Jeff Adachi is not so much a man as he is an experience in energy. He’s extremely passionate about the cause of social justice, and has formed this passion into an organized group called the San Francisco Public Defenders Office. Now, given that my friend just suddenly and shockingly passed away, you may wonder why … Read more
The San Francisco-based Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) issued this report update on the progress of repairs to the Salesforce Transit Center. The problem with Salesforce Transit Center rests in a set of cracked steel beams found at two locations within the structure of the facility, and on September of 2018.
Hackeem Jeffries Nominates Nancy Pelosi As Speaker Of The House of Representatives ONN – Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi (D) San Francisco is nominated by New York Rep Hackeem Jeffries to be Speaker of the 116th House of Representatives. She becomes the first representative to regain her position as Speaker in 60 years. Oakland News Now … Read more
Veritas Investments in San Francisco sets the record straight It was the best of years and the most difficult of years for California property owners that specialize in apartment rentals. On the positive side, rent prices continued to grow or at the very lease remain steady. And, from a political and long-term business perspective, the … Read more
San Francisco Transbay Transit Center Reopening Uncertain But Repairs Under Way The San Francisco-based Transbay Joint Powers Authority (“TJPA”, or the organization established by Maria Ayerdi Kaplan and which serves as owner and operator of what is now called Salesforce Transit Center), issued a press release and a 25-page update report on repairs to the … Read more
A Florida trial between Aimco, one of the nation’s largest apartment property owners, and San Francisco-based tech giant Airbnb, scheduled to start Monday, could determine the viability of a large chunk of the online community marketplace’s business. UPDATE: Aimco and Airbnb form settlement agreement in Miami. Apartment home provider Aimco filed a lawsuit against Airbnb … Read more
ONN – 49ers Reuben Foster’s Toxic Girlfriend Gets Him Arrested Again, Shocker San Francisco 49ers Reuben Foster, the team’s star linebacker, was in court this year against his then girlfriend Elissa Ennis. The charge was felony domestic violence – and not only were that dropped, but it was found that Ennis was trying to … Read more
As I write this, I’m in Fayette County, Georgia where it’s Thursday, November 8th, 3:25 AM EST. I’ve been here at my Mom’s home to keep her company. While I do this, I’m maintaining an apartment in Oakland that I’ve seen maybe 51 days out of this year. I’m here for my Mom and because … Read more
It’s November 5th , 2018, and the Salesforce Transit Center, or what this blogger calls “The House That Maria Ayerdi Kaplan built,” opened to much fanfare on August 12th of this year, has been closed since September 25th, when the Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) announced that fissures were discovered in one of the … Read more
“Always forward, never one step back”, those words spoken by my former NAACP colleague and freedom fighter Rev. William Barber III of North Carolina have stuck with me for the better part of a decade. In 2002, while other jurisdictions were rolling back voter protections and preventing people of color and women from accessing the … Read more
The Oakland Raiders vs. SF 49ers Thursday Night Football Game (TNF) is called “Battle Of The Bay” by the National Football League. Battle of the Bay Featured on ‘Thursday Night Football’ Raiders-49ers Thursday at 8:20 PM ET on FOX, NFL Network & Amazon Prime Video ‘NFL GameDay Kickoff’ Airs at 6:00 PM ET ‘FOX NFL … Read more
Mission Bar & Grill Has Great Cobb Salad At SFO Airport United Airlines Terminal 3E. This is my favorite place to eat at in this terminal at San Francisco International Airport. The service is great and the place is comfortable, and it’s layout encourages conversation, too. And, did I mention, the food is excellent? … Read more
The fake accounts in the news don’t at all match the real story we have on Maria Ayerdi Kaplan. Zennie62Media is not the official spokesperson for Ms. Ayerdi Kaplan, however it would be a mistake not to address what was written in other news posts, because they do not reflect her story as presented in our blog, Oakland News Now.
“The Strongest Regional Economy in the World?” Crisis management and containment in any emergency is an obvious necessity to guard against rampant expansion and to prevent widespread damage; it is therefore irresponsible for our Regional Agencies to remain in the background any longer while the Bay Area’s least adequately funded cities, Oakland in particular, must struggle to combat our … Read more
Today, Maria Ayerdi Kaplan’s Salesforce Transit Center Security Plan features a secret right under your feet. As Transbay Joint Powers Authority Executive Director, Maria Ayerdi Kaplan placed a premium on security after the horrible events of September 11th, 2001. The objective was to make the giant building able to sustain a terrorist attack. Part of … Read more
Oakland News Now – Salesforce Transit Center Upgrades, Maria Ayerdi Kaplan Work To Build TTC The Transbay Transit Center is set to reopen Wednesday, October 17th. After discovery of cracks in steel beams above the bus ramp over Fremont Street, and similar but smaller problems over 1st Street, the facility was closed for upgrades. “It … Read more
Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan, Salesforce Transit Center Developer and (now former) Executive Director of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority, applauded the designation of Phase 2 of the Transit Center Project as a priority by two key government associations in 2012. This retrospective is part of the Oakland News Now series on Maria Ayerdi-Kaplan’s work to build what … Read more
The Oracle NetSuite Open Squash 2018 San Francisco has been a rousing success, even if it was marked by a slew of upsets (or because of them, depending on your point of view). Let’s take a look at where we’ve come from in the standings, and where we are in the standings, headed into Sunday’s … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oracle NetSuite Squash Players Rachel Grinham and Nathan Lake Play Casey Pratt of ABC7 News. Oracle NetSuite Open Squash 2018 Update Here At Oracle NetSuite Squash Media Day, noted star players Rachel Grinham of Australia and and Nathan Lake of England play Casey Pratt of ABC7 News San Francisco on the … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oracle NetSuite Open Squash 2018 Live With The Players. UPDATE: Oracle NetSuite Open 2018 Squash V1: Amanda Sobhy, Sarah Jane Perry, Laura Massaro, Nicol Ann David Today was Oracle NetSuite Open Squash 2018 Media Day and Zennie62Media’s Zennie62 on YouTube was there live, thanks to Spritz Marketing of San Francisco. The … Read more
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, … Read more
San Francisco, CA— A skateboarder who defended himself in a road rage incident between himself and the driver of a SUV was found not guilty on Wednesday, San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi announced today. Marcus Huckabee, 31, was charged with battery and vandalism, both misdemeanors, stemming from an incident that occurred on April 4th … Read more
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 … Read more
Salesforce Transit Center is open, operational, and the toast of San Francisco, Oakland, and the SF Bay Area. The Salesforce Transit Center Roof-Top City Park, in 2014 mentioned as possibly not being built at all, is a massive hit today, and used by many thousands of people to date. In fact, “Salesforce Park” is used … Read more
You might wonder what SFGate.com, Chevron Oil Company, and former Texas Governor Rick Perry have to do with anything such that they are lumped together in one blog post. Well, they all concern me, and in this way. I happened upon a post by an obscure blog that the San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate.com “let me … Read more
