I ran into Oakland Activist and Oakland Post photographer Gene Hazzard while with my colleague on Grand Avenue, and he was gracious enough to give me the opportunity to make the video above. Gene’s new Oakland Mayor Recall news is that, first, Hazzard has a letter from the City of Oakland’s City Clerk’s Office that
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The City Of Oakland is facing the State of California’s effort to eliminate California Redevelopment with moves that could only be called cold and draconian. This blogger was just informed that long-time Oakland KTOP Station Manager Ashley James was terminated. In addition, James will be joined by three other KTOP employees, which almost – almost
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At Rocketspace SF listening to a talk on Social Networking and story-telling #SanFrancisco
Passing Transbay SF Terminal Cons Site #Sanfrancisco
Car in Oakland ticketed for tow on Grand and Broadway #Oakland
Occupy Movement please create not destroy #ows #Occupy
Occupy Movement please create not destroy #ows #Occupy
It’s not often one get the chance to witness history in the making but the third-deck 50-yard line seat at Super Bowl XLII, NY Giants vs. New England Patriots in Glendale, Arizona, presented just that. Why do I call this final drive by the Giants to win “The Greatest Drive In Super Bowl History“? For
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The National Football League is pulling out all of the stops for Super Bowl XLVI, starting with the promoted Twitter hashtag #superbowl, and even sponsors like Audi giving a preview of its commercials for Super Bowl Sunday. Our own David Squires has his preview: Super Bowl XLVI Preview. And NFL Media has this Super Bowl
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You can take this Oakland news in whatever order, but this blogger’ presenting Robberies, Restaurant Week, and Occupy Oakland, and other news. First, let’s start with the other news. Cafe 817 Opens Again 17 years ago, in 1995, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of the then-new Cafe 817, on 817 Washington Street,
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Your Ad Here There was speculation whether or not Rick Santorum would be dropping out of the race after it became very publicized that his daughter, Isabella “Bella”, became very sick. USA Today and other sources say that she is recovering from pneumonia and is doing much better now. His daughter Bella is three years
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This is the other reason to get excited about the Academy Awards, other than that Billy Crystal is the host: the Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Party. This will be the fourth year this blogger has attended the amazing event, and here’s a few of my now classic videos from Norby Waters and Ed Lozzi’s
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