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Schwarzenegger Now Working For CDFA. LBAM Spray, CA.
Summary: Governor Schwarzenegger allies himself with law-breakers CDFA against the people of California....
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 3:02pm PDT
News Flash:Lakireddy Bali Reddy Prison Release - Prakash Reddy in VIOLATION
If Prop 98 passes, Bay Area renters would lose their rights to the likes of Berkeley multi-millionaire slumlord, child molester, pedophile, kidnapper Lakireddy Bali Reddy, who was released from prison around a month ago! Prakash Reddy is already in violation of his sex offender registration terms, and is missing!...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 8:18pm PDT
Earth Day Lite- inSanity Cruz! Editorial
The City sponsored Earth-Day Celebrations were pretty lame.
In a parking lot!
BUT, there's some great celebrations coming up- in our Central Park....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 7:08am PDT
santa cruz guerilla gardening projects
the title is somewhat self expanatory, there are projects underway and others that could happen. imagine vacant lots growing beautiful, useful flowers and other plants. its just a sows throw away! looking to connect with likeminded individuals....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 2:09am PDT
Homeless Improve Their Lot
A new homeless encampment is being built in downtown Fresno that includes a sense of community and homes that are built to last. A Fresno Police Department representative says that evictions may begin soon....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2008 4:13pm PDT
May Day Protests in Arcata
A report on May Day protests in Arcata....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 4:39pm PDT
Stop the new Hway 1 bridge!
Article in today's metro discusses city plans for new bridge....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 9:54am PDT
Rally To Stop Polluting Power Plants In SF! Mon, May 5, 9-10am, SF City Hall Polk St Steps
Though nearly every major environmental and social justice group has voiced strong opposition to the building of new fossil fuel power plants in San Francisco, next Monday, May 5th, our Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) will outrageously seek permission to build a polluting natural gas power plant in San Francisco within the next year. Worse still, if approved, this plant will be built in our most environmentally damaged and vulnerable neighborhood, the Bayview Hunters Point. Meanwhile, new...
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 9:49am PDT
Freedom Man - All Charges against dropped against Jason Paschal
Jason Paschal, an African-American tarot card reader, has successfully ended a 9-month battle to beat charges against him--after he called the Santa Cruz police last summer to complain that a patron of O'Neill's Sports Shop on Pacific Avenue called him a "nigger" and spat on him....
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 2:19pm PDT
The Ride of Silence (5/21)
Join cyclists worldwide in a silent slow-paced ride (max. 12 mph/20 kph) in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways.
Who: cyclists especially, but also runners, and others who legally share the road
May 21, 2008, 7pm
• to mourn those cyclists already killed by motorists
• to raise awareness (among motorists, police, and city officials) of cyclists on the road
• to have motorists know we only want to share the road we ride on
• to show th...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 6:24pm PDT
Assaulted by State Parks sanctioned technology that emitted microwaves on Seabright Beach
Thursday, day before yesterday, April 24 in the afternoon at Seabright Beach someone with some kind of microwave thing was making practice announcements. It looked a bit like a small satellite dish and it was connected to equipment in the back of an SUV. The guy said he was working with the State Park guy who at that moment was nearby giving a ticket to a young couple who had made a very small fire....
Posted: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 10:50am PDT
Beware a wolf in sheep's clothing: a call to vote no on 98, yes on 99!
Saturday, April 26, 2008 : Dueling ballot initiatives dealing with the same subject reforming the governments ability to take private property under eminent domain will share center stage in Californias June 3 statewide primary election. Though the official titles given propositions. 98 and 99 by the state attorney general are very similar, their intentions and effects couldnt be farther apart....
Posted: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 8:38am PDT
Civil Rights Groups Sue State Over 6-Month In-State Residency Requirement for Women in Need of Pre-Natal Care
SAN FRANCISCO - SAN FRANCISCO –Maternal and child health advocates and leading public interest law groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of California seeking to end a requirement that low-income working women must be residents of California for six months before they are eligible to receive prenatal and other medical care services through California’s Access for Infants and Mothers (AIM) insurance program....
Posted: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 7:52am PDT
PROTEST EBALDC plans to cut down TREES in front of Effie's House!
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), and Temp (from Temp agency) scheme to cut down the trees in front of Effie's House- 829 E. 19th St., Oakland. CA....
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 3:05pm PDT
4/27 Workers Memorial Day Rally and Speak-out In Davis, California-Focus On Biotech Industry
Injured workers, their families and health and safety advocates will commemorate 2008 Workers Memorial Day in Davis, California on Sunday April 27, 2998 at 12:00 at Central Park. The rally will also focus on the corruption of the workers compensation system, the destruction of the Ca-OSHA program and also the health and safety dangers in the biotech industry for workers and the community....
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 1:11pm PDT
Protest ‘Eviction workshop’ in Oakland Put On by Major Funder of Prop. 98
Oakland Airport Hilton, 1 Hegenberger Road, Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 9:30am PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 9:57am PDT
Aerial Spray Lawsuit Thur. April 24, 8:30am Dept 4
SC City and SC County have combined legal actions against CDFA. Our day in court is here!
We MUST fill the courtroom!!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 2:50pm PDT
April 22 is Phone Arnold Schwarzenegger Day
San Fran will be aerially sprayed starting Aug 1st, repeatedly every 30-90days for 2-10yrs
call to voice opposition
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger: Phone (916) 445-2841 / Fax (916) 558-3160
First Lady Maria Shriver: Phone (916) 445-2841 Fax (916) 445-4633...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 9:27am PDT
Housing California Conference To Have Bush/McCain Supporter As Speaker On Prop 98 & 99
East Bay Supporters of Prop 99, Who Are trying To Defeat Prop 98 Because Prop 98 Threatens Rent Control & Tenant Protections, Find It Strange That A Bush/McCain Supporter Will Be Speaking At A Housing California Conference Against Prop 98!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 4:27am PDT
INW: Jill Friedberg update on Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 13.1MB)
Jill Friedberg discusses her most recent film, Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (a little bit of so much truth), recent events in Oaxaca including the murder of two indigenous radio activists on their way to an independent media conference: MP3 audio, mono, ~30 min....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:56am PDT