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More Sexism Than Ever at Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.
On March 23, 2005, a female sergeant and a recently resigned female deputy filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department. This occurred just three months after all 13 of the department's female deputies signed a joint 14 page letter of protest over sexist working conditions to the sheriff. This is the same department that in 2002 was ordered by federal court to pay $1 million to the children of slain domestic violence victim Maria Teresa Macias, for the She...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:16pm PST
A Day at PAWS ARK 2000
note that Tinkerbell passed away shortly after this was written...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:48am PST
3/21: CA Bill Banning Drug Use In Presence of Kids Amended
Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian amended his bill AB 253 making it felony child abuse for parents to use drugs in the presence of their children after the bill failed the Public Safety Committee 2-4....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 11:20pm PST
Four Successful Events, Two Film Awards, and One Big Thank You!!
* March 17th: Bringing the Solutions to the Capitol
* March 22nd: Three Major Events Around the State!
* “System Failure,” Now an Award-Winning Film!
* Thank You, Working Assets Members! Making It Happen for the Ella Baker Center!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:50pm PST
Wireless World: Veepers for mobile phones
A story about the development of images on mobile phones....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 5:58pm PST
Help DEFEAT AB734. Keep the CA ban on kangaroo imports in effect.
Please write your letters today to the Members of the Committee who will be first to hear the bill to remove protections for kangaroos!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 10:26am PST
The Web: The battle of the bloggers
A story about the failures of liberal bloggers....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 11:31am PST
"When the Show's Over for Hollywood Chimps."
DawnWatch: Performing chimp issue in LA Times and on NY Newsday and Florida Sun Sentinel websites 3/22/05...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 10:25am PST
Friday: Sacto, LA Events Against Death Penalty
Join a delegation of concerned individuals to visit the Governor's Sacramento office
to ask for a moratorium on executions!
Friday, March 25th at 11am
Meet at the West Steps of the Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 12:04am PST
Judge Patel Supports Medical Cannabis, But Lepp's Release Still Uncertain
Charles "Eddy" Lepp's appearance in Federal Court yesterday on cannabis cultivation charges revealed Judge Marilyn Patel's support for medical cannabis use by defendants already out on bail....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:42pm PST
the education of J.Lo on fur cruelty
DawnWatch: Aussie radio host educates J.Lo about fur -- NY Daily News article 3/21/05...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 6:09pm PST
Consumer Advocates Will Not Proceed With Prescription Drug Bulk Discount Initiative
Consumer advocates with Election Watchdog announced today that they had received from the California Attorney General the title and summary of their prescription drug reform necessary for circulation of a ballot petition, but have decided they will not proceed to collect signatures for the measure....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:00am PST
Today at 12pm: Yuba City Needs You to Confront Bigots
Randy Thomasson, the founder and president of California‚s largest
anti-LGBTI organization Campaign for Children & Families (CCF), will be in
Yuba City Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:54am PST
BISHOP'S DENIAL OF CATHOLIC FUNERAL FOR SAN DIEGO GAY MAN A HEARTBREAKING DECISION
The Human Rights Campaign today decried the decision of
San
Diego Bishop Robert Brom denying funeral services to a local gay man,
John McCusker, at any one of San Diego's 98 area Catholic churches....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:46pm PST
EQCA Announces Effort to Pass State Equal Rights Legislation
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE 2005 EQUAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER CALIFORNIANS...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:23pm PST
3/25: Statewide Day of Action Against the Death Penalty
We invite you to join Death Penalty Focus, California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty, Equal Justice USA, Amnesty International USA and the California Catholic Conference of Bishops on Good Friday, March 25th, for a statewide day of action and protest against the death penalty!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 3:45pm PST
What's next for California's nurses and their patients?
California nurses recently won a well-publicized battle against Gov.. Schwarzenegger and the hospital owner's lobby, but this isn't the first time the lobby has tried to manipulate regulations designed to protect patients....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 11:21pm PST
Dead Squid Wash Up in California Again
DANA POINT, Calif. - Dead jumbo squid are again mysteriously washing up along Orange County's coastline, baffling scientists who are trying to find out why.
The Ocean Institute in Dana Point has conducted some of the research, shipping specimens to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Stanford University for further study.
Scientists at the institute this week dissected a 5-foot-long, 15-pound female Humboldt squid that was filled with parasites and sand. More than a 10...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 11:56pm PST