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The City of San Leandro’s City Council has reached consensus to continue to retain the law firm of Meyers Nave and City Attorney Jayne Williams and Assistant City Attorney Richard D. Pio Roda as the City’s legal advisors. The Council on Tuesday Feb. 19 asked that Williams and the City Manager Chris Zapata develop a … Read more
Ecuador President Rafael Correa has won reelection for a third term, but this time his massive 30-point victory is tainted by the mark of scandal. The basic assumption that comes with the news that an elected official has won reelection is the existence of a free press – that’s not the case in Ecuador. To … Read more
YouTube has a problem that must be stopped. People who claim to be located in Europe are trying to make a fast buck off American YouTubers. This video-blogger has been in such episodes many times as a YouTube Partner. What happens is that I may use 5 seconds of video of a publicly seen news … Read more
Burger King, as of this writing, is facing a major social media crisis: the company that brought you the Whopper has made a huge one, allowing its Twitter account to be hacked because of an all too simple password that’s “Whopper123.” The attackers have defaced Burger King’s Twitter account to include the McDonald’s Logo, and … Read more
Posterous has announced it’s shutting down its platform April 30th, as it’s Founder and CEO Sachin Agarwal said that they’re focusing their efforts 100 percent on Twitter. That’s a massive mistake – not focusing on Twitter, but that they have to give up 4 million content producers in the process. In fact, the more I … Read more
Congratulations to Danica Patrick, who reminds us that, for all of her personal life that has been tossed about online (thanks to her doing things like posting on Facebook, to some degree), she’s still a professional race car driver, and a darn good one, at that. Ms. Patrick, who recently came into stock car racing … Read more
Pope Benedict XVI gave what was his second to the last Angelus address in St. Peter’s Square, today. In doing so, the first Pope to retire in 600 years, attracted 80,000 people. The Pope is stepping down because, at 86, he says he doesn’t have the energy to go on with the daily grind of … Read more
Comic Con four-day and single-day badges have sold out and it took just one hour a 40 minutes for that to happen, and while not equaling the record sell-out pace of 2012, it reflected the fact that Comic Con has outgrown its space arrangement in San Diego. According to UT San Diego, which broke the … Read more
UPDATE: Comic Con badges sold out at 10:40 AM, PDT. Comic Con 2013 is fast approaching, and Comic-Con 2013 Badge Sales commence today. Here’s the email this blogger (already registered as press) received from Comic Con International: Dear Comic-Con Member, Comic-Con 2013 badges go on sale at 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PT) February 16, 2013. … Read more
The Russian Meteor crash of last night made today’s event of a meteor called 2012 DA14 passing by all the more important. The good news is it did not impact the Earth, just flew by. Here’s a livestream of the event: Live video by Ustream Asteroid 2012 DA14 has safely passed by Earth, according to … Read more
The whole issue about the Russian Meteor that flew over Central Russia Friday morning at 33,000 MPH, causing a sonic boom of such massive proportions that it caused damage to buildings in various cities in that country, has taken an absurd turn. Now, a Russian politician is blaming America for the disaster. But before we … Read more
The newest report is that the “Russian Meteor” that hit Central Russia, and has become the largest impact episode of its kind since 1908, was moving at 33,000 MPH and is estimated to have been 10-tons in size. That comes from the Times Mirror. The general word is the meteor’s not at all related to … Read more
As reports come in via Twitter, it’s clear the Russian Meteor that flew over Central Russia and apparently landed not far from the town of Chelyabinsk has caused not just damage to buildings, but a injuries to a total number of people that’s grown from 100 to 550 as of this writing. As you can … Read more
On Friday at 9:20 AM in Russia, a meteor flew over the Ural Mountain Range and as it did, the sonic boom caused damage to a large number of buildings, including a plant and a school, and in turn caused injuries to 400 people. The event seems to have taken the science community by surprise, … Read more
Fitness SF, which was once called Gold’s Gym of the San Francisco Bay Area, and of which this vlogger has been a long-time member of it’s Oakland facility, has suffered from the actions of an irate web developer by the name of Frank Jonen. Claiming unpaid invoices, Mr. Jonen has taken to altering the FitnessSF … Read more
Valentine’s Day is a wonderful time. Of good feelings, gifts, love, and bad rhyme VDay’s a time that should make you smile You don’t have to be married, just have some guile All you need is a willing heart, and if you’re a guy, this is a start: A good set of balls, and good … Read more
Say, Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, but don’t fret about it, if you happen to be without a significant other, send cards to your friends who you think would appreciate being remembered. Or, send it to that hot woman you think may not be aware of your interest in her. Time to make it known, because … Read more
Christopher Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer who went AWOL and racked up a serial-killer-level body count of cops and family relations, was said to have been shot by a San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Office Sniper. Here’s the initial gunfight from my vlog: That news comes from Neal Barton of KETK out of Tyler, Texas and via … Read more
The CROODS, a 3D animation film by Dreamworks, looks like a modernized version of The Flintstones, with some Lost In Space and The Jungle Book thrown in, until you look deeper at the storyline. It’s billed as “The world’s very first prehistoric family goes on a road trip to an uncharted and fantastical world,” but … Read more
Christopher Dorner is said to have been “holed up” in a cabin in Antegua Oaks, California, about five miles from Big Bear, California. At first, there was video of gunfire between a person said to match the look of Mr. Dorner, but not officially identified as him. Here’s that video with this blogger’s commentary: Then, … Read more
Christopher Dorner, the AWOL ex-LAPD Police Officer, who took five years of pent-up anger and is lashing out at members of the police force, killing them, just may have been in some warm place using the CNN forum 19 hours ago, and while hundreds of law enforcement officials search for him in the below-freezing cold … Read more
This infographic released last fall from the 100 Million Club, the watchlist of the top mobile platforms and handset manufacturers, has some information that puts the size and growth of the industry in perspective. From the publisher: – Smartphone sales penetration continues to accelerate, growing from nearly 30% in Q3 2011 to nearly 40% in … Read more
As one who’s building his own media organization, this blogger’s a big admirer of BuzzFeed, the news and entertainment website and social media system. Via a good dose of VC funding, BuzzFeed has managed to become a relevant player at major political events (like the Democratic National Convention) and is mentioned as a news source … Read more
Lindsey Vonn, even with her injury, and her vow that she will race in November and compete in the 2014 Olympics, the only thing people seem to care about is this: Lindsey Vonn Divorce. It’s the highest ranked search term at Zennie62blog.com, and on Google, as of this writing, a search for “Lindsey Vonn” shows … Read more
Lindsey Vonn, the most successful skier in U.S. history, vows to not only race again in November, but compete in the Sochi Olympics next year. And maybe come back to The David Letterman show… The New York Times reports that “Her goal is to be back by Lake Louise, stronger than she’s ever been,” said … Read more
This is going to be an interesting event. Steven Donziger, the lead plaintiff’s attorney in the Chevron Ecuador case, will attend the first The Stanford Journal of Complex Litigation’s Symposium. Called “Lessons from the Chevron Ecuador Litigation” it’s an all-day event, from 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM at room 290 in the Stanford Law School. … Read more
Stickam Livestream will go out of business on February 28th. That’s the sad but not surprising news from an email just received 10 minutes ago. This blogger joined Stickam in 2005, and placed its livestream blog widget on the older, Blogger version of Zennie62, but never used it; USTREAM provided a better livestream platform for … Read more
Did you know that today’s National Pancake Day? Yes, it is, and it’s a marketing creation of the International House Of Pancakes. On it’s website, IHOP reports: Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised more than $10 million to support charities in the communities in which it operates. On February … Read more
I’ve always said that my intent is to show how others can video blog, and to communicate the idea that it’s easy, and not hard – as YouTube seems to be sending the message that it is, of late. (And causing people to spend more money on promoting videos, equipment, and then implying that I … Read more
The Oakland Art Murmur Administration has left a statement on the website of the organization in the wake of last night’s First Friday shooting, where the killers are still at large as of this writing. The Oakland Art Murmur is deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic shooting that occurred in the Uptown area last … Read more
The First Friday Shooting is a horror and a tragedy that Oakland and Oakland Art Murmur must overcome. The video made by this blogger shows the awful scene of a Downtown Oakland empty of life, with police cars and crime tape. That’s not the Oakland we want to have. The only way to not have … Read more
Pete’s Harbor (located in Redwood City, CA) continues to be plagued by people leaving unwanted items that are a hazzard – in this case, a boat that was apparently abandoned after being tied up to an outer harbor dock without notifying the harbor master or marina operator. That’s a danger. Police are investigating the circumstances … Read more
All 70-year-old Paula Uccelli wants to do is get out of the business of running a harbor her late husband established and called Pete’s Harbor. She and Pete Uccelli ran the harbor for 60 years until his passing; since then she’s been largely on her own. Month’s ago, Ms. Uccelli made the decision to sell … Read more
The Pete’s Harbor controversy’s heating up. Here’s the latest news on the dispute between the legendary harbor, its tenants, and the State of California. More commentary will come, but these are the latest press releases: Pete’s Harbor Overpays Rent to Comply with Unreasonable State Demand Paula Uccelli, 70, forced by state to pay hundreds of … Read more
Vlog: San Diego Comic Con 2017 – Why Hotels Should Partner With Vloggers, Bloggers #SDCC Since 2009 Zennie62Media, ran by this video-blogger, has developed a content-marketing-based method of promoting hotels as an event is being covered. Zennie62Media has successfully employed this approach in its annual coverage of International CES Las Vegas, The NFL Draft, and … Read more