Oakland News Now – Oakland Raiders v LA Chargers NFL Preview Livestream On Zennie62 Zennie Abraham predicts that the Los Angeles Chargers will beat the Oakland Raiders 24 to 7. 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 … Read more
Jovanka Beckles, candidate to represent Assembly District 15, today condemned the nomination and potential confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. “His confirmation would be a desecration of democracy,” Beckles said. “The charges of sexual assault are only one sign of Judge Kavanaugh’s willingness to rank the importance of his own and … Read more
On Thursday, October 4th at 10:11 AM EST, Chris Evans issued this tweet on Twitter in Fayetteville, Georgia: Officially wrapped on Avengers 4. It was an emotional day to say the least. Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor. To everyone in front of the camera, behind the camera, and … Read more
Ever wonder if there’s one place where you can see how the fundraising picture looks in the Oakland elections? In other words, how much money each candidate for office in Oakland has raised? Well, the answer is there’s not just one place, there are two places: the City of Oakland Elections Webpage (which has been … Read more
Oakland News Now – Senators Diane Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, On FBI Investigation Of Brett Kavanaugh . This morning, Democratic Senators Diane Feinstein and Chuck Schumer gave a press conference after reviewing the FBI Report on Brett Kavanaugh. Feinstein, the Senator who was once Mayor of San Francisco, said “The most notable part of the report … Read more
2018 Oakland Mayoral And City Council Candidate Questionnaire is here! 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. Individual emails will … Read more
Steven Donziger has taken a sad and giant fall from grace in the wake of his fraudulent scheme to extort billions of dollars from Chevron Oil Company, and for alleged pollution done in a Ecuador, where the U.S. Oil giant never had full, operational, production facilties. After being stripped of his law license in New … Read more
Oakland, CA- Tonight, Oakland City Council voted to extend the moratorium on the substantial rehabilitation exemption to rent control. The moratorium, authored by Councilmembers Kaplan and Kalb, seeks to minimize the displacement of tenants unable to afford the higher rents that owners charge after units are removed from the rent control program through the substantial … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
This is a response to a Facebook Post-turned Oakland News Now blog post on Al Attles III’s view that social media is responsible for social dysfunction. Maybe the answer to the anguished question posed by Al Attles III is to have him help organize a Bay Area-specific forum that can draw together any number of … Read more
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 … Read more
Alvin Attles III, son of the legendary Golden State Warriors basketball player, Oakland’s Al Attles, wrote a timely and thoughtful post on his Facebook profile page about an hour ago, today. Without any further ado, here it is: Sometimes I look at TV and pay attention to social media and feel like we are on … Read more
Berkeley, CA – California Assembly candidate Buffy Wicks held her 200th houseparty in AD 15 this weekend. In addition, the Wicks for Assembly campaign knocked on more than 5,000 doors in AD 15 throughout the past week, working to get out Buffy’s message of affordable housing, healthcare for all, economic equality and family-friendly policies. Berkeley … Read more
Richmond City Council Member Jovanka Beckles joined a tour on Friday, Sept. 28, of the brand-new Miraflores affordable senior housing complex in Richmond. A delighted Jovanka Beckles joined celebratory community leaders who explained the long drawn-out, complicated and challenging process to bring this stunning new complex of 100 one bedroom units into being. “We didn’t … 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
Jovanka Beckles’s endorsements to represent Assembly District 15 continue to astound! In the last week, she received endorsements from: $ Author and environmental pioneer Frances Moore Lappé; $ LGBTQ-oriented Bay Area Reporter newspaper; $ Massive public employee union AFSCME California; $ East Bay Young Democrats; $ Black Young Democrats of the East Bay; $ Rainbow … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … 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
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … 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
Oakland News Now – The Oakland Raiders are not moving to San Diego for one year. You were fooled, you the Oakland Raiders Fan, by a publication (not this one) that doers not at all care about you. The media organization would rather play you for a fool than give you the real information, which … Read more
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: … Read more
