Rebecca Kaplan Calls Oakland New Funding to Be Used to Restore Vital City Services

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland’s Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Calls on City’s New Funding to Be Used to Restore Vital City Services Oakland, CA — At the March 16, 2021, Oakland City Council meeting, we will discuss the allocation of Oakland’s additional funds — $10 million from the OACCA/Warriors litigation and large sums from the Federal COVID relief packet, … Read more

Teaunte Bailey Who Murdered 75-Year-Old Pak Ho In Oakland Adams Point, Targets Asians

Teaunte-Bailey (Photo courtesy Oakland Police)

Teaunte Bailey, who was first reported to have assaulted 75-year-old Pak Ho in Oakland Adams Point at Jayne and Perkins, is now a murderer, after Mr. Ho died in the hospital last night. The Oakland Police Department put out this advisory which now classifies Mr. Bailey as a person who targets Asians. The Oakland Police … Read more

Pak Ho 75-Year Old Asian Elderly Man Attacked By Teaunte Bailey In Oakland Adams Point Died

Pak Ho 75-Year Old Asian Elderly Man Attacked By Teaunte Bailey In Oakland Adams Point Died

Pak Ho 75-Year Old Asian Elderly Man Attacked By Teaunte Bailey In Oakland Adams Point Died ONN – Pak Ho 75-Year Old Asian Elderly Man Attacked By Teaunte Bailey In Oakland Adams Point Died – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube As the Oakland Police Department reported, and Oakland News Now explained, Teaunte Bailey’s assault of 75-year-old … Read more

Hate Crimes Against Blacks in Oakland – Alameda County, CA Outpaced Any Other Group Annually

Hate Crimes Against Blacks in Oakland – Alameda County, CA Outpaced Any Other Group Annually From YouTube Channel: March 12, 2021 at 01:52AM ONN – Hate Crimes Against Blacks in Oakland – Alameda County, CA Outpaced Any Other Group Annually There’s an idea that has to stop. Actually several. They are that Oakland Anti-Asian hate … Read more

Oakland OUSD Nutrition Services Team Surpasses 10,000,000 Student Meals

OUSD Nutrition Services Team Surpasses 10,000,000 Student Meals in Supporting Student Health & Well-Being, Plus Nearly 3,000,000 Pounds of Food from ACCFB

Oakland OUSD Nutrition Services Team Surpasses 10,000,000 Student Meals in Supporting Student Health & Well-Being, Plus Nearly 3,000,000 Pounds of Food from ACCFB Team Receives Assist from Alameda County Dental Society Oakland – As the Nutrition Services Team in Oakland Unified School District continues to support thousands of students across the city with healthy and … Read more

Adrian Henderson, Oakland Kingston 11 Owner, Talks Black Business Needs During Rep Lee Meeting

Adrian Henderson, Oakland Kingston 11 Owner, Talks Black Business Needs During Rep Lee Meeting

Adrian Henderson, Oakland Kingston 11 Owner, Talks Black Business Needs During Rep Lee Meeting From YouTube Channel: March 10, 2021 at 07:53AM ONN – Adrian Henderson, Oakland Kingston 11 Owner, Talks About Black Business Needs During U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s Meeting Kingston 11 is located at 2270 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, California, and has the best … Read more

West Oakland Senior Center, Mon 3/8: Free COVID-19 Vaccines For Alameda County Residents, Workers

West Oakland Senior Center, Mon 3/8: Free COVID-19 Vaccines For Alameda County Residents, Workers

Mon 3/8: Free COVID-19 Vaccines For Alameda County Residents, Workers At West Oakland Senior Center ONN – Mon 3/8: Free COVID-19 Vaccines For Alameda County Residents, Workers At West Oakland Senior Center – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog Mon 3/8: Free COVID-19 Vaccines For Alameda County Residents And Workers At West Oakland Senior … Read more

Oakland Police Warning Of Car-Jackings On The Rise Is Scary Stuff – We Must Fight Back!

Oakland Carjacking

Imagine driving along Oakland’s Broadway Avenue, headed toward Jack London Square and in the objective of having great Everett & Jones Barbeque. As you stop at the traffic light at 14th and Broadway, some dude runs out in front of your car, points a gun at you, and yells “GET OUT OF THE CAR!” That’s … Read more

Eddie Muller Uses Grand Lake Theater Oakland To Talk About Gone With The Wind On TCM

Eddie Muller Uses Grand Lake Theater Oakland To Talk About Gone With The Wind On TCM

Eddie Muller Uses Grand Lake Theater Oakland To Talk About Gone With The Wind On TCM From YouTube Channel: March 5, 2021 at 04:11AM ONN – Eddie Muller Uses Grand Lake Theater Oakland To Talk About Gone With The Wind On TCM If you, like me, watched Turner Classic Movie’s (TCM) much-needed presentation of the … Read more

The Most Influential African American / Black Sports Executives In The SF Bay Area

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KPIX Channel 5 Sports Anchor Vernon Glenn Gives Shout-Out To Zennie62Media CEO Zennie Abraham For The Most Influential African American / Black Sports Executives In The SF Bay Area List As we close Black History Month 2021, one question remains. Of all African American / Black sports executives in the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose … Read more

Oakland Athletics Ballpark At Howard Terminal New Video Images Released Before DEIR Report

Oakland Athletics Ballpark At Howard Terminal New Video Images Released Before DEIR Report

Oakland Athletics Ballpark At Howard Terminal New Video Images Released Before DEIR Report From YouTube Channel: February 26, 2021 at 02:14PM ONN – Oakland Athletics Ballpark At Howard Terminal New Video Images Released Before DEIR Report The A’s presented a new design, which is much “softer” in presentation than previeous versions. It’s less dramatic. Why … Read more

Howard Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Report Released By City Of Oakland, A’s – PMSA’s Mike Jacob Attacks

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The Howard Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is out of its cage and here at this link! The City of Oakland and The Oakland Athletics released the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Howard Terminal Ballpark (or more formally called “Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District at Howard Terminal”). First, the Oakland A’s sent their email, … Read more

Oakland CMs Rebecca Kaplan And Treva Reid Want Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

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Oakland’s Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Councilmember Treva Reid Call on FEMA and California Leadership to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Equitable Oakland (February 24, 2021) — Oakland’s Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and Councilmember Treva Reid (District 7 / East Oakland) sent a letter to State and Federal officials to seek immediate action to remedy the inequities … Read more

Oakland Police OPD Arrest a Berkeley Man For Criminal Threats Involving Hate Crimes

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OPD Arrest a Berkeley Man for Criminal Threats Involving Hate Crimes From YouTube Channel: February 23, 2021 at 10:20PM ONN – Oakland Police OPD Arrest a Berkeley Man For Criminal Threats Involving Hate Crimes Oakland Police at work busting someone who apparently got carried away being racist on social media. Read on. For Immediate Release: … Read more

Bay Area Transparency Gets False Arrest Attempt From Alameda County Sherriff

ALAMEDA SHERIFF THREATEN FALSE ARREST!! FIRST AMENDMENT FAIL!! From YouTube Channel: February 22, 2021 at 02:55AM ONN – Bay Area Transparency Gets False Arrest Attempt From Alameda County Sheriff Where Mr Bay Area Transparency’s audit reveals for public view, known problems with Alameda County Sheriff conduct. To Have the same legal representation that I have … Read more

SF Bay Area Bicycle Is Back: Bike Oakland & Alameda: Airport, Bay Farm & Alameda

Bike Oakland & Alameda: Airport, Bay Farm & Alameda clockwise From YouTube Channel: February 17, 2021 at 06:00AM ONN – SF Bay Area Bicycle Is Back: Bike Oakland & Alameda: Airport, Bay Farm & Alameda Where SF Bicycle writes: 2021-02-05: 28.7 miles, 223 ft gain, ride clockwise from East Oakland to the MLK Regional Shoreline, … Read more

SF BART Giving Free Ticket Ride Home If You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine At Oakland Coliseum Site

SF BART Giving Free Ticket Ride Home If You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine At Oakland Coliseum Site

SF BART Giving Free Ticket Ride Home If You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine At Oakland Coliseum Site From YouTube Channel: February 15, 2021 at 11:51PM ONN – SF BART Giving Free Ticket Ride Home If You Get Your COVID-19 Vaccine At Oakland Coliseum Site The Office Of Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson says that BART … Read more

Ben Bartlett Says Let’s Talk Reopening Berkeley Schools: Town Hall Thursday, 2/18/21

Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett: A Happy New Year 2021 Message

On Thursday, February 18th, 2021, 7:00 PM PST, the office of Berkeley City Councilman Ben Bartlett will be holding a ZOOM Virtual Town Hall with School Board Director Laura Babitt to have a School Reopening Conversation with Community Members, Parents, Teachers, and YOU! The Town Hall will start at 7pm and end around 8:30pm. Please … Read more

Sign-Ups For COVID Vaccination Appointments At Oakland Coliseum Site To Open Today

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, the State of California, in partnership with the Biden Administration, will begin offering COVID vaccinations to eligible residents, with an emphasis on the most affected communities in Alameda County. The site will be able to administer up to 6,000 vaccines a day. Beginning today, February 15, 2021, community members in … Read more

Delvecchio Finley Left Alameda Health System To Become CEO Of Atrium Health Navicent In Atlanta

Delvecchio Finley

An Alameda Health System follow-up on Delvecchio Finley, and based on Oakland News Now‘s original reporting of the AHS lawsuit against the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for allegations that… AHS is essentially suing the Alameda County Board of Supervisors because it controls ACERA – which AHS’s lawsuit says is siphoning off pension funds and … Read more

Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic

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Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic From YouTube Channel: February 12, 2021 at 12:45AM ONN – Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic The Pandemic has made the job of service delivery to Oakland’s unhoused and poor. In trying to determine just … Read more

The Black Family: A Conversation with Black Families in Alameda

The Black Family: A Conversation with Black Families in Alameda From YouTube Channel: February 5, 2021 at 07:35PM ONN – Honoring Black History Month, led by local historian Rasheed Shabazz, February 2, 2021 Note from Zennie62Media and OaklandNewsNow.com : this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an … Read more

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Applauds Opening of Community Vaccination Site at Oakland Coliseum

Barbara Lee Oakland California Congresswoman Receives COVID-19 Vaccine

Oakland, CA –– Congresswoman Barbara lee (CA-13) issued the following statement today regarding the opening of a community vaccination site in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum: “I applaud this critical investment by the federal government and the state of California to help communities like ours that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. … Read more

Watching Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Project Listening Meeting For February 3, 2021

Watching African American NFL Expansion Team Project Listening Meeting For February 3, 2021

Watching Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Project Listening Meeting For February 3, 2021 From YouTube Channel: February 3, 2021 at 09:32PM ONN – Watching Oakland African American NFL Expansion Team Project Listening Meeting For February 3, 2021 Went into the meeting on the community listening presentation for the Proposed Coliseum Sports and Entertainment Development … Read more

Oakland City Council Passes Resolutions: Coliseum Funds Use, COVID-19 Vaccines Equity

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Unanimously Passed! Resolutions to Receive $10 Million to Help Save Vital Oakland City Services and Calling for COVID-19 Vaccines to be Made Equitably Available for Our Community The Oakland City Council unanimously voted to approve two important resolutions introduced by Councilmember Treva Reid and I. The resolutions are; • Approving $10 million in available excess … Read more

Passenger At Oakland Airport Issued Fake Bomb Threat Because He Was ‘Upset’ By Flight Delay

Passenger at Oakland Airport issued bomb threat because he was ‘upset’ by delay From YouTube Channel: February 1, 2021 at 05:09PM ONN – Passenger At Oakland Airport Issued Fake Bomb Threat Because He Was ‘Upset’ By Flight Delay An “upset” passenger at the Oakland International Airport was responsible for briefly shutting down Terminal 1 after … Read more

Oakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Treva Reid, Want COVID-19 Vaccines To Be Equitably Available

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Together with Councilmember Treva Reid, Call for COVID-19 Vaccines to Be Made Equitably Available for Our Community Oakland – Tomorrow, February 2, 2021, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, along with Councilmember Treva Reid, will be introducing an urgent resolution asking the Oakland City Council to urge the state and federal governments … Read more

Oakland News: 2 Arrested For 10 Armed Robberies Of Cell Phone Stores

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Oakland News: 2 Arrested For 10 Armed Robberies Of Cell Phone Stores ONN – Oakland News: 2 Arrested For 10 Armed Robberies Of Cell Phone Stores – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Oakland News: 2 Arrested For 10 Armed Robberies Of Cell Phone Stores Two men were arrested and charged with 17 counts relating to robbery … Read more

Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson Vaccine Town Hall With Assemblymember Buffy Wicks

Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson Vaccine Town Hall With Assemblymember Buffy Wicks

Please join Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson and California State Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (AD 15) for a virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Town Hall THIS FRIDAY, January 29, 2021, 1:00 PM. During this event, attendees will hear from Alameda County Medical Director, Dr. Kathleen Clanon, about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine, and more about … Read more

Oakland Finance Committee To Discuss Councilmember Kaplan Idea To Use Coliseum Surplus For Shortfall

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland Finance Committee to Discuss Informational Reports on Budget Shortfall & My Proposal to Use $10 Million Surplus to Save Vital Community Programs & Services Oakland – Today at 1:30pm, the Oakland Finance and Management Committee will receive budget informational reports from the Administration that I requested regarding: the implementation of administrative corrective actions to … Read more

Oakland-Scranton Flag Honors President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris

Oakland-Scranton flag honors Harris, Biden From YouTube Channel: January 24, 2021 at 07:07PM ONN – Oakland-Scranton Flag Honors President Joe Biden and VP Kamala Harris AP writes: The hometowns of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have created an Oakland-Scranton flag in a gesture to commemorate their inauguration as U.S. president and vice president and to … Read more

Rebecca Kaplan Denounces Plan To Cut Oakland Fire Services

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland’s Vice Mayor Kaplan Denounces Dangerous Plan to Cut Fire Services, Finds Millions of Dollars to Save Vital Services Oakland – Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan has identified an additional $10 million to help save vital services in Oakland, in the face of proposed budget cuts and threats to public safety. In recent days, numerous … Read more

Oakland Announces Participation in the National Memorial to Lives Lost to COVID-19

City of Oakland

The First Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial to Lives Lost is Part of The Inauguration of President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris Oakland – Today, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced that Oakland will be participating in the Nationwide COVID-19 Memorial to Lives Lost by: • Illuminating Oakland City Hall on the evening of … Read more

OUSD, Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, Salesforce, Revolution Foods To Deliver Food Boxes This Morning

Oakland Unified School District OUSD

OUSD Partners with Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, Salesforce, and Revolution Foods to Deliver Holiday Food and Family Literacy Boxes to Students and their Families Oakland – December 28,2020: 1800 families across OUSD will receive a special delivery on Monday, December 28, as District staff has organized home delivery of produce boxes, adult meals and a … Read more

Port of Oakland Board Extends Project Labor Agreement 5 Years

Port Of Oakland

Port partners with Building and Construction Trades Council of Alameda County Oakland – December 24, 2020: The Oakland Board of Port Commissioners have extended the Port’s landmark project labor agreement (PLA) that increases East Bay hiring on Port-related capital projects. Negotiated in 2016, the PLA serves as a model for increasing the number of disadvantaged … Read more

Oakland Police Department Critical Incident Video / Officer-Involved Shooting – November 3, 2020

Oakland Police Department Critical Incident Video / Officer-Involved Shooting – November 3, 2020 From YouTube Channel: December 18, 2020 at 08:22PM ONN – On November 3, 2020, the Oakland Police Department was involved in an officer-involved shooting in the 1400 block of 92nd Avenue. When the Department has a critical incident involving our officers, we … Read more

Save The Alley Cat Bar: 3325 Grand Avenue Oakland Needs Our Help To Stay Alive During The Pandemic

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Save The Alley! The Alley Cat Bar, the legendary local landmark at 3325 Grand Avenue in Oakland, and that’s so much a part of Oakland’s history, and is one of a few active piano bars in the World, needs our help to stay open during The Pandemic. So let’s save The Alley! As a long … Read more

Alameda County Health Care Services Provides Healthcare Workers First COVID-19 Vaccinations at St. Rose Hospital

Alameda County Health Care Services

The Alameda County Health Care Services Agency today started providing some of the first COVID-19 vaccinations to frontline medical workers and first responders at highest risk for exposure during a Point-of-Distribution (POD) at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward. “The arrival of these first doses brings great hope to many including those who have battled against … Read more

City of Oakland Opens Clifton Hall In Rockridge To Unsheltered Seniors, Begins Moving in Families

Oakland Clifton Hall Dorm In Rockridge

Oakland – The City of Oakland is now the official proud owner of Clifton Hall Dormitory in the amenity rich, transit-friendly Rockridge neighborhood. The 63-unit, unoccupied building will provide deeply affordable, long- and short-term housing for Oakland seniors and families. Funds for this acquisition were granted to the City of Oakland through the State’s Project … Read more

The Surge In The Pandemic Is Causing Us To Change Our OUSD Reopening Plans

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An online letter from OUSD Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell Dear OUSD Community: We recently shared our OUSD plan to reopen schools for in-person instruction with January 25, 2021 as our target starting date. Unfortunately, COVID transmission and cases in our county continue to worsen. Before we break for the winter holiday, I … Read more