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Rebecca Kaplan, Tom Bates Get Endorsement of East Bay Express

In the At-Large Oakland City Council race, Kerry Hamill's switch from supporting to opposing Measure NN to establish a new tax for poli...

Friday, October 31, 2008 No comments

No On 8 v. Yes On 8 Oakland Culture War Update Video

This is an update of my first video on a clash between supporters of state Prop 8 and those opposing it. I went back to the same MacArt...

Thursday, October 30, 2008 No comments

SF Proposition H Gets Assm Mark Leno's Support - "Yes on H"

Assemblyman Mark Leno lays out the case for supporting both state Proposition 8 and San Francisco Proposition H, the SF clean energy ...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 No comments

High Speed Rail Initiative Defeated At SF Debate Event Tuesday

Say, remember my post on how I was not supporting the state proposition 1A calling for High Speed Rail because the route did not come throug...

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 No comments

Bowoto v. Chevron - Day One Court Update

This video presents Day One of the case of Bowoto v. Chevron at U.S. District Court, Northern California, San Francisco. Here Larry B...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 No comments

Ted Stevens: Give Him A Break / America Is Socialist - The Blog Report

In my video i observe that Ted Stevens conviction does not mean he was a bad elected official. I also say that America itself is social...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 No comments

Oakland Raiders need a heart transplant

The Oakland Raiders are a team in dire straits. There is no need to reproduce the win loss record that is haunting the Raider Nation. It is ...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 No comments

Protest @ Mormon Temple in Oakland Chronicle Article Sucks

There was a protest at a Mormon temple yesterday, and I was hoping that the SF Chronicle would tell us about it! So that the GLBT community ...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008 No comments

Oakland Resident, Elnora Caldwell, Stabbed to Death Near Caldecott Tunnel

I read about the stabbing of Elnora Caldwell today. This is such a horrible story. OAKLAND — An Oakland woman who was stabbed to death Sat...

Monday, October 27, 2008 No comments

SF Prop H - SF Clean Energy Gal - Why Does PG&E Oppose Clean Energy?

Why does PG&E oppose clean energy and Proposition H in San Francisco? The SF Clean Energy Gal asks that very question. See the ma...

Monday, October 27, 2008 No comments

Obama For America Early Voting Rallies In The Bay Area

The elections fast approaching and the campaign to elect Senator Barack Obama for President is heating up with a great GOTV effort. You can...

Friday, October 24, 2008 No comments

Yes on 8 v. No on 8 - Oakland, CA Political Culture War

http://zennie62.com This is a video capturing two warring factions - Oaklanders in support of "Proposition 8" which would m...

Friday, October 24, 2008 2 comments

'YES' on Prop K in San Francisco

Most people don't know that prostitution has only been criminalized in modern times. Selling sex is not a crime. Sex is sold everyday th...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Vote NO on Measure NN, For City of Oakland

The question here is where should we put our tax dollars?? Do we put our money into reacting to a crime? Or making sure that crime doesn'...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Do Raiders have what it takes to beat Ravens on Sunday?

Just a few days removed from beating the New York Jets 16-13 on Sebastian Janikowski's 57-yard field goal in overtime, the Raiders turn ...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Police Preparing For Election Day Unrest...

Police Preparing For Election Day Unrest "Are we anticipating it will be a riot situation? No. But will we be prepared if it goes awry?...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights: What it means for you

While the $700 billion bailout and presidential election have dominated the news, the U.S. House passed a major piece of credit card reform ...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Palin's $150,000 Makeover - Socialist Charge Against Obama Is Racist

My commentary on the RNC's expenditure of $150,000 for Governor Palin and her family, and my assertion that the McCain / Palin Cam...

Thursday, October 23, 2008 No comments

Palin Claims Vice President "In Charge Of The U.S. Senate"

Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the netwo...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 No comments

Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds court on earnings day

The rare appearance by the Apple CEO produces a few more pithy quotes than you would usually hear on an earnings call. Here are a few... rea...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 No comments

Oakland Raiders defeat New York Jets 16-13 in overtime

The stage was set for what appeared to be yet another late collapse for the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders were holding on to a 13-10 lead and...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 No comments

Obama around Oakland

Images of Obama from around Oakland, CA: on poster outside of democratic headquarters, in tags from a graffiti contest, and on children'...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 No comments

Oakland Raiders look to parlay win into success

Tom Cable has been preaching the gospel of "1-0" since his ascension to head coach nearly three weeks ago. The concept of this is ...

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 No comments

Aaron Peskin - SF Supervisor Says "Yes On H" in Video For Clean Energy

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 No comments

SF Prop H Supported By Van Jones, Author of "The Green Collar Economy"

As part of our effort to promote clean energy for San Francisco, I am very proud to report that Van Jones, the author of "The Gre...

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 No comments

Phil Tagami | Tagami Roast At The Oakland Rotunda

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 No comments

Oakland's New Hill Friendly Fire Trucks

Today is marked the 17 year anniversary of worst fire in California, which occured in the Oakland Hills. So many homes and lives were lost t...

Monday, October 20, 2008 No comments

Joe The Plumber - Palin On SNL - Obama Draws 100,000

This is my blog report on "Joe The Plumber", where I point out that he's actually not part of of the labor force, but a ...

Monday, October 20, 2008 No comments

East Oakland Sports Complex Development On City Council Agenda

There's an interesting but not reported on item -- ignored by the Oakland Tribune -- coming up on the Oakland City Council agenda, and i...

Sunday, October 19, 2008 No comments

Clean Energy In San Francisco? Mary (From Oakland) Says Yes!

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Sunday, October 19, 2008 No comments

Oakland, CA commercial real estate video tour

tour of the local office market read more | digg story

Sunday, October 19, 2008 1 comment

Jets-Raiders: Battle at the Line of Scrimmage

Another Sunday, and another game against a team struggling to make anything work. The 3-2 New York Jets will be traveling to Oakland to face...

Sunday, October 19, 2008 No comments

Measure NN's Rocky Road

Will this be the first time in Oakland's modern political history that all bond measures fail at the election booth? Given the rocky ro...

Friday, October 17, 2008 No comments

SF Prop H "Cake Band" Party with Mary The "Clean Energy Gal"

This video takes us into a great "VIP Party" held for the band "Cake" ( http://www.cakemusic.com) and the San Fran...

Friday, October 17, 2008 No comments

Van Jones on "The Green Collar Economy" and Clean Energy

Van Jones is an Oakland-based author, activist, and spokesperghts who's known for his work in civil rights and against violence in Oak...

Friday, October 17, 2008 No comments

Obama - McCain | Final Debate Thoughts On Who Won - Temple Lounge

Who won the final Presidential Debate? I asked that question -- well more what they thought of the debate -- of Obama supporters at the ...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

No on Prop 8: Actors of Noah's Arc and Jumping the Broom

A community forum held recently in Oakland, with the cast of the popular gay African-American now defunct television show that ran on Logo. ...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

No on Prop 8: Actors of Noah's Arc and Jumping the Broom

A community forum held recently in Oakland, with the cast of the popular gay African-American now defunct television show that ran on Logo. ...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

No on Prop 8: Actors of Noah's Arc and Jumping the Broom

A community forum held recently in Oakland, with the cast of the popular gay African-American now defunct television show that ran on Logo. ...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

On this Day: Krazy George Leads First Crowd ‘Wave’

On Oct. 15, 1981, Krazy George Henderson led the first audience wave at an Oakland Athletics game. read more | digg story

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

Interview with Oakland-based Urban Lit Author Renay Jackson

In the following interview, Renay Jackson discusses his new book, Sweetpea’s Secret, addresses the controversy surrounding the genre of urba...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

Interview with Oakland-based Urban Lit Author Renay Jackson

In the following interview, Renay Jackson discusses his new book, Sweetpea’s Secret, addresses the controversy surrounding the genre of urba...

Thursday, October 16, 2008 No comments

Is Sarah Palin Stabbing John McCain In The Back?

After much study, I've come to the conclusion, which I present in this video: ..that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is stabbing Senat...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 No comments

The Top Ten Greenest US Cities

1. Portland, OR - 85.08 2. San Francisco - 81.82 3. Seattle - 79.64 4. Chicago - 70.64 5. Oakland - 69.18 6. New York City - 6...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 No comments

SF Dancers Create Ad Hoc Company at Burning Man

Black Rock City Ballet was born of the imaginations of several professional dancers from Bay Area dance companies: Smuin Ballet, Sacramento ...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 No comments

As Oakland Faces Deficit, Mayor Ron Dellums Goes On Junket

Just one week after a projected $42 million deficit prompted Oakland officials to announce the possible layoff of 200 city workers and the c...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 No comments

Berkeley Planning Student Looks At Oakland's General Plan - Text Here

A planning student at U.C. Berkeley wrote a 19 page paper about the Oakland General Plan and the Design Review Committee. I don't know ...

Monday, October 13, 2008 No comments

Repair, Don't Eliminate Oakland District Election System

I can't disagree more with my friend Chip Johnson on the idea of replacing district elections in Oakland with an all-at-large system. T...

Sunday, October 12, 2008 No comments

Cutting Police Overtime Will Not Save Money; Use Oakland Redevelopment Revenue

With all of the crime problems Oakland faces it's almost funny to think that cutting police overtime charged would actually cause the c...

Sunday, October 12, 2008 No comments

Oakland's Homicide Rate And Latino Gangs - Video

This video posted today features a news story on a growing contributor to Oakland's homicide rate: the emergence of Latino gangs.

Sunday, October 12, 2008 No comments

SF Magazine Writing Another Dellums Article

Last year, San Francisco Magazine devoted an e ntire issue to Oakland . It was a great work and I don't write that because I was in it....

Saturday, October 11, 2008 No comments

Oakland And The Market Crash - What About Our "Swap Option Bonds"?

When I worked for Elihu Harris as Economic Advisor between 1995 and 1999, Goldman Sachs responded to an RFP issued by our then-treasurer Jan...

Saturday, October 11, 2008 No comments

Market Madness ; McCain / Palin Madness - The Blog Report

Saturday, October 11, 2008 No comments

Seems PG&E Wants To Screw San Francisco? What About Oakland?

Does PG&E wanto to screw San Francisco? If you consider that the utility doesn't back using clean energy sources and has not ...

Thursday, October 09, 2008 No comments

Palin tried to hire Terrorist Gordon Liddy as spokesperson.

Sarah Palin thought it was a good idea to hire Liddy to promote drilling in ANWR. Did she know Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary,...

Thursday, October 09, 2008 No comments

Yes on Prop H: San Francisco Clean Energy Act--Watch YouTube

Proposition H on the November 4th ballot would put San Francisco on the path to 100% renewable energy. Don't buy PG&E's lies. Le...

Thursday, October 09, 2008 No comments

The Nation: The Audacity of John McCAIN

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) who after a quarter century on Capitol Hill surely knows the political etiquette, did not refer to Senator Obama ...

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 No comments

Obama - McCain - Obama Will Win; The Economic Problem Is Why

This video was created just before the debate, but my prediction seems to have held and for the reasons I state here. This American Ec...

Wednesday, October 08, 2008 1 comment

John Russo featured speaker at October APAC meeting

This is from the Adams Point Yahoo! Message Board. Hello. On very short notice, City Attorney John Russo's office was able to arran...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 No comments

Letter Al Davis said he gave to Lane Kiffin

Here is the text of a letter provided by the Oakland Raiders that owner Al Davis said he gave to Lane Kiffin on Sept. 12, telling him that i...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 No comments

Oakland Feels the Pain

GOP wealth doesn't -but GOVERNMENT budget woes trickle down and public housing still problematic. AND big business who are bailing. ...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 No comments

Sapp says Davis meddles, lives in the past

Retired defensive lineman Warren Sapp apparently had one more crushing tackle left in him, unleashing an attack on Oakland Raiders owner Al ...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 No comments

Oakland Raiders need a leader

Al Davis is known for loathing disciplinarians as coaches. He believes that it is important for the locker room to police itself. Once upon ...

Tuesday, October 07, 2008 No comments

Measure N - Parcel Tax for Outstanding Oakland Teachers - Pros and Cons - League Of Women Voters Video

This video presents a new tax that pays for Oakland Teacher salaries. The woman giving the "pro" argument is my friend Libby Sc...

Monday, October 06, 2008 2 comments

Measure NN Oakland Police Services Expansion - Pros and Cons - League Of Women Voters Video

This League of Women Voters video gives two views on the proposed parcel tax for the City of Oakland Called Measure NN. The basic argume...

Monday, October 06, 2008 1 comment

Joust!!! Saturday OCT 11th. IN OAKLAND

This is totally wacky. I had to add it. These guys have done too many drugs. But check out the event. Jousting on Freak Bikes. Bring y...

Monday, October 06, 2008 No comments

Obama Hits Back with New Keating Documentary

The Obama campaign's new documentary about John McCain and the Keating 5 scandal airs today! read more | digg story

Monday, October 06, 2008 No comments

John Russo - Oakland's Top Lawyer On Biden Palin Debate

I sat down with Oakland's Top Lawyer and friend John Russo just a day after the Vice Presidential debate between Senator Joe Biden ...

Sunday, October 05, 2008 No comments

Oakland Chamber Backs Measure NN For More Police in Oakland

I agree that we need more police, but will people vote for a new tax in this economic climate? I guess is "yes." Here's the...

Sunday, October 05, 2008 No comments

Cal Bears Beat Arizona State 24 to 14 - Oakland Tribune

I missed the game -- working -- but glad to see Cal get a commanding victory. Here's the details from the Tribune: Cal Bears Beat A...

Sunday, October 05, 2008 No comments

Yes on Prop H: San Francisco Clean Energy Act--Watch YouTube

Proposition H on the November 4th ballot would put San Francisco on the path to 100% renewable energy. Don't buy PG&E's lies. Le...

Sunday, October 05, 2008 No comments

Oakland Offers Green Job Training - Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND — The Oakland Green Jobs Corps, an ambitious plan to lift at-risk youths out of lives of poverty and violence and place them into jo...

Thursday, October 02, 2008 No comments

Police Fundraiser Proceeds Will Go To Christopher Rodriguez

Chris is a 10-year-old boy who is currently paralyzed from the waist down after being hit by a stray bullet while attending a piano lesson o...

Thursday, October 02, 2008 No comments

Invisibility cloak now within sight

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time engineered 3-D materials that can reverse the natural directio...

Thursday, October 02, 2008 No comments

Urban Temple y Lake Merritt

On a warm weekend in mid-September, some 1,000 people offered incense to their ancestors at a new temple in East Oakland, the same weekend t...

Thursday, October 02, 2008 No comments

Urban Temple y Lake Merritt

On a warm weekend in mid-September, some 1,000 people offered incense to their ancestors at a new temple in East Oakland, the same weekend t...

Thursday, October 02, 2008 No comments

Cindy Sheehan on Politics and Her Campaign for Congress

At the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, Congressional Candidate Cindy Sheehan took time to talk with me about how her campaign was goin...

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1 comment

Ralph Nader - Presidential Candidate On The Bailout Bill

http://www.zennie62.com - Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader took time to talk with me specifically about what kind of form he would l...

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 No comments

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