James Chang On His Campaign For Berkeley and Affordable Housing

James Chang Berkeley City Council

Berkeley (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The story of James Chang, Chief of Staff for Berkeley City Councilmember Ben Bartlett, has not been effectively told. This is part of an effort to share who James Chang really is and the degree to which he truly cares about Berkeley and the City of Berkeley Government. To that … Read more

Port of Oakland Gets $4 Million Air Quality Grant

Port Of Oakland

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Port of Oakland was awarded a $4 million grant for its zero-emissions initiatives at the Oakland Seaport. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) made the announcement last week. This federal funding will advance the introduction of zero-emissions equipment at the Oakland Seaport and help improve overall … Read more

Cecil Williams Pastor Of Glide Memorial Passes – Remembering The 2018 Celebration in SF

Atlanta (Special to ZennieReport.com) – I just saw the sad news that one of my heroes, the great Reverend Cecil Williams, passed away. He’s joined his wife Janice Mirikitani in Heaven, and I’m sure both will be watching Glide like angels, daily. Thanks to the late Charlotte Williams, who was a good friend of my … Read more

Oakland Should Use Debt-Based Deficit Financing To Pay $175 Million Deficit

City of Oakland

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The City of Oakland is facing a giant $175 million budget deficit. The reason for the outcome was the Pandemic-driven downturn in revenue from property taxes. The reality ran counter to a rosy projection of funds from the same source in 2022. But here Oakland is, and can’t afford to … Read more

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Speech to House of Commons on Iran’s attack on Israel

10 Downing Street

London (Special to ZennieReport.com) – From: UK Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Office, 10 Downing Street and The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Published 15 April 2024 Location: House of Commons Delivered on: 15 April 2024 UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Speech Mr Speaker, before I start, I would like to express my deepest sympathy, and … Read more

Port of Oakland Free, Summer Harbor Tours Return In May

Port Of Oakland

Port of Oakland Harbor Tour tickets available April 29 for popular boat tours running through October 2024 Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Port of Oakland is offering this year’s free harbor tours to the public from May to October 2024. It’s a unique opportunity to see the Port’s shipping operations up close while enjoying a sunset … Read more

W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project, Carpenters Union Alleges

W.E. O’Neil Construction Co

University of California should reject W.E. O’Neil bid based on new evidence. Carpenters Local Union 505 Says Construction Company Falsified State Bid Santa Cruz, CA. (Special to ZennieReport.com) – W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. of NorCal falsified a bid for a major University of California Santa Cruz student housing project, according to Carpenters Union Local 505, … Read more

Pamela Price Alameda County DA Recall Election Triggered

Alameda County DA Pamela Price

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Save Alameda For Everyone (SAFE) is thrilled to announce a significant milestone in its efforts to ensure accountability and transparency in the District Attorney’s Office. After months of tireless grassroots organizing and community outreach, the Alameda County Registrar of Voters confirmed today that SAFE has successfully gathered enough signatures to … Read more

San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport Name Approved By Port of Oakland

Port Of Oakland

Port of Oakland Commissioners vote unanimously to take first step in modifying airport name with preliminary approval of the name change to Oakland Airport. Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Port of Oakland Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously today to modify the airport’s name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” from its current … Read more

Oakland NAACP Says Airport Name Change Is Loss Of Civil Rights History

Port Of Oakland

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Oakland Branch of The National Association for The Advancement of Colored People (Oakland NAACP) penned this letter of objection to the Port of Oakland’s move to change Oakland Airport’s name to San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport. Here’s the text. Port of Oakland Renaming of Metropolitan Oakland International Airport … Read more

FAMILY PORTRAIT Movie Rights Owned By Factory 25

Family-Portrait

Los Angeles (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Lucy Kerr’s FAMILY PORTRAIT gets a distributor. Factory 25, the celebrated Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company, announced today the acquisition of world distribution rights on writer/director Lucy Kerr’s award-winning feature directorial debut FAMILY PORTRAIT and releases the film’s theatrical trailer. FAMILY PORTRAIT world premiered at the 2023 Locarno Film … Read more

Racial Discrimination Against Blacks In Lending Causes States With Mostly-White Populations To Have Most Collection Accounts

Stop racism in lending

Atlanta (Special to ZennieReport.com) – A WalletHub study of collection accounts in America provided data that shows there’s so much racism against blacks in lending, that the states with the most collection accounts have the largest numbers of white people as a percentage of that state’s population. In other words, if one is white, bad … Read more

Vidala Aaronoff Wants Supreme Court to take Case vs Billionaire Curtis Olson

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Weird case has flurry of lawsuits going back years, Vidala Aaronoff wins but court wants her to pay Curtis Olson nose-bleed-high attorney’s fees Los Angeles (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Vidala Aaronoff, as petitioner to the US Supreme Court, urges SCOTUS to review an Equal Access to Justice claim of a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, … Read more

Port Of Oakland Says Oakland’s “Comfortable” With Airport Name Change

Port Of Oakland

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Port of Oakland released survey results today showing that local residents are comfortable with modifying the airport’s name. There was overwhelming support for the airport’s efforts to attract new travel destinations, create and sustain local jobs, and increase the economic vitality of Oakland, the East Bay, and greater Bay … Read more

Alex Membrillo Cardinal Digital Marketing CEO Wants End To Systemic Racism?

Alex Membrillo Cardinal Digital Marketing

Atlanta (Special to ZennieReport.com ) – There are Linkedin posts that you forget, then ones you don’t. Alex Membrillo , the CEO of Cardinal Digital Marketing, wrote a post four years ago, but this blogger happened to find recently. It’s about ending systemic racism, and by the looks of the text, came to life as … Read more

Oakland Mayor Thao Blasts Police Commission For Forcing Her To Hire Black Police Chief

Floyd Mitchell Watch Back 2

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Oakland Mayor Thao finally lost it on this April 1st, 2024. After trying to execute a fake news hit job on Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong, then rejecting the first three set of candidates, Thao took the next set, reportedly considered sacking them too, but was finally convinced to select … Read more

Tell Barbara Leslie Oakland Airport Name Change Will Not Boost Economy

Barbara Leslie Oakland Chamber

Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Barbara Leslie Port Of Oakland Economic Development Will Boost Airport, Not Name Change Barbara Leslie, once friend, current Port of Oakland President of the Oakland Board of Port Commissioners and President and CEO of the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce has an idea that she undoubtedly borrowed from her early … Read more