Samuel Getachew, 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist From YouTube Channel: May 17, 2019 at 01:03PM ONN – Samuel Getachew, 2019 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Finalist, Had Message For BBQ Becky Where I “liked” this YouTube video, thus auto-posting it to Oakland News Now, because Samuel Getachew made the poem as a message to Dr. … Read more
Oakland, CA – Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s recommendation of Mr. Kenzie Smith to the City of Oakland Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission (PRAC) was approved at tonight’s, February 26th, City Council meeting. At the time of the nomination, President Kaplan stated: “I am writing to recommend and nominate Mr. Kenzie Smith to the … Read more
Nikki Bas, or Nikki Fortunato Bas, is the new Oakland City Council District Two Representative, having defeated incumbent Abel Guillen and challenger Kenzie Donte Smith. Bas becomes the first Filipino Oaklander to serve as Councilmember for District Two. In the case of now former Councilmember Guillen, Bas scored 51.45 percent of the vote, versus 42.30 … 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 – 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
The Oakland City Council District Two seat held by Abel Guillen has a new challenger: Kenzie Smith. Now, the most likely Oakland voter over 50 might be saying “Who’s Kenzie Smith?”, the one under 50 but older than 40 may react with “The BBQ Becky Guy?”, and someone under 40 in Oakland might say “dude’s … Read more
Update: Rebecca Kaplan to run for Mayor of Oakland for third time. Click here for more information. Editor’s note: Mr. Kenzie Smith is the Oakland man who was harrassed by Jennifer Schulte just for barbecuing on Lakeshote Avenue, nest to Lake Merritt on April 30th, 2018. The resultant video made by his wife sparked a … Read more