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At the election for the 16th District Democratic Delegates on January 8th, I talked with Oakland Activists Pam Drake Mike Colbruno Sean Sull...
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BART Shooting: Johannes Mehserle Bail Set At $3 Million - Tribune
I thought there wasn't going to be a bail set, but now I'm interested in why this turned to a bail hearing. OAKLAND TRIBUNE - OA...
Michael Steele Is The New RNC Chairman - First Black Person To Have Role
Michael Steele Is The New RNC Chairman - First Black Person To Have Role
Mayor Dellums: Dan Lindheim and Walter Cohen Not Best For Oakland
On Thursday, Mayor Ron Dellums appointed five new staffers. Of them I don't think Dan Lindheim, the new Chief Administrative Officer or ...
SF Bayview Hunter's Point CAC/PAC Lennar Community Meeting
This is a video of the meeting held Wednesday night and regarding the Urban Design plan for the proposed Bayview Hunter's point Lennar d...
Obama Inauguration - Zennie Gets Home In First Class
After being stuck in Dulles for about three days after the Obama Inauguration I finally got out -- to Chicago. But then stayed overnight an...
Oakland Police Said To Have Covered-Up 2000 Beating - Inside Bay Area
Documents point to Oakland police cover-up - Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — There is "strong circumstantial evidence" that police co...
Bowoto v. Chevron Is Back In Court Feb 6th 2009
Bowoto v. Chevron Is Back In U.S. 9th District Court, Northern California, San Francisco, Feb 6th 2009 and for the purpose of the plai...
Oakland rapper Too Short is growing up at 42 Years Old - Keepingitreal
More at Keepingitreal : “When you've had a 25-year career like Too Short's, what's left to accomplish? For the pioneering Oaklan...
Oakland police Chief Wayne Tucker on Chauncey Bailey Murder Probe: "Mistakes" - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — As he announced his resignation Tuesday, police Chief Wayne Tucker acknowledged "mistakes" in...
BART Shooting Mayor Ron Dellums Talks To Oakland
To me what you're about to see is Mayor Ron Dellums finest hour: the day Dellums woke up. Here, Dellums got out and adressed Oaklanders ...
Robert Bobb Is Detroit Schools financial manager | Detroit Free Press
More at FREEP : “Gov. Jennifer Granholm appointed Robert C. Bobb, a Washington consultant with ties to Michigan, to become the emergency fin...
Wayne Tucker: Oakland police chief resigns, blasts City Council - Inside Bay Area
Oakland police chief resigns, blasts City Council - Inside Bay Area : “Criticizing the Oakland City Council for paying only "lip servic...
Oakland State of The City Dellums Speech Highlights
Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums gave a great 2009 State of The City Address but it was twice interrupted by Oaklanders concerned about the matter ...
BART Shooting Meeting: Alameda Co Sup Gail Steele's View
I talked to Alameda County Supervisor Gail Steele at the community meeting held on Sunday, January 8th 2009 at Joe Bort MetroCenter in Oakla...
Live from the Oakland March for Life-UPDATE
More at JohnMalloy's DB : “Go to http://twitter.com/walkforlife to follow along live as the good Reverend Walter Hoye leads us in defens...
Gregoire, the Prince of Potato Puffs in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto
More at The Eaten Path : “No well meaning trip to the reality resistant bubble of Berkeley is complete without a visit to one of its three m...
Oakland White Elephant Sale Celebrates 50th Birthday
More at Today in Montclair : “In Oakland, the best-known White Elephant Sale is about to celebrate its 50th birthday! There’s a preview sal...
Tony West Appointed Assistant Attorney General By President Obama
Tony West, who you've frequently seen if you're a visitor to the Oakland Focus Blog , and my YouTube channel Zennie62 , was appoin...
BART Shooting: Cal students march for Oscar Grant on Friday
More at Inside Bay Area : “BERKELEY — About 40 UC Berkeley students braved a steady drizzle Friday for a protest march to call attention to ...
The People's Inauguration: Lake Merritt
Oaklander and YouTuber rubymsw created this very cool video where people around Lake Merritt were asked to give their own recital of the wor...
Jeff From Oakland talks Obama and America's Racial Future
I was in the middle of finishing an interview in front of the Capital on the night before the Inauguration, when this man came up and said &...
Chris Matthews' Stupid Blogger Comment Today
According to The Huffington Post, MSNBC's Chris Matthews tried to make "Bloggers" a perjorative on his show when he denounced ...
New Downtown Oakland Housing Developments Hurt By Economy
Major Oakland developments default on loans - Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — At least three major residential-retail projects deemed to be imp...
Obama Inauguration - Stuck At Dulles Airport
Well, after another big large air traffic event, here I am stuck at another airport wating standby -- the byproduct of last-minute trav...
Obama Inauguration - CA Assemblyman Sandre Swanson at B Smith's
Oakland's California Assemblyperson Sandre Swanson took time to talk with me at BSmith's event on Saturday as part of the Obama Ina...
Oakland Raiders to interview Al Saunders - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “The Raiders are making another run at Al Saunders. This time, it will be for the offensive coordinator vacancy cr...
Oakland police seek gunman in shooting at Frank Ogawa Plaza - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “Oakland — Police are seeking a gunman who wounded a 22-year-old East Oakland man Sunday night during an apparent ...
Joe Scarborough: Obama Speech Best Since JFK
I literally ran into Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC's Morning Joe as I was walking into the lobby of a hotel for the sole purpose o...
Berkeley Students Gather to Watch Obama's Inauguration
The Daily Cal's Erika Oblea and Keen Batti report on the gathering of students, faculty, and residents in Berkeley and Oakland for the i...
Obama Inauguration - Columbia Heights House Party
I attended this awesome house party thrown by Brad and Leah, two Obama campaign volunteers who live in the Columbia Heights section of Washi...
Obama Inauguration - Toshira on It's Meaning
As I walked along the Capital Mall the night before The Inauguration of Barack Obama as our 44th President, a young woman came up and asked ...
Angela Bassett, Giancarlo Esposito On Obama and "Gospel Hill"
While In Washington DC for the Inauguration, I was invited to a great premier of a cool new movie called "Gospel Hill". Directed ...
Obama Inauguration Concert Mass Of Humanity
This was an incredible Sunday concert experience as part of Obama Inauguration festivities, even if, like me, you got their around 2 PM and ...
Obama Inauguration - President Bush Look-Alike
I was walking to the Willard Hotel when I happened on a man who looked just like current President George W Bush. His name is Ed Thebility, ...
Obama Inauguration Trip - B Smith at Union Station
I attended the swanky affair at B Smith's Restaurant in Washington's Union Station. Produced by Stelfana Broadhead, the event attrac...
Obama Inauguration - What To Do In Oakland?
Hey everyone. I'm in Washington DC at the last minute just to really cover the experience of it all -- no tickets to events, but then I...
Obama Inauguration Trip - Democratic Housemates
Once I got my bags, got the Super Shuttle, and made to the house that my friend Teka has, I was able to meet our housemates. It turns out th...
Oakland Police Department wants to fire 11 officers in warrant scandal - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department wants to fire 11 officers at the center of the department's search wa...
Raiders interview Gilbride - Inside Bay Area
More at IBA : “New York Giants offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride spent more than four hours at the Raiders' year-round facility in Al...
Johannes Mehserle's attorney enters not guilty plea for client - Inside Bay Area
More at Oakland Tribune : “The attorney for Johannes Mehserle, the former BART police officer charged with murder stemming from a shooting o...
BART SHOOTING: Ron Dellums, Mayor of Oakland Calls For Reform
In the aftermath of the late-night arrest of BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, a planned Oakland City Hall-based protest went ahead as schedul...
The Grand Lake Guardian Is In A Coma - Founder Said To Have Given Up
The once popular news site "The Grand Lake Guardian" is in a coma and according to my source, it's not coming out of it anyti...
Oscar Grant was Avenged By The Alameda County DA
Where was Oscar Grant's Due Process? , originally uploaded by Focal Intent . This photo asked the question, Where was Oscar Grant's ...
Oakland Hills fire from 80/Powell, October 1991
Oakland Hills fire from 80/Powell, October 1991 , originally uploaded by marymactavish . I remember where I was when this happened: I was ha...
Police Violence in Oakland Over BART Shooting
Police Violence in Oakland , originally uploaded by Brooke Anderson . I just saw this in the process of blogging. Here's what the poste...
BART OFFICER JOHANNES MEHSERLE ARRESTED TONIGHT
In a shocking turn of events, it was reported by KTVU that BART Officer Johannes Mehserle, who was the central focus as the cop who shot 22...
Phil Tagami On "KQED's Forum" For An Hour On Oakland Development - Podcast
On Monday, Oakland Developer and friend Phil Tagami, who you can find out more about with a click here or to the right where his photo is, w...
Robert Bobb Consultant Report on Oakland Government Released Today
Report on Oakland seeks accountability, cuts : “Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums laid out a 60-day plan today for restructuring city government wit...
BART Shooting: Carol Ward Allen Informs Keith Carson
At the BART Community Meeting held Sunday January 11th Alameda Co Supervisor Keith Carson criticized the BART Board for the timing of the me...
BART protesters in SF: Video From Solaraqua
Solaraqua writes: "On January 12, 2009 a group of demonstrators gathered at the United Plaza, in San Francisco to protest over the fat...
Oakland Chamber Budget Cut May Cause Release Of Popular Kayla Brand
For about ten years, Kayla Brand has been a valued and popular member of the staff of the Oakland Chamber of Commerce as Events and Develop...
Alameda Mayor Beverly Johnson Defends Rotating Fire Station Closures
More at ActionAlameda.org : “Less than a week after low-level City of Alameda functionaries appeared on the news trying to dismiss claims by...
Monday Night BART protesters in SF: 'We are Oscar Grant!' - SFGate.com
More at SfGate : “(01-12) 21:36 PST San Francisco -- A raucous crowd protesting the shooting death of a BART passenger marched through downt...
Ruckus Society Plans More BART Shooting Protests - Inside Bay Area
More at the Trib : “Activists plan to return to downtown Oakland on Wednesday, one week after a small group of rioters marred what had been ...
BART Police Gary Gee; BART Website No Oscar Grant Apology
BART Board's Lynette Sweet said BART Police did not explain that they talked to Officer Johannes Mesherle until Sunday. What Gee said i...
Keith Carson - Alameda Co Supervisor Pissed With BART Board
At Sunday's BART Board Committee Meeting, Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson took the mic and let lose, expressing his frustration w...
Naked, Unconscious Woman Found Under Oakland Freeway Dies - News Story - KTVU San Francisco
More at KTVU.com : “OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland police have a mystery on their hands after the discovery of a woman who was naked and unconsc...
BART Protest Set For 5 PM in San Francisco - Why SF?
There's a planned BART Protest set for 5 PM in San Francisco, but why the heck someone would try San Francisco is weird to me. Whatever...
DOJ sends conciliation team to Oakland - washingtonpost.com
More at washingtonpost.com : “WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Justice Department has sent mediators to Oakland, Calif., to help resolve tensions aris...
BART Mtg: Oakland City Council Desley Brooks v. BART Board
Oakland City Councilmember Desley Brooks takes on the BART Board and BART Board Member Carol Ward Allen at the community meeting held on Su...
2009 California Democrat 16th District Delegate Election
This video covered the 2009 California Delegate election for the 16th District. The event was held on Saturday, January 10th at The Alameda ...
BART Meeting: Linton Johnson - BART Spokesperson On Shooting
BART Spokesperson Linton Johnson expresses his frustration over the bad PR BART has received regarding the BART Fruitvale Shooting just befo...
Zennie Abraham Takes On CNN's Ali Velshi On Economic Stimulus
For me this was a ton of fun to do. But it's even better when someone takes time to let folks know you did a great job. Such was the c...
Robbery at Gunpoint On Euclid Between Lagunitas and Van Buren, Adams Point
This was from the Yahoo Adams Point Message Board: A friend called this a.m. to say he and two others were walking home yesterday mid-ev...
BART Meeting on Oakland Shooting Sunday Jan 11 2 PM to 4 PM
I was just informed today, Saturday evening January 10th, 2009, that BART is holding a "community meeting" on Sunday, January 11...
Oakland Mayor Calls in OPD and D.A.
Haaziq4News is all over the Mayor's press conference. But he didn't get the Mayor's full statement -- that was missed by many a...
Public vents over BART shooting at BART board meeting
From The Contra Costa Times: "BART held it's Board of Directors meeting and the public showed up in force to voice their frustrati...
Oakland Latino's United's Video Opinion on The Oakland Riots and Shooting
This man makes a great point about how the media did not show the peaceful protest at Fruitvale BART and did show the violent riot. The on...
Re: Bart police shoot and kill black man on camera!
YouTuber darrincoe expresses his emotions over seeing the shooting video, and he doesn't even live in Oakland. But it shows the impact ...
The Second Downtown Oakland Riot After The BART Shooting
This time Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums got out into the streets and talked with people. This one was smaller and ended almost as quickly as it...
New Footage of Oakland Man Murdered By BART Cop
The YouTuber write that this is new, but it's not. However it's still worth another look, if only to see that the man next to Oscar...
Oakland Peaceful Post-Riot Protest March
As I left City Hall there was a small group of people carrying home-made signs reading "Stop Police Brutality" and screaming "...
Officer in BART shooting abruptly resigns
More at SFGate.com : “(01-07) 19:14 PST OAKLAND -- The BART police officer who shot an unarmed man to death on a station platform early on N...
BART Cop Needs to Be Held without Bail
'I have yet to see any widespread nationwide coverage on the New Year's execution style murder of Oscar Grant by a Bay Area Rapid Tr...
Protests over Oscar Grant's death turn violent 100+ arrested
OAKLAND, Calif. -- More than 100 demonstrators were arrested overnight as a march to protest the slaying of a Hayward man by a BART police o...
Riots erupt in Oakland after slain father laid to rest
Protests erupted shortly after a young man killed by a subway police officer was laid to rest in Oakland on Wednesday night. read more | di...
Oakland Riots - Davey D Rants on Mayor Ron Dellums
HipHop Reporter Davey D vents his frustration with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums at the BART Fruitvale Press Coference and protest. Davey D expl...
The BART Shooting Downtown Oakland Riot - Zennie's Account
This is my report of the riots that broke out during what was planned to be a peaceful protest of the death of Oscar Grant at the hand of B...
Jane Tyska Foe Art Michel Resigns -Oakland schools police chief leaving - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — Art Michel, the Oakland school district police chief who detained a Tribune videographer last fall duri...
Geoffrey's, a place to be and be seen, is closing - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “Geoffrey's Inner Circle, the popular black-owned and -operated nightclub in downtown Oakland, is closing. Ow...
Oakland BART Police Shooting Update News
This is a review of the latest (to this date) information on the BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant. The Grant family lawyer John Burris ha...
Nemekhbayer Gaitav, 42, found stabbed to death in Oakland apartment
More at SFGate.com : “A man was found stabbed to death in downtown Oakland, police said today. Nemekhbayer Gaitav, 42, was found inside an ...
What does "In God We Trust" mean to you? - Zennie Abraham
This is the video that "started it all" for me as a nationally-known video-blogger. It was one of several I made for the CNN / Yo...
The Oakland BART Shooting By Police at Fruitvale Station Was A Deliberate Act
The Oakland BART Police Fruitvale Station shooting was a horrifying act of an individual police officer that, upon reflection, went insane f...
BART / Oakland Police Shooting - A Very Angry Video
Of all the videos I've seen on last New Year's Day Morning's shooting by the BART / Oakland Police at Fruitvale BART Station, th...
Inauguration 2009 Party January 9th Washington DC 8:30 - 1:30 PM
Famous stylist and restauranteur B Smith and Dan Gasby are the hosts for a major party to be held in Washington D.C during Inauguration Week...
Jane Brunner's the New President of The Oakland City Council
Today, as I was attending the memorial service for Dr. C. Diane Howell, the Oakland City Council selected Councilmember Jane Brunner (D-1) a...
Stop Twitter Phishing Now!
"Phishing" is the act of sending a "safe" looking email that asks you to give out sensitive information: your username ...
Bay Area Women Against Rape looks for ways to raise money as cuts loom - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “OAKLAND — Bay Area Women Against Rape, the nation's first rape crisis center, held a house party recently to ...
Al Davis blasts ESPN report that he's selling part of Raiders - Inside Bay Area
More at Inside Bay Area : “The Raiders dismissed an ESPN report Sunday that said managing general partner Al Davis is negotiating to sell p...
2008 a year of chaos for the Oakland Raiders
To say that the year of 2008 was tumultuous for the Oakland Raiders would be in the running for the understatement of the decade. The year s...
VIDEO: Transit cop caught on tape shooting, killing rider
Disturbing home video obtained and broadcast by Bay Area television stations Saturday evening shows the killing of an unarmed 22 year-old Ha...
Oakland, Ca Fruitvale Bart Station Shooting. Full Video and interview with Karina Vargas
This is the first of several videos that are literally flying around the Internet. This one shows the actual clip that has an unarmed BART r...
Oakland Raiders Considering a Color Change
"Brighter colors, brighter future," were the words Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis used to preface his call with reporters early Su...
Oakland Apartments For Rent - You can Find Oakland Rentals
Yes, there are Oakland Apartments in safe places! You can indeed find them, especially if you use our Oakland Apartments Blog. You can giv...
Oscar Grant Fatally Shot at Fruitvale Bart New Years Day
According to the family's lawyer, it sounds like there is a lot of gaps and holes in this story. This is a very sad story, and I can...
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