Oakland Robbery And Assault On Wayne Ave Near Lake Merritt, Suspect At Large ONN – Oakland Robbery And Assault On Wayne Ave Near Lake Merritt, Suspect At Large This was reported on Nextdoor. Here’s the entry, with the author’s name withheld. A young woman was robbed and viciously assaulted tonight about 10:30pm in front of … Read more
Swinging At The Savoy Oakland Lake Merritt Dance Festival A Success ONN – Swinging At The Savoy Oakland Lake Merritt Dance Festival A Success Swinging At The Savoy Oakland Dance Festival ran between February 28th and March 1st, and drew hundreds to Lake Merritt over the weekend. The website reads: “Swingin’ at the Savoy is an … Read more
Tanya Holland To Get New Oakland Museum Cafe “Town Fare By Tanya Holland” August 2020 ONN – Tanya Holland To Get New Oakland Museum Cafe “Town Fare By Tanya Holland” August 2020 Oakland – The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) announced today that it will partner with celebrated San Francisco Bay Area Oakland-based chef and … Read more
Only Black Man In A Cafe In Oakland – Sign Of A Diversity Problem In 2016 Before BBQ Becky ONN – Only Black Man In A Cafe In Oakland – Sign Of A Diversity Problem In 2016 Before BBQ Becky In this vlog at Perch Cafe on Grand, I noted the first time being the … Read more
The City of Oakland has had a quiet program of homeless encampment cleanup underway this year. According to what’s written at the City of Oakland’s website, this is what is under way, today: Lakeside Park: Perkins to Harrison along Bellevue Enforcement of Closure Zone PILE REMOVAL: 1. Wood St. between 24th & 26th St.Pile Removal … Read more
Yes, there’s an Oakland-centered media recap of the 2019 Oakland Women’s March. The 2019 and third annual version of the Women’s March was held Saturday January 19th in many American cities, and at various locations, and Oakland was part of the mix of activity, yet again. Here’s a look at how Oakland, with a turnout … Read more
It’s Oakland and Labor Day and that means hanging out at Lake Merritt on the lawn and eating and enjoying friends and family – and nice Lake Chalet-style furniture. I’m serious. Check it out, here! Now, you would think, in the wake of Jennifer Schulte AKA #BBQBecky and Kenzie Smith (who’s running for Oakland City … Read more
Lake Merritt and the City of Oakland and USRowing are hosting the 2018 US Rowing Masters National Championships at Lake Merritt which started Thursday August 16 and go to August 19, 2018 (racing daily from 8 am to 6 pm). Sunny and warm in Oakland today, and Lake Merritt is a bustling pile of rowers and boats … Read more
The Oakland Whole Foods (located in the Adams Point neighborhood near Lake Merritt) at 230 Bay Place at 27th and Bay Place (or 27th and Harrison at Oakland Avenue), reopened at 2:30 PM PST and after a called-in bomb threat. Zennie62Media’s Oakland News Now blog broke the story, and based on confirmed social media posts … Read more
LakeFest Oakland was an attempt to restore the fun brought to the Lake Merritt neighborhood, and in particular Adams Point, by the great event of the 1990s Festival At The Lake. The big difference between LakeFest Oakland and Festival At The Lake is the former was just one day, and the latter was three days: … Read more
Oakland Lake Merritt is slowly being cleaned up and transformed by the large number of projects big and small that comprise Measure DD. Measure DD is a198.25 million bond measure that was passed by Oaklanders like this blogger in 2002. Think about the Oakland back then (chances are you weren’t here). The Mayor was Jerry … Read more
The Oakland Grand and Bellevue Intersection Traffic Control Lights are on, and click here for an update. On September 17th of 2017, this blogger made a Zennie62 on YouTube vlog calling for traffic lights at the very dangerous intersection of Grand Avenue and Bellevue Avenue near Lake Merritt in the Adams Point neighborhood. The reason … Read more
Best breakfast restaurant in Oakland? That’s a personal question. This post is meant to start a fight that needed to happen long ago. What’s the best place for breakfast in Oakland, California? Everyone has their favorites, and for reasons as different as the people who give them. But for this blogger, who’s lived in Oakland … Read more
UPDATE: Zennie Abraham meets, talks to, Henry Sintay, Jogger Joe. UPDATE: Matt Nelson issues statement after arrest of Henry Sintay in Oakland. UPDATE: Henry Sintay, “Jogger Joe” Tossed Oakland Homeless Man’s Clothes In Lake Merritt, Had Help To Rob Matt Nelson The nightmare that was Henry Sintay AKA “Jogger Joe” ended at 1pm pst, … Read more
UPDATE: “Jogger Joe” Henry Sintay Arrested, Monday, June 11th in Oakland UPDATE: Henry Sintay’s Facebook Page yields more information on “Jogger Joe”, presumably of Oakland. The “Jogger Joe” who threw the homeless man called “Drew” or “Greg’s” Items into Lake Merritt and a trash can in Oakland, has a name, and it’s Henry Sintay. The … Read more
Oakland now has “Jogger Joe” to go with “BBQ Becky”. UPDATE: “Jogger Joe” goes by the name Henry Sintay, and is dangerous – more here. On Sunday, April 29th, 2018, the peaceful gathering of a racially mixed, yet mostly black group of family and friends to enjoy barbeque at Lake Merritt in Oakland was marred … Read more
