Zennie62 refers to a YouTube channel and online brand created by Zennie Abraham. It combines his first name with the year he was born, 1962, in Chicago.
Oakland News Now – Oakland A’s Stomper Statues Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of Team In Oakland 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 Zennie62Media. The uploaded video is from a vlogger with the Zennie62 onYouTube channel, … Read more
Oakland News Now – Paul Hlebcar is a legendary singer and guitarist who performs at The Alley at 3325 Grand Avenue in Oakland, near Lake Merritt and The Grand Lake Theater. Tonight, he played Bob Dylan’s “Love Minus Zero / No Limit” at the piano, as Norman, an Alley regular, sang. The Alley is known … Read more
ONN – Can “Keep It Oakland” save small business in Oakland? “Keep It Oakland” is a movement that was already there but now has been accelerated by the Oakland Indie Alliance. The intent, as explained to me by Amy Hillyard, co-owner of Farley’s East Cafe in Uptown Oakland, is to support and promote The Town’s … Read more
Oakland News Now – Need a drone that can fly and gather data and then land on its own mini base station? Vtrus Autonomous Drone can do that and it’s makers were at The TechCrunch 2018 August Capital Party. Johathan Lenoff, Vtrus Chief Technology Officer, explained that the drone was under development and in the … Read more
Oakland News Now – How do you think the Oakland Raiders will do with Jon Gruden at the helm of the organization for at least the 2018 NFL Season? That’s the question I asked Zennie62 on YouTube fans I met at the Oakland Art & Soul Festival on Saturday. What shocked me was one man … Read more
Oakland News Now – The new Peet’s Coffee In Downtown Oakland at 1615 Broadway, is quite the meeting place for Uptown. Located right where Broadway and Telegraph Avenue meet, I’ve ran into everyone from Jesse Smith, who’s running for Mayor of Oakland, to Kenzie Smith, who’s running for the Oakland City Council District Two Seat, … Read more
Torpedo Sushi, a great restaurant in Uptown Oakland located at 25 Grand Avenue, has an excellent dish called “The Classic” Poke called “The Classic” Poke Bowl consists of Poke Tuna and salmon, and Surimi Crab. It’s a great and healthy and filling bowl of sushi goodness you’ve got to try. Torpedo Sushi is open through … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland Raiders NFL News Livestream, Coach Carl Rose Interview at Room 389 at 389 Grand Av in Oakland’s Adams Point District. We talked about the Oakland Raiders news from training camp, NFL News, and Carl’s specialty which is cross country, track, and road racing. Carl ran track at UC Berkeley as … Read more
Oakland News Now – I interviewed Joseph Tanios who is running for the Oakland City Council District Four seat currently held by Annie Campbell Washington. The venue: Lakeshore Cafe at 3257 Lakeshore Av in Oakland. Mr. Tanios talked at length about his reasons for running and his 19 years of experience with the City of … Read more
Oakland News Now – In Mission Impossible Fallout, Tom Cruise manages to do what James Bond would never do: make being a secret agent look like a thankless job. In the process he made the best mission impossible movie of the series. In paring with Superman Henry Cavill (who can’t quite make you think … Read more
Oakland News Now – Kyle Newport is an Oakland legend and together with Lionel Bea form Bay Area Productions. BAP is one of the most successful and long running entertainment production organizations in the history of R&B. Having produced concert events for entertainers like Jamie Foxx and D.L. Hughley. But today, Kyle was just enjoying … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland Public Ethics Commission has a table at the Art And Soul Festival 2018. Whitney Barazoto, who staffs the table, was kind enough to tell Zennie62Media viewers and about the organization in the video above. https://ift.tt/2AiPvU5 Stay tuned. Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of … Read more
Oakland News Now – Cat Brooks is running for Mayor of Oakland against the incumbent Libby Schaaf and a field of 13 candidates. In this Interview at the Oakland City Council Meeting of two weeks ago, she gave Zennie62Media an update. Brooks announced that she has 400 people signed up as volunteers and “half have … Read more
Wow. Rudy’s Cant Fail Cafe Closes In Oakland. This vlogger’s favorite late night breakfast place shut its doors on July 26th 2018. And I found out the hard way: hungry for a Rudy’s Cant Fail Cafe helping of Green Eggs and Ham (not kidding), after attending the TechCrunch August Capital Party in Menlo Park (they … Read more
Oakland News Now – Phrame is a Smart License Plate Frame technology that I was introduced to ar the TechCrunch August Capital Party today. Phrame Device and app Enable any car to get it in the car trunk grocery delivery, packages and even laundry. Phrame partners with on-demand gas, oil providers and valet services — … Read more
Oakland News Now – Kenzie Smith Oakland City Council Candidate Talks Nia Wilson And BBQ Becky On Livestream. And for a wide ranging talk that was as revealing as it was long. I leaned that Bbq Becky claimed that she purchased Lake Merritt for $5.7 million and told Kenzie it was privately owned. In total … Read more
Oakland News Now – The Oakland Raiders Coliseum Lease Extension is still up in the air after the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority Meeting this morning. No report was made from closed session. That means the deadline for a lease extension that was July 30th will be overran. And into September before any … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland Coliseum JPA Livestream For July 27th Meeting – Raiders Lease The meeting was marked by a discussion of how much money the Coliseum was making. Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty was insistent that the financial report did not show all of the monies made over the last fiscal year. It … Read more
Oakland News Now – Charlie Casserly, the NFL Network Analyst and former General Manager of The Washington Redskins, made some really stupid and seemingly personal comments about Dez Bryant on the broadcast of Thursday evening. In an obvious rush to prove that Bryant is not the wide receiver he used to be with the Dallas … Read more
Oakland News Now – Oakland Raiders In AFC West, Training Camp Livestream, Coliseum JPA Meeting Friday, Vegas Update PLEASE INVEST IN ZENNIE62MEDIA VIA PAYPALHERE: https://ift.tt/2u7j8De 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 Zennie62Media. The uploaded … Read more
via Oakland News Now Rick DaSilva is the President of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber Of Commerce and Partner in Loh Realty and Investments. He’s also someone I’ve know since 1997, when Zennie Abraham worked as Oakland Mayor Elihu Harris Economic Advisor. Zennie says he literally ran into Rick at the July 24th Oakland City Council … Read more
via Oakland News Now Chris Young Suspends Oakland City Council District Four Race For Beautiful Reason: his wife Sam is pregnant with their second child. On his Facebook page, Chris left this tearfully lovely message: Dear Friends and Family: The outpouring of support for my candidacy for Oakland City Council has been nothing short of … Read more
Zennie62 Live From Connie’s Cantina Oakland On Raiders Las Vegas NFL Stadium Update via Oakland News Now PLEASE INVEST IN ZENNIE62MEDIA VIA PAYPALHERE: https://ift.tt/2u7j8De Oakland News Now Note: this post demos the user of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system. The uploaded video is from the Zennie62 onYouTube channel, then uploaded automatically to the Oakland … Read more
via IFTTT President Donald Trump was caught on tape taking with Michael Cohen and setting up deal to buy Karen McDougal, The Playboy Model’s Story, from the National Enquirer. The story was that Trump had sex with McDougal – but with Trump running for POTUS, he did not want that information made public. Prior to … Read more
via Oakland News Now The Oakland City Council will take up the issue of dockless bikes and scooters that have seemingly taken over Oakland, and Lake Merritt in particular, tonight. CJ Hirschfield, The Executive Director of Children’s Fairyland, has a lot to say about what I will call The Scooter Problem At Lake Merritt. Ms … Read more
via IFTTT Marchon Tatmon is a candidate for Mayor of Oakland 2018l, who I just happened to run into at Bacheesos Restaurant on Grand Avenue and Park View Terrace. I happened to be sitting down to lunch, and so he agreed to this livestream interview. The standard format I have is to allow the candidate … Read more
via IFTTT Bay Area Proud Boys Member Says No Oakland Make Westing Meeting Oakland News Now Note: this post demos the user of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system. The uploaded video is from the Zennie62Media Zennie62 onYouTube channel, then uploaded automatically to the Oakland News Now site. The objective is real-time on the scene … Read more
via IFTTT The Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF was a dramatic success, and according to sources, over 123,000 people came to watch rugby sevens in a new format. But who make the food for the winning All-Blacks and Black Ferns and the other 40 competing teams? Oakland’s Nybll, lead by its co-founder Chef Kristen … Read more
via IFTTT The Proud Boys, White Guy Who Stabbed Black Women On BART Connected? In Oakland, A white man of what is said to be a 25-30 year old heavyset white man 5 foot nine inches tall and with spiked hair to one side, stabbed two black women at Mac Arthur BART Station on Sunday. … Read more
via IFTTT New Zealand All-Blacks, Black Ferns, Take Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF Championship. Perry Baker of USA Rugby said that he didn’t think of the All-Blacks when I asked him if he was tired of all of the talk about them in our interview. Well, after both the All-Blacks and their female version … Read more
via IFTTT Pita Taumoepenu Of San Francisco 49ers At Rugby World Cup Sevens SF 2018 Pita is the San Francisco 49ers second year pass rusher who made the transition from rugby, and became an asset to the young Niners Defense. But on this weekend and this World Championship Sunday, the Tonga rugby star said he … Read more
via IFTTT Dyllon Is Young Dancing Star Of Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF. And wowed the crowd in AT&T Park Section 230 during the World Championship Final. Oakland News Now Note: this post demos the user of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system. The uploaded video is from the Zennie62Media Zennie62 onYouTube channel, then … Read more
via IFTTT Brett Gosper, Rugby World Cup CEO, came to the press room to hold an impromptu press conference. The video above has the full conversation; here are some highlights of what he said. Much of the talk was around the “knockout” format. As the Associated Press put it “A new format for the seventh … Read more
via IFTTT Rugby World Cup Sevens SF 2018 Beautiful Fiji Fan Upset Her Team Lost Oakland News Now Note: this post demos the user of an experimental mobile media video-blogging system. The uploaded video is from the Zennie62Media Zennie62 onYouTube channel, then uploaded automatically to the Oakland News Now site. The objective is real-time on … Read more
via IFTTT The Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF Men’s Final is today and Zennie62Media will be there. A list of contests have already completed this morning, with more going on, and the pivotal matches to occur after 5 PM PST this evening. The question is who will emerge? The Fiji “Dream Team” is the … Read more
via IFTTT The intersection of Oakland Grand And Bellevue needed Traffic Control Lights for years upon decades. As I’ve blogged before, the intersection of Grand Avenue and Bellevue Avenue serves two restaurants, Ahn’s Burgers and Perch Cafe, a brand new apartment building at 460 Gtand Avenue, and two older apartment buildings, and Bellevue Av itself. … Read more
via IFTTT Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF. The epic battle of USA vs England got under way with America scoring first. But even as that happened, the crowd was more for England. And for a reason. The Fiji National Team’s big fan is the chief of the Fiji Rugby Union. In trying to come … Read more
via IFTTT Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF: Fiji 7s 41 Argentina 7s 7 For Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF there has to be one favorite among the crowd at AT&T Stadium and that’s the Fiji 7s. The Fiji 7s have been described as the “Dream Team”, and for good reason: the Fiji 7s … Read more
via IFTTT Rugby World Cup Sevens 2018 SF is proving to be a massive hit. As this blogger sits here, there look to be about 30,000 people in AT&T Stadium to watch this particular set of matches. That means the overall throughput of people may top 100,000 when the RWC7s 2018 is done. Right now, … Read more
via IFTTT Jon Gruden’s Oakland Raiders fan party had another star. Jon Gruden threw the Oakland Raiders Fans Party, but his co-host was Ricky Ricardo (with his wife Tina Ricardo) the owner of Ricky’s Sports Theater and Grill in San Leandro. Believe it or not, folks, for all of the Raiders games I’ve attended. For … Read more