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Sophie Maxwell and her cronies are leading the charge to build over 1800 homes on toxic ground, surrounded by noise and dangerous particulates. Millions of vehicles pass a few feet from the site, the noisy Caltrans passes nearby, and the Brisbane Fuel Tanks spewing fumes are within sight. Not far away by Brisbane - Methane gas spews from a large site that is mostly infill - former wetlands that are part of Highway 101. People have no money, the economy has come to a standstill. Thousands of h...

For the second time this month, messaging in support of justice for Oscar Grant appeared out on the water of McCovey cove to counter a boat with pro-Mehserle messaging that has been present during recent games. A flotilla for Justice for Oscar Grant formed as a second boat joined the original one during the first home game of the National League playoffs of the San Francisco Giants yesterday. In addition to the original boat with the "Justice 4 Oscar Grant" banner (http://www.indybay.org/news...

On Wednesday, October 6th, community activists held a press conference at Oakland's City Hall to denounce Johannes Mehserle defense attorney Michael Rains' motion to request a new trial [attached below]. The Alameda County District Attorney's office has not yet filed a response. The motion will be heard at the scheduled November 5th sentencing hearing for Mehserle's involuntary manslaughter conviction for shooting an unarmed Oscar Grant in the back on January 1st, 2009. Speakers at the p...

Tonight a 40-foot banner with the message "Justice 4 Oscar Grant" (dot net) flew from the side of a sailboat viewable by tens of thousands of baseball fans at the Giants/Braves playoff game. At the start of the 9th inning, Todd Mehserle, brother of Johannes Mehserle, motored up next to the boat and drew up one of two banners he had flown at prior Giants games this season. In a press release this afternoon the group responsible put out the following statement about their message....

A variety of events are being organized this month by Its About Time & The Black Panther Party Association....

On Tuesday, October 5, 7 p.m. in the California State University Student Union Ballroom, A Point-Counterpoint debate on California Proposition 19 ~ Proposed Law to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana ~ Tuesday, November 2, 2010 ballot. Black Agriculture producers continue to watch closely the explosive economic development opportunity accessing a small percentage of California Marijuana Industry, a projected 40 billion dollar interstate commerce business, in partnership with National B...

We are among those who see it as a beginning, however imperfect, however risky, of a long overdue correction of years of unjust prohibition of a drug far less harmful than alcohol or nicotine, the illegality of which has ruined the lives of countless otherwise law-abiding Californians....

Audio of Interview with Kevin Cooper...

Folks are still being slapped with charges in connection with the events of July 8th as Oakland cops strive to keep up their numbers and hold onto their jobs. If you are available on short notice, please come out to the Wiley Manual Courthouse this morning or tomorrow morning and show your solidarity with those charged....