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various safety issues concerning transportation of students and staff at UCSC...

EarthVision International Environmental Film Festival will be hosting our tenth year of bringing inspiring films to Santa Cruz March 1 - 8, 2008. We will be screening films from 13 countries including 7 locally produced here in the Monterey Bay area. 22 Filmmakers, and even some Film Stars, will be at the Festival! They will be coming and going throughout the week so some will be at the opening reception and others will be at our Producer's Gala, but all of them will be present at their fil...

On February 23rd, Peter Young, an animal liberation activist and former Green Scare prisoner, spoke at the Louden Nelson Center in Santa Cruz before a screening of "Behind the Mask" at a benefit for the SHAC 7. Peter grew up in Los Gatos and moved to the state of Washington at the age of nine. He went to college at the University of Washington where he became involved in animal rights activism. In 1997, Peter and a friend liberated over 8,000 mink and foxes from various fur farms in a two-...

We've been working to put together a Trash Orchestra fundraiser in support of a west coast tour, that includes an anti-war march in Portland and a gathering of radical street bands in Seattle. I hope you'll join us for an exciting evening....

On becoming Santa Cruz Mayor last November, Ryan Coonerty laid down a new set of procedures at City Council requiring members of the Public to get his permission before talking on "Consent Agenda" subjects. The afternoon Consent agenda makes up more than half of what City Council acts on. Hence this new ruling removes Public Comment on the majority of Council actions. This is the deepest cut in Public Comment since since Mayor Rotkin sharply cut back the Public Speaking time in a bd to si...

On February 24th, police broke through the front door of a home on the 700 block of Riverside Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz at about 10pm. The Santa Cruz Police Department, UCPD, Santa Cruz County Sheriffs, and a Park Ranger all participated in the raid which took place after police officers spent the day monitoring the house and looking inside windows, including while a young women was taking a shower. Police refused to produce the warrant until they were leaving the house with their hands f...

Neighbors report that police have been waiting outside of a residence on the 700 block of Riverside Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz since about 2:00pm on Sunday, February 24th. Police declined to comment on their reason for being there, other than to say it was an "ongoing investigation." Approximately 25 people on bikes showed up at 7:15pm to witness the police in the side-yard of the residence and waiting on Riverside Avenue. There is speculation that the police are waiting for a warrant....

Adam Kokesh, IVAW boardmember, is the featured speaker. He served in Iraq in 2004, actually rebuilding schools, clinics, water plants etc as part of the Civil Affairs Group. He did see combat in the infamous Battle of Fallujah. After leaving active duty, he became an equally active peace warrior and is one of the organizers for the March 2008 Winter Soldier, modeled on the 1971 Winter Soldier led by Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Adam will show a 20 minute documentary about the upcoming Wi...

The CDFA will be holding "scoping" meetings to hear public comments regarding their Environmental Impact Review (EIR) process. Please be aware that the spraying is not dependent on completion of such a review, because they have declared a "State of Emergency", which gives them the right to overrule other regulations, such as local pesticide ordinances, private property laws, and health, safety, and environmental protection....