The Pandemic

CES 2022 Las Vegas Proof Of Vaccination Required To Attend Tech Event Jan 5-8 2022

https://youtu.be/rAGW9CXIhtc Oakland News Now – CES 2022 Las Vegas Proof Of Vaccination Required To Attend Tech Event Jan 5-8 2022 – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube CES 2022 Las Vegas Proof Of Vaccination Required To Attend Tech Event Jan 5-8 2022 The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® today announced that CES® 2022 , the world’s most influential […]

Walking Through Downtown San Francisco One Year Later Into The Pandemic 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HOwq0-w_vU ONN – Walking Through Downtown San Francisco One Year Later Into The Pandemic 2021 – video by the YouTube channel in the video’s upper left hand corner. Real Downtown San Francisco a year after the Corona Virus Pandemic hits the world. The disease Covid 19 not only affected homelessness but the health of many […]

What They Are Saying As House Passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan

The White House released this “What They Are Saying” press release after the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Biden’s American Rescue Plan WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: House Passes President Biden’s American Rescue Plan Today, the House voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a historic accomplishment that will provide immediate relief and support to […]

Oakland Police Warning Of Car-Jackings On The Rise Is Scary Stuff – We Must Fight Back!

Imagine driving along Oakland’s Broadway Avenue, headed toward Jack London Square and in the objective of having great Everett & Jones Barbeque. As you stop at the traffic light at 14th and Broadway, some dude runs out in front of your car, points a gun at you, and yells “GET OUT OF THE CAR!” That’s […]

President Biden Praises Oakland As One Of 441 Federally-Supported Community Vaccination Centers

In a press release sent to Zennie62Media, the President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris praised the Oakland Coliseum in its role as one of 441 federally-supported community vaccination centers. Here’s the news. Since January 20, the Biden-Harris Administration has supported the establishment or expansion of 441 community vaccination centers across 37 states, territories, and […]

Governor Newsom Discusses California’s Focus On COVID-19 Health Inequities

Governor Newsom discusses the state’s focus on COVID-19 health inequities From YouTube Channel: March 4, 2021 at 02:34PM ONN – Governor Newsom Discusses California’s Focus On COVID-19 Health Inequities Governor Gavin Newsom is in San Joaquin County to discuss the state’s focus on addressing COVID-19 health inequities in disproportionately impacted communities as part of the […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Indoor Sports Ban Challenged In San Mateo Co. High School Girl’s Lawsuit

On February 19th, California Governor Gavin Newsom received high praise for lifting the ban on youth sports, and that news was highlighted here at OaklandNewsNow.com. However, the liberation was to youth sports played outdoors, and not indoors. The new guidance released last Friday said all outdoor sports can resume in counties where COVID-19 case rates […]

Oakland Great Plates Delivered Program And Feed 100% More Seniors Affected By COVID-19

OFF THE GRID PARTNERS WITH CITY OF OAKLAND TO DOUBLE GREAT PLATES DELIVERED PROGRAM AND FEED 100% MORE SENIORS AFFECTED BY COVID Beginning Immediately, Oakland Residents Can Sign Up for Free Meals at https://offthegrid.com/oakgreatplates Oakland – Off the Grid (OTG), the Bay Area’s premier food truck and catering experience company, has partnered with Oakland to […]

Victoria Vertuga Talks Live About DISGRACED Comedy Series, Latest News On Hollywood And COVID

Victoria Vertuga Talks Live About DISGRACED And Latest News About The Comedy From YouTube Channel: March 1, 2021 at 11:45PM ONN – Victoria Vertuga Talks Live About DISGRACED And Latest News About The Comedy Last year, May 2020, Zennie62 on YouTube / Zennie62Media welcomed Victoria Vertuga, star of her TV Show DISGRACED on Amazon Prime […]

Buffy Wicks Oakland California Assemblymember Announces 2021 Legislative Package

Buffy Wicks slate of bills include policies to protect working families; fight California’s housing crisis; reform the Employment Development Department (EDD); and more Oakland – On Wednesday, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (AD-15) unveiled highlights from her 2021 legislative package, policies designed to protect working families, renters, and Californians recovering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 […]

When Will We Get Back To Normal After The Pandemic? When These Actions Happen

When Will We Get Back To Normal After The Pandemic? When These Actions Happen ONN – When Will We Get Back To Normal After The Pandemic? When These Actions Happen – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Watch the vlog When Will We Get Back To Normal After The Pandemic? When These Actions Happen. Stay tuned. Note […]

OUSD And Friends Of The Oakland Public School Libraries Create Digital Library

OUSD and “Friends of the Oakland Public School Libraries” Create Digital Library for All Oakland Students Oakland – United For Success Academy 8th grader, Brenda C., uses Sora, an app for accessing the District’s new Digital Library, which has transformed her ability to read whenever she wants. “What I like about Sora is that you […]

Howard Terminal Oakland Athletics Ballpark Community CBA Update: Draft EIR Friday, Transit Concerns Shared

Howard Terminal Ballpark update with the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Report, here. The last OaklandNewNow.com blog post update on the process toward building a new ballpark for the Oakland Athletics at Howard Terminal, revealed that the City of Oakland was in search of a new consultant to focus on the work of the […]

Oakland History: 2010 Skyline High School Class Of 80 Reunion – Tom Hanks, John Landgraf, Take Note

As I, Zennie Abraham, proud member of The Skyline High School Class Of 1980, write this, the date is Thursday, February 25th, 2021. In other words, a full 3,861 days since our last reunion of our great class of that fantastic year which saw us go off to college or the military or just plain […]

Oakland Mayor Schaaf Should Focus On Affordable Housing Needs, Not Victory Laps During Pandemic

The Office of Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf just sent an email that is a kind of victory lap for the production of affordable housing in Oakland. What’s bothersome about the message is the total lack of attention paid to what the total picture looks like. Here’s what the good mayor sent: Oakland Produces Most Affordable […]

Biden Administration Must Review Bank Of America PPP Loan Program For Racial Bias

The PPP Loan Program is now in its second-draw status, and the loan forgiveness process is under way. My firm, Zennie62Media, received a first PPP Loan last year, but only after a roller-coaster process that started with Bank of America restricting PPP Loan access to those who had credit cards with the bank, even though […]

Biden-Harris Administration Opens Health Insurance Special Enrollment Period On HealthCare.gov

Yesterday, the Biden-Harris Administration opened HealthCare.gov and CuidadoDeSalud.gov for a special enrollment period until May 15 to provide all Americans the opportunity to sign up for health insurance coverage amid the pandemic. President Biden believes health care is a right and will do everything in his power to uphold his commitment to ensure all Americans […]

Bank Of America Posts New SBA PPP Rules After I Complain – Now BofA Late With Loan Forgiveness

Bank Of America is supposed to be the organization helping small business, and especially black small businesses, during The Pandemic. Instead, B of A has done a good job acting like it just wants big white firms to get government help, and not small black organizations. In the case of my Zennie62Media, I posted this […]

President Biden & VP Harris Announces Extension Of COVID-19 Forbearance, Homeowners Foreclosure Protections

As millions of Americans face continued hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden and Vice President Harris continue to take action to help keep individuals and families in their homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a housing affordability crisis. Today, 1 in 5 renters is behind on rent and just over 10 million homeowners are […]

Ben Bartlett Says Let’s Talk Reopening Berkeley Schools: Town Hall Thursday, 2/18/21

On Thursday, February 18th, 2021, 7:00 PM PST, the office of Berkeley City Councilman Ben Bartlett will be holding a ZOOM Virtual Town Hall with School Board Director Laura Babitt to have a School Reopening Conversation with Community Members, Parents, Teachers, and YOU! The Town Hall will start at 7pm and end around 8:30pm. Please […]

Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic

Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic From YouTube Channel: February 12, 2021 at 12:45AM ONN – Dr. Noha Aboelata, MD, On Roots Community Health Center, Oakland, And The Pandemic The Pandemic has made the job of service delivery to Oakland’s unhoused and poor. In trying to determine just […]

Oakland Schools News: OUSD Nutrition Services Transitions To Mostly Home Delivery

Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Nutrition Services Transitions from On-Site Grab and Go Model, to Mostly Home Delivery, Making Food Access Even Easier for Students and Families Oakland – For eleven months now, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has been ensuring our young people have access to nutritious food despite schools being closed to in-person […]

Rio California, Oakland City Center Pioneer Restaurant, Needs Help To Stay Open During Pandemic

The Pandemic, and the close-but-don’t-compensate business policy that’s a response to it, and has wrecked California’s Economy, has hurt many popular restaurants and bars like The Alley Cat Bar and now Rio California at 1233 Preservation Park Way, Oakland. I mention Rio California because it was and remains one of the favorite places for City […]

Press Briefing By Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 11, 2021

12:43 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Good afternoon. I have quite a few things at the top, but then we will take plenty of questions. I wanted to take a moment, at the top of our briefing today, to note that on this day, 21 years ago, President Clinton announced the naming of the […]

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Announces Funding For COVID-19 Funeral Expenses

Washington, D.C. –– Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) today announced $2 billion in special Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds for families to afford proper funerals for their loved ones who passed away as a result of COVID-19. This program replicates the funding used for funeral assistance after Hurricane Katrina, and was inspired by legislation introduced […]

YouTuber: Oakland Street Trash & Homelessness Continue To Grow In 2021

Oakland Street Trash & Homelessness continue to grow in 2021 From YouTube Channel: February 11, 2021 at 04:47AM ONN – YouTuber: Oakland Street Trash & Homelessness Continue To Grow In 2021 The channel “waajidsvideo” on YouTube posted this series of dashcam videos capturing areas in Oakland where, in the vlogger’s view, the homeless problem was […]

Someone Is Shooting A Gun Just Over An Hour, Hourly, Daily, In Oakland

Someone Is Shooting A Gun Just Over An Hour, Hourly, Daily, In Oakland ONN – Someone Is Shooting A Gun Just Over An Hour, Hourly, Daily, In Oakland – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Someone Is Shooting A Gun Just Over An Hour, Hourly, Daily, In Oakland As the mainstream media focused exclusively on the naming […]

Feud Between Oakland Mayor Schaaf And Council President Bas On Police Spending In Chinatown Is Ugly

Feud Between Mayor Schaaf And Council President Bas On Police Spending In Chinatown Just Got Ugly ONN – Feud Between Mayor Schaaf And Council President Bas On Police Spending In Chinatown Just Got Ugly – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube Feud Between Mayor Schaaf And Council President Bas On Police Spending In Chinatown Just Got Ugly […]

OUSD And Oakland Athletic League Open School Fields To Sports Conditioning For Student Athletes

OUSD and the Oakland Athletic League Open School Fields to Sports Conditioning for Middle and High School Student/Athletes Oakland – Almost eleven months after all OUSD schools closed to students, cutting off in-person access to the classroom and to sports, the District and the Oakland Athletic League (OAL) have restarted sports conditioning. It is not […]

Super Bowl LV: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Day TV Viewers Guide

And today’s the day. As the late Oakland Raiders Radio Announcer Bill King would say “And Super Bowl LV is upon us.” This game pitting the visiting Kansas City Chiefs versus the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers is the first Super Bowl in history where the game is played in the stadium of one of the […]

President Joe Biden On His Way Home To Wilmington, Delaware To Watch Super Bowl LV

As this is written, President Joe Biden is on his way home to Wilmington, Delaware to watch Super Bowl LV. This from the White House Pool Reporter, who sent this to Zennie62Media, and others on the White House Press List: The White House passes this along — The President is spending the weekend at his […]

Danny Wan: Port Of Oakland’s Executive Director Plans For Economic Growth, Healthy Community

Danny Wan cites 2020 impacts and kicks off 2021 planning process at State of the Port Oakland, CA – February 3, 2021: Port of Oakland’s Executive Director Danny Wan began his State of the Port 2021 message to more than 200 stakeholders with a song lyric: Mercy, Mercy Me, Things Ain’t What They Used To […]

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Applauds Opening of Community Vaccination Site at Oakland Coliseum

Oakland, CA –– Congresswoman Barbara lee (CA-13) issued the following statement today regarding the opening of a community vaccination site in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum: “I applaud this critical investment by the federal government and the state of California to help communities like ours that have been hardest hit by the pandemic. […]

Oakland Non-Profit Organization Hosts Treasure Hunt To Celebrate Black History Month

Oakland Non-Profit Organization Hosts Treasure Hunt To Celebrate Black History Month From YouTube Channel: February 2, 2021 at 07:20PM ONN – The Black Joy Parade in Oakland is on hold this year due to the pandemic, instead it’s hosting a treasure hunt to help people discover some hidden gems in their neighborhoods. Note from Zennie62Media […]

Oakland Public Education Fund And OUSD Provide Millions In Cash Assistance, Food, Computers

Oakland Public Education Fund and OUSD Provide Millions in Cash Assistance, Food, and Computers to Oakland Families; Team Embarks on Additional Fundraising Effort for Families in Need Oakland – Thanks to more than 2,000 individual donors, the COVID-19 Relief Fund for Oakland students and schools has raised more than $2.5 million. The COVID-19 Relief Fund […]

Oakland Has Apartments For Rent Under $1,500 Per Month, Check Out Apartments.com

There are affordable apartment units all over Oakland, you just have to look past the lies. Oakland, California, and America, is in the middle of The Pandemic, where a deadly virus, still of unknown origin, has thrown our economy into a downward tailspin: • 34 percent of American economic production value was wiped out in […]

OUSD Superintendent: Black History Month is Here, But We Need More than A Celebration

From OUSD Superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell Dear Oakland Unified Community, I am both proud to say we are now in Black History Month, and disheartened to know that in our world, it is quite clear that the forces that try to diminish Black voices and heritage have been emboldened. The past year has been wrought […]

Oakland City Council To Consider $5/hr Hazard Pay For Grocery Workers During The Pandemic

Oakland City Council To Consider $5/hr Hazard Pay For Grocery Workers During The Pandemic ONN – Oakland City Council To Consider $5/hr Hazard Pay For Grocery Workers During The Pandemic – vlog by Zennie62 YouTube On Tuesday February 2nd, at 1:30 pm pst, the Oakland City Council will consider emergency legislation brought by Oakland City […]

Damon Connolly Interview On 2021 Goals, Objectives As Marin County District One Supervisor

Marin County District One Supervisor Damon Connolly Q and A on 2021 Goals and Priorities starting with question on COVID. Vaccine. Economic Recovery Thank you Zennie for having me on the show. We are living through a historic moment, the decisions we make today on how we address COVID, equity, and our economy will have […]

Oakland News: 12th Annual Powerful Women Of The Bay Awards Luncheon – PowerfulWomenOfTheBay.com

Oakland News: 12th Annual Powerful Women Of The Bay Awards Luncheon – PowerfulWomenOfTheBay.com From YouTube Channel: January 28, 2021 at 06:43PM ONN – Oakland News: 12th Annual Powerful Women Of The Bay Awards Luncheon – PowerfulWomenOfTheBay.com This is an annual event that’s a virtual event because of the Pandemic, and that is produced by Oakland […]

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