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PVUSD pink slips 201 employees The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees voted to send pink slips to 201 teachers, nurses, and school support staff....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 9:26pm PDT
I WAS JUST CITED WITH THE Unconstitutional Parking Lot Ordinance JIM CROW LAW I have been protesting the parking lot ordinance down town because it goes against our constitutional rights. I have filmed encounters and projected on fridays downtown, last night, despite our right to peaceably assemble, I was given a citation for "loitering" -We filmed and projected the police live, and will have footage up soon....
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 3:22pm PDT
Cruz Molina's Judicial Review Canceled at Last Minute by UCSC 
On March 13th, UC Santa Cruz canceled their judicial review hearing against Cruz Molina just before it was set to begin, off-campus, at the UCSC Inn. Cruz and David Benterou are UCSC freshman targeted for allegedly having the tree-sitters as their "guests" on the morning of November 7th, 2007. Supporters of Cruz and David organized a "Student Justice Teach-In" on March 6th. They assert that UCSC is trying to scapegoat Cruz and David by holding them responsible for all past, present and future...
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 10:52pm PDT
Interview with Owl, a Tree-Sitter at the Science Hill Tree-Sit (video/mp4 78.2MB) Interview with Owl, a tree-sitter at the Science Hill tree-sit at UC Santa Cruz.
Recorded in early March, 2008....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 6:24pm PDT
A Talk with Owl at UCSC Treesit (audio/mpeg 34.3MB) In this Earth First! Radio Special broadcast Uncle Dennis speaks with treesitters Owl and Stitches located in a redwood on Science Hill at UCSC about the current status of the treesit and the ongoing protest of the Long Range Development Plan. Includes call-in questions and comments from Free Radio Santa Cruz listeners. Duration 30 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 12:22pm PDT
Party-Poopers on Parade: Council Defears"Unruly Assembly" Reform; More on 101.1 FM Tonight The Coonerty-Mathews City Council voted down 6-1 any lowering of the $800+ fines for a first offense on the "Unruly Assemblies" law, originally championed by Mike Rotkin back in 2005. No police stats was made of enforcement costs, fines levied, or warnings issued by police shmoozemeister Zach Friend. Nor was any showing made that the City was any safer with folks diverted to bars downtown. The law's minor changes will return for a second and final vote the second Tuesday in April, but Co...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 1:27am PDT
BioChem Spray Maker & Owner visits Monterey 3/13 Rally 
RALLY- March 13, Monterey Conference Center 1 Portola Plaza Monterey, @ Pistachio Conference. Come early and stay all day!
Stewart Resnick owner of Suterra the spray company is speaking at 8:45am on 03/13
Rally 9am-7pm...
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 12:45am PDT
Plan To Spray Toxic Biological Chemicals Over San Francisco Announced People of the world, the US Government is planning to poison more than two million people, in California, using an untested biological "pesticide" this summer. The chemical to be sprayed is classified by the EPA as a "pesticide" and the plan is to douse cities with this chemical designed to stick on everything for 90 days or longer....
Posted: Wed, Mar 12, 2008 1:07pm PDT
Cruz's UCSC Hearing The Red Room, UC Inn, 611 Ocean St....
Event Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 11:45am PDT
FRSC: Santa Cruz Roller Girls Interview (audio/mpeg 20.1MB) In studio interview with members of the Santa Cruz Roller Girls a DIY all Women team talk with Phil Free about the art of roller derby, creating SCRG and the upcoming first season starting March 15th at the Civic....
Posted: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 9:04am PDT
CCOF Modifies Stance on Light Brown Apple Moth Treatment Program 
CCOF, one of the oldest and largest organic certification organizations in North America, announced a modified stance on the aerial spraying treatment program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). CCOF's new policy position revokes support of aerial application of the organically approved pheromones in lieu of diversified ground integrated pest management approaches. The new position statement approved by CCOF's Board of Directors is as follows:...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 6:33pm PDT
Friends of Flora and Fauna 
Friends of Flora and Fauna is a non-profit organization which has established a Legal Defense Fund for students and other young people who are protesting UCSC expansion and have been targeted in a recent lawsuit by the UC Regents. Board members are Professor Bettina Aptheker (UCSC, Feminist Studies), Attorney Deborah Malkin, Professor Paul Ortiz (UCSC, Community Studies), Treasurer Mathilde Rand and Professor Zack Schlesinger (UCSC, Physics).
The letter below was written in response to the...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 4:36pm PDT
Judge rules that University violated First Amendment Rights Judge Paul Burdick ruled Monday that the University's lawsuit was an attack on the first amendment rights of at least two tree sit supporters. A motion to strike tree sit Media Support person Jennifer Charles and tree sit supporter Oliver Schmid from the lawsuit was granted....
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 2:36pm PDT
"Unruly Party" Ordinance coming up for amendment Tuesday evening at City Council Council member Rotkin's "Unruly Assemblies" ordinance, the "Party at Your Peril" law, comes up for modification on March 11th at the evening city council meeting. Coonerty and Rotkin are moving to liberalize the ordinance with four changes. The real question, of course, is whether there should be such an ordinance at all and what kind of suffering it has inflicted. Police stats, as usual, are not included in the police report and may not be forthcoming at all (as was the case in the Parkin...
Posted: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 12:20pm PDT
Free the UC Day! Directions:
Take BART to Embarcadero, Transfer to MUNI T-Third Line Inbound, exit UCSF Mission Bay, approx. 1 hour from Berkeley
Rideshare from Santa Cruz:
email: UCsolidarity@gmail.com
or call 619-519-3530
(we’ll ride up Tues evening 3/18 and crash in Berkeley, then go over the next morning)
Rideshare from Davis:
email dsawresource@gmail.com
presented by The Coalition to Free the UC, Students Against War, & Direct Action to Stop the War...
Event Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2008 7:30am PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 11:28pm PDT
Week Against War at UCSC March 10th - 14th 
March 19th 2008 marks the 5 year anniversary of the war in Iraq, a day that also means finals for students. But we will not let the war be forgotten! So on Friday, March 14th, gather in the baytree plaza to SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE U.S. OCCUPATION IN IRAQ from 3-5 PM....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 4:42pm PDT
From the UCSC Tree Sit: Statement on Feb. 24 Incident To all those concerned,
As you may have heard, on February 24th, some kind of protest took place at the home of a UCSC researcher who experiments on animals. Hyped-up news articles and administrative messages on campus have led some people to associate this protest with the Tree-Sit on Science Hill. We wish to take this opportunity to make it clear that the tree-sit is NOT affiliated....
Posted: Sun, Mar 9, 2008 10:52am PDT
A Clear and Present Danger Letter to the Editorial:
3.7.2008
I highly urge the santa cruz city council and other local governments in monterey and san francisco bay area to direct their local police depts to protect and defend the people from the aerial chemical pesticide spray bombardment that is coming again in june, 2008, to our area....
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 6:08pm PST
Criminalization of Dissent Unmasked The bandana. A ubiquitous piece of activist apparel, whether it is used to protect oneself from police-inflicted tear gas assaults, or to protect one's identity from the rabid court of public opinion.
Lately it's use has led media and politicians to spread fear about the motivations of the people behind the masks.
Just why do we wear them when the TV cameras show up?...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 3:25pm PST
Support Laurel and Her Fight Against Cancer 
Dear Concerned Members of the Santa Cruz community,
Laurel Carlsen, a passionate fighter for social justice and dear friend, has learned that she has Hotchkins Lymphoma, a type of cancer, and will have to undergo nearly a year of chemotherapy. She is currently uninsured and will be unable to work during her treatment. Laurel recently graduated from UCSC in 2007 where she majored in Community Studies. She focused her field study on organizing workers at Walmart and was active in defending ...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 10:23am PST
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