Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
Oakland News SF Bay Area By Zennie62Media Inc & Zennie Abraham
OAKLAND, CA – SHENG THAO, continues to gain strong support as the progressive candidate for Oakland’s open District 4 City Council seat. This week, SHENG received the #1 endorsement from Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, Black Young Democrats of the East Bay, and Asian Pacific American Democratic Caucus of Alameda County. SHENG also received the #2 […]
Berkeley, CA. – Last night, Assembly candidates Buffy Wicks and Jovanka Beckles participated in The League of Women Voters AD15 candidate forum at Berkeley Community Theater. After the forum, a Beckles campaign supporter, unprovoked, verbally attacked a a high school-aged volunteer intern for Buffy Wicks’ campaign. The harassment, which brought the student, named Sarah, to […]
Oakland, CA- Today Oakland Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan, released the following statement on the future of public banking in Oakland and the region: The public banking feasibility study on the agenda today marks an important step in the process of investigating public banking for the City of Oakland and larger region. By creating a bank […]
Oakland News Now – Nayeli Maxson Oakland City Council District 4 Is Guest On Zennie62 YouTube Live 8PM. Nayeli Maxson is running for the Oakland City Council seat to be vacated by Annie Campbell Washington in January of next year, 2019. Ms. Maxson is joining Zennie62 Live to talk about not just how she will […]
OAKLAND – Natasha Middleton, candidate for Oakland City Council District 6, announced the endorsement today of civil rights icon, author and former Black Panther chair Elaine Brown. “I wholeheartedly endorse Natasha Middleton for Oakland City Council, District 6,” said Elaine Brown. “It’s time for District 6 to have a representative who will solve problems, not […]
MC Hammer is in The Town, and that’s Oakland! Plus, he’s bringing Yo Yo Ma’s to the Block Party in Oakland! Here’s Mr. Ma to tell you about it: View this post on Instagram #Oakland, the block party is about to start & @yoyoma.official has some words for you. See you there✌️#CultureConnectsUs . ? Washington […]
Oakland, CA – The Dreamforce conference on Tuesday, September 25, was the place where Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell received remarkable news from technology giant, Salesforce and its philanthropic arm, Salesforce.org. Marc Benioff, Salesforce founder and CEO, announced that this year Salesforce is giving Oakland Schools’ Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) $7 […]
San Francisco, CA – Maria Ayerdi Kaplan , Developer and Executive Director of The Transbay Joint Powers Authority unveiled something called “The Penrose Rhombus Tiling Design on July 11, 2013 The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) and has received approval from Dr. Roger Penrose, the eminent British mathematical physicist, to incorporate his groundbreaking geometrical pattern […]
Hyatt Hotels CEO Mark Hoplamazian announced a broad anti-hate group policy for the Hyatt hotel chain. Hoplamazian wrote to employees in a memo received by Muslim Advocates that “if a group is primarily focused on disparaging a group by virtue of their identity…that’s really where we need to draw the line. We’re going to apply […]
Berkeley, CA. — California Assembly candidate Buffy Wicks is executing an ambitious general election field program with success with 10 days left before ballots begin arriving in the mail. Buffy will be holding the following canvass activities In addition to attending 6 supporter house parties: Oakland Canvassing Launch Berkeley HQ at 2930 Shattuck Ave in […]
Berkeley, CA.– This week, Buffy Wicks, candidate for Assembly District 15, released her comprehensive plan to confront the homelessness crisis. “We are in the middle of an unconscionable homeless crisis — over 130,000 Californians currently are living in shelters or on the streets. It’s hard to walk down the street without seeing someone who is […]
Chris Carson League of Women Voters President sent the following press release to Zennie62Media. After today’s testimony by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, this message is most timely. Washington, DC – The League of Women Voters President Chris Carson issued the following statement in response to the testimony of Dr. Ford before the Senate Judiciary Committee: […]
The Salesforce Transit Center 2nd crack in a steel beam, and the news that the last inspection of the steel said to be cracked today was in January of 2016, caused this blogger to look back at past activities of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority. While Salesforce Transit Center was developed by Maria Ayerdi Kaplan, […]
Berkeley, CA.– Today the Buffy Wicks for State Assembly campaign released its updated housing platform. Initially released in January, Buffy’s housing platform calls for measures to improve housing accessibility and affordability through quickly building more housing for low- and middle- income families, passing the $4 billion dollar statewide housing bond, reforming Costa-Hawkins, and implementing safety […]
Jovanka Beckles, Richmond City Council member and candidate for Assembly District 15, today urged East Bay residents to attend a hearing this week to demand that Assembly Bill 617 be more fully implemented than currently proposed. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) hearing will be at the Byron Sher Auditorium, 1001 I Street, in Sacramento […]
On Tuesday, September 25th, there were reports of a crack that was discovered in a steel beam that supports the roof top garden called “Salesforce Park” of the $2.2 billion Transbay Transit Center, also called by it’s naming rights name “Salesforce Transit Center”. ABC News Channel 7 is reporting that Salesforce Transit Center crews found […]
Oakland News Now – Oakland A’s Make Offer To Buy Out Alameda County’ Share Of Coliseum Complex The Oakland Athletics are making everyone happy – in Oakland, that is. Not only did the Athletics back into the 2018 Major League Baseball Playoffs by virtue of the New York Yankees victory over the Tampa Bay Devil […]
Oakland News Now – Oakland Athletics Lose Home Finale But Still In Contention For MLB Postseason 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 […]
Well-known Stanford and Cal-trained Oakland Lawyer Clinton Killian, is also known for a rather different but completely effective sense of humor. Now, before I continue, Clinton Killian has ran for the Oakland City Council on two occasions (for District Three and for the At-Large Seat) and has been involved in a number of efforts to […]
The Oakland Raiders are without a lease to play NFL Football games at the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Stadium as of Friday night September 21st This news after the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority met the morning of this same Friday September 21, and did not signal they reached an agreement with the […]
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 […]
The Oakland Alameda County Coliseum JPA Meeting is under way right now, and Zennie62Media is there. All of the board members are present except Oakland District Three Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney, who arrived later in the livestream. Right now, Coliseum JPA Executive Director Scott McKibben is presenting his report. Richard Haick is covering the meeting […]
OAKLAND, CA – Oakland City Council District 4 candidate, SHENG THAO, continues to secure big endorsements, including from Sierra Club and the Harvey Milk Democratic Club, becoming the only candidate to receive the endorsements of the environmental organization and any LGBTQ club in her race. SHENG THAO’s statement: “It is an important time in Oakland, […]
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 […]
The Las Vegas Stadium Authority has a money problem, and it’s evident in the agenda for the Thursday, September 20th 2018 1PM PST meeting. First, the once common report on the hotel stadium tax revenue and Las Vegas Stadium Authority Budget is not present. There’s no agenda item that focuses on it, and no attachment […]
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. […]
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, […]
OAKLAND, CA – Monday, The Oakland City Council passed the second reading of the Ordinance to establish regulations and permits for dockless scooter sharing programs, co-authored by Councilmembers Kaplan, Gallo, and Department of Transportation Staff. Kaplan says, “This Ordinance will provide responsible guidelines for scooter companies as they do business in Oakland.” Councilmember Kaplan also […]
OAKLAND, CA – Monday, The Oakland City Council passed Councilmember Kaplan’s Resolution calling on Congress to abolish the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency. ICE was recently created in 2003, under the Bush Administration, to prevent acts of terrorism and criminal activity. However, ICE’s work has dramatically shifted from its mission of preventing terrorism, to […]
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 […]
Oakland News Now – Oakland Raiders Lose To Denver 20 To 19. Another loss, and it’s zero wins and three losses. Time to push the panic button – livestream talk. We talked about it on Zennie62 on YouTube tonight! Stay tuned and subscribe. Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation […]
Oakland, CA – The Oakland Mayor’s Office reports that tomorrow, Monday, September 17, the City of Oakland will release a new Oakland Cultural Plan, which the Mayor’s Office says is Oakland’s first in thirty years.It will do so via a meeting in the Mayor’s Office “Large Conference Room” and that features Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, […]
