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Jim Kelly. This blogger received the news that the star of the classic film Enter The Dragon died, yesterday, Sunday, and after a day spent covering the Pride Parade in San Francisco, via this Twitter tweet at @zennie62: #Salute @zennie62 for @JimKellyKarate interview at WonderCon SF 2010 http://t.co/F08cq6AVoE & #Salute @THEKINGDMC for #Retweet #LOVE — … Read more
UPDATE: George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty The George Zimmerman Trial will end with Mr. Zimmerman getting voluntary manslaughter and not first-degree murder in the Trevon Martin fight. This is the prediction of famed Oakland, California criminal defense attorney John Burris. Mr. Burris, who also represented Oscar Grant’s family in a lawsuit against BART Police, and … Read more
Alyssa Milano is in Maxim Magazine for the July / August edition, and to prove, it would seem, that at 40, she’s still hot. The producer of a line of clothing for NFL women fans, and for NASCAR fans, was in the magazine 15 years ago, and it’s as if she just stepped out of … Read more
The City Of Oakland Workers Strike means no parking enforcement work on Monday. The standard work of writing parking citations is not a police-done activity in Oakland. Parking enforcement is a public works operation, and is set to be impacted by the same one-day strike. What that means is simple: you can park anywhere, for … Read more
Oakland is about to face a total stoppage of work on Monday, as the City of Oakland, BART, and reportedly AC Transit workers will all stop working on that day. The issue across the board boils down to management not giving the workers pay increases after they have sustained pay losses either voluntarily or managerially … Read more
Snooki’s (Nicole Polizzi) Abs Arms Legs and Hot Body And New Image came after she became a mother. But she has adopted the strongwoman workout fitness routine, including throwing tires, lifting weights, and wow, what a difference. Snooki has lost 42 pounds. The Jersey Shore reality tv show star told People Magazine, “I go [to … Read more
Las Vegas is baking under a heat-wave of biblical proportions. Fueled by a giant range of high pressure that’s been described as a “dome” over Vegas and much of the west desert region, temperatures have soared to highs of 115 and 117 degrees. And all of this heat is happening as Justin Bieber’s concerts, the … Read more
UPDATE: Oakland Coliseum City ENA Approved By Oakland City Council Coliseum City Project Proposal In City Of Oakland Closed Session Tuesday Ed Roski Is The Man In Update The Oakland Raiders may move back to the Los Angeles Basin, and to Torrance, CA, but only if a business man succeeds in his effort to buy … Read more
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
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
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
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, 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
Steak Shapiro, the now-former host of the now-cancelled Radio 790 The Zone Mayhem In The AM show, has seen his new (and I have to admit, interesting) Atlanta Eats show moved to PeachtreeTV, and off CBS. For why all this happened, this video blog explains the fallout when Steve “Steak Shapiro, Nick Cellini, and Chris … Read more
SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN DOMA, PROP 8; GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA That’s the ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, and this blogger had to turn to Twitter to get the news because the CNN feed read this way: Supreme Court has issued a key ruling regarding a California ban on same-sex marriage. Details soon … Read more
Aaron Hernandez, the Tight End for The New England Patriots and former Florida Gator, was just arrested at his home outside of Boston, according to TMZ, which broke the story. He was escorted out of his house in hancuffs by two police officers. Aaron Hernandez has been a key suspect in the death of Odin … Read more
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court, on a 5-4 vote, in deciding the case Shelby County v. Holder, elected to basically kill the Voting Rights Act, and put the whole deal in the lap of Congress to fix. What the majority of The Supreme Court did was say that the formula for determining the application … Read more
Texas State Senator Wendy Davis is a new political star for Democrats, after her successful 13-hour filibuster of a sweeping GOP anti-abortion bill. Thanks to the powerful voices of thousands of Texans, #SB5 is dead. An incredible victory for Texas women and those who love them. — Wendy Davis (@WendyDavisTexas) June 26, 2013 The bill, … Read more
#StopLyingCNN Campaign: What Is It About In The Turkey Protests? The Turkish protestor-produced campaign called #StopLyingCNN has been successful in that it made the hashtag #StopLyingCNN a Twitter Trend, but as this blogger wrote before, there’s been a problem. The problem has been that it’s so insular and in Turkish, that, to this point in … Read more
The Turkish protestor-produced campaign called #StopLyingCNN was successful in that it made the hashtag #StopLyingCNN a Twitter Trend, but there’s a problem. The problem is that it’s so insular and in Turkish, that, to this point in time, no American news website or blog has written about it, until now. So, because #StopLyingCNN is in … Read more
On this day I was headed to the San Francisco Best Of The Bay event at The Metreon, and walking down Stockton toward Mission when I got the news via a CNN message to my phone. I just stopped and wound-up interviewing a woman on the street. Then I went into the event, and it … Read more
Paula Deen has been dropped by the Smithfield Foods organization out of Virginia, and just three days from Food Network’s decision not to renew Ms. Deen’s contract with the television organization when it expires. Here’s the Zennie62 video explaining what happened: This is the simple statement that Smithfield Foods released: “Smithfield condemns the use of … Read more
MTV Teen Wolf, along with MTV2, MTV News and MTV Geek, and and MTV2’s Guy Code will be, as they say, geeking out for Comic Con 2013. The press release reads: New York, NY (June 24, 2013) – MTV will be geeking out from Comic-Con International in San Diego all weekend long, beginning on Thursday, … Read more
The Chicago Blackhawks won the 2013 Stanley Cup, and shocking The Boston Bruins by earning the victory in Game 6 with two stunning goals just 17 seconds apart. Blackhawks Star Dave Bolland made the final shot in the third period to make the difference. Chicago Beat Bost 3 to 2, and won the series 4 … Read more
The San Francisco TransBay Transit Center is moving along toward its eventual completion and with that, here’s the latest construction update for this week: Monday June 24th to Friday, June 28th. SF TransBay Transit Center Weekday Work (6/24/13 – 6/28/13): Night Shift: Excavation and Internal Bracing Work: Western SF Transit Center Site (Between First and … Read more
Either Edward Snowden was arrested, or took a different flight to Cuba, or is on Aeroflot flight SU150 from Moscow to Cuba but in a different seat and in a disguise, because according to this Twitter tweet, there are 30 journalists on the same plane and Snowden was to have two seats 17 B and … Read more
Edward Snowden, the NSA Whisleblower and Ex-CIA Contractor, is reportedly on his way to Cuba as this is being written, and a 7 AM press conference is planned in Ecuador with the Foreign Minister. Sources are quoting an Interfax source (Interfax is a subscription news service.) From reports citing a source in Sheremetevo airport air … Read more
Nik Wallenda did the impossible in walking part of the Grand Canyon on his “Skywire,” 1,500 feet long and high above the part of the Grand Canyon that is over the Navaho Nation. Admit it. You watched Nik Wallenda, who walked without support or a harness, and carrying a pole, just to see him fall, … Read more
Edward Snowden, the NSA Whistleblower who introduced the World to the name PRISM, is, as of this writing in Moscow, and ether still in the airport, or at the Ecuador Embassy. Sunday marked a wild day for him and for the media. It started with Edward Snowden being given the right to leave Hong Kong … Read more
The Mad Men Season 6 Episode “In Care Of” marks the end of the AMC series for 2013, and gives a big nod to 2014. It’s all about John Hamm as Don Draper, and this performance just might land him The Emmy. Don Draper’s battle with alcoholism leads to the shakes and to an eventual … Read more
Edward Snowden, the NSA Whisleblower who’s currently at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, has asked for asylum to be granted to him in Ecuador. Reportedly, according to various sources, this has been done. Now, the man who was in Hong Kong, then boarded an Aeroflot flight to Moscow this Sunday morning, and was originally rumored to … Read more
Edward Snowden’s visit to countries that have had issues with the United States continues. After leaving Hong Kong this morning, and with the aide of WikiLeaks members, Edward Snowden arrived in Moscow and is spending the night near the airport and is in the transit area, and not at the place of the Ecuador Embassy … Read more
UPDATE: Edward Snowden To Go To Ecuador, Not Iceland, Still In Moscow Edward Snowden, the NSA Whisleblower with a U.S. Government warrant for his arrest out, is in Moscow, having just arrived their from Hong Kong, and thanks to the legal and financial assistance of WikiLeaks and Hong Kong human rights officials. Snowden has been … Read more
UPDATE: Edward Snowden Reportedly To Fly To Oslo, Norway After Moscow. Edward Snowden, the NSA Whisleblower boyfriend of Lindsey Mills, is as of this writing at Moscow Sheremetyevo International Aiport, having arrived on Aeroflot flight SU213, and from Hong Kong. Mr. Snowden was successfully transported out of Hong Kong when the U.S Department Of Justice … Read more
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange has issued a statement today, after one year in Ecuador and on Edward Snowden and his involvement in getting Snowden out of Hong Kong and to, for the present, Moscow. Snowden has been criminally charged by the USA: Here’s the statement: Statement by Julian Assange after One Year in Ecuadorian Embassy … Read more