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imageSt. Anthony's Foundation in SF ending many valuable programs.
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by D. Boyer
At least 40 employees of St. Anthony's Foundation http://www.stanthonysf.org will be getting their pink slips, and hundreds of clients will be without services.......
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 11:15am PDT
calendarRaj Patel speaking on Global Food Politics by
Cody's Books, 2201 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley...
Event Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 10:13am PDT
textHospital Security Officers Launch Statewide Strike To Protest Unfair Labor Practices by via the SEIU
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 : Oakland, Calif.—Hundreds of security officers responsible for protecting patients and staff at Kaiser medical facilities throughout the state launched an unprecedented three-day strike today to protest unfair labor practices by employer Inter-Con Security....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2008 8:01am PDT
textCoalition on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice meets 3:30 PM at City Council Chambers (5/5) by Robert Norse
Activist Lloyd Ellis of the Coalition For a County Dialogue on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice called Free Radio Santa Cruz yesterday and announced that the Coalition will meet today, Monday, May 5th, at 3:30 PM at 809 Center St. at Santa Cruz City Council Chambers. The Coalition is concerned with documenting and publicizing cases of discrimination, as I understand it. It involves non-profits like the UN Association, the Resource Center for Non-Violence, and the Inner Light Ministries as...
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2008 11:25am PDT
textThe Best 2008 Activist's People Search Resource Guide by Lynda Carson
Seek & Yee Shall Find! Welcome to the Best 2008 Activist's People Search Resource Guide! Your Free Information Source About People & The World You Find Yourself Living In!...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 11:37pm PDT
audioOaxacan Perspectives on the Binational Struggles of Mexican Indigenous Migrant Communities (audio/mpeg 18.6MB) by ~Bradley
On April 24th and 25th, Centolia Maldonado Vasquez and Bernardo Ramirez Bautista, Oaxaca-based members of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations, gave presentations in Greenfield and at UC Santa Cruz on indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S. and its impact in the communities of origin, the current political situation in Oaxaca, the role of women in the movement for social justice in Oaxaca, and current challenges of indigenous governing community institutions in Oaxaca. Audio r...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 5:01pm PDT
textSchwarzenegger Now Working For CDFA. LBAM Spray, CA. by Mim Ellis
Summary: Governor Schwarzenegger allies himself with law-breakers CDFA against the people of California....
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 3:02pm PDT
textNews Flash:Lakireddy Bali Reddy Prison Release - Prakash Reddy in VIOLATION by Lynda Carson
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
textEarth Day Lite- inSanity Cruz! Editorial by grrrant@cruzio.com
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
textsanta cruz guerilla gardening projects by dandelion
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
imageHomeless Improve Their Lot
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by Mike Rhodes
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
imageMay Day Protests in Arcata
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by ForestDefender
A report on May Day protests in Arcata....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 4:39pm PDT
textStop the new Hway 1 bridge! by keep the river weird
Article in today's metro discusses city plans for new bridge....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 9:54am PDT
textRally To Stop Polluting Power Plants In SF! Mon, May 5, 9-10am, SF City Hall Polk St Steps by Eric Brooks
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
textFreedom Man - All Charges against dropped against Jason Paschal by Becky Johnson
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
imageThe Ride of Silence (5/21)
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by Greg Corliss
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
textAssaulted by State Parks sanctioned technology that emitted microwaves on Seabright Beach by DV Harvey
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
textBeware a wolf in sheep's clothing: a call to vote no on 98, yes on 99! by Marilyn Bechtel via PWW
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
textCivil Rights Groups Sue State Over 6-Month In-State Residency Requirement for Women in Need of Pre-Natal Care by via ACLU
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
textPROTEST EBALDC plans to cut down TREES in front of Effie's House! by Lynda Carson
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
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