Economic Stimulus For Oakland Or The Greater Bay Area Metropolitan Region? – Steve Lowe

Steve-Lowe

Zennie62Media note: Steve Lowe is an Oakland landscape architect and developer who’s holds the following civic titles: VP, West Oakland Commerce Association VP, Jack London District Association Boardmember, Old Oakland Neighbors Member, West Oakland Community Advisory Group Coordinator, WOJLOO! Co-Founder (1973), Old Oakland Project But his claim to fame is the development of Old Oakland: … Read more

Mars Perseverance Rover: Interesting Objects Around the Landing Site Part 1

Mars Perseverance Rover: Interesting Objects Around the Landing Site Part 1

Mars Perseverance Rover: Interesting Objects Around the Landing Site Part 1 From YouTube Channel: March 4, 2021 at 07:30PM ONN – Latest images from the mission Mars 2020. This new panorama was captured by Mastcam-Z right-eye 110-mm telephoto zoom lens and this mosaic stitched together from 79 individual images is camera’s first high-resolution pano taken … Read more

The Most Influential African American / Black Sports Executives In The SF Bay Area

Ray Bobbitt Oakland

KPIX Channel 5 Sports Anchor Vernon Glenn Gives Shout-Out To Zennie62Media CEO Zennie Abraham For The Most Influential African American / Black Sports Executives In The SF Bay Area List As we close Black History Month 2021, one question remains. Of all African American / Black sports executives in the San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose … Read more

Howard Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Report Released By City Of Oakland, A’s – PMSA’s Mike Jacob Attacks

Oakland-As-Howard-Terminal-Ballpark

The Howard Terminal Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is out of its cage and here at this link! The City of Oakland and The Oakland Athletics released the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Howard Terminal Ballpark (or more formally called “Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District at Howard Terminal”). First, the Oakland A’s sent their email, … Read more

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

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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 … Read more

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

Skyline High School

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 … Read more

OUSD Asks Everyone To Be Respectful Of Each Other On Social Media And Elsewhere

Oakland Unified School District OUSD

Oakland Unified School District Communications Director John Sasaki sent this to Zennie62Media. OUSD Asks Everyone in the District Community to be Respectful of Each Other on Social Media and Elsewhere Dear Oakland Unified Community, Recently, we have seen some social media posts from staff and families that have raised the temperature on the discussion surrounding … Read more

Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Seeks to Ease Permit Process

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland — Oakland’s Vice-Mayor Rebecca Kaplan is introducing a resolution designed to add support to the Building and Planning department at the March 2, 2021, City Council meeting. Kaplan’s proposed resolution would promote the development and reopening of businesses, thus creating revenue and a healthier economic recovery for the City of Oakland. The City Council … Read more

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Decision to Allow Youth Sports Praised by High School Coaches, Kids, Parents

California Governor Gavin Newsom

Sacramento — Leaders of the grassroots movement to urge an immediate return to youth and high school sports today praised California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to restart youth sports and expressed their thanks and appreciation on behalf of California’s millions of student athletes. The leaders of Golden State High School Football Coaches and “Let Them … Read more

Sondra Aguilera OUSD Chief Academic Officer On Zoom-Bombing During Literacy Summit

Oakland Unified School District OUSD

Dear Oakland Unified Community, Tonight, I need to address an incident that happened in our Early Literacy Summit and Family Workshop this afternoon. It was a large meeting held via Zoom and open to all students, families, and staff. As we opened up the chat function in the Zoom, a small number of participants entered … Read more

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

Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett: A Happy New Year 2021 Message

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 … Read more

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

OUSD Food Prep

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 … Read more

Oakland City Council Passes Resolutions: Coliseum Funds Use, COVID-19 Vaccines Equity

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Unanimously Passed! Resolutions to Receive $10 Million to Help Save Vital Oakland City Services and Calling for COVID-19 Vaccines to be Made Equitably Available for Our Community The Oakland City Council unanimously voted to approve two important resolutions introduced by Councilmember Treva Reid and I. The resolutions are; • Approving $10 million in available excess … Read more

Berkeley Law Alumni Leading Indigent Defense During COVID-19

Berkeley Law Alumni Leading Indigent Defense During COVID-19 From YouTube Channel: February 2, 2021 at 12:19PM ONN – Berkeley Law Alumni Leading Indigent Defense During COVID-19 Thursday, January 28 from 5:00-6:30 pm via Zoom Panelists include: Ricardo García ‘95, Los Angeles Public Defender Steven Garrett ’83, Sacramento Public Defender Robin Lipetzky ‘86, Contra Costa Public … Read more

Oakland Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Treva Reid, Want COVID-19 Vaccines To Be Equitably Available

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan Together with Councilmember Treva Reid, Call for COVID-19 Vaccines to Be Made Equitably Available for Our Community Oakland – Tomorrow, February 2, 2021, Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan, along with Councilmember Treva Reid, will be introducing an urgent resolution asking the Oakland City Council to urge the state and federal governments … Read more

Oakland Finance Committee To Discuss Councilmember Kaplan Idea To Use Coliseum Surplus For Shortfall

Rebecca Kaplan Oakland City Council At-Large

Oakland Finance Committee to Discuss Informational Reports on Budget Shortfall & My Proposal to Use $10 Million Surplus to Save Vital Community Programs & Services Oakland – Today at 1:30pm, the Oakland Finance and Management Committee will receive budget informational reports from the Administration that I requested regarding: the implementation of administrative corrective actions to … Read more