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Oakland News Now – On this Zennie62 YouTube Livestream on Monday night, Zennie Abraham talked with his viewers about the awful performance of the Denver Broncos against the Minnesota Vikings and asked if they posted a real threat to the Oakland Raiders? The Broncos were hammered 28 to 42 by the Vikings last weekend to … Read more
Oakland News Now – Omarosa, Donald Trump’s now former White House aide, friend, and confidant, appeared on “Hardball” on with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, a moment ago, and dropped yet another bombshell. The author of the new book “Unhinged” says that she not only has more tape recordings of conversations with President Trump (and other … Read more
Oakland News Now – 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 that’s part of a new approach to the production of media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the Zennie62 onYouTube Partner Channel, then uploaded to … Read more
Oakland News Now – Washington Redskins brawl with New York Jets at joint training camp, but what is not clear is who started the fight. Redskins Offensive Tackle Trent Williams said it was due to a cheap shot on teammate and Reskins Offensive Tackle Morgan Moses. Report is that Trumaine Johnson was the person who … Read more
Oakland News Now – John Jones III is a noted Oakland community activist with the Dellums Institute For Social Justice, and Director Of Community Engagement At East Oakland Black Cultural Zone. Given his timely and well considered speeches before the Oakland City Council, and the problems of class and race division that Oakland has faced … Read more
President Donald Trump never hides his feelings, especially when its someone who accuses him of being racist and using the N-word. Such was the case 40 minutes ago when, according to an email to Zennie62Media and from White House Press Pool reporter Eli Stokols, Donald Trump called former Trump White House Aide, Apprentice winner, and … Read more
Oakland News Now – Jon Gruden’s Oakland Raiders best the Detroit Lions 16 to 10, and gave the coach called Chucky his first win in returning to NFL Football as Head Coach of the Silver and Black. The highlights were many: 1) A multiple offense that moved the quarterback pocket. 2) A bruising running game … Read more
Oakland News Now – Jesse Smith sets virtual office for Mayor of Oakland Run. The new Peet’s Coffee on Broadway and Telegraph Avenue in Downtown Oakland at 1615 Broadway, has already become a community center. Because of its location right smack in the middle of the central business district of Oakland, you are likely to … Read more
Oakland News Now – Cowboys vs 49ers NFL Preseason 2018 Livestream Talk With Zennie62? Yes, but there was a hickup along the way. It had to do with a subject that had no direct connection to the Cowboys vs 49ers NFL Preseason 2018 Livestream Talk With Zennie62, but a lot of indirects: the Oakland A’s … Read more
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
Oakland News Now – No Zennie62 YouTube Livestream For Wednesday August 8th, we will resume on Thursday. The reason is the NFL Preseason Games start play on Thursday and then the Raiders play the Lions at the Oakland Coliseum Friday night. So there will be a livestream on Saturday and then on Sunday. Stay tuned. … Read more
Oakland Police accused of racism, again. The Oakland Police arrest of Najari Smith of the popular Rich City Rides, is rapidly disolving into yet another set of claims that the Oakland Police Department is racist as the story spreads around the Internet and around mobile devices. But before we continue, what is “Rich City Rides”? … Read more
Oakland News Now – Zennie62 meets Leonard Presberg In Fayetteville, GA at Gremlin Growers. A great coffee and beer place at 101 Glynn St South on the Square! We talk politics and coffee and Stacey Abrams. In general, Fayetteville, and by extension Fayette County, are republican strong-holds. That said, the changing demographics forced by the … Read more
Oakland News Now – Donald Lacy, the creator of the Oakland “Love Life” slogan and idea for signs as one enters Oakland, reported that one such sign was stolen at Bancroft And Durant Avenue. Lacy wrote this one Facebook: “ok are yawl ready for this? I did a shoot today for a film project Im … Read more
Oakland News Now – The Jon Gruden-era of the Oakland Raiders officially started with the release of the first depth chart of the 2018 NFL Season, and that was done Monday, August 6th. On tonight’s livestream, we talk about it as well as other Oakland Raiders and NFL News head of the first games of … Read more
Oakland News Now – The SF Giants have thousands of pounds of food that they just throw away after each event at AT&T Park in San Francisco. The food that just goes unserved is of good quality and would feed many homeless or just hungry and poor people. It could be remade, I am sure. … Read more
Oakland News Now – A.P. Steadham the veteran reporter on NFL and College Football stops by Zennie62 to talk NFL Hall Of Fame, Terrell Owners missing it, and gives us an Alabama Crimson Tide Football and SEC Football update. A.P. Steadham shared with Zennie62 fans what it was like to attend the 2018 NFL Hall … Read more
WordPress Gutenberg, the new “block-based” editing technology for all Worldpress blogs, self-hosted or not, doesn’t figure to go away anytime soon, so this blogger / vlogger reasoned that getting used to it was better than resisting it. With that in mind, here is the first Zennie62Media blog post using Gutenberg. So far, so good. The … Read more
Oakland News Now – Grand Avenue between Perkins and Park View Terrace in Oakland near Lake Merritt has needed some form of traffic control for years. Well, decades, as cars moving from the Oakland hills to Downtown Oakland have routinely passed through the Adams Point Commercial District like it’s a speedway pit stop. Now it … Read more
Oakland News Now – Zennie Abraham talked with Zennie62 on YouTube Livestream fans about the excellent Ray Lewis NFL Hall Of Fame Speech, and how much he captivated America. Then the livestream talk turned to the Oakland Raiders cutting kicker Giorgio Tavecchio, and his view that the Silver and Black made a mistake in passing … Read more
Oakland News Now – Heading to Kroger’s in Atlanta / Fayetteville, Georgia to buy, of all things, Tylenol, I ran into a local acquaintance who calls himself “Ray N”. I’ve met and interviewed “Ray N” before on Zennie62 on YouTube, years before, and when I paid a visit to the local Office Deput store to … Read more
Hot Rize Bluegrass Band , one of the most respected and influential bands in bluegrass music, is pleased to announce the release of their aptly named new record Hot Rize 40th Anniversary Bash, recorded live at Boulder Theatre, over the course of three sold out shows in January of this year. Hot Rize (Nick Forster … Read more
Oakland News Now – Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys QB, is being called a “sellout for supporting the National Anthem and rejecting protest. Ok? So? He’s American. Did everyone forget the real issue here? I always thought the idea was to bring attention to police brutality against black Americans? What is going on that we, including … Read more
Pamela Price, the Oakland lawyer who challenged Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley in this year’s election contest, and who represented Jasmine Abuslin (AKA Celeste Guap), the woman at the center of the Oakland Police Sex Scandal, is officially running for Mayor of Oakland. That’s right. With her website from her race for the Alameda … Read more
Oakland News Now – Andrew Sullivan hates that Sarah Jeong is on the New York Times Editorial Board, and because, he writes, that she’s racist. In his “When Racism Is Fit to Print” column on the website of The New York Times, Mr. Sullivan rants “A series of tweets from 2013 to 2015 reveal a … Read more
WordPress Gutenberg Editor is the surest sign yet that our society is in trouble. I’m serious. Here’s why. This statement written to explain why this new, and certainly interesting way of editing on WordPress, is needed, now: “One thing that sets WordPress apart from other systems is that it allows you to create as rich … Read more
Oakland News Now – The 2018 NFL Hall of Fame Game is in the books, and the Baltimore Ravens won an entertaining contest 17 to 16. The top story was about Lamar Jackson: the 2016 Heisman Trophy Winner and Louisville QB Star didn’t disappoint. While he finished with passer stats that were poor, his actual … Read more
Oakland News Now – The Lamar Jackson Era for The Baltimore Ravens started tonight with the Louisville star QB playing the second half. In a game that is still going on, Jackson just finished his second possession of the game and of the third quarter. Jackson went 3 of 4 for 31 yards and one … Read more
Oakland News Now – The 2018 Art & Soul Festival took up all of Oakland City Center when it was held last weekend. That includes the under construction new office building 601 City Center. The mammoth 601 City Center is Shorenstein Properties new addition to Oakland. Slated for completion in 2019, it has 400,000 square … Read more
Oakland News Now – The $6 billion ATL Next Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Expansion Project is progressing. The centerpiece of the giant upgrade are two terminal-length canopies that are (by this vlogger’s measure) 30 percent complete. Already, the intent of the addition can be seen and felt: it’s raining now and yet far less water has … Read more
Oakland News Now – The Office Of The Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent a giant cache of file evidence related to the Paul Manafort Trial to the media on the distribution list, including Zennie62Media. The files include receipts, photos, and other documents. Zennie62Media will file special blog and blog posts based on selected information from … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland A’s Stomper Statues Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Team In Oakland 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 that’s part of Zennie62Media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the Zennie62 onYouTube channel, … Read more
Oakland News Now – Paul Hlebcar is a legendary singer and guitarist who performs at The Alley at 3325 Grand Avenue in Oakland, near Lake Merritt and The Grand Lake Theater. Tonight, he played Bob Dylan’s “Love Minus Zero / No Limit” at the piano, as Norman, an Alley regular, sang. The Alley is known … Read more
ONN – Can “Keep It Oakland” save small business in Oakland? “Keep It Oakland” is a movement that was already there but now has been accelerated by the Oakland Indie Alliance. The intent, as explained to me by Amy Hillyard, co-owner of Farley’s East Cafe in Uptown Oakland, is to support and promote The Town’s … Read more
Oakland News Now – Need a drone that can fly and gather data and then land on its own mini base station? Vtrus Autonomous Drone can do that and it’s makers were at The TechCrunch 2018 August Capital Party. Johathan Lenoff, Vtrus Chief Technology Officer, explained that the drone was under development and in the … Read more
Oakland News Now – How do you think the Oakland Raiders will do with Jon Gruden at the helm of the organization for at least the 2018 NFL Season? That’s the question I asked Zennie62 on YouTube fans I met at the Oakland Art & Soul Festival on Saturday. What shocked me was one man … Read more
