The American Rescue Plan passed the Senate on Saturday. What’s dubbed “The COVID Relief Bill” is a $1.9 trillion package of spending plans focused on making sure Americans get the monetary help they need in various areas and getting access to the vaccine, where they live. Here are President Biden’s remarks, thanks to The White … Read more
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
Loral Langemeier Millionaire Maker At Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party Atlanta For Super Bowl LIII From YouTube Channel: February 3, 2019 at 01:04AM ONN – Loral Langemeier Millionaire Maker At Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party Atlanta For Super Bowl LIII I met Loral Langemeire the “Millionaire Maker” at the awesome Leigh Steinberg Super Bowl Party … Read more
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
Is Ms Linak On Instagram The Strongest Woman Bodybuilder In Oakland With This 300 Lbs Deadlift? ONN – Is Ms Linak On Instagram The Strongest Woman Bodybuilder In Oakland With This 300 Lbs Deadlift? – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Who in Oakland is stronger than the one who calls herself MsLinak? On Instagram the strongwoman … Read more
On February 19th, California Governor Gavin Newsom received high praise for lifting the ban on youth sports, and that news was highlighted here at OaklandNewsNow.com. However, the liberation was to youth sports played outdoors, and not indoors. The new guidance released last Friday said all outdoor sports can resume in counties where COVID-19 case rates … Read more
HBO Documentary About OUSD’s Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Fest is Nominated for NAACP Image Award; Public Voting is Open Through Friday VOTE: https://naacpimageawards.net/2021-nominees/ Oakland – The Emmy-award winning HBO documentary, We Are The Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest, is up for another major award, and the driving force behind it … Read more
Victoria Vertuga Talks Live About DISGRACED And Latest News About The Comedy From YouTube Channel: March 1, 2021 at 11:45PM ONN – Victoria Vertuga Talks Live About DISGRACED And Latest News About The Comedy Last year, May 2020, Zennie62 on YouTube / Zennie62Media welcomed Victoria Vertuga, star of her TV Show DISGRACED on Amazon Prime … Read more
The SF Chronicle Is A Racist Publication. Oakland Residents Should Not Use It To Silence Black Views ONN – The SF Chronicle Is A Racist Publication. Oakland Residents Should Not Use It To Silence Black Views – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog The SF Chronicle Is A Racist Publication. Oakland Residents Should Not … Read more
Donald Trump, the former President who lost to current President Joe Biden by a wide margin (Trump got his butt kicked in the general election, can’t handle the truth, and won’t stop crying about it), has come out of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) with new odds of being the 2024 Republican Presidential Nominee … Read more
This Oakland News Now post is based on a Facebook entry by famed Oakland Hip-Hop Journalist Davey D. His text forms Part One of this series, and which you can read at this link, then the embed of the multimedia content is below, along with the views of Kev Choice. Davey D note on the … Read more
Welcome! The Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Livestream by E! Entertainment TV is up here: The 78th Annual, 2021 Golden Globe Awards pre-show has started and the nominees list is at the Golden Globe website, and here, below. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association reports: 2021 Golden Globe Awards will be hosted by Tina Fey and … Read more
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
Buffy Wicks slate of bills include policies to protect working families; fight California’s housing crisis; reform the Employment Development Department (EDD); and more Oakland – On Wednesday, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (AD-15) unveiled highlights from her 2021 legislative package, policies designed to protect working families, renters, and Californians recovering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 … Read more
Oakland Athletics Spring Training Preview Plus A’s Release Draft EIR and Renderings by Richard Haick From YouTube Channel: February 26, 2021 at 04:04PM ONN – Oakland Athletics will open up spring training this weekend versus the 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, in Arizona. I will be discussing recent trades and aquisitions, fan attendance, … Read more
sideshow video From YouTube Channel: February 26, 2021 at 01:32PM ONN – Oakland Police Release Sideshow Video Showing Cars Towed In California OPD: Avoid being one of the dozens of people who had their vehicles towed and seized with 30-day holds after taking part in illegal sideshows in Oakland. This weekend OPD will resume Enforcement … Read more
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
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
OUSD and “Friends of the Oakland Public School Libraries” Create Digital Library for All Oakland Students Oakland – United For Success Academy 8th grader, Brenda C., uses Sora, an app for accessing the District’s new Digital Library, which has transformed her ability to read whenever she wants. “What I like about Sora is that you … Read more
Howard Terminal Ballpark update with the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Report, here. The last OaklandNewNow.com blog post update on the process toward building a new ballpark for the Oakland Athletics at Howard Terminal, revealed that the City of Oakland was in search of a new consultant to focus on the work of the … Read more
Woman Dragged In Chinatown, Oakland Police Issue Sideshow Warning For Weekend ONN – Woman Dragged In Chinatown, Oakland Police Issue Sideshow Warning For Weekend – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog Woman Dragged In Chinatown, Oakland Police Issue Sideshow Warning For Weekend OPD will have Enforcement of Illegal Sideshow Activity this weekend. There will … Read more
As I, Zennie Abraham, proud member of The Skyline High School Class Of 1980, write this, the date is Thursday, February 25th, 2021. In other words, a full 3,861 days since our last reunion of our great class of that fantastic year which saw us go off to college or the military or just plain … Read more
Oakland City Council Meeting Schedule – Contact Your Oakland City Councilperson – Coded For Oakland News Now by Zennie Abraham, CEO, Zennie62Media The Open Oakland Councilmatic Code was slow to update to the City Council Agenda, and lacked a link to the actual page, so it was removed. Oakland City Council Meeting Watch Page Oakland … Read more
Name That Tune’s Randy Jackson, Then American Idol Judge, Said Show Makes Stars Of Talent From YouTube Channel: April 11, 2013 at 07:27PM ONN – Name That Tune’s Randy Jackson, Then American Idol Judge, Said Show Makes Stars Of Talent At NAB Show Las Vegas, 2013 Zennie Abraham and Zennie62Media was part of the press … Read more
Karen Chu Of Oakland Talks About Being On The ABC Trivia Show The Chase On Zennie62 From YouTube Channel: February 22, 2021 at 10:38PM ONN – Karen Chu Of Oakland Talks About Being On The ABC Trivia Show The Chase On Zennie62 Oakland resident Karen Chu, along with two other contestants, won six figures from … Read more
Oakland – Today the Defund Oakland Police Coalition released a comprehensive report in response to the draft recommendations issued by Oakland’s Reimagining Public Safety Task Force (RPSTF). At a press event today experts involved with the recommendation process spoke to the specific recommendations from each Advisory Board. “The Defund Oakland Police Coalition is excited about … Read more
Berkeley City Council Meeting Tuesday February 23, 2021 Item 29 – Resolution to End Exclusionary Zoning in Berkeley Passed Unanimously: 9-0-0 Thank Vice Mayor Droste, CM Taplin, and Robinson for putting this together. Thank CM Harrison, Hahn, and Wengraf for your additions and the Mayor for unifying it all. Let’s be honest, with Building and … Read more
The murders of Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Stephon Clark, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and the latest reported name of Daniel Prude, all have one story in common: their lives were ended by police officers. Moreover, there’s story after story, after story, of commonly … Read more
The Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf just sent an email that is a kind of victory lap for the production of affordable housing in Oakland. What’s bothersome about the message is the total lack of attention paid to what the total picture looks like. Here’s what the good mayor sent: Oakland Produces Most Affordable … Read more
“White Privilege Tax” Video: Mark Dice Ignorant Of American History, Black History, Too – Transcript The vlog above called “”White Privilege Tax” Video: Mark Dice Ignorant Of American History, Black History, Too”, was posted in 2015, and while I, Zennie Abraham, never expressed support for reparations (which is the idea that African Americans should be … Read more
My Vlog On 2015 “White Privilege Tax” Mark Dice Video Proves That Racism Blocks Comprehension ONN – My Vlog On 2015 “White Privilege Tax” Mark Dice Video Proves That Racism Blocks Comprehension My 2015 video called “White Privilege Tax” Video: Mark Dice Ignorant Of American History, Black History, Too”, was such that the majority of … Read more
The following is part of an agenda report to the Berkeley City Council on police practices against African Americans by Berkeley Police. It’s by the Berkeley Mayor’s Fair and Impartial Policing Working Group. The Fair and Impartial Policing Working Group has received three contemporaneous studies of the BPD’s stops as published on the City’s Open … Read more
After this blogger complained about how Bank of America was handling the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Program four times, like here and here, over the weekend, BofA unlocked the unexplained prohibition on my firm applying for a second draw. Now, today, the Biden-Harris Administration announced major changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) designed … Read more
Greatest Speeches Series : Episode 17. Sidney Poitier – Oscar Speech/Movie Speech From YouTube Channel: July 12, 2020 at 11:17AM ONN – Greatest Speeches Series : Episode 17. Sidney Poitier – Oscar Speech/Movie Speech In Episode 17, the first African-American man to win an Oscar, for best actor Sidney Poitier shows his eloquent style and … Read more
United Airlines – Engine On Fire From United Airlines Flight 328 Bound For Honolulu, Parts Dropped In Denver From YouTube Channel: February 20, 2021 at 05:18PM ONN – United Airlines – Engine On Fire From United Airlines Flight 328 Bound For Honolulu, Parts Dropped In Denver This engine video was from the1six3’s on Instagram, who … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO USES REASONABLE SUSPICION HOWEVER THEY WANT!!! From YouTube Channel: February 20, 2021 at 01:07AM ONN – Bay Area Transparency Takes On San Francisco Police Department, Again Bay Area Transparency goes to do a public audit of the San Francisco Police Department, and finds another session with bully cops. Stay tuned. Note from Zennie62Media … Read more
Just Listed in Central Berkeley // Beautifully Remodeled 3BR/2BA Home // 2738 MLK Jr Way From YouTube Channel: February 19, 2021 at 05:44PM ONN – Behind a private fence and set back from the street, you’ll find this stunning, light-filled home! Beautifully remodeled with three bedrooms and two baths in a great central Berkeley location! … Read more
David Perdue, the former Georgia Senator, is reportedly exploring running again for the U.S. Senate and against the current officeholder Senator Reverend Rafael Warnock, and happened to time his announcement alongside a suspicious fake news entry about Senator Warnock, which we will debunk here. Perdue’s camp once again shows its attempts at bomb-throwing at would … Read more
Sacramento — Leaders of the grassroots movement to urge an immediate return to youth and high school sports today praised California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to restart youth sports and expressed their thanks and appreciation on behalf of California’s millions of student athletes. The leaders of Golden State High School Football Coaches and “Let Them … Read more
Donald Trump Jr. Said Ted Cruz Could Do Nothing About Texas Winter Storm – See Charlie Wilson’s War From YouTube Channel: February 19, 2021 at 04:19AM ONN – Donald Trump Jr. Said Ted Cruz Could Do Nothing About Texas Winter Storm – See Charlie Wilson’s War Donald Trump Jr. and Ben Shapiro would have you … Read more