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Five Oakland Multicultural Chambers Of Commerce Call For Unity

JOINT STATEMENT FROM OAKLAND AREA CHAMBERS Five Chambers – One Oakland Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Latino Chamber of Commerce, Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Oakland Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce March 4, Oakland, CA- Standing together as crime rises in Oakland, the five Oakland multicultural Chambers of […]

President Biden Executive Order On Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad

The United States and the world face a profound climate crisis. We have a narrow moment to pursue action at home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of that crisis and to seize the opportunity that tackling climate change presents. Domestic action must go hand in hand with United States international […]

President Biden To Sign Executive Order Strengthening Buy American Provisions

President Biden to Sign Executive Order Strengthening Buy American Provisions, Ensuring Future of America is Made in America by All of America’s Workers Biden-Harris Administration Commits to Investing in American Workers and Companies Today, while many American businesses are on the brink of having to close their doors because of the crises that our country […]

President Biden Picks Klein, Bronaugh, Palm, Trottenberg, Marten, Chopra, Gensler, For Posts

President-elect Biden Announces Additional Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON – On January 18th, President-elect Joe Biden announced a number of key administration posts: Elizabeth Klein, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary […]

Mike Florio And Chris Sims Are Wrong About Gus Bradley As Raiders Defensive Coordinator. Here’s Why

Mike Florio And Chris Sims Are Wrong About Gus Bradley As Raiders Defensive Coordinator. Here’s Why From YouTube Channel: January 19, 2021 at 02:31AM ONN – Mike Florio And Chris Sims Are Wrong About Gus Bradley As Raiders Defensive Coordinator. Here’s Why. Not sure why Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio and Chris Simms felt the […]

Google Is Perpetuating Racist Stereotypes About Oakland In Its Search Pages

Google Is Perpetuating Racist Stereotypes About Oakland In Its Search Pages ONN – Google Is Perpetuating Racist Stereotypes About Oakland In Its Search Pages – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube If I happen to type Oakland News Now on Google, a list of questions on the first page of results ask questions that are racist: Is […]

Soul, The Pixar Movie Starring Jamie Foxx, Got Oakland Edna Brewer Middle School Students Help

Current and Former Edna Brewer Middle School Musicians Make Guest Appearance in New Pixar/Disney Movie, Soul Oakland, CA – Many musicians dream of performing on the biggest stages possible, and it doesn’t get much bigger than a feature-length Disney movie. A group of current and former Edna Brewer Middle School musicians, and one who graduated […]

CES 2021 News: Amorepacific Gets CES 2021 Innovation Award For Customized Lip Makeup Manufacturing Technology

Amoreapcific has been named a CES 2021 Innovation Award Honoree in the Health & Wellness category for its customized lip makeup manufacturing system ‘Lip Factory by Color Tailor.’ It is the second consecutive year Amorepacific has been recognized with a CES Innovation Award. The award-winning technology will be showcased online at the world’s largest consumer […]

CES 2021 Official Media Day Schedule Features Bosch, Canon, Mercedes Benz, More Tech Brands

CES 2021 Official Media Day Schedule Features Bosch, Canon, Mercedes Benz, More Tech Brands ONN – CES 2021 Official Media Day Schedule Features Bosch, Canon, Mercedes Benz, More Tech Brands – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube CES 2021 Official Media Day Schedule Features Bosch, Canon, Mercedes Benz, More Tech Brands CTA Announces Official Media Day Schedule […]

SPEAK UP! Youth Conference [12/1/2020]: Navigation Covid-19 Academic and Mental Health Needs

SPEAK UP! Youth Conference [12/1/2020]: Navigation Covid-19 Academic and Mental Health Needs From YouTube Channel: December 2, 2020 at 12:24AM ONN – https://ift.tt/33ZETFR Learn more: https://ift.tt/33XTu4H SPEAK UP! Youth Conference [11/17/2020]: Addressing COVID Safety & Awareness. We are so proud of our students who participated including: Jonathan Piper II, Chabot College (host) Chloe Armstead, Oakland […]

OUSD’s Multimedia Program, Youth Beat, To Host “Fast Forward” Fundraiser Thursday Evening

OUSD’s Multimedia Program, Youth Beat, to Host “Fast Forward”, the Annual Celebration & Fundraiser for the District’s Aspiring Filmmakers on Thursday Evening; Virtual Event is Free to Public, But Reservations are Required Oakland — Youth Beat, which is OUSD’s multimedia arts program teaching students how to be documentarians, filmmakers, directors, reporters, producers and photographers, will […]

Peralta Community College District Unveils New Center For Liberal Arts At The College of Alameda

Alameda, Ca – The Peralta Community College District (PCCD) today unveiled its latest accomplishment under an ambitious, multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan: completion of the New Center for Liberal Arts (Building H) at the College of Alameda. The nearly 54,000 square foot, building offers specialized facilities for programming in the divisions of Liberal Studies and Language […]

Ken Dilanian Says Cuss Words On Air On MSNBC With Craig Melvin – Melvin’s Reaction Is Priceless

Ken Delaney Says Cuss Words On Air On MSNBC With Craig Melvin – Melvin’s Reaction Is Priceless ONN – Ken Dilanian Says Cuss Words On Air On MSNBC With Craig Melvin – Melvin’s Reaction Is Priceless – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Ken Dilanian Says Cuss Words On Air On MSNBC With Craig Melvin – Melvin’s […]

Oakland Schools OUSD Board of Education Votes to Adopt Climate Emergency Action Resolution

OUSD Board of Education Votes to Adopt Climate Emergency Action Resolution Oakland – On Wednesday, October 28, the OUSD Board of Education took bold action in declaring a climate emergency and outlining what the District is doing, and will do, to develop a comprehensive plan to increase the District’s environmental sustainability. The Board passed a […]

City Of Oakland, Youth Speaks Inc. Offer Digital Workshops For Oakland’s Cultural Community

Oakland – The City of Oakland received $36.9 million in State of California CARES Act funding. Through the Oakland CARES Arts Technical Assistance Fund, $193,000 has been allocated to provide technical assistance to help Oakland-based arts organizations and artists develop a robust online digital presence. From November 9 to December 10, Youth Speaks, in partnership […]

OUSD to Update Public On $133 Million Project To Upgrade Fremont High School Wednesday

OUSD to Update Public on Massive $133 Million Project to Upgrade Fremont High School in News Conference on Wednesday Oakland – OUSD is holding a news conference on Wednesday, October 21, to update the school community and the public at large about the progress made on a major project to revamp the Fremont High School […]

#OaklandUndivided Reaches Half-Way Mark In Providing Computers, Internet To Oakland OUSD Students

#OaklandUndivided Reaches Major Milestone in Effort to Provide 25,000 Oakland Students with Free Computers and Internet Access; Media is Invited to Laptop Distribution Event on Thursday The press release sent from The Oakland Unified School District to Zennie62Media is below: Oakland, CA — Eric Yanez (below), a 4th-grader at Hoover Elementary School, had problems with […]

Oakland Lacrosse Club to Hold Annual Fundraiser Thursday Evening October 8th 2020

Oakland Lacrosse Club to Hold Annual Fundraiser Thursday Evening to Support Thousands of OUSD Students with the Original North American Sport Oakland – On Thursday evening, October 8, an important partner to Oakland schools and our students is holding its annual fundraiser. The Oakland Lacrosse Club (OLC) is hosting a virtual fundraiser to raise money […]

Oakland Misconceptions About Coal – “We Don’t Need Coal. It Can Be Replaced By Renewables”

Misconceptions about coal – “We don’t need coal. It can be replaced by renewables.” From YouTube Channel: March 13, 2020 at 07:29AM ONN – Oakland Misconceptions About Coal – “We Don’t Need Coal. It Can Be Replaced By Renewables” This is related to the matter of The Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal and Insight Terminal […]

Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now

Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now ONN – Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland And America’s Economy Now Time To Stop The Left / Right Coal / No Coal Divide And Fix Oakland […]

Dr. Lisa Su: AMD President And CEO To Keynote At CES 2021

CES 2021 is all-virtual. As I was about to write CES Las Vegas, that is an adjustment. Here’s the first keynote-related press release from CEA to Zennie62Media. Dr. Su returns to CES to share AMD’s vision at first-ever all-digital keynote series Arlington, VA, September 16, 2020 – The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today announced that […]

Economic Renewal Agenda: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Senator Markey, Rep. Haaland, Grassroots Coalition

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Joins Senator Markey, Rep. Haaland, Grassroots Coalition in Announcing Economic Renewal Agenda Today, Rep. Barbara Lee joined U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) and a coalition of grassroots groups; labor unions; Black, Brown and Indigenous leaders from across the country to introduce a bold plan for economic […]

Oakland OUSD Mourns For Students, Former Students Lost To Car Crash And Gun Violence

Oakland – Four weeks into the new year, and several schools across Oakland Unified School District are in mourning because they have recently lost valued members of their communities. The OUSD District has lost a total of five young people who were getting ready to graduate or had recently graduated. Some had come back to […]

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Has New Oscars Representation And Inclusion Standards

Los Angeles – Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new representation and inclusion standards for Oscars® eligibility in the Best Picture category, as part of its Academy Aperture 2025 initiative. The standards are designed to encourage equitable representation on and off screen in order to better reflect the diversity of the […]

Oakland, Berkeley, SF Bay Area White Folks Must Stop Telling Black Folks What Racism Is

I’ve noticed a really annoying trend in the San Francisco Bay Area of late, more specifically the last six years, and more intensely over the last four years (which happens to coincide with the election of Donald Trump as POTUS). It’s white folks telling black folks what racism is. The most bothersome examples pop-up in […]

Oakland, Utah, Wyoming: Subsidize Coal – Climate Change Is Due To Population Growth, Not Energy Type

The largest single threat to the ecology and biodiversity of the planet in the decades to come will be global climate disruption due to the buildup of human-generated greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. People around the world are beginning to address the problem by reducing their carbon footprint through less consumption and better technology. But […]

Chamillionaire Interviewed By Zennie62Media’s Zennie Abraham At TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 SF

Chamillionaire Interviewed By Zennie62Media’s Zennie Abraham At TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 SF From YouTube Channel: October 14, 2011 at 01:51PM ONN – Chamillionaire Interviewed By Zennie62Media’s Zennie Abraham At TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 SF The famed rapper stopped to talk about his projects and tech interest at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011 San Francisco. Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland […]

Oakland Schools News: OUSD Says 23,000 Chromebooks 7,000 Wireless Hotspot Devices Delivered

Oakland – Just one week after handing out a major round of new #OaklandUndivided Chromebooks that students get to keep, Oakland Unified School District is updating the entire community on the overall effort to get 25,000 computers into the hands of Oakland’s public school students.   We have enough computers in our schools to ensure […]

August 9 Parents Hangout – Oakland Tech

August 9 Parents Hangout – Oakland Tech From YouTube Channel: August 9, 2020 at 07:53PM ONN – PTSA President Andrea Dooley answers questions from parents and teachers about the start of school. Sorry this is my first Zoom YouTube video. I hope it helps! Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates […]

Oakland Tech OEA Strong Start

Oakland Tech OEA Strong Start From YouTube Channel: August 6, 2020 at 11:42PM ONN – Oakland Tech Teachers say “Our Students DESERVE the OEA Strong Start!” Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest updated version of an experimental Zennie62Media , Inc. mobile media […]

OUSD And Office Depot Give East Oakland Pride Elementary School Backpacks, School Supplies

OUSD Teams up with Office Depot to Provide Backpacks and School Supplies to Students at East Oakland Pride Elementary School Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell to Visit the All-Day Giveaway to Help Honor Teacher as Winner of All-Star Teacher Award Oakland – Office Depot will be at East Oakland Pride Elementary School for much of the day […]

Wellstone Democratic Club: Oakland School Board OUSD Candidates Before Endorsement Meeting

Oakland School Board Endorsement Information for Wellstone Democratic Club Four of the seven Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board seats are up for election in Nov, making 2020 critical. The fact that no incumbents are running presents even more opportunity to reshape the school board. The board currently has a majority of pro-privatizers and directors […]

2020 Oakland ESPY Awards Oakland Athletic League and OUSD Winners Announced

SPAAT, Oakland Athletic League and OUSD Announce Winners of Annual Oakland ESPY Awards, Including Middle School Student-Athletes of the Year, the All-Academic Team and High School Student-Athletes of the Year Oakland, CA – In a ceremony Wednesday evening in which young people collectively received more than $20,000 in scholarships, SPAAT, the Student Program for Academic […]

Black Lives Matter Protests At Oakland Technical High School

BLM protests at Oakland Technical Highschool ONN – Black Lives Matter Protests At Oakland Technical High School This was footage shot and edited by a student that attends Oakland Tech highschool. You can find him at @dirtyd_4_n on Instagram Note from Zennie62Media and Oakland News Now: this video-blog post demonstrates the full and live operation […]

OUSD Announces Fall 2020-21 High School Sports Are On Hold Until December 2020

Oakland – While the 2020-21 school year begins on Monday, August 10, three weeks from today, with OUSD students studying from home through distance learning, the District and the Oakland Athletic League (OAL) announced today that interscholastic sports will not begin until December, at the earliest. The four month long delay comes mandated by the […]

Morgan DeBaun Talks Blavity, Leadership, And The Future Of Black News With NPR

Morgan DeBaun on Leadership and the Future of Black News | How I Built This | NPR ONN – Morgan DeBaun Talks Blavity, Leadership, And The Future Of Black News With NPR Moreover, what’s “black news” to a publication like Hearst Corporation is, in my view, news about helping poor black people, always showing us […]

Oakland Schools News: OUSD Announces Plans For Start Of School, Including Distance Learning

Exactly One Month From First Day of 2020-21 School Year, OUSD Announces Plans for Start of School Which Will Include Students Returning to Class in Phases, Starting with a Period of Distance Learning for all Students Text Of Friday July 10th 2020 OUSD Press Conference At End Of This Post Oakland – As Oakland and […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences Surpasses Women, POC Goals, In Membership Invites

Los Angeles – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 819 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. The 2020 class is 45% women, 36% underrepresented ethnic/racial communities (people of color, or p.o.c), and 49% international from 68 countries. […]

Oakland Lawyer Dan Siegel Wins Restraining Order Barring Oakland Police Use Of Tear Gas

Congratulations to Oakland Lawyer Dan Siegel, along with Walter Riley and National Lawyers Guild – San Francisco Bay Area attorney James Burch. The press release sent to Zennie62Media was clear: Today, June 18, 2020 @ 1pm, an Oakland judge issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and Order to Show Cause against the Oakland Police Department. […]

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