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Super Bowl XLVII is three days away. If you’re in San Francisco and looking for a Super Bowl Party to attend, visit the Park Chalet and Beach Chalet in San Francisco. The Chalet Restaurant owners, Lara and Gar, have planned to set up 50-inch large screen televisions – two at the Beach Chalet, and three at the Park Chalet, plus one giant 110-inch set there. With all of those TV sets, you can’t miss the contest pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens. It’s the 49ers “Quest For Six,” which could become a quest for a towel to cry in should the Ravens win. For more details click to visit Zennie62.com here: Super Bowl XLVII Party At Lake Chalet, Beach Chalet, Park Chalet, Oakland, SF

From Zennie62 comes this Super Bowl XLVII Party At Lake Chalet, Beach Chalet, Park Chalet, Oakland, SF , but the Oakland news is about the Lake Chalet! Super Bowl XLVII is just three days away. If you’re in Oakland and looking for a Super Bowl Party to attend, visit the Lake Chalet. The Chalet Restaurant owners, Lara and Gar, have planned to set up 50-inch large screen televisions – five of them at the Lake Chalet. With all of those TV sets, you can’t miss the contest pitting the San Francisco 49ers against the Baltimore Ravens. It’s the 49ers “Quest For Six,” which could become a quest for a towel to cry in should the Ravens win. Food Specials Galore At Lake Chalet There are food specials at The Lake Chalet has this: Bratwurst Sandwich Beer-Braised & Grilled Bratwurst Sweet Onions & Spicy Mustard Housemade Potato Chips $8.00

This is exciting news. The ground breaking for the West Oakland Urban Farm and Park is at 1 PM today. The City Slicker Farms project, once a dream of turning an abandoned plot into a farm, is now a reality. Visit Zennie62.com here: West Oakland Urban Farm and Park Ground Breaking Ceremony, Oakland, Today, 1 PM

Will Jules Thin Crust Pizza complement or challenge the legendary Zachary's Pizza in Oakland's Rockridge District. It's opening in March at 5804 College Ave in Oakland. This space is selecting the word "challenge" even though Jules owners Jeff and Heather Clapp told Berkeleyside that they love Zachary's Pizza. Jeff said “I love Zachary’s deep-pan mushroom pizza. We used to live in Rockridge and would come to Zachary’s often. We see Jules as offering something very distinctive.” Where Zachary's Pizza is thick, Chicago-Style pizza, Jules Thin Crust is planned to be just that: a flatbread-style pizza of a different design, and something they came up with nine years ago at Oliveto Café. Jeff and Heather Clapp become the latest food entrepreneurs to enrich the Oakland restaurant scene. Can't wait to try their pizza, then go over to Zachary's and have some of their creations!

Fruitvale, a movie by San Francisco Bay Area local Ryan Coolger and about the last days of Oscar Grant before he was murdered at the Fruitvale BART Station by BART Police, took both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award - the first time such a film has achieved that distinction at Sundance since Precious. Congratulations to Mr. Coogler and to his producers and the cast. Here's a full breakdown of the people involved in making Fruitvale: DIR Ryan Coogler EXEC Michael Y. Chow PROD Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang SCR Ryan Coogler DP Rachel Morrison CAST Chad Michael Murray, Kevin Durand, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Ahna O’Reilly, Melonie Diaz, AJ Anable, Joey Oglesby, Thomas Dalby, Dominic Zhai, Liisa Cohen, Caroline Lesley, Ariana Neal, Laurel Moglen, Mahal Montoya, Richie Stephens, Arlene Barshinger, Darren Bridgett, Thomas Wright, Alex Alessandro Garcia, Jonez Cain, Nicole R. Hughes, West Ramsey, Jasmin James, Christina Elmore, Geary Campbell, Jesse Muick, Ale...

Paula Uccelli, the 70-year-old now former owner of Pete's Harbor, was recently attacked and harassed both online and offline by someone claiming to represent the tenants of the 60-year-old facility. Now, after this blogger, Zennie Abraham, came to Ms. Uccelli's rescue, the people responsible for working to harm an elderly woman, and who don't live on Pete's Harbor, are digging up the old, false argument that this blogger works for Chevron. What they fail to note is that their activities could be the focus of criminal action because of what they've done. What they failed to note is this blogger had their fake Twitter account, where they had stolen Paula Uccelli's identity to write nasty Twitter tweets in her name, taken down. That fake account they made caused them to be in direct violation of California's powerful online impersonation law . SB 1411 made the kind of malicious digital impersonation that the persons committed against Paula Uccelli a m...

On Wednesday, I met Beth of Oakland Acupuncture, who tested my body to determine its level of antioxidants - the higher, the better, the lower, well, the worst. Mine was in-between, tilting toward the lower level. It's in the 30,000 range, but if it were lower, say in the 20,000s, that would indicate the appearance of cancer in my body. Can't let that happen. Here's the video: Oakland Acupuncture's Beth Says I Have To Eat More Fruit

Oakland's famous piano player Rod Dibble at The Alley (3325 Grand Avenue) is recovering from a heart attack. Dibble's back in action for the new year, so pop in to The Alley and toss some money in the tip jar. Then try your hand at singing a show tune like Oklahoma! More at Zennie62: The Alley Oakland's Rod Dibble Recovers From Heart Attack

The City Of Oakland and Oakland Mayor Jean Quan are attempting to hide behind a plan to not put out information via social media. This blogger has asked City of Oakland press representatives to use USTREAM and set up a free livestream of the press conference, which can be done for nothing. It's a terrible effort that helps keep Oaklanders in the dark, all to prevent her from getting a lot of criticism, and help a handful of mainstream media outlets that almost no one watches get coverage. Meanwhile, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, USTREAM, Tout.com, and other social media platforms are left out. More on this at Zennie62.com, here: Oakland Mayor Quan, City Of Oakland’s Inept Social Media Approach