Josh Cribbs To Raiders? Mayor Quan’s Bodyguard; Oakland Workers Video: News
UPDATE: Quan And Husband Violate City Charter When He Drives Here Around. A lot of Oakland news, from the Oakland Raiders trying to land Josh Cribbs to Oakland Local 21’s video saying “Enough Is Enough” – lets get to it. Oakland Raiders Pursue Josh Cribbs The Oakland Raiders invited Cleveland Browns Free Agent speedster Josh […]
Was Oakland Mayor Quan’s Husband Driving Drunk In Art Murmur Video?
UPDATE: a friend called to assert that Dr. Floyd Huen does not drink and the video-person was being inappropriate to he and the Mayor of Oakland. Was Floyd Huen, the husband of Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, drunk in a very embarrassing video that’s making the rounds? Watch this video, as it appears to show Floyd […]
Will the Mayor’s Proposed Budget Rebuild Oakland’s Police Department?
On Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Church, 114 Montecito, Make Oakland Better Now! will sponsor a public forum, “Can Oakland Afford to Be Safe?,” featuring Chief of Police Howard Jordan, City Administrator Deanna Santana and key staff members to discuss the connection between Oakland’s budget challenges and the need to rebuild the […]
Can Oakland Afford to Be Safe? MOBN! to Host Forum
Make Oakland Better Now! believes that the top priority for the new budget should be restoring, and growing, the Oakland Police Department in order to make Oaklanders safe. In this light, we are proud to present an educational forum on Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, with a panel of speakers […]
The Civic Classroom: Libby Schaaf, Oakland Councilmember (District Four)
The Civic Classroom – Special To Zennie62.com By Oakland Councilmember Libby Schaaf (District Four) Hi, I’m Libby Schaaf, Oakland’s District Four Councilmember. This week offers some incredible learning opportunities for Oaklanders – a veritable civic classroom. This Tuesday, April 23rd at our Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee, I’ve arranged for a presentation by Berkeley […]
Oakland Raiders 2013 NFL Draft Needs
The Oakland Raiders level of need in the 2013 NFL Draft deeply depends on how you see the organization from last year. From the perspective of Oakland Raiders General Manager Reggie McKenzie, the team needs a character adjustment. That’s from the news that Mr. McKenzie wants to bring in what he calls “high character” guys. […]
Faith McGee: Oakland Blogger Is “Allure Beauty Blogger Finalist”
Faith McGee, my friend and an Oakland Blogger, has made the Allure Magazine “Allure Beauty Blogger Finalist” portion of the contest! Now, Faith seeks our support to take her to the next level: victory! First, you’ve got to check our her well-designed beauty blog called Makeup For Last Night! You can do that here: http://makeupforlastnight.wordpress.com/ […]
Oakland News: Shooting Of Unarmed Black Teen, Oakland A’s, Art Murmur Today
This Oakland News has a lot in it, so let me start with my video: Again, on Wednesday, I blogged about a black man who was an alleged Downtown Oakland bank robber. The announcement went like this: This press release was circulated to Oakland-related message boards: Oakland, CA —Oakland Police investigators released the attached photos […]
Oakland City Auditor Wrong: Staff Asked Black Local Firm To Front For White Livermore Company
A key part of the “non-interference” report issued by Courtney Ruby, the Oakland City Auditor, and that blamed Councilmember Larry Reid (District 7) and Councilmember Desley Brooks (District 6), leading this blogger to brand it as racist, was proven to be completely wrong in a bombshell speech and interview at last night’s Oakland City Council […]
WILLIAM BRATTON TO BE NAMED OAKLAND’S POLICE CHIEF
FOLKS, THIS IS AN APRIL FOOL JOKE! William Bratton Will Be Named Oakland’s Police Chief. A good, well-placed City Hall Source and friend has told this vlogger exclusively that William Bratton, who was just hired as the $250,000 consultant to the Oakland Police Department (OPD), will be named the next Chief Of Police for OPD […]
Hotel Finn Invites Bloggers For Job To Stay In Rooms
Hotel Finn, a newly-renovated hotel in Helsinki, Findland, gets social media; seeks bloggers! Regular readers of this space know that this blogger has made sponsorship agreements with hotel brands in the recent past and tied to events like Comic Con or the NFL Draft. The idea is to produce video content about that event, and […]
Odin Protests Same Sex Marriage In Downtown Oakland
Same Sex Marriage would seem to be something that’s not controversial today – but then you haven’t met Odin. This older African American man was sitting on a fire hydrant at the corner of 14th and Broadway in Downtown Oakland holding a sign that reads “No Unlawful Sex,” and lists all of the kinds of […]
Oakland City Auditor’s Report Mentioned On Racist Website On March 22, 2013
This came up via a search, but from the looks of this, someone placed the KTVU version of story of the Oakland City Auditor’s Report called “Non‐Interference in Administrative Affairs Performance Audit FY 2009‐10 – FY 2011‐12,” and which this blogger has called racist, on a website specifically dedicated to racism against African Americans called […]
Oakland City Auditor’s Report A Racist Attack On Black Councilmembers
UPDATE: Courtney Ruby rumored to be gearing up to run for Mayor of Oakland. The Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby has presided over the preparation of a report entitled “Non‐Interference in Administrative Affairs, Performance Audit, FY 2009‐10 – FY 2011‐12,” that is plainly a racist abuse of power. It says, on page 21, that the […]
Oakland News: Art Murmur / First Friday Security, Rockridge Mtg, City Hall Violence
In this Oakland News, the latest security report from the Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday event is slated to come before the Oakland City Council tonight at 5:30 PM. The report was originally written and presented February 27th, and in the wake of the terrible, horrible shooting that took place at the February gathering […]
Oakland News: Erica Maskaleris Search Stopped; Emily Palen At Uptown
Erica Maskaleris is believed to have killed herself according to The Oakland Police reports to the media. The 31-year old woman who started the Oakland-based computer and tech consulting firm Geekosystems was last seen one week ago Thursday morning walking at the 3400 block of Telegraph Avenue in Oakland. KRON TV, Channel 4 in the […]
Erica Maskaleris: Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Turns Blind Eye To Missing Woman
Erica Maskaleris, the 31-year-old woman who founded the tech consulting company Geekosystems, has been missing for one solid week now, as of this writing. The news that the jogger was last seen walking over at 34th and Telegraph has traveled far and wide in Oakland – as has the news that the Oakland Police Department […]
Oakland News: Erica Maskaleris Of Geekosystems Missing, Army Base Lawsuit
Oakland News. A bit of a while since the last posting of Oakland News, but that’s because this blogger has spent a lot of time posting Oakland content over at Oakland Focus, just to keep the search engine fires burning over there, and to get back to the initial objective of having the blogs focused […]
Alameda County, CA Budget – Sequester Impact: $7.1 Million
The recently enacted trigger in the 2011 Budget Control Act referred to as “sequestration” will have a total impact on the Alameda County, CA, of $7.1 Million. That’s according to a Power Point-based report published on February 26th by Kai Mander, Principal Analyst, of the County Administrator’s Office. Mr. Mander’s report said that the following […]
Thomas C. Frazier: Oakland Police Compliance Director Called Racist Police Chief In Baltimore
On Monday, Thomas C. Frazier was appointed “Compliance Director” by U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson. In this position, Mr. Frazier will have complete authority over the Oakland Police Department, including the ability to set in motion the dismissal of the current police chief, Howard Jordan. Given Thomas C. Frazier’s alleged track record as police chief […]
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday Loses Vibrance After Shooting
The Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday Festival took place last Friday, and about one month after the tragic shooting that left Kiante Campbell dead on Telegraph Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets at the geographic heart of Art Murmur. But before we see that video, here the video that shows the reactions of many […]
Foursquare’s Broken: JaxonP Is Not Lakeshore Cafe Oakland Mayor, I Am
Foursquare, the popular location-based social networ, is broken. This blogger makes such an assertion because someone named JaxonP has managed to fraudulently insert themselves in mayor of Lakeshore Cafe, the popular eatery in the Tresle Glen area of Oakland. Trouble is, he has just 14 checkins in 60 days, whereas I have 36 checkins over […]
Fitness SF Gym Website Defaced By Webmaster Frank Jonen
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 […]
Art Murmur – First Friday Oakland Shooting Focus Of Monday Meeting
The City of Oakland’s Communication’s Department sent over this recap of a Monday meeting on the Art Murmur – First Friday Shooting of two weeks ago, with Mayor Jean Quan as host, together with Deputy Mayor Sandre Swanson, City Administrator Deanna Santana, police Chief Howard Jordan, Councilmember Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, and Oakland residents and business owners. […]
Trestle Glenn Robber Sought By Oakland Police Department
This is a press release on what this blogger calls the Trestle Glenn Robber issued by the Oakland Police Department: Oakland Police Need Help From the Public Oakland, CA — The Oakland Police Department requests assistance from the media and the community in identifying a burglary suspect. Police have released this photo of the person […]
Kiante Campbell Memorial Tonight 1601 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, 5-8 PM; Background
Kiante Campbell, or Kiante Tay Campbell, will be the focus of a memorial this evening at First Place For Youth, located at 1601 Telegraph Avenue right at the corner of Telegraph and 16th Streets in Downtown Oakland (next to the Rotunda and just a hop from Cafe Van Kleef). This blogger found Kiante Campbell’s Facebook […]
Rebecca D. Kaplan, Art Murmur Shooting: Oakland City Council President Statement
Rebecca D. Kaplan, the Oakland City Council’s At Large representative and new President Pro Tem has sent this statement on the Oakland Art Murmur First Friday Shooting that occurred almost one week ago come this Friday. “The shooting that took the young life of Kiante Campbell in Oakland Friday night was tragic – my prayers […]
Oakland Art Murmur First Friday Shooting: Assault, Not Murder Charge
The latest news in the case of the Oakland Art Murmur First Friday Shooting that happened Friday night is that a 19-year-old man was charged with assault, but no murder charge was filed. That, even though four people were wounded and one killed – Kiante Campbell of Oakland, 18. According to KTVU.com, 19-year-old Donald Parks […]
Whole Foods Oakland Security Guards Violent With Black Woman
Thanks to the video work of Oakland vlogger Matt Gratz, who lives next to the store, Whole Foods Oakland security guards are caught on camera making a mistake that could cost the 55,000-square-foot store at 27th and Oakland Avenue thousands of dollars in a lawsuit. The two guards, not black, are caught on camera holding […]
Oakland Police Arrest Suspect In First Friday Shooting
The City of Oakland’s Communications Department has released a statement that the Oakland Police have arrested a single suspect in the Art Murmur / First Friday Shooting. Here’s the statement: The City has received several media inquiries today regarding the fatal shooting that occurred shortly before 11 p.m. Friday in the 2000 block of Telegraph […]