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For some reason, the driver of this car you see decided to do 80 MPH on Grand Av Thursday night.  According to sources, after hitting the pole at the median where it starts after Bay Pl, the driver got out of the vehicle and ran when a person tried to see if he needed help.    Stolen car, perhaps?

Radio Bar in Downtown Oakland, California on 13th St near Broadway has a wild happening where they set the bar on fire while a girl in a bikini dances on it - Thursday nights. It's one of those things you have to see to believe and will have you saying "pour me another one!"

Oakland crime - too much of it. We had the robbery of The 7-11 across from the Whole Foods Oakland Store on Valentine's Day night last week. Then... two homicides that Saturday (that we know about). Now.. An Oakland woman reports seeing not one, but two car break-ins this Wednesday morning - more detail below. Meanwhile Oakland Councilmembers Libby Schasf (District 4 - Oakland Hills) and Lynette Gibson McElhaney talk about the Oakland City Council's decision to pay the California Highway Patrol 162K for 60-days of service in the form of five cars of two officers each, and one supervisor sergeant - all twice a week for that period. Here's Councilmembers Libby Schasf (District 4 - Oakland Hills) and Lynette Gibson McElhaney: And on the car break-ins: This report popped up in an email to me from an Oakland Yahoo Group (I didn't detail it to protect the name of the person) this morning: Hi Neighbors - Unfortunate news to report this morning. There w

We welcome Kraig Debro, who's best known as the KTVU TV Reporter as recently as last January.

Beth Schnitzer is a masterful marketing and sponsorship professional, and friend of this video-blogger, who stepped down from her position as Vice President Of Strategic Alliances for Pier 39 in San Francisco, and to focus on her new company, Spritz Marketing. Beth has represented Pier 39 in her position for 12 years, and for two years before that, John Bosch, her predecessor, told Ms. Schnitzer he wanted her to have his position when he stepped down. In 2000, Bosch made good on his promise, and Beth took his place. Since then, and for 12 years, Beth has stewarded the growth of Pier 39 as a recognized leader in providing excellent value-added to its sponsors and vendors.: More about Beth and Spritz Interactive Marketing at Zennie62.com > Beth Schnitzer Leaves Pier 39 To Run Spritz Marketing SF

On Monday, the City of Oakland held a meeting on the Art Murmur - First Friday shooting that was the focus of this Zennie62 video: More at Zennie62: Art Murmur – First Friday Oakland Shooting Focus Of Monday Meeting

This is happening today at 3 PM: This Sunday afternoon, February 10th from 3-5 pm at Holy Names University, Oakland's nationally-renowned crime consultant Robert Wasserman will be leading a critical community dialogue about controlling crime in our great city. I hope you will join us there. We all care deeply about public safety and know that we, as a community, must engage in conversation and reach some common conclusions to move forward in making our city the safe place it deserves to be.  Holy Names University has generously offered to host this event in their beautiful Valley Theater for the Performing Arts. Holy Names is conveniently located right off the Hwy 13 Redwood Rd. exit, at 3500 Mountain Blvd. (served by the 54 Bus Line).  Robert Wasserman is the Chairman of the Strategic Policy Partnership, which assists public agencies with policing strategy development and performance improvement. He is the author of Guidance for Buildin