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The San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Company, a firm that creates herb products, is embroiled in an unfortunate situation that's caused it to recall its food products. On July 26th, a voluntary recall of 16 specific lots of San Francisco Herb products was done by the firm, and due to the potential contamination of filth. San Francisco Herb is working with the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take corrective measures and address any health concerns. The recalled products were primarily sold over the internet in the United States. The following San Francisco Herb products with the specific lots numbers below are included in the recall: Product Description Product # Lot # Carob Raw Powder P351 Lot # 090018 Chicory Root Roasted Granules G440 Lot # 120056 Fennel Seed Whole W17...

Ok.  This may seem to have nothing to do with Oakland, but it does.  The Zennie62 Theme was created by Oakland's Emily Palen, especially for Zennie62 On YouTube .   I wondered how it would look if I combined the news video that became the viral video called "Michelle Jenneke Dancing Sexy As Hell " with the Zennie62 Theme.  Visit Emily Palen's site: EmilyPalen.com

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan returned from a trip to Brazil and in general a number of travel obligations that kept her out of Oakland far more than she was in it over the last five months, and to a swarm of controversy about her 100-blocks initiative that, on Wednesday June 27th at 2 PM, degenerated into the most disastrous press conference this blogger has ever seen in Oakland's mayoral history. I've been involved in Oakland politics in depth and either as columnist, Mayor's Aide, consultant, or video-blogger, since 1990, and through Mayor Lionel Wilson, Elihu Harris, Jerry Brown, Ron Dellums, and Jean Quan, and this presser - which included City of Oakland Chief Administrative Officer Deanna Santana, Assistant Chief Of Police Anthony Toribio, Mayor Quan's Senior Public Safety Advisor Megan Harmon, and Robert Batty of the consulting firm Forensic Logic (who's website is in "stealth mode" as of this writing) - by Quan was the worst I've ever seen - ...

The Oakland Army Base Project - the long-dreamed of plan to redevelop a long-dead 366-acre land assembly that was once the home of the U.S. Army for the San Francisco Bay Area, and the focus of a competition won by Oakland-based California Capital Group two years ago - has moved a giant step closer to reality after the Oakland City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would accomplish the following: 1) Approve the city administrator to complete agreements with the Port Of Oakland, East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), and a set of developers, firmly establish the use of $242 million in State Of California funds, and commit $22.5 million in City of Oakland funds to match a grant from the Trade Corridor Improvement Fund, which would total 54 million for the project in addition to the state funds mentioned. 2) Approve a plan that essentially transfers all land development control to the firms of Prologis CCIG Oakland Global, LLC, but under the City Of Oakla...

For Oakland politicos, Joe Tuman has become a household name. The San Francisco State Professor and San Francisco CBS Channel Five Political Commentator made a name for himself in 2010 with an aggressive, if late-starting run to be Mayor of Oakland, losing - along with nine other candidates including the winner of the most first place votes, Don Perata - to then-Oakland Councilmember Jean Quan. More at: http://www.zennie62blog.com/2012/06/19/joe-tuman-on-the-gs-warriors-oakland-rebecca-kaplan-at-large-and-mayor-quan-87793/