City of Oakland, AKA Oaktown
Atlanta (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The City of Oakland just sent this Oakland Blogger in suburban Atlanta a press release with the headline “City of Oakland Announces New Permanent Director of Transportation Josh Rowan”. So, since I am here keeping my 89-year-old Mom company while keeping my place near Lake Merritt, something said to me … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The question, I, Zennie Abraham, poses for Oakland, California, America, and The World is this: Is Oakland America’s First Neo Medieval Urban Economy? Well, the next question is “What is Neo Medieval?” Well, the term has been with us since 1977, when it was coined by theorist Hedley Bull in … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Oakland uses less than half of The Oakland City Auditor’s recommendations. The Office of the Oakland City Auditor, ran by Acting City Auditor Michael C. Houston, MPP, CIA, released its first ever comprehensive audit recommendation follow-up report. In reviewing all the recommendations issued over the past 10 years, Oakland City … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Oakland, and by that I mean The City of Oakland, has presented yet another example to support the claim, my assertion, that Oakland’s forgotten how to do economic development. And more specifically, how to use tax increment fnancing, AKA “redevelopment. Take District Three Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife’s “report” on … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com reposted from Oakland News Now Blog) – Oaklandside is the north of two-year-old non-profit website that likes to push the idea that it practices objective journalism, uninflunced by politicians and the wealthy. It avoids posting a list of its donors yet routinely violates nonprofit tax law by writing about politically charged … Read more
The Shipping veteran Carolyn Almquist will provide global strategic expertise Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The Port of Oakland today announced the appointment of new Maritime Marketing Manager Carolyn Almquist. She brings with her a wealth of private sector experience in international trade. Almquist joins the Port after 25 years with American President Lines (APL), … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Eat. Drink. Stay. Repeat. From neighborhood gems and food trucks to Michelin star restaurants, explore The Town’s global culinary offerings during the 10 days of Oakland Restaurant Week 2024. (Zennie62Media, Inc. is a proud media sponsor of Oakland Restaurant Week and for the second year in a row.) Participating restaurants … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – In an excerpt from this OBOT vs Oakland Case Emissions Expert Report, Mr. Lyle Chinkin shares the following point of view: Finding 1: The City’s ban on the transport, storage, or handling of coal or petcoke through thepassage of the Ordinance was done without adequately performing a scientifically credibleassessment of … Read more
On Twtter, California Capital Investment Group Managing Director Phillip Tagami outlines what he called “key court findings” in the case of OBOT vs. City of Oakland. What he wrote is presented below, but edited for better readability. Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – After years of delay caused by the City of Oakland, on 1/23/24 Hon. … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Port of Oakland full import and export container volumes rose in December 2023, showing signs that cargo volume at Oakland is returning. Port full imports rose 16.4%, moving 76,347 TEUs (twenty-foot containers) in December 2023, compared to 65,566 TEUs in December 2022. This is the highest monthly total since July … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – Horn Barbecue was once recently the celebrated Michelin Star restaurant that was the pride of West Oakland and catapulted its founder Matt Horn into celebrity status nationwide. The commercials featuring him were seen from California to Connecticut. All of the time, Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao never once acknowledged or visited … Read more
Oakland (Special to ZennieReport.com) – The headline “Oakland A’s Blocked Ballers from Coliseum” is an indication of just how sloppy SF / Oakland Bay Area Sports Media has become. In Oakland, Critical thinking has been tossed out of the window by go-along, politically-driven, sensationalism. To understand, read on. In the latest example of Oakland Coliseum … Read more
