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President Biden Executive Order On Tackling The Climate Crisis At Home And Abroad

The United States and the world face a profound climate crisis. We have a narrow moment to pursue action at home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of that crisis and to seize the opportunity that tackling climate change presents. Domestic action must go hand in hand with United States international […]

Oakland Has Long Had Policies To Give Business Contracts To African Americans; Forgot Black Business Development

Today, in 2021, There’s a well-intentioned, and brand new effort in Oakland to steer City of Oakland spending toward black business. Wow. Makes you think that was never done before, right? Well, in my history in Oakland, which goes back to April 8th of 1974, it has been done. The real problem is one that […]

President Biden To Sign Executive Order Strengthening Buy American Provisions

President Biden to Sign Executive Order Strengthening Buy American Provisions, Ensuring Future of America is Made in America by All of America’s Workers Biden-Harris Administration Commits to Investing in American Workers and Companies Today, while many American businesses are on the brink of having to close their doors because of the crises that our country […]

Sunday Morning Downtown Oakland Sideshow Features Gun Shots, Large Crowds

Unbelievably, this video posted 15 hours ago on YouTube by the Sean Sullivan YouTube channel, (not to be confused with the famed Oakland politico and co-owner of The Port Bar on Broadway) shows a wild scene in Downtown Oakland: Sean Sullivan wrote: At 1:15 am I woke to a to the noise of a crowd […]

President Biden Picks Klein, Bronaugh, Palm, Trottenberg, Marten, Chopra, Gensler, For Posts

President-elect Biden Announces Additional Key Administration Posts WASHINGTON – On January 18th, President-elect Joe Biden announced a number of key administration posts: Elizabeth Klein, Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Dr. Jewel Bronaugh, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture; Andrea Palm, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Polly Trottenberg, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Cindy Marten, Deputy Secretary […]

Ex Oakland Coliseum JPA Boss Scott McKibben’s Plea Deal In Conflict-Of-Interest Case Covers For Board, City Attorney

On Wednesday, Scott McKibben, now the former Executive Director of The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Joint Powers Authority and currently President Of The Oakland Panthers of The Indoor Football League, accepted a misdemeanor plea-bargain deal in the case where he was accused of violating a government law prohibiting self-dealing. The problem is, the case and the […]

City Of Oakland: Updated Alameda County Health Orders Take Effect Today August 28 2020

Updated Alameda County Health Orders Take Effect Today. Outdoor pools and lower-risk personal services, like hair and nail salons, allowed to reopen outdoors Oakland – On Friday, August 21, the Alameda County Public Health Official issued updated Shelter-in-Place Orders to reopen outdoor swimming pools and outdoor hair salons, nail salons, barbershops, waxing services, skin care […]

NBA 2020 Set For Play-In Weekend And 8-Seed. Blazers, Spurs, Grizzlies, Suns For Last Playoff Spot

NBA 2020 Set For Play-In Weekend And 8-Seed. Blazers, Spurs, Grizzlies, Suns For Last Playoff Spot ONN – NBA 2020 Set For Play-In Weekend And 8-Seed. Blazers, Spurs, Grizzlies, Suns For Last Playoff Spot Vasu Vaddiparty discusses the excitement for the last playoff seed taking place this weekend for the NBA West. Portland, Memphis, San […]

NFL Commissioner Goodell, Mayor Of Chicago, Bears Sam Acho, Join Pro Athletes In West Chicago

NFL Commissioner Goodell, Mayor Of Chicago, Bears Sam Acho, Join Pro Athletes In West Chicago ONN – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Lori Lightfoot, The Mayor Of Chicago, and Chicago Bears Sam Acho, join current Bears Michell Trubiski and other pro athletes from different sports In West Chicago. The mission: take down an abandoned liquor store […]

City Of Oakland Encourages Businesses To Convert Spaces For Dining & Retail

City of Oakland Encourages Businesses to Temporarily Convert Parking Lots & Other Private Spaces for Dining & Retail Oakland –– As part of the City of Oakland’s Flex Streets Imitative the Planning & Building Department has waived fees and streamlined the permit process, making it easier for restaurants and retail spaces to operate on privately […]

Port Of Oakland Meat Exports Soar, Bet On ‘Cool Cargo’ Paying Off

Oakland – Midst a devastating pandemic that’s crippling economies worldwide, here’s a Port of Oakland bright spot: meat exports to Asia. The Port said today its meat exports jumped 26 percent in the first quarter of 2020 over Q1 2019. Port Of Oakland said it now controls 42 percent of the market for meat exports […]

Hey YouTube: #blackouttuesday In Support Of #TheShowMustBePaused After George Floyd Murder

Hey YouTube: #blackouttuesday In Support Of #TheShowMustBePaused After George Floyd Murder ONN – #blackouttuesday In Oakland, SF, California Atlanta, America, The World In Support Of #TheShowMustBePaused After George Floyd Murder Hey everyone. You may be wondering why you’re staring at a black field today is blackout Tuesday or hashtag blackout Tuesday in support of hashtag […]

George Floyd Murder Protests: The Racists Weapon of Choice – Vehicles

George Floyd Murder Protests: The Racists Weapon of Choice – Vehicles By Jessica Dwyer The last week has seen some truly horrifying scenes but the ones that are truly showing the danger of fighting the good fight against hatred and racism are the ones showing protesters being slammed into by a couple of tons of […]

City Of Oakland Was Insight Terminal Solutions Oakland Bulk And Oversized Terminal Co-Developer

Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal Called Envrionmentally Friendly By City of Oakland In 2012 ONN – The planned Insight Terminal Solutions and California Capital Investment Group with Managing Partner Phil Tagami-developed Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal has been the focus of a mainstream-media effort to tell what is a fake news. The fake news is […]

Oakland Athletics, BIG Architects, SPUR Talk Howard Terminal Ballpark Plan On Facebook Live

Oakland Athletics turn to social media for latest Howard Terminal / Coliseum ballpark plan talk The Oakland Athletics sent an email newsletter announcing plans for a Facebook Live event that teams Oakland A’s representatives with folks from San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) and Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG Architects). This is what it read: […]

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