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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W–ziWULUcI ONN – MEMORIAL DAY GETAWAY: Travelers flock to Oakland International Airport to get away for the Memorial – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Travelers flock to Oakland International Airport to get away for the Memorial Day Weekend via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTruE0yOTeI ONN – Snoop Dogg Instagram Video Shows What Happens To Racists Who Bother LA Clippers Fans – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Snoop Dogg Instagram Video Shows What Happens To Racists Who Bother LA Clippers Fans via IFTTT Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post … Read more
3rd Annual OUSD Celebration of Arab American Student Excellence Held Wednesday, May 26 2021 Oakland – The OUSD Office of Equity, Arab American Achievement Initiative Committee is excited to host the 3rd Annual OUSD Celebration of Arab American Student Excellence for young people across the District. The Arab American Achievement Initiative Committee is in its … Read more
Oakland, CA – On Monday, May 31st, Congresswoman Barbara Lee will visit Tulsa, Oklahoma to commemorate the Centennial of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre. Congresswoman Lee (CA-13) plans to attend various community events with descendants of the Tulsa Massacre and members of the Black Tulsan community. “In one of the worst acts of racist violence in … Read more
Zennie62Media requested and was exclusively sent the letter and document below which arrived just 30 minutes ago, and for presentation to you. It rests as a follow-up to my interview with Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley, where Miley said that the City of Oakland had not shared any revenue numbers from the planned Howard Terminal … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqKs3z8zdWM ONN – Life & Legacy of F. M. “Borax” Smith – Oakland Heritage Alliance – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Explore the life and achievements of one of Oakland’s most colorful and successful entrepreneurs, Borax Smith. As a young man, Smith came west in 1867 to discover … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foiKVnriXxM ONN – Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval’s Las Vegas Tweet Pissed Off Fans, Leaves Howard Terminal Question – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Wow! #StanleyCup playoffs! @GoldenKnights pic.twitter.com/qVYYDSJc35 — Dave Kaval (@DaveKaval) May 25, 2021 For reasons best known only to himself, Oakland Athletics President Dave Kaval … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgH0upn0Q6w ONN – Rev. Dr. Rodney Smith, First AME Oakland: What Are You Looking At? Psalm 119: 37 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. The FAME Experience (5.23.2021) Rev. Dr. Rodney Smith, Senior Pastor Rev. Amittia Bradley-Smith, Asst. Pastor Rev. Jeffery Williams, Minister of Music —————————————————————— Today’s Message: … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZga7EGR_7w ONN – Made In Oakland – New Hip Hop Rap By Fe Tha Don On YouTube – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Love the new single by Fe Tha Don On YouTube, and called “Made In Oakland”. Provided to YouTube by Translation Enterprises d/b/a/ United Masters Made … Read more
Once again, the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark Project is the focus of The East Bay Times. And again, The East Bay Times (once the Oakland Tribune) in the article “A’s Howard Terminal proposal: Who pays for what, exactly?” did not correctly explain the financial system that governs the public-private partnership, tax increment financing, or … Read more
Tommy Tiny Lister, the American character actor from comedy themed movies, died April 28th 2021, and from a heart attack that appeared to be “jump started” by COVID-19. What’s so hard is I don’t associate “Tiny” with death at all, but with life. On screen, he was larger than life. That’s the only way I … Read more
The East Oakland Stadium Alliance, the organization of, as it describes itself: …a coalition of longtime local businesses, workers, labor organizations, and Oakland community members who are deeply concerned about the Oakland A’s’ proposal to leave behind their current Coliseum location in East Oakland and build a new stadium in the middle of Oakland’s thriving … Read more
Hey Oakland, California Restaurant Owners – Small Business Administration Restaurant Revitalization Fund Last Day To Apply Is Monday, May 24th Washington D.C. – Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced that eligible eating establishments have until Monday, May 24, 8 p.m. ET, to submit applications to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. “If our nation’s food … Read more
SBA Hawaii District Office – Restaurant Revitalization Fund-Last Chance Webinar #2 The Hadwaii Pacific Islands District Office along with resource partners presents: Restaurant Revitalization Fund Webinar Last chance before portal closes!! Designed to ensure the smallest of small eating establishments get the relief needed, set-asides continue a commitment to an equitable distribution of funds to … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UR2h65iQS8&t=62s ONN – Dave Kaval’s Las Vegas Trip Mean Oakland A’s Are Rooted In Las Vegas, Not Howard Terminal? Part 2 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Livestream: Dave Kaval’s Trip To Las Vegas Mean Oakland A’s Are Rooted In Las Vegas, Not Howard Terminal? Part 2 via … Read more
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Set to Honor Students on Wednesday, May 19 in 4th Annual Pacific Islander Spring Celebration of Excellence Oakland – Oakland Unified School District’s Office of Equity Asian Pacific Islander Student Achievement (APISA) program, the Oakland Pacific Islander Network, and IKUNA are hosting the 4th Annual Pacific Islander Spring Celebration of … Read more
COUNCIL PRESIDENT NIKKI FORTUNATO BAS, DISTRICT 2 VICE-MAYOR REBECCA KAPLAN, AT-LARGE COUNCILMEMBER CARROLL FIFE, DISTRICT 3 May 14, 2021 Rob Manfred Commissioner, Major League Baseball Via Email Re: Oakland City Council Leadership and A’s Howard Terminal Project Dear Commissioner Manfred: I hope this letter finds you and yours well and healthy. The Oakland City Council … Read more
Youth Beat to Host Creating in Place: Take 2, a Virtual Screening Party and Fundraiser on Tuesday to Celebrate and Support OUSD’s Aspiring Filmmakers Oakland, CA — On Tuesday, May 18, Youth Beat will host Creating In Place, a virtual screening party and fundraiser to showcase and support OUSD’s aspiring media makers. The event will … Read more
This is typical: a white so-called journalist I don’t know or who’s name I’ve never seen takes to white-owned social media to tag me simply because, when it all boils down to basics, I am holding an opinion that’s different and opposite their own on a controversial subject. I never call myself a journalist; I’m … Read more
The latest news on the Oakland A’s quest for a new stadium in Oakland (let’s forget the United States and relocation for a moment), has this emailed letter from Oakland City Councilmembers Nikki Fortunato Bas, Rebecca Kaplan, and Carroll Fife. It does not include the Mayor of Oakland, thus setting up the danger of a … Read more
In Lead Up to Announcement of 2021 Alameda County Classified School Employees of the Year, OUSD Announces District’s 2021 Classified School Employees of the Year Oakland – They are the glue that holds together Oakland Unified School District and ensures that our schools run smoothly. They are Paraprofessionals and staff from Clerical and Administrative Services, … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60nq8KokmUI ONN – Talk’s Las Vegas Athletics For Oakland Relocation But Portland Has 50K Signatures For MLB Ballpark – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Talk’s Las Vegas Athletics For Oakland Relocation But Portland Has 50K Signatures For MLB Ballpark Somehow Las Vegas has been positioned as the front … Read more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSHWEqG4BAM ONN – Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Livestream: Blame To Go Around In Oakland A’s Relocation Threat? Start With Oakland Athletics The day started with Oakland A’s President Dave Kaval’s letter to … Read more
Oakland’s Chief Information Officer Andrew Peterson Receives Harari Conscious Leadership and Social Innovation Award Oakland – Information Technology Department Chief Information Officer, Andrew Peterson has been awarded the Harari Leadership Award from the University of San Francisco (USF) for his work in bridging theory and practice in the fields of conscious leadership and social innovation. … Read more
The Oakland FY 2021-23 Proposed Policy Budget reflects the City of Oakland’s failure to realize it’s in the 21st Century, and is bent on a guns (police) vs. butter (homeless and social services) structure. No where in the FY 2021-23 Proposed Policy Budget is there substantial discussion of, and evidence of a comprehensive plan to … Read more
I hope Mother’s Day was fantastic for our beloved sisters, aunties, grandmothers, daughters, mothers & more — chosen and blood. Mother’s Day morning, I joined the senior volunteers with Toi Shan Association to surprise them with flowers and stroll the streets to support community safety in Chinatown. On Friday, Oakland Mayor Libby Mayor Schaaf released … Read more
San Francisco — Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian, a more than 350-attorney law firm focused on the global venture capital, growth equity and emerging companies ecosystem, announces the addition of Michael Allers as a corporate partner in the San Francisco office. He joins the firm from Kirkland & Ellis where he was a … Read more
Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland At-Large Councilmember, is asking for the Oakland City Council to adopt new, effective homeless solutions We recently received the report from the City Auditor detailing the failures of the Oakland Administration’s current primary strategies around homelessness. We recognize that we must implement real improvements, including rapidly expanding deeply affordable housing, providing permitted … Read more
This is the latest Howard Terminal Oakland blog post effort by Zennie62Media’s Oakland News Now to bat down the wave of completely wrongheaded so-called news “articles” regarding Howard Terminal. Without naming names, the latest of these sad anti-Oakland attempts to kill a ballpark idea the authors clearly don’t understand was titled “What the Oakland A’s … Read more
From Oakland to Atlanta. The mass shooting in Atlanta, where eight people were murdered by a real messed up dude who blamed Asian women for his sexual problems (a hate crime if there ever was one), a 21 year old white man named Robert Aaron Long, have shaken Oakland. (It also shook me too. Vlogging … Read more
Oakland Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Of The Oakland City Council Has Housing and Homelessness Plan for Action Oakland, CA — Today, March 22, 2021, Oakland Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is presenting her “Housing and Homelessness Plan for Action” at the 1PM Special Life Enrichment Committee (“LEC”) meeting. The Vice-Mayor has continuously called on the City of Oakland … Read more
Barbara Lee U.S. Congresswoman From Oakland On Anti-Asian Hate Crime Legislation She’s Working On ONN – Barbara Lee U.S. Congresswoman From Oakland On Anti-Asian Hate Crime Legislation She’s Working On – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog On MSNBC Barbara Lee U.S. Congresswoman From Oakland On Anti-Asian Hate Crime Legislation She’s Working On. Stay … Read more
Fox Oakland Opening Gala Event Produced By Phil Tagami, City Of Oakland – February 5th 2009 From YouTube Channel: February 9, 2009 at 07:56AM ONN – Fox Oakland Opening Gala Event Produced By Phil Tagami, City Of Oakland – February 5th 2009 The majestic Fox Oakland Theater reopened with a bang as a lavish gala … Read more
Oakland City Council Oakland District Three Councilmember Carroll Fife Posted This On March 19th, 2021 Dear movement family, I often find myself up late and night and early in the morning with the weight of countless burdens on my heart and mind. As I fight for the things poor people deserve: housing, healthcare, liberatory and … Read more
The NFL’s determined not to have a virtual NFL Draft for 2021 Cleveland – The NFL announced today that the 86th annual NFL Draft will take place April 29-May 1 across iconic downtown Cleveland locations, including FirstEnergy Stadium, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Great Lakes Science Center. A select number of … Read more
United Airlines Buy On Board Snacks Are Back On United Fights With Revamped Menu April 1 2021 ONN – United Airlines Buy On Board Snacks Are Back On United Fights With Revamped Menu April 1 2021 – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog United Airlines Buy On Board Snacks Are Back On United Flights … Read more
Letter from Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell Superintendent, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Dear Oakland Unified Community, The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is excited to announce that the Oakland Education Association (OEA), the teachers’ union, has informed us their membership voted to pass the Tentative Agreement reached by OEA and OUSD to support the return of … Read more
5 Minute Story: Lubna and Pebble From YouTube Channel: March 15, 2021 at 01:07PM ONN – Oakland Public Library On YouTube 5 Minute Story: Lubna and Pebble Reading of “Lubna and Pebble” with Ms. Quinn. Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version … Read more
PART 2 OAKLAND PROBATION GOES CRAZY!!! FIRST AMENDMENT From YouTube Channel: March 18, 2021 at 07:12PM ONN – This Bay Area Transparency YouTube Vlog Got Two Oakland Alameda County Sheriff Probation Officers Demoted As the Facebook post over at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department reports, two Oakland Police Probation Officer were demoted after the above … Read more
NFL COMPLETES LONG-TERM MEDIA DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS PROVIDING FANS GREATER ACCESS TO NFL GAMES THAN EVER BEFORE NFL expands digital distribution while continuing to be the only sport committed to showing all games on over-the-air television New York – The National Football League announced today that it has signed long-term agreements with media partners … Read more