City of Oakland And OUSD Have Plan To Close Digital Divide – Press Conference ONN – City of Oakland And OUSD Have Plan To Close Digital Divide – Press Conference Leading the virtual press conference were: Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent of OUSD Jessica Ramos, 11th Grade Student, Skyline High School Ali … Read more
District 6 Matters: COVID-19 Updates & Ways To Protect Our Community ONN – Loren Taylor Oakland Councilmember District 6 Livestream: COVID-19 Updates And Community Tips This is an upcoming YouTube livestream by Oakland District 6 Councilmember Loren TaylorCouncilmember Loren Taylor, later today, Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 10 AM PST. Here’s what he wrote: Councilmember … Read more
Oakland, CA – Mayor Libby Schaaf, Vice Mayor Larry Reid, and City Councilmember Loren Taylor joined with community and philanthropic leaders today to announce the opening of Operation HomeBase, a new COVID-19 isolation trailer program located on Hegenberger Road in East Oakland. The new trailers were donated by the State of California to the City … Read more
Loren Taylor Oakland District 6 Councilmember Interview On Pandemic Related Services ONN – Loren Taylor Oakland District 6 Councilmember Interview On Pandemic Related Services Oakland District 6 Councilmember Loren Taylor was my guest on Zennie62 on YouTube at 10 AM Friday, May 1st. YouTube-generated transcripts of the 25-minute interview will be available, and excerpts posted, … Read more
The Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce sent out this request, which I have elected to re-post and amplify here at Oakland News Now. Tell Oakland City Council to Not its Abuse of Emergency Powers Friday afternoon the Oakland City Council – led by Council President Rebecca Kaplan – cancelled its regularly scheduled meeting set for … Read more
Ed Reiskin lands Robert Bobb’s praise (click on the video to listen to Mr. Bobb’s commentary). Ed Reiskin, the current but as yet unconfirmed Oakland Chief Administrative Officer who was elevated from his Assistant CAO position by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, has experienced somewhat choppy waters of public opinion since the news of his … Read more
Visit Oakland Just Issued “100 Things To Do In Oakland” – Uh, “Shelter In Place”? ONN – Visit Oakland Just Issued “100 Things To Do In Oakland” – Uh, “Shelter In Place”? Visit Oakland put this “100 Things To Do In Oakland” on Twitter 17 hours ago. It’s apparent that what was called the Oakland … Read more
Oakland, CA – Following the elections, the Oakland City Council will have three new members. Rebecca Kaplan, the only city-wide elected member of the Oakland City Council (At-Large), reached out to all three Councilmembers-elect, and welcomed them all to the Oakland City Council. Kaplan, who was re-elected city-wide in 2016, was not on the ballot … Read more
Just after I wrote the Oakland News Now blog post “White Oakland Celebrates Loren Taylor Win Over Desley Brooks,” I received this text message from a friend of mine who I will not name so I can maintain our friendship. But this person wrote something I had to publicly present, respond to, and build a … Read more
Oakland News Now – Loren Taylor Oakland City Council District 6 Interview Loren Taylor was kind enough to grant this interview at the Oakland McClymonds High School Candidate Forum held Thursday night. Stay tuned. Oakland News Now Note: this post demonstrates the full and live operation of the latest version of an experimental mobile media … Read more
