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A dizzyingly surreal experience filled with disempowerment and panoptic surveillance. With live surveillance of locations around town....

The local ACLU plans to present Mayor Ryan Coonerty with the 'Hammer of Justice' award Sunday between 3 and 6 PM Aug. 24 in the La Feliz Room of the Seymour Center at the Long Marine Laboratory, 100 Schaffer Road. The Human Rights Organization and HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) hope to educate ACLUskees as to the true nature of Mayor Coonerty's kakocracy and suggest more suitable candidates....

Corruption in Santa Cruz Courts I am involved with a real property case in Santa Cruz, CA, where there are nine easements in dispute, and I am writing this blog because I am absolutely amazed with the level of Judicial Abuse and Unethical Behavior by the Attorneys involved in this case. I am seeking assistance (no solicitations) and I want to education the public about the Santa Cruz Courts. I will be discussing this case on YouTube and MySpace, but for now the following is my story....

You may have heard that KUSP is changing its format starting in September. The Board has decided to cut most LOCAL LIVE MUSIC shows, except a few evening jazz and classical shows, and ALL LOCAL IN-DEPTH NEWS/INTERVIEW radio programming, and replace it with prerecorded news and other shows from outside of our area....

In studio Interview and performance with David Rovics Interviewed by Miss Em of Guess Who's Comming To Dinner on Aug 14. 2008...

Union laborers, community reps, even La Bahia's neighbors want to upgrade the distressed Santa Cruz beachfront site with a hotel. But they all demand something better--and smaller--than La Behemoth currently being proposed by Barry Swenson Builder and the Seaside Company. Thursday Evening August 21 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Main Beach...

At their meeting on Sept. 9, the City Council will decide whether fund the initial design for a 5-story garage at Cedar/Cathcart. Plans for the garage have stimulated proposals for greener solutions to customer parking, with a focus on supporting the downtown workforce to use alternative transportation to commute to work....

Many students graduate from UC Santa Cruz without ever stepping foot in the undeveloped North Campus, also known as Upper Campus. North Campus is a hundred-year old redwood and chaparral forest that provides spectacular habitat for a wide range of flora and fauna, many of which are listed as endangered or declining species. Even though many students are not familiar with this portion of the university, there are other students, as well as Santa Cruz locals and outdoor enthusiasts from around ...

It comes as no surprise to us that the city council and CLUE have settled their lawsuit with UCSC over the campus expansion under the 2005 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). But, despite the city's capitulation and Chancellor Blumenthal's speculation that the Tree Sitters "have accomplished their goals," we will not be coming out of the trees. The city does not speak for us, nor do they speak for the Coast Redwoods, the Mountain Manzanita, Burrowing Owls, Red-legged Frogs, Bobcats, Coyotes...

Jim Gottstein, attorney in Anchorage, a survivor of Harvard Law School as well as psychiatric incarceration has practiced law since 1978 and represented Alaskans with mental illness in the Mental Health Trust Land Litigation from 1986 through its conclusion in 1997, resulting in a settlement valued at approximately $1 Billion. Most recently, Jim co-founded the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights whose mission is to bring fairness into the egal aspects of the mental health system, particularly...