Oakland City Council District Four Election Race News. Sheng Thao, who serves as the Chief of Staff for Oakland At-Large City Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan, sent this announcement that she secured the endorsement of the Oakland Firefighters in the Oakland City Council District Four Race. Sheng Thao reports: Oakland firefighters endorse Sheng Thao as their #1 … Read more
ISSUES, the popular independent magazine and bookstore that was once located at 20 Glen Ave just off Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, was about to close its doors this year. The good news is ISSUES will remain open, and it’s at a new location: 644 40th Street #102 near Mac Arthur BART Station. This is thanks … Read more
Texas GOP Congressman Louie Gohmert went off the rails and mentioned the now former wife of FBI Agent Peter Strzok in his question of same agent at today’s hearing, called a “show trial” by some observers on MSNCB a moment ago. Called because of the discovery of text messages that showed Agent Strzok was biased … Read more
The battle over the proposed Aspire School, a charter school that, if the developers get their way, would be built on City of Oakland property located on the northwest side of Derby Avenue between East 15th Street and International Boulevard (thus called “the Derby Property), continued to the July 10th Oakland City Council Meeting, but … Read more
San Diego Comic Con 2018 Party List by Karen Thomas is out, as of this morning. This is the 8th year Karen has issued this list, as one of the major public relations professionals who focuses on San Diego Comic Con for her clients. Without any futher ado, here’s a link to the list page, … Read more
Chloe Bennet Dating Logan Paul? Yes! Rumors flew that MARVEL’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D star Chloe Bennet was dating YouTube Star Logan Paul. But no one was sure until the couple confirmed they’re an item on Twitter and Instagram. Now, that they’re confirmed, I have one question: will Chloe bring Logan to San Diego Comic Con … Read more
Zenescope Entertainment, a leading independent comic book and graphic novel publisher, has announced its plans for San Diego Comic Con 2018 by Comic-Con International, and as the company celebrates its 10th year exhibiting at the largest comic book convention in North America. And what’s Zenescope Entertainment? Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco started out writing screenplays … Read more
Greg Papa Fired By Oakland Raiders? Brent Musberger hired by Raiders now new unconfirmed rumor update! Maybe this crazy tweet was right on after all… Greg Papa will no longer be announcing Raiders games… heard it here first lol — TLK510 (@TLK510) July 9, 2018 I received several out-of-the-blue texts from someone who’s in a … Read more
Godzilla, King Of The Monsters, is coming to To San Diego Comic Con 2018, and at Hall H of SDCC. The movie that’s in production in Atlanta, and is the much-anticipated sequel to Legendary’s Godzilla movie of 2014, will have a full panel. And that means film clips! On this day in 2014 #Godzilla was … Read more
President Trump and German Chancellor Merkel had what the White House called a “pull-aside” meeting after Trump reportedly said Germany was “controlled by Russia” which she disputed. Here’s the press conference after that meeting. This is what the White House sent… THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 11, 2018 … Read more
CES Tech Media Trailblazers Program: nominate a new person in tech media for CES! The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) – owner and producer of CES® – today announced the launch of its CES Tech Media Trailblazers program. The program will award 25 up-and-coming media travel and accommodation for CES 2019, the world’s gathering place for … Read more
Steven Donziger suspended? Steven Donziger, the man behind the biggest environmental fraud in history, was stripped of his ability to practice law in New York for his role in fabricating evidence, bribing judges, and manipulating the Ecuador judicial system in a fraud he concocted against Texaco, later purchased by Chevron Oil Company, based in nearby … Read more
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
The Oakland City Council made important progress at tonight’s July 11th full City Council Meeting, on independent community oversight of the police department, and supporting unions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Janus decision. The City Council passed the Oakland Police Commission implementation Ordinance, which Councilmember Kaplan amended to address community concerns about its … Read more
Contrary to reports of “uncertainty” regarding the future of the Oakland Raiders at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Complex, the NFL team will be in the City they were born in until at least 2020. After that, the Raiders are expected to occupy Las Vegas Stadium through the foreceable future, barring any negative circumstances. This … Read more
Lost In Space on Netflix is at San Diego Comic Con 2018. After the successful first season of Legendary Television-produced Netflix Original Series Lost In Space (Which this author binge watched!), Legendary celebrates its success at San Diego Comic Con by Comic-Con International with two special events that feature the reboot’s fan-favorite character: “Robot.” On … Read more
City of Oakland Councilmembers Desley Brooks (District Six) and Noel Gallo (District Five) are backing an initiative for the November 2018 ballot. Called “Career Jobs Fund Now!”, the legislation, slated for introduction to “Oakland City Council ‘s Finance, CEDA and – or Public Safety Committee meetings on July 17th”, according to Councilmember Brooks. Brooks asks … Read more
“Influencers.” “Influencer.” “Influencer marketing.” “Tapinfluence. “ Chances are if you’re an active YouTube Partner video-blog producer, you are all too familiar with the terms, and the company. “Influencer Marketing”, as it’s called, is all the rage, and today, there are way too many marketing companies, or fly-by-night groups pretending to be above-board organizations, seeking to … Read more
“And Then I Go” is Vincent Grashaw’s most stunning and effective ‘troubled teen-age male’ movie to date. The first film that Mr. Grashaw made that I covered was called “Coldwater” and it did live up to its name in litterally tossing the cold water of the reality of the horror that is the summer rehabilitation … Read more
Sid & Marty Krofft will give San Diego Comic Con 2018 audience members details on a brand new project for grownups that employs all of their iconic characters from each of their shows. The producers say it’s big and exciting. And its exclusive for San Diego Comic-Con 2018 to be held in Room 23ABC, July … Read more
The common Oakland Police Officer image is that of a man, white, arresting and harassing someone, black, or Latino, and male. The negative image also takes in the Celeste Guap sex scandal, the dangerous ICE raid assistance carried out against City of Oakland policy, and the Riders scandal. With all of those examples, and scores … Read more
Oakland Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan (At-Large) has Co- Authored an Ordinance with fellow Oakland Councilmembers Lynette McElhaney (District Three) and Noel Gallo (District Five) to establish new regulations and permits for dockless bike and scooter sharing programs. Councilmember Kaplan says, “The proposed ordinance will provide responsible guidelines for scooter and dockless bike companies as they do … Read more
Here’s why Amy Klobuchar, Senior Senator of Minnesota, will be the next President of the United States! Assuming the Democratic Party leadership can ever make it over the hump and come to the painfully obvious conclusion that a divided party equates to the weakest possible support for a candidate – as happened with Hillary Clinton … Read more
Thai Cave Rescue Update: it took not 18, but 90 divers and what was reported to be a three hour trip for each young boy, but the attempt to rescue 12 boys from a large cave trail in Thailand is going well, thus far. It’s too bad President Donald Trump had to take to Twitter … Read more
Oakland can get homeless funding, and end-run Alameda County. Here’s how. Oakland has officially forgot how to use government to solve its pressing problem of homelessness. We have the tools at our hands, but the current group of elected officials just can’t seem to collectively bring themselves to use them – let alone discover what … Read more
The Thai Cave Rescue started approximately 40 minutes ago in Thailand. Since the media have been forced out of the main rescue area, and a tarp was constructed to shield it from the view of cameras, there’s no word of exactly what’s going on, other than the rescue was started, and Elon Musk’s engineers reportedly … Read more
Will Elon Musk save trapped boys in Thai Cave Rescue? Elon Musk, the PayPal alum who became a billionaire, and started both Space X and Tesla, and the Boring Co., has sent a team of engineers from the same nfrastructure and tunnel construction company tasked with building the foundation for the Hyperloop to help in … Read more
Jovanka Beckles staff issued this announcement six days ago, and it reports that she met with US Congressman Ro Khanna (17th District, California). Here are the details: Jovanka Beckles California State Assembly District 15 candidate met in Fremont, California this morning with US House Representative Ro Khanna (D-17) and discussed issues of common concern facing … Read more
Oakland July 2018 First Friday was clearly marred by a shooting in the Uptown District on Telegraph Avenue, but to this point, there’s no one clear report of what happened. The first idea this blogger received that something happened came from an email of a Nextdoor entry, which read “Shooting near Paramount, 11pm (PST): Heads … Read more
Dave Cavalier, releases the music video for the electrifying alternative blues artist’s new single “Snap Out Of It,” today. This marks Dave Cavalier’s first visual collaboration with acclaimed screenwriter & director, Derek Weissbein. Assisted by award-winning choreographer, Erin Marino, and performers, Olivia Bellafontaine & Yana Berry, Cavalier & Weissbein have created a noir world infected … Read more
The City of Oakland’s embarking on a new effort to stop the illegal use of handicapped parking picards. Here’s the details: Oakland’s Department of Transportation (OakDOT) has resumed enforcement that cracks down on disabled person placard fraud and abuse, and to ensure that parking remains available to those who need it. Sting operations will involve … Read more
Libby Schaaf with Ice Cube and LL Cool J? Wasn’t she with MC Hammer for the Warriors Parade? Having a great time catching up with a couple legends @thebig3 league in Oakland, CA! pic.twitter.com/MS7xy0y2Cu — Libby Schaaf (@LibbySchaaf) July 6, 2018 Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf is building her Hip Hop cred by as she put … Read more
As I write this, the tech-focused Oakland Startup Network is meeting under a nice evening sky on the Kapor Center rooftop, on Broadway and Franklin, right now, for First Friday, July. As I’m helping my Mom here in Georgia, I left last week, and now I’m not in Oakland, right now. If were, I’d be … Read more
Oakland News Online, the blog aggregator that captures news about Oakland from various sources, picked up a news report with the title “Eastline, bigger than Salesforce Tower, wants to transform Oakland – San Francisco Chronicle.” My first thought was “There’s nothing wrong with Oakland. And why do we need an office tower taller than the … Read more
Ok. Uptown Crepe And Cafe is apparently a new kid on the block in the growing Uptown Oakland (California) food scene. It’s trying to stick out, this Uptown Crepe And Cafe, from the pack of Downtown Oakland restaurants nearby that have all types of breakfast offerings. Ok. Fine. Cool. So, Uptown Crepe And Cafe does … Read more
FX Networks is back at San Diego Comic Con 2018. FX Networks (who’s President, John Landgraf, is part of Oakland’s Skyline High School class of 1980, along with me, Zennie Abraham, and 600 others) is bringing “Fxhibition” back to San Diego Comic-Con for 2018. The FX Networks’ buzziest and most beloved shows will come to … Read more
In this Chevron Ecuador Update, the Argentine Appeals Court rejected the plaintiffs Ecuadorian judgment in the ongoing lawsuit against the San Ramon-based energy company. The simple reason is because Chevon was never in Ecuador to start with, either directly or financially. “The local courts lack international jurisdiction to hear the main claim because there is … Read more
The Millsmont Farmers Market Oakland started last year with some fanfare. The idea of the June to October market, sponsored by Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks of District Six and certified by the Alameda County Agricultural Commissioner, was to bring fresh organic produce to lower-income communities in Oakland. Now, in 2018, the Millsmont Farmers Market … Read more
Chile comes to San Diego Comic Con 2018. Tales of fantasy, crime and mystery; these are part of the proposal that Chile (yes, the country of Chile) will present between Thursday, July 19 and Sunday, July 22, at the San Diego Convention Center for San Diego Comic Con 2018. For the second consecutive year, Chile … Read more
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