Oakland News Now – Oakland A’s Best Houston Astros 4 to 3, KC Chiefs Mahomes Drops Bomb On Falcons NFL Preseason. The Zennie62 Livestream talk was late night and lively. The Oakland A’s came back to defeat the Houston Astros 4 to 3 in the 10th inning on a walkoff home run by Matt Olson. … Read more
Lake Merritt and the City of Oakland and USRowing are hosting the 2018 US Rowing Masters National Championships at Lake Merritt which started Thursday August 16 and go to August 19, 2018 (racing daily from 8 am to 6 pm). Sunny and warm in Oakland today, and Lake Merritt is a bustling pile of rowers and boats … Read more
Sheng Thao, candidate for Oakland City Council District 4, became the first candidate certified to qualify for the ballot for her race by the Alameda County Registar of Voters, this week. Sheng Thao also continues to pick up critical endorsements as the campaign approaches Labor Day. Last week, the Alameda Labor Council made Sheng their … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland’s Andrew Barnard introduces “Death To Racism” T-Shirts at Peet’s Coffee in Downtown Oakland. I met Andrew via Oakland City Council District Four Candidate Kenzie Smith. And that was a chance encounter at the new Peet’s Coffee at 1615 Broadway in the Flatiron Building in Downtown Oakland. Andrew explains that the … Read more
The Burlington Avenue Apartment Rent Strike in Los Angeles should be a lesson to Oakland and the Bay Area: Tenant union activists, and their attorneys, no matter how well-intentioned, don’t always know the law and many times give bad advice to tenants in rent-increase situations. For example, take the “rent strike” going on at … Read more
City of Oakland Public Works Department press release announces series of three events across Oakland invites residents to drop off unwanted bulky items for free disposal, where they will also learn how to get the same service at their own home’s curbside. Note: City Of Oakland Can Buyout Alameda County Share Of Oakland Coliseum, But … Read more
Oakland News Now – Omarosa Releases New Tapes Featuring Lara Trump On MSNBC. She just appeared on MSNBC with Craig Melvin and released tapes of a conversation with Lara Trump, President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law. Omarosa also told Craig Melvin that she believed the job offer from the Trump Campaign was “hush money” and that the … Read more
Oakland News Now – The Quwwn Of Soul , Aretha Franklin is dead and has passed away to Heaven. I don’t remember when she started being called “The Quwwn Of Soul” but I know it’s been her nickname since I was little, and that goes back to the late 1980s. Here are some of the … Read more
SalesForce Transit Center, developed by Maria Ayerdi Kaplan, San Francisco’s a social media gem! SalesForce Transit Center’s first regular commute day was Monday, August 13th, and Oakland News Now checked in on the social media perspective of the major event in San Francisco Bay Area history. The giant facility, originally planned by its developer Maria … Read more
MacGyver: The Escape Room Game is now available exclusively at Target. This multi-scenario escape room in a box based on the classic CBS Television series is perfect for MacGyver fans and escape room fanatics alike who shop at Target. MacGyver: The Escape Room Game brings the challenge of an escape room straight to the comfort … Read more
Oakland News Now – Chris Dobbins, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Board Member was the guest of Zennie62 on YouTube Livestream for Wednesday, August 15th. Note: City Of Oakland Can Buyout Alameda County Share Of Oakland Coliseum, But Shouldn’t – Here’s Why Dobbins, the appointee of Alameda County District Five Supervisor Nate Miley, talked … Read more
In the matter of the AT&T and Time Warner merger, Open Markets Institute sent the press release below to Zennie62Media. The organization has filed a “friend of the court” or “amicus” brief in the appeal of the recently-granted vertical merger of telecom companies AT&T and Time Warner. Here’s the release. On June 12th, US District … Read more
Lauren Simmons has scored a hat-trick, of sorts: she’s not only the first full time New York Stock Exchange Trader, she’s the first African American woman to be a full time NYSE trader, and the youngest at 23 years old. In an interview with Channel 11 the NBC Affiliate in Atlanta, Lauren Simmons says “It … Read more
After decades, California Proposition 13 will be the focus of a tax reform initiative, and its on the November 2020 ballot. On Tuesday, August 14th, 2018, Schools and Communities First, a powerful statewide coalition of nearly 300 endorsing community organizations, labor unions, business leaders, philanthropic foundations and elected officials, announced the submission of over 860,000 … Read more
Oakland News Now – Elihu Harris, Former Oakland Mayor and I talk Oakland elections 2018 and Oakland Politics. Elihu was Oakland’s 46th Mayor from 1991 to 1999, and prior to that the youngest person ever elected to the California Assembly. I was Mayor Harris’ Economic Adviser from 1995 to 2001, and given a range of … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers took a rent arbitration legal loss to their Levi’s Stadium landlord, the City of Santa Clara, and turned it into a self-inflicted wound: an emotional and embarrassing disaster for the team. The catastrophe started when the San Francisco 49ers challenged their rent and sought to cut $180 million off their 40 … Read more
Oakland News Now – Donald Trump calls Omarosa, A Black Woman, a Dog On Twitter, shocking the nation. But will Omarosa sue for slander? This is what Trump wrote about Omarosa Manigault-Newman: “When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t … Read more
Donald Penn has signed a contract that resulted in a pay cut after it was restructured according to NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, and from an unnamed source. Mr. Penn, one of the NFL’s best left tackles, is rehabbing from Lisfranc surgery. Meanwhile, UCLA’s 6′ 9” Kolton Miller, the Raiders 2018 NFL Draft 1st … Read more
Oakland News Now – On this Zennie62 YouTube Livestream on Monday night, Zennie Abraham talked with his viewers about the awful performance of the Denver Broncos against the Minnesota Vikings and asked if they posted a real threat to the Oakland Raiders? The Broncos were hammered 28 to 42 by the Vikings last weekend to … Read more
Jovanka Beckles, Richmond city councilmember and candidate for the California state Assembly in District 15, has strongly condemned lobbying by gig economy firms aimed at overturning new legal protections for employees wrongly classified as “independent contractors.” Beckles urged state legislators to reject an attempt by Uber and Lyft to nullify a pro-labor decision by the … Read more
Oakland News Now – Omarosa, Donald Trump’s now former White House aide, friend, and confidant, appeared on “Hardball” on with Chris Matthews on MSNBC, a moment ago, and dropped yet another bombshell. The author of the new book “Unhinged” says that she not only has more tape recordings of conversations with President Trump (and other … Read more
Oakland’s Emily Palen Is Knightress M1 and she teams with Stymie and The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, Felsen, August 16th at The Neck Of The Woods, 406 Clement Street, 94118. Performance starts at 8 PM PDT. Oakland’s Emily Palen is an incredible violinist and singer, who has performed with The Foo Fighters, John Paul Jones, … Read more
The San Francisco 49ers lost a legal battle to the City of Santa Clara and the Santa Clark Stadium Authority last week, as an arbitrator ruled in Santa Clara’s favor. Now, the SF 49ers pay higher rent to the Santa Clara Stadium Authority, to the tune of $262,000 more. That the Niners have sought a … Read more
The City of Santa Clara’s won a major legal victory against the 49ers this week in a dispute over the rent the NFL franchise team will pay the Santa Clara Stadium Authority for Levi’s Stadium. “The city is very pleased with the outcome as it is in the best interest of the city, residents, and … Read more
Oakland News Now – Washington Redskins brawl with New York Jets at joint training camp, but what is not clear is who started the fight. Redskins Offensive Tackle Trent Williams said it was due to a cheap shot on teammate and Reskins Offensive Tackle Morgan Moses. Report is that Trumaine Johnson was the person who … Read more
The Laurel Street Fair, which takes up all of Mac Arthur Blvd from 35th Avenue to just before High Street, is going on right now. Today Laurel Street Fair along MacArthur Blvd. 35th Ave. to Maybelle Ave. stop in Showin' Out Hair Gallery for our Anniversary Sale #laurelstreetfair #showinoutsale #showinouthair A post shared by @ … Read more
President Donald Trump never hides his feelings, especially when its someone who accuses him of being racist and using the N-word. Such was the case 40 minutes ago when, according to an email to Zennie62Media and from White House Press Pool reporter Eli Stokols, Donald Trump called former Trump White House Aide, Apprentice winner, and … Read more
In the 2018 Oakland Elections, there are record numbers of candidates running for the Mayor Of Oakland and Oakland City Council District Four Seat – 17 people including incumbent Mayor Libby Schaaf, and 10 people in the case of the Oakland City Council District Four Seat (and had 12 names). UPDATE: the Oakland City Clerk … Read more
The Oakland Raiders beat the Detroit Lions 16 to 10, and while the story is that Jon Gruden returned to the Oakland Coliseum, and earned an NFL Preseason victory on his first try in too many years, the one true tale all of the reporters will miss is that the Raiders, for the first time … Read more
Oakland News Now – Jon Gruden’s Oakland Raiders best the Detroit Lions 16 to 10, and gave the coach called Chucky his first win in returning to NFL Football as Head Coach of the Silver and Black. The highlights were many: 1) A multiple offense that moved the quarterback pocket. 2) A bruising running game … Read more
Incumbent Oakland City Council District Two Councilmember Abel Guillen officially filed for re-election in the 2018 Oakland City Council District Two Race about 20 hours ago, according to his Twitter tweet to the time of this post: It’s official! Joined by supporters, I took the Oath of Office to continue my public service as your … Read more
Oakland News Now – Jesse Smith sets virtual office for Mayor of Oakland Run. The new Peet’s Coffee on Broadway and Telegraph Avenue in Downtown Oakland at 1615 Broadway, has already become a community center. Because of its location right smack in the middle of the central business district of Oakland, you are likely to … Read more
Oakland News Now – Cowboys vs 49ers NFL Preseason 2018 Livestream Talk With Zennie62? Yes, but there was a hickup along the way. It had to do with a subject that had no direct connection to the Cowboys vs 49ers NFL Preseason 2018 Livestream Talk With Zennie62, but a lot of indirects: the Oakland A’s … Read more
While other media types suspected that only men were behind the opposition to the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal Ballpark, I knew better: it was Vivian Kahn. This is what I wrote at Oakland News Now on August 4th 2018 (My birthday!) The Oakland A’s are still deep in the “exclusive negotiating agreement” period, where two … Read more
