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MGM Resorts Does NY Jets Partnership Why Not Las Vegas-Bound Oakland Raiders?
ONN – MGM Resorts Does NY Jets Partnership Why Not Las Vegas-Bound Oakland Raiders? On Wednesday, Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts International announced a partnership in sports gaming with an NFL team: not the Oakland Raiders but the New York Jets. It has been described by MGM Resorts as a “first-of-its-kind partnership making MGM Resorts the … Read more
Jovanka Beckles CA AD15 Candidate, Rejects New PAC Spending, Calls On Buffy Wicks To Do So
Candidate for Assembly District 15 Jovanka Beckles today stated: “I was disturbed to learn this week that an independent expenditure committee supporting me, called the California African American PAC, is partly funded by corporations, billionaires, and interest groups like Chevron, Tesla, Sheryl Sandberg, and the California Medical Association. ONN Note: Buffy Wicks posted her response … Read more
Long Line For Early Voting In Fayetteville Georgia
ONN – Long Line For Early Voting In Fayetteville Georgia Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the Zennie62 … Read more
Taking Mom To Early Vote In Fayetteville Georgia
ONN – Taking Mom To Early Vote In Fayetteville Georgia Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the Zennie62 … Read more
The Warriors Owe Oakland Coliseum $40 Million, Raiders, Las Vegas Update
ONN – The Warriors Owe Oakland Coliseum $40 Million, Raiders, Las Vegas Update. A lively livestream talk about the Warriors loss to the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum Joint Powers Authority in court, where the team owes $40 million in outstanding bond debt payments. The fans asked a number of interesting questions beyond my short talk about that. … Read more
Marchon Tatmon: 2018 Oakland Mayoral Election Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosopies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Why Warriors Owing Oakland Coliseum JPA $40 Million Is A Big Deal
ONN – Why Warriors Owing Oakland Coliseum JPA $40 Million Is A Big Deal The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority won it’s most significant court judgement in its history when an arbitrator ruled that the Golden State Warriors owed $40 Million in outstanding bond payments. For an organization that had been told the bond … Read more
Oakland City Council Will Hear Report On Kaplan’s Homeless Solutions Resolution
Oakland, CA – Tomorrow, Oakland City Staff will report back on the implementation of Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan’s Resolution expanding solutions to address the growing homelessness crisis, which City Council passed in April. Oakland City Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, 10/30, at 5:30pm at Oakland City Hall, 3rd Floor. Click here for Councilmember Kaplan’s … Read more
Todd Haley Got Hue Jackson Fired From Cleveland Browns Coach Job
ONN – Todd Haley Got Hue Jackson Fired From Cleveland Browns Coach Job Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger … Read more
Jovanka Beckles Gets Senator Bernie Sanders Endorsement On CA AD 15
Today Senator Bernie Sanders endorsed Jovanka Beckles for Assembly District 15 following a weekend rally in Berkeley. “While in Berkeley, I had the chance to meet with Jovanka Beckles, and I was impressed by her commitment to progressive values. In the State Assembly, she will fight for Medicare for all, a living wage for all … Read more
Nancy Sidebotham: 2018 Oakland Mayoral Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosophies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Jovanka Beckles CA AD 15 Candidate Distorts Record On KQED’s Forum Program
Berkeley, CA.– AD 15 candidates Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles appeared on KQED Forum’s program on Tuesday, October 23. Unfortunately, Ms. Beckles was not truthful and mislead listeners about her record and her proposals on housing — a crucial issue for the voters of AD 15. The audio can be found here. Following are the … Read more
Jovanka Beckles Statement On Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Statement by Jovanka Beckles on Synagogue Killings in Pittsburgh Armed with an assault rifle and at least three handguns, a man shouting anti-Semitic slurs opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday morning, killing at least 11 people and wounding six others. The Anti-Defamation League said the attack was among the deadliest against the Jewish community … Read more
Jon Gruden Oakland Raiders 1 And 6 After Colts Loss – Livestream On Las Vegas Stadium
ONN – Jon Gruden Oakland Raiders 1 And 6 After Colts Loss – Livestream On Las Vegas Stadium Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded … Read more
Cal 12 Washington 10 – Golden Bears Beat Huskies For 1st Time Since 2008
ONN – Cal 12 Washington 10 – Golden Bears Beat Huskies For 1st Time Since 2008 Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is … Read more
Emily Gagnon Gets Video-Bombed Before Georgia vs Florida Game
ONN – Emily Gagnon Gets Video-Bombed Before Georgia vs Florida Game Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the … Read more
Falling Hotel Stadium Tax Revenue Gives Raiders A Backdoor Out Of Las Vegas Stadium
Stadium hotel tax revenue’s a problem for the Oakland Raiders in Las Vegas. It starts with this spreadsheet, this bond issue, and a little bit of simple math: the first year of debt service for the $647 million Las Vegas Stadium Bond Issue is $36,003,763 – take that, multiply it by 1.5 (because that represents … Read more
Cory Booker Mail Bomb Suspect Arrested In Florida With Pro-Trump Van
ONN – Cory Booker Mail Bomb Suspect Arrested In Florida With Pro-Trump Van. His name is Cesar Altieri Sayoc and is said to be 56 or 54 years old and of Aventura, Florida. Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging … Read more
Really Simple SSL Blocks Access To My WordPress Media Files
Really Simple SSL, the popular WordPress plugin (claims over 1 million downloads) that helps resolve mixed content issues between HTTP and HTTPS elements, has a nasty side problem, at least for me. Let’s get this out of the way: Really Simple SSL does work, but there’s a price paid. I can’t access my media files. … Read more
Salesforce Transit Center Built By Tech, Maria Ayerdi Kaplan, Will Reopen Soon
ONN – Salesforce Transit Center Built By Tech, Maria Ayerdi Kaplan, Will Reopen Soon. This facility is undergoing a refurbishment and for work that was done by contractors that needs to be updated. The problem of steel cracks came after the departure of its creator Maria Ayerdi Kaplan. It was she who rescued the project … Read more
Texans Destroy Dolphins, Super Bowl Ready On TNF Livestream Talk, Raiders vs Colts
ONN – The Houston Texans destroyed the Miami Dolphins, 42 to 23 and looked Super Bowl Ready On TNF. We talked about that on Zennie62 on YouTube Livestream Talk, as well as the upcoming Indianapolis Colts at Oakland Raiders contest. Some notes: the Raiders are a team in flux and still seeking an identity. They … Read more
Nayeli Maxson: 2018 Oakland City Council District Four Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosophies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Nayeli Maxson Has Support From Oakland City Council District 4 Neighborhood Leaders
Nayeli Maxson, District 4 City Council Candidate, has long standing relationships with Oakland’s district 4 community leaders. She earned those partnerships from her years of work in Oakland as a proven problem solver, both in the district as Community Liaison for the city council office and in her current role as CEO of Alliance for … Read more
Natasha Middleton Oakland City Council District Six Candidate Policies And Positions
As a note, the video is of the forum is used because I don’t yet have a vlog interview with Ms. Middleton. Once that is done, it will replace the 53-minute forum video. 2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, … Read more
Miss Saigon Oakland Vietnamese Restaurant At 3345 Grand Is The Best
Miss Saigon Vietnamese Restaurant at 3345 Grand Av in Oakland is my favorite place to buy food to take home, not called Yang Chow or The Star Pizza. The food at Miss Saigon Oakland is consistently the best. I recommend the yummy Fresh Spring Rolls and the excellent Miss Saigon Special Noodle Soup, as well … Read more
Zennie Abraham “I’m A Vlogger, Not A Journalist” My Comment On Media Today In Oakland, USA
This post and vlog are based on a Facebook entry I, Zennie Abraham, created just to clarify where I stand on the media landscape in 2018. I’ve said this over the years, but it bears repeating and updating: I’m an Oakland blogger and vlogger, not a journalist. This is what I wrote at Facebook … Read more
Zennie62 Livestream: Obama, Trump, Media, Oakland Raiders, Las Vegas, Sisolak
ONN – Zennie62 Livestream: Obama, Trump, Media, Oakland Raiders, Las Vegas, Sisolak Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system network – part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with … Read more
Pam Harris: 2018 Oakland City Council District Four Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosophies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Mayor Libby Schaaf: 2018 Oakland Mayoral Election Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosopies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Cat Brooks: 2018 Oakland Mayoral Election Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosopies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more
Nikki Fortunato Bas Oakland City Council District Two Candidate Policies And Positions
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire by Zennie62Media This 20-question questionnaire was designed to give Oaklanders a chance to evaluate, at once, the plans and philosophies of all of the participants in the Oakland Mayoral Race and the Oakland City Council Race for District 2, District 4, and District 6. This is 2018 … Read more