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Freecycle Free-For-All Feb 2nd and 3rd
Come to the Santa Cruz Freecycle Free-For-All weekend. Bring something, get something for free. And keep shit out of the landfill....
Posted: Mon, Jan 7, 2008 12:42pm PST
Dr. Doris Rapp MD: Your Toxic World: A Wake Up Call
Rio Theater
Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2008 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 7, 2008 12:48am PST
Mayor Coonerty Dismissed Call for Homeless Shelter During LBAM Spraying
In spite of a City Council lawsuit, and various public statements, City Council members approached by homeless activists--Mayor Ryan Coonerty and Councilmember Tony Madrigal, have refused to commit themselves to providing emergency shelter for homeless people if and when LBAM spraying resumes. The word "homeless" apparently didn't enter into the after-midnight proposal by Councilmember Madrigal at the last Council meeting to establish a Task Force on the issue....
Posted: Sun, Jan 6, 2008 12:45pm PST
NOT ONE MORE - WRAN Calls for Moratorium on Cellular Antennas and WiFi in Santa Cruz County
Please call, write and/or attend the Santa Cruz County Planning Commission Hearing on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, at 7:00pm.
701 Ocean Street, 5th Floor, Santa Cruz
Cell tower installation is planned by Metro PCS near Shoreline Middle School, Simpkins Family Swim Center and Schwann Lake Park on Ledyard Co. property, 1005 17th Ave, Santa Cruz. – There is an existing cell tower at Brommer & 17th....
Posted: Sat, Jan 5, 2008 6:06pm PST
643 Documented Complaints after Aerial Pesticide Spraying
A Review of 643 Documented Complaints of Adverse Reactions
Following the CDFA’s Aerial Spraying of two Pesticides based on
Pheromones over Densely Populated Neighborhoods in Santa Cruz and
Monterey Counties in September, October and November 2007...
Posted: Sat, Jan 5, 2008 5:59pm PST
Older Homeless Man Reports Being Driven Out Into the Rain Friday
Craig Canada, a homeless blogger [http://www.palmspringsbum.com/blog/], reported yesterday by phone that during the heavy rain two SCPD officers drove him out from under the eaves of the flower shop on Cathcart between Pacific and Cedar Sts into the foul weather....
Posted: Sat, Jan 5, 2008 1:59pm PST
Santa Cruz Last Night DIY Street Party
Hundreds of people marched down Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz on December 31st, 2007, as part of the Last Night DIY Celebration while hundreds of spectators lined the sidewalks and cheered. The parade ended with a street party at the intersection of Cooper and Pacific that featured firedancers, lots of musicians, free hugs, unicyclists, a fire barrel, brazen square dancing, a pillow fight and much more!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 4, 2008 6:59pm PST
Santa Cruz Last Night DIY Parade
Hundreds of people marched down Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz on December 31st, 2007, as part of the Last Night DIY Celebration while hundreds of spectators lined the sidewalks and cheered. The Last Night DIY Parade and Street Party is a do-it-yourself, unpermited, decentralized, grassroots and open New Year's Eve celebration with a focus on self-reliance. It is not only a celebration, but a celebration of the power we all have when we gather together to make something happen....
Posted: Fri, Jan 4, 2008 5:46pm PST
Santa Cruz wind trees (video/quicktime 3.3MB)
Everyone in northern California noticed a large windstorm starting Thursday January 3rd, so the experience was not unique. In Santa Cruz, my first thought was to check how the two month old redwoods tree-sit conducted in protest of the Long Range Development Plan at UC Santa Cruz were doing. This style of protest uses a lot of personal commitment, and the wind gusts might pose one of the greatest risks of the endeavor so far....
Posted: Fri, Jan 4, 2008 4:33pm PST
Parking Lot Panic Law Used to Disperse Drummers
On two successive Wednesdays, police have ordered the peaceful drum circle to leave their traditional spot in the public parking lot behind Tacqueria Vallarta and Logos using Mayor Coonerty's Ban on Public Assemblies in parking lots. The new merchant-backed law prohibits lingering in a parking lot or garage unless you have a vehicle there (and then only for fifteen minutes). It removed ten blocks of public space from public use....
Posted: Thu, Jan 3, 2008 10:37am PST
Music to help you rob a bank
We're here to help. We appear invited and uninvited at protests and celebrations, furors and fracases, anywhere there's a need to make a ruckus, to shout out and help right injustice, suffering, and oppression, to make a big noise to celebrate our victories and our losses....
Posted: Thu, Jan 3, 2008 12:27am PST
Musings From Within the Triple Fun Zone
Throughout the planning of this year's event, we asked ourselves every time we got together, lest we forget to think big and work to fulfill our dreams: What do we really want to see? What do we want this celebration to look like?...
Posted: Wed, Jan 2, 2008 12:21pm PST
SCPD Covering Up False Police Report From Councilmember Mike Rotkin?
The following correspondence between me and Trisha Husome, Records Keeper of the Santa Cruz Police Department shows their reluctance to release a public record documenting Councilmember Mike Rotkin's inappropriate call to the SCPD in order to demand my arrest for merely attending a public ACLU meeting with a sign. Could this be to protect the 3-time Mayor? It seems to have that effect....
Posted: Wed, Dec 26, 2007 10:32pm PST
Anti-Corporate Xmas Caroling with Santa Cruz Art and Revolution
After receiving standing ovations on Pacific Avenue and during the Christmas - Chanukah - Quanzaa - Solstice Celebration at the Friends' Meeting House, Santa Cruz Art and Revolution sang songs of holiday cheer and liberation in Capitola on December 22nd as part of their 8th Annual Post-WTO Anti-Corporate Xmas Caroling mini-tour. Anti-corporate Xmas carols were performed in front of a busy credit union, the Capitola Mall and "Traitor Joze." The familiar tunes with unfamiliar lyrics brought smi...
Posted: Wed, Dec 26, 2007 12:55am PST
Delivering Food to Tree-sitters at UCSC on Christmas
In 2003, the Princeton Review ranked UC Santa Cruz as having the 'most beautiful campus' in the nation. This year's rankings are in and UCSC placed 8th in the 'most beautiful campus' category for "The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition."
Since November 7th, 2007, Coast Redwood trees on UCSC's Science Hill have been bases of resistance to campus expansion with students sitting on platforms situated in the crowns of numerous trees. Many students, staff and faculty at UCSC, as well as residents ...
Posted: Tue, Dec 25, 2007 8:37pm PST
Update: Solstice Celebration at the Tree Sit
The gathering planned on Science Hill in observation of the Winter Solstice will be taking place from three o clock today, on until dark. We plan to observe this change of the seasons with music, a potluck, poi spinning (instruction & practice) and other festivities near the trees occupied by individuals dedicated to protecting the forest of upper campus....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 2:03pm PST
Santa Cruz Mayor Lashes Out, Stonewalls on Public Meetings; Lethal SCPD Harassment Surges
In response to repeated requests for his Public Meeting schedule, a list of prior meetings with lobbyists, and a face-to-face meeting, Santa Cruz Mayor Ryan Coonerty responds with the following letter cutting off discussion, stonewalling on information required by the Public Records and Sunshine laws, and attacking the journalist. Meanwhile police are stepping up Xmas-time harassment downtown....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 5:31am PST
Parking, Protest and Security on Science Hill
On December 21st, security guards at the Physical Sciences Building diligently watched over the parking lot on Science Hill where tree-sitters have been occupying Coast Redwoods since November 7th in protest of UCSC's Long Range Development Plan. Someone up in the cluster of trees dubbed "Tree 1" confirmed what Grrr reported in a comment on SC-IMC, that on December 20th, two carloads of cops accosted the Raging Grannies in the parking lot and then arrested a young woman who allegedly attempte...
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:41pm PST
Arrest of UCSC tree-climber- Thurs 3:45pm 12/20/07
A female UCSC student, wearing a climbing harness, was arrested by two cars of cops on Thurs 12/20 at the base of one of the tree-sits. Witnessed by the Raging Grannies at 3:45pm 12/20/07....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 5:37pm PST
Last Night DIY Parade & Street Party
Start at sunset at Saturn Cafe parking lot....
Event Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2007 5:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 1:16pm PST