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LOS ANGELES — They may be homeless but not speechless. America's growing number of homeless is charging batteries to make their voices heard in the upcoming November presidential elections....

Yokomi Elementary School 2323 E. McKenzie in Fresno....

See http://portofoakland.com/environm/prog_07.asp...

Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland, between Broadway and Telegraph, on the 51 bus line...

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 :Cass Sunstein, an outgoing professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Department of Political Science, joins us to talk about his latest book, co-authored with Richard Thaler, "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness."...

(New York, July 21, 2008) Iranian authorities should immediately release or charge two physicians who are internationally recognized for their work on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch said today. The men, Arash and Kamyar Alaei, who are brothers, were detained without charge by Iranian security forces in late June, and their whereabouts remain unknown....

For the last week or so, New Leaf Market (in collusion with the Redevelopment Agency and perhaps other local businesses) has put a chain across the public area previously open without restriction to the public at night (especially after the businessses closed). Police have stood by warning people they face possible arrest for entering the area--which takes up a large portion of the sidewalk. I encourage people to protest this closure of public space--both at City Council tomorrow (3 PM and...

Monday, July 21, 2008 :Four workers were killed at a Houston, Texas oil refinery on the afternoon of July 18 when a huge construction crane collapsed, pulling a second crane down with it. Seven other workers were injured in the collapse, and one worker remains hospitalized for his injuries....

The Parking Lot Panic law makes it illegal to assemble or stand or sit in a public parking lot or garage at all on pain of $100+ fine. The Wednesday Drum Circle in Parking Lot #4 successfully fought this law with direct action disobedience. However, the City is now proposing to eliminate Parking Lot #4. This is also being discussed in the same Downtown Commission meeting at 809 Center St. at City Council chambers across from the main branch of the Public Library....

Over eighty five percent of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is landfill. Once there were two large hills that the United States Navy demolished. Then they spread the dirt all over the wetlands - creating supposedly land on which to build. With intent - they spread the remains of the Ohlone, The First People of San Francisco - thinking very little of desecration. The two hills were Shellmounds - Sacred Burial Grounds of the Muwekma Ohlone. Today, this desecration will come to haunt - those th...