buffywicks.money Democratic Socialists Promote Campaign Finance Transparency OAKLAND – The East Bay chapter … Read more

Jovanka Beckles CA 15 District Candidate Statement On Vaccines

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As a mental health professional for Contra Costa County, I take public health very seriously. And that includes making sure everyone’s kids get the vaccines they need. Here are the facts about where I stand on vaccines: In 2015, the California legislature passed SB277, ending personal belief exemptions from vaccination requirements for entry into public … Read more

Buffy Wicks For Assembly Calls On Jovanka Beckles Campaign To Confirm Stance On Vaccines

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Berkeley, CA.- Last night Assembly candidates Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles appeared at Berkeley’s Stonewall Democratic Club endorsement meeting and were asked their position on mandatory vaccinations in schools. Beckles did not answer the question. “That’s one of those issues that – it keeps us fighting each other. I know growing up, I mean, I’m … Read more

Jovanka Beckles Gets New Endorsements: Labor, Local Activist, Technical Worker, Environmental Organization

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Jovanka Beckles for State Assembly District 15 announces new endorsements. “I’m starting to blush, or maybe get a lump in my throat in gratitude,” says Jovanka Beckles, “because I’m so grateful for the ongoing stream of endorsements for my AD15 campaign.” Her people-powered campaign continued to rack up endorsements from labor, scientific, and environmental groups … Read more

On SFGate City Brights, Chevron, And Rick Perry Sexuality Rumors

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You might wonder what SFGate.com, Chevron Oil Company, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry have to do with anything such that they are lumped together in one blog post. Well, they all concern me, and in this way. I happened upon a post by an obscure blog that the San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate.com “let me … Read more

Oakland Mayoral Election Candidates Including Libby Schaaf And Cat Brooks At West Oakland Forum

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The “WOJLOO” Forum, or “West Oakland, Jack London, Old Oakland” candidates forum was held after what Jesse A.J. Smith, the only Oakland Mayoral Election Candidate who covers the races only using Jack Dorsey’s micro-blogging platform Twitter (should be using his Oakland News Now account and his own blog) tweeted as “Scandal! Tonight’s forum at the … Read more

Can Oakland Win A Lawsuit Against Raiders And NFL? Yes. Listen To Roger Goodell

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Can Oakland Win A Lawsuit Against Raiders And NFL? Yes. Listen To Roger Goodell

Buffy Wicks Gets Dolores Huerta, UFCW Local 5 Endorsement In California State Assembly District 15 Race

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Today the Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2018 campaign announced additional Labor endorsements. Dolores Huerta, American labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, has announced her support of Buffy. In addition, United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 5 has selected Buffy as the best candidate to serve as the next … Read more

Oakland Police Department Announces DUI Check Point For First Friday, September 2018

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This is from the Oakland Police Department: The City of Oakland is an exciting venue to host First Fridays’. As a city and as a police department we know thousands of people come from around the Bay Area to experience art, food, live music and the diversity of our great city. The Oakland Police Department … Read more

Raiders Lawsuit Update: City of Oakland v Oakland Raiders, NFL Potential Legal Battle Update

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Raiders Lawsuit Update: City of Oakland v Oakland Raiders, NFL Potential Legal Battle Update

Potential Oakland vs. Oakland Raiders NFL Lawsuit Relocation Case: Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan Statement

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Oakland, CA – Due to recent media stories about potential legal claims by the city of Oakland, against the NFL for the relocation of the Raiders, we have received numerous requests for comment on this issue. Therefore, Oakland City Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan today releases the following statement: “We have been told by the Oakland … Read more

Jovanka Beckles Concerned About “Bail Reform” Bill, Senate Bill 10

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RICHMOND – Richmond City Councilmember and candidate for California’s 15th Assembly District Jovanka Beckles expressed serious concerns Wednesday about Senate Bill 10, the “bail reform” bill, echoing the issues raised by state and national civil rights organizations. The bill, signed by Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday, eliminates cash bail from pretrial detention, a reform that … Read more

Will Donald Trump’s Space Force Save America From The Apocalypse? Steve Lowe

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Will Donald Trump’s Space Force save America from The Apocalypse? Let’s suppose for a minute that at least one of this Not-My-President’s ideas might work out to help our wheezing planet survive the onslaught of depredation from his cabal of oligarchs – after all, even a stopped clock displays the correct time twice a day … Read more

Grand Lake Theater Oakland Sold To Allen Michaan Who Talks To Zennie62

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Oakland News Now – The Grand Lake Theater Oakland, located at the corner of Grand Avenue and Lake Park Avenue, near Lake Merritt, has been under the care of its longtime leaseholder Allen Michaan, who many see as its owner, since 1979. The truth is, Allen owned the “leasehold”, to the Grand Lake Theater Oakland, … Read more

Buffy Wicks Statement On Phasing Out Oil Production In California, Release Of Environmental Platform

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Today Buffy Wicks, California AD 15 candidate, released the following statement: “We must phase off old energy production and work to build alternative sources of energy to protect California’s climate,” Buffy said. “The announcement today by the Trump Administration of rollbacks to coal regulations put in place by President Obama further underscores the need for … Read more

Jovanka Beckles Says Stop That Oil And Gas Drilling, Governor Jerry Brown!

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Jovanka Beckles, Richmond City Council member and candidate for AD 15, will join other local elected officials at a press conference Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 10:30 a.m. on the steps of Oakland City Hall to call on Governor Jerry Brown to set up a state wide plan to phase out oil and gas drilling. “We … Read more

Chris Warren Oakland Raiders Running Back Rushes Over 100-Yards vs Rams In NFL Preseason

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Oakland News Now – Chris Warren Oakland Raiders Running Back Rushes Over 100-Yards vs Rams In NFL Preseason. Warren, an undrafted running back from Texas, is the new star of the Silver and Black and to this point has 110 yards on just 18 carries versus the LA Rams. To this point Warren has 194 … Read more

Oakland Lake Merritt Hosts US Rowing National Championships Now: August 16 – 19 2018

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Lake Merritt and the City of Oakland and USRowing are hosting the 2018 US Rowing Masters National Championships at Lake Merritt which started Thursday August 16 and go to August 19, 2018 (racing daily from 8 am to 6 pm). Sunny and warm in Oakland today, and Lake Merritt is a bustling pile of rowers and boats … Read more

California Proposition 13 Tax Reform Initiative To Be On November 2020 Ballot

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After decades, California Proposition 13 will be the focus of a tax reform initiative, and its on the November 2020 ballot. On Tuesday, August 14th, 2018, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the submission of over 860,000 … Read more

Jovanka Beckles Condemns Uber And Lyft Bid To Over-Turn State Court Decision Protecting Drivers

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Jovanka Beckles, Richmond city councilmember and candidate for the California state Assembly in District 15, has strongly condemned lobbying by gig economy firms aimed at overturning new legal protections for employees wrongly classified as “independent contractors.” Beckles urged state legislators to reject an attempt by Uber and Lyft to nullify a pro-labor decision by the … Read more

Oakland Election News: Brooks File For Mayor, Kalb Endorses Maxson, De La Fuente Backs Tanios In D4

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In this Oakland Election News Update (and not “Oakland County” election news, Oakland, California election news) for Thursday, August 9th, Cat Brooks filed to run for Mayor of Oakland yesterday at Oakland City Hall (where else?). It was a big day for Cat, who’s successfully taken her activism against Oakland’s incumbent Mayor Libby Schaaf and … Read more

SF / Oakland Bay Bridge Backed Up Due To Early Morning Shooting Leaving 1 Dead, 2 Injured

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SF / Oakland Bay Bridge shooting news. The Bay Bridge Eastbound level is backed up and after a shooting between two men that reportedly happened at 2:30 AM PST this Monday, August 6th. The San Francisco Bay Area’s becoming a dangerous place. This blogger can’t help but wonder if the violence and increase in hate … Read more

San Diego Comic Con 2018 News: Genesis II Launches First Comic Series At SDCC

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San Diego Comic Con 2018 has new Genesis II comic series out of Berkeley, CA to SDCC! At San Diego Comic-Con 2018, Genesis II will launch its first in the series of comic books under the Genesis II brand. Allen Ling’s (the founder of Genesis II) close friendship with the actor Daniel Wu (of AMC’s … Read more

California AD 15 Race Update: Jovanka Beckles Lands Unions, Elected Officials, Activists Endorsements

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Jovanka Beckles, the Richmond City Councilmember running against Buffy Wicks for the California Assembly District 15 Seat, continues to send Zennie62Media email press releases. Meanwhile, we have not received any updates from the Buffy Wicks campaign since Zennie Abraham’s interview of Ms. Wicks (which we thought was good). This is important to note, because our … Read more

City Manager Chris Zapata New Scandal In City Of San Leandro

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News of a new San Leandro City Manager Chris Zapata Scandal. The city of San Leandro, California has quietly sent private letters to members of its city board and commissions that demand they sign a “non-disparagement” agreement regarding outgoing City Manager Chris Zapata or else they will be terminated from their city-appointed positions. Mr. Zapata … Read more

Sláinte Oakland Irish Bar And Restaurant At Jack London Square A Hit

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Sláinte Oakland at 131 Broadway Ave in the Jack London Square area opened just over a year ago and became the first true Irish bar and restaurant to set up shop in that part of Oakland’s waterfront. The sad story of media in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area is that since you have … Read more

Can Community Fund LLC Be Fined For Evicting 92-Year-Old Lela Madison?

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What to do about Community Funds LLC and Lela Madison? Can a real estate company be fined for evicting an elderly woman, even though she’s just a month behind in paying the rent on her home? That’s the question that must be applied to the situation of Richmond, California’s Lela Madison and Community Funds LLC. … Read more

Natasha Middleton, Oakland City Council District 6 Candidate, Gets Union Endorsement

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Natasha Middleton, who is a candidate for the Oakland City Council District 6 seat held by Councilmember Desley Brooks, sent over this announcement that she’s landed the endorsement of the Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union 104. The Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union 104 is located in San Ramon, California. “Natasha Middleton is the best candidate … Read more

Igor Tregub Kicks Off Berkeley City Council District One Campaign

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Igor Tregub, who’s running for the Berkeley City Council District One seat, has been fighting the good fight in the East Bay and Berkeley for just about 10 years. Most of that time, he’s advocated for other people, most notably Barack Obama, during his historic Presidential campaign. But within that seemingly boundless enthusiam has been … Read more