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
Oakland News Now – Salesforce Transit Center Crack Due To 2017 Cost Reduction Change Order? Oakland News Now reports that a cost committee created by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority under executive director Mark Zabadeh may have ordered a change order that called for exposed steel to replace a planned concrete support system above the … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … 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
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland News Now – White House Presents Brett Kavanaugh Letter Dear Chairman Grassley: Thank you for the invitation to appear before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on Monday, September 24. I will be there. I look forward to the opportunity to testify before the Committee. I also appreciate the time that Committee staff took … Read more
Week 3 kicks off at FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland as the Browns host the New York Jets on Thursday, September 20 (8:20 PM ET, NFL Network). The Jets and Browns meet for the 25th time in the regular season with the all-time series tied 12-12. In their last meeting (Week 5 of 2017 season), Jets … Read more
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, … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland News Now – Las Vegas Waldorf Astoria Hotel Window Glass Blew Out 37 Stories Up The Las Vegas Waldorf Astoria Hotel window glass blew out from 37 stories up. The video is by Crystal Schenkel on Twitter. She reports that at 12:20 am September 20th and as she and her party were leaving the … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
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, … Read more
September 18, 2018, Berlin, Germany – COPYTRACK https://www.copytrack.com, leading worldwide image copyright enforcer, and The WENN Media Group (WMG) https://www.wenn.com, international news content provider, announced today that they have entered into a long term exclusive arrangement for COPYTRACK to represent WMG’s global post licensing infringement rights worldwide. COPYTRACK’S Proprietary “Reverse Image Search Engine Technology” Has … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Oakland News Now – East Bay Express To Get Oakland Latino Buyer? A long-time friend called to inform this blogger they put “an offer down to buy the East Bay Express. I think it’s about time a person of color owned it. I took them seriously when they said they wanted to sell it, so … Read more
Washington, D.C. – Today, during Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, Second Lady Karen Pence visited Belden, Inc. in Richmond, Indiana. Accompanied by Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the US Department of Labor, Dr. Jerome Adams, US Surgeon General, and Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald J. Trump, the Trump Administration highlighted how Belden’s Pathways … Read more
Berkeley, CA – Today the Buffy Wicks for Assembly 2018 campaign released its policy platform on disability rights. Buffy will discuss her platform at the Disability Rights Forum held tomorrow from 6 – 7pm at 500 Davis St in San Leandro. The forum is hosted by East Bay Legislative Coalition, The Center for Independent Living, … Read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a global community of more than 8,000 of the most accomplished artists, filmmakers and executives working in film. In addition to celebrating and recognizing excellence in filmmaking through the Oscars, the Academy supports a wide range of initiatives to promote the art and science of the … Read more
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 … Read more
“Buffy Wicks Dot Money” is a website The East Bay Democratic Socialists of America announced in a press release sent to Zennie62Media in the early morning hours of September 17th. Here’s the announcement of the new site that you can visit here: http://buffywicks.money Democratic Socialists Promote Campaign Finance Transparency OAKLAND – The East Bay chapter … 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
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 … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland, CA – Oakland Raiders Lose To Denver Broncos 19 To 20 On Drive Khalil Mack Would Have Stopped Earlier this year, Oakland Raiders Head Coach Jon Gruden said that Khalil Mack played on the Raiders Defense last year and they didn’t perform well. The comment was made to say to … Read more
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, … Read more
