Day: June 27, 2013

City Council to Consider Adopting Budget and Amendments Tonight

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Tonight, beginning sometime after 6:30pm, the Oakland City Council is expected to adopt the fiscal year 2013-2015 budget (item #9).  The importance of the budget can hardly be understated: this document will control the City’s expenditures over the next two years.  The budget is where the Council is called upon to put its money where … Read more

Mark Sanchez Jets QB Video Dancing Nude With Alana Kari And Janna Van Burkleo

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Mark Sanchez has done it again. The New York Jets OB is racking up a list of cringe-worthy things he’s done as NY Jets QB, and like he’s not done with his USC years (and maybe he’s not). Mark Sanchez had to be drunk when he allowed himself to be in a vine video with … Read more

George Lucas, Melody Hobson Get Married At Skywalker Ranch, Monday

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Star Wars Creator George Lucas married long-time girlfriend Melody Hobson in a private ceremony at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California on Monday. This blogger met George Lucas at San Francisco’s famed Aqua Restaurant six years ago, and enjoyed an Irish Coffee with him, solo, before his guests arrived. And and I shared as a … Read more

Supreme Court Drops DOMA, Prop 8: Oakland Mayor Quan, Councilmember Kaplan

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Oakland Mayor Jean Quan made the following joint statement Wednesday with Oakland City Council President Pro Tem Rebecca Kaplan, the city’s first openly-lesbian councilmember, in response to the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage, where DOMA, the Defense Of Marriage Act, and Prop 8, were rejected. (The joint appearance of Quan and Kaplan may also … Read more

San Bruno Fire: CPUC Internal Emails Point To Illegal Interference By CPUC

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UPDATE: San Bruno Happy With Latest CPUC PG&E Fine Moves Wednesday, San Bruno officials demanded the release of key internal California Public Utility Commission documents relating to the CPUC’s penalty decision-making process in the PG&E San Bruno explosion case following the San Francisco Chronicle’s disclosure of internal emails suggesting illegal interference by CPUC Commissioners. San … Read more

Paula Deen Racist N-Word Issue: On TODAY Show Time To Forgive – Give Food Network Show Back

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Paula Deen, who’s show Food Network announced it was dropping effective when it’s contract ran out next month in the wake of revelations that she used the N-word more than once with people who worked for her and over the years, appeared on The TODAY Show with Matt Lauer Wednesday morning. This blogger felt sorry … Read more