OUSD Says So Long to More than 60 Employees Who Retired at End of June 2020, Plus Two District Leaders Who Moved on to New Opportunities Oakland – Now that we are in July, we have passed the end of the 2019-20 fiscal year. The end of the year is when we always see employees … Read more
ILWU “Bloody Thursday”1934 General Strike Commemoration At SSA Terminal Port Of Oakland ONN – The ILWU, other unions, community activists and supporters commemorated the “Bloody Thursday” when 2 strike supporters were murdered by the San Francisco police in 1934. It led to the San Francisco general strike. The commemoration also discussed the recent racist attacks … Read more
The City Of Oakland’s 4th Of July Plans as explained by the District Two Office Of Nkki Fortunado Bas. Hello all, We are writing to keep you apprised of the city’s updated plan for Lake Merritt during the July 4th holiday weekend. With our input, the City Administration developed an enhanced plan (below) that we … Read more
After his Oakland home and neighborhood were harassed by a 90-car march of people representing a non-profit group effort organized by someone named Anya Svanoe, Phil Tagami posted this question on Facebook: So the new campaign by ACCE and certain special interests funding ACCE (a multi million dollar state wide advocacy organization) is to attack … Read more
When Oakland’s New Racism Started: What A Drunk Racist White English Guy At The Alley Did In 2013 ONN – When Oakland’s New Racism Started: What A Drunk Racist White English Guy At The Alley Did In 2013 Oakland’s New Racism Must Be Stopped. Oakland is being victimized by a new racist element that thinks … Read more
Will Las Vegas Raiders Have To Change Their Name? ONN – Will Las Vegas Raiders Have To Change Their Name? By Joseph Armendariz Earlier today Zennie 62 on YouTube / Oakland News Now reported the NFL’s Washington Redskins proposed review of the name Redskins. Similarly Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians are also under a similar … Read more
Black National Anthem Number 4 On Google Trends After NFL News. Now America Knows Itself ONN – Black National Anthem Number 4 On Google Trends After NFL News. Now America Knows Itself (Photo: Civil rights activists including James Baldwin (front, far right) sing at a memorial for victims of an Alabama church bombing in … Read more
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. … Read more
Anya Svanoe March On Phil Tagami’s House In Oakland Because She Thinks He’s Rich Is Stupid ONN – Anya Svanoe March On Phil Tagami’s House In Oakland Because She Thinks He’s Rich Is Stupid Anya Svanoe, is planning a march on Oakland-based California Capital Investment Group President Phil Tagami’s home in Oakland, and purely because … Read more
Added Flights at Oakland International Airport Prompt Full Reopening of Terminal 2 Airlines adding capacity; FAA distributes ½ million face coverings to OAK Oakland, CA: (July 1, 2020) – July will welcome added air travel opportunities for Bay Area residents and visitors as airlines increase capacity at Oakland International Airport (OAK). During the month, Southwest … Read more
Play & Learn with Thevaki ONN – OPL librarian Thevaki sings “Five Little Ducks Went Out One Day” for this morning’s Play & Learn! 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 video-blogging system … Read more
Oakland’s Mid-cycle Budget Cuts $14.3 Million from Police Budget, Invests Additional $50 million to Address Racial Disparities Community investments include violence prevention, housing and homelessness, COVID economic relief, arts and culture, and bridging the digital divide Oakland, CA – Amidst a national conversation about racism and calls to defund the police in favor of repairing … Read more
A Tech Story: Victor Anari Sengbe: Lake Merritt Hangman Noose Dude Not Oakland Resident, But Tech Genius Victor Anari Sengbe, the man who’s the focus of at least one of the hangman noose’s that were spotted around Lake Merritt on June 17th (no word who was responsible for the fake body effigy also hung with … Read more
The Story of Stonewall with Ms. Miriam ONN – Oakland Public Library Has “The Story of Stonewall With Ms. Miriam” On YouTube Oakland Public Library reports: We are celebrating Pride with a LGBTQ+ Family Virtual Party online! Join OPL librarian Ms. Miriam as she tells us a special story about Stonewall: Out of the closets … Read more
Bill Maher’s An Idiot: Thinks A BLACK Guy Saying Oakland Lake Merritt Noose Isn’t Racist Makes It OK ONN – Bill Maher, the comedian who thinks he’s funny when he’s proving he’s.not, said that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf was wrong to think that the hangman noose’s around Lake Merritt were not racist because, get this, … Read more
Breonna Taylor Mural Painted by Youth Organization | Localish ONN – Breonna Taylor Mural Painted By Oakland’s The People’s Conservatory Youth Organization By Localish: Rosalyn Nash is the executive director of Oakland’s The People’s Conservatory, performing, and visual arts organization for youth. ‘Our focus is on underserved Black and Brown youth in the East Bay … Read more
Deep East Oakland Matters ONN – Check Out The “Deep East Oakland Matters” T-Shirt For “Deep East Oakland Rising” @brandmarinade reports: “Deep East Oakland Matters” for the @eastoaklandcollective printed up today at @brandmarinade. I am very proud to design, print, and donate 500 of these to help unify their message and cause this weekend for … Read more
Open air art museum will Oakland’s protest murals have a life beyond the ONN – Aireon Tavarres Works To Save Oakland’s Black Lives Matter Protest Murals In Downtown By Localish on YouTube, which reports: In Oakland, the boarded-up shop windows have been covered with the faces of George Floyd, Tony McDade and Breonna Taylor. If … Read more
Donald Trump Wanted To Take Down Confederate Flags In 2015; Some Say He’s Trying To Fool The South ONN – Donald Trump Wanted To Take Down Confederate Flags In 2015; Some Say He’s Trying To Fool The South Is President Trump really a true Southern Conservative? If you think the South and its people are … Read more
Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Shows Oakland City Council How To Defund Police ONN – Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Shows Oakland City Council How To Defund Police Raw transcript from video: Hey, you know, I tell you something just really pisses me off. the City of Oakland just made this rush to stuff something in as … Read more
Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao, With Gallo, Kalb, Community Leaders, Write Right To Return To Work ONN – Oakland Councilmember Sheng Thao, With Gallo, Kalb, Community Leaders, Write Right To Return To Work Law For Special Oakland City Council Commitee Meeting June 29th 2020. OAKLAND, CA – In partnership with Councilmember Dan Kalb, Councilmember Noel Gallo, … Read more
Making Urbanism Antiracist with Warren Logan ONN – YIMBY Action Invades Oakland: Talk With Warren Logan Of City of Oakland About Urbanism YIMBY Action writes: How should planners, advocates, public officials and urbanists advance the cause of racial justice? Join us for a conversation with Warren Logan, Policy Director of Mobility and Interagency Relations, City … Read more
President Trump Executive Order Strengthening The Child Welfare System For America’s Children EXECUTIVE ORDER STRENGTHENING THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. Every child deserves a … Read more
PLAYERS COALITION CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF OAKLAND POLICE FROM K-12 SCHOOLS New York – Today, Players Coalition sent a letter to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education urging the removal of police from K-12 schools. In response to the local, national and international demands for justice by ending Anti-Black racism and policing … Read more
Proposing Budget Funding To Provide Fire Works Response, Fire Safety, Education, Drive-In Theater and More Oakland, CA – In recent weeks, there has been an increase of people setting off fireworks throughout our community, often late at night, and extensively. Fireworks are not permitted, they are disrupting our community, and also create a growing risk … Read more
The Victor Sengbe Oakland Noose Story Does Not Explain The Effigy Fake Body Bag Lake Merritt Problem ONN – The Victor Sengbe Oakland Noose Story Does Not Explain The Effigy Fake Body Bag Lake Merritt Problem On June 17th, a man named Victor Sengbe gave a press conference to say that the nooses around the … Read more
Oakland Education Equity Or Else Rally Wednesday June 24th 12pm OUSD 1025 2nd Ave By Mike Hutchinson Please join us for our #EducationEquityOrElse national day of action rally. Education Equity or Else Rally Wednesday June 24th 12pm OUSD Administration Building 1025 2nd Ave. We are in perilous times. We would be naive to assume that … Read more
Oakland, CA – Tuesday, June 23rd, starting at noon, my colleagues and I will continue our discussion of the Oakland Mid Cycle FY 20-21 Budget Amendments. We are working, in partnership with community, to provide a budget that responds to vital current needs, helping our community, including our local small businesses and non-profits deal with … Read more
Southern Evangelical Seminary President Richard Land Reflects on the Birth Moment of the 1995 Southern Baptist Racial Reconciliation Resolution ‘I Not Only See the Gap That Remains, but the Distance Traveled’ CHARLOTTE, N.C.—This past weekend marked the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking passage of the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) “Resolution on Racial Reconciliation.” The landmark … Read more
“The Oakland Song” At The Alley Cat Bar Oakland 3325 Grand Avenue ONN – The Alley Cat Bar In Oakland At 3325 Grand Avenue Has “The Oakland Song” The Alley is the place where the late Rod Dibble taught me and a generation of patrons (The Alley Cat Bar and Restaurant at 3325 Grand Avenue … Read more
BLM Rockridge Protest 6.13.20 ONN – Oakland Black Lives Matter Rockridge Protest June 13, 2020 I found myself in the middle of the protest after shopping, my car blocked in by the throngs, so I dropped my groceries in the trunk and grabbed my long lens and turned it onto my townspeople in Rockridge, Oakland, … Read more
‘We Struck A Blow Against White Supremacy' Dockworkers In Oakland ONN – ‘We Struck A Blow Against White Supremacy’ – Dockworkers At Port Of Oakland By Ninna Gaensler-Debs The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) chapter in Oakland organized a work stoppage in ports along the West Coast of the United State and Canada on … Read more
NFL Considering Black Investor Group Proposal To Bring Pro Football Team To Oakland ONN – I received a call and an email from someone who’s been involved in Oakland sports development in the recent past. He told me that a group of African American investors sent an introductory letter of intent to the National Football … Read more
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. … Read more
Hayward, CA – More than 50 nurses, healthcare workers and medical staff demonstrated in front of St. Rose Hospital to let the public know that St. Rose is safe, protects patients and staff from COVID-19, and is a safe and secure facility. The nurses and healthcare workers criticized statements from the California Nurses Association (CNA) … Read more
Oakland – The Oakland City Council has some tough budget decisions to make in the next few weeks …a lot of attention has been focused on $120 million budget deficit (and growing) and the fact that the Oakland Police Department currently utilize in excess of 44% of the General Purpose Revenue. With this as a … Read more
Oakland, CA— Today, Oakland City Attorney Barbara J. Parker released new guidance to remind all Oaklanders that local, state, and federal civil rights protections remain in full force and effect during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidance, released in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), aims to assist individuals, businesses, and advocates in understanding what … Read more
Oakland’s Charles Marshall Gets Racist Verbal Attack From Alameda White Woman, Gives Epic Rant ONN – Oakland’s Charles Marshall Gets Racist Verbal Attack From Alameda White Woman, Gives Epic Rant When a friend of mine said there was vitriol out there, in Oakland and the SF Bay Area, this is what he was talking about. … Read more
Oakland news – On Tuesday via Twitter came news of the siting of a hangman noose on a tree near a walk path along Lake Merritt. It was the focus of this Zennie62 on YouTube video blog and Oakland News Now post: The Twitter account that belongs to the owner of Feelmore Adult, the famous … Read more
Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Introduces “Safety For All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” ONN – Ben Bartlett Berkeley Councilmember Introduces “Safety For All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” “Safety for All: George Floyd Community Safety Act” UPDATE: Councilmember Bartlett’s message on Domestic Violence Month 2020. Berkeley On Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at 2:30 pm & … Read more