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Temblor Felt in South of Market Abrupt single quake felt at approx 8:40 PM South of Market
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Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 8:40pm PST
Law Enforcement in California Needs Transparency and Disclosure to the Media and Public Currently, the legal status afforded California law enforcement prevents disclosure of relevent and important information to the media and public for oversight. Citizens' complaints are not disclosed in terms of substative content. In the age of less-than-lethal weapons for law enforcement where no physical evidence is often obtainable of police misconduct, such transparency of law enforcement records are necessary as a human rights issue....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 4:52pm PST
DEA raids in Los Angeles again! It has been confirmed that the DEA is currently raiding at least two
medical cannabis dispensaries in Sherman Oaks and Woodland Hills....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 2:49pm PST
We won! Mark Leno's office Announce's Fee Decrease for State Medical Marijuana Cards Axis of Love SF, a patients advocacy group called for and won a fee decrease, down from $142 in State Medical Marijuana Cards which will become mandatory for entrance to any medical marijuana dispensary in SF starting in June, and protect the holder from arrest while doctors recommendation are being verified by law enforcement (if they are not crossed deputized by the DEA)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 1:26pm PST
We Won! Medical Marijuana Cards Go from $142 down to $66 Bucks! With a $125 increase in the cost of a mandatory state card (soon to be nessacary to get into any dispensary in SF) Axis of Love worked with Legislator Mark Leno's office to find a way to keep medical marijuana cards affordable for the sickest of the sick and the poorest of the poor...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 1:13pm PST
Mark Leno Launches 2008 State Senate Run 
Hundreds of supporters join Mark Leno at three events on Friday, March 2 as he announces his candidacy for State Senate, District 3, representing Marin County, the eastern half of San Francisco and southern Sonoma County. Leno will discuss his plans for reinventing the office of State Senate that he says will encourage greater public participation and redefine how people look at problems and how we come up with solutions....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 12:20pm PST
Protest Torture-advocate Alberto Gonzales Lecture Hall, McGeorge Law School, 3200 5th Ave, Sacramento...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 2, 2007 12:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 12:08pm PST
Clean Money - Clean Cities Conference March 23: San José City Hall - Rotunda, 200 East Santa Clara St., San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 23, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 11:50am PST
Clean Money, Clean Cities Conference March 15: Pasadena Civic Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 11:44am PST
Sacramento: Put Prevention First - Planned Parenthood Capitol Lobby Day State Capitol, Sacramento...
Event Date: Wed, May 2, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 11:19am PST
YouTube Yanks Anti-War Video 
After 48 hours on its site, YouTube, purchased by Google in 10/06 for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction, yanked a powerful anti-war video. Jamie Cavenaugh's 4-minute video combines footage of the Beach Impeach action which took place on Saturday, January 6, 2007, with gut-wrenching footage of the war in Iraq with the soundtrack of Nina Simone singing "O Sinnerman."...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 10:00am PST
California Cramming the Slammer The Golden State faces a prison overcrowding crisis that stretches the imagination. And yet, studies show that greater incarceration rates can increase crime in communities, not dampen it. It's time for Gov. Schwarzenegger to reform the state's destructive sentencing laws. Nell Bernstein is an editor at New America Media, and the author of "All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated" (New Press, 2005)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 9:11am PST
JFAV-Samahang Pilipino “Equity and Justice Through Unity“ Conference “Equity and Justice Through Unity“ Conference. Collectivizing our Efforts to Attain Full Recognition for Filipino World War II veterans- will be held on March 10-11, 2007 at Kerchoff Hall, UCLA in Los Angeles, CA 90095.
Gathering more momentum for the passage of the Equity Bill after the successful February 15 hearing at the US House of Representatives in Washington DC, the Filipino American community in Los Angeles led by the Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) and the Samahang...
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 8:14am PST
San Diego files its appeal against medical marijuana Despite a December 6, 2006 ruling
from San Diego
Superior Court Judge William R. Nevitt Jr. that firmly upheld patients'
rights and California's medical marijuana law, on February 22, 2007, the
County of San Diego filed an appeal with the California Court of Appeal
for the Fourth District....
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 5:53pm PST
RP ACCEPTS US OFFER TO HELP SOLVE KILLINGS The Philippines police will accept technical assistance from the United States to help solve a wave of political murders targeting mostly leftist dissidents, a senior police official said Wednesday. Malacañang, however, was more guarded on the issue. Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told reporters the government wants to be “more deliberate.” Ermita said Philippine and US officials are “in contact with each other” but that no decision has been made. A special United Nations Human Rights Com...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 5:13pm PST
Weekly IBU/ILWU & MMP Alcatraz Cruises Picket Line Pier 33 at the Alcatraz Cruises dock on the Embarcadero...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 10:00am PST
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 4:23pm PST
CNN & BBC reported collapse of Building 7 on 9/11 twenty minutes in advance 
Video uncovered today shows the BBC reported collapse of WTC Building 7 twenty minutes before it fell at 5:20pm...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 10:53am PST
Thursday, March 8th is International Women's Day Thursday, March 8th is International Women's Day - a day on which women on all continents to come together to celebrate their various struggles for equality, justice, and peace. Many events are planned for March 8th in the Bay Area and the Central Valley....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 10:56pm PST
Action Alert: Food and Farm Protection Act ACTION ALERT ON GENETIC ENGINEERING
— SUPPORT AB 541 —
Assemblymember Jared Huffman (6th AD) has introduced AB 541, The Food and Farm Protection Act. The bill would establish California’s only state laws related to genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture and protect California farmers, consumers, and the food supply. AB 541 already has the support of many agricultural, environmental, health, faith and business organizations....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 7:00pm PST
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