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S.M.A.R.T. debate part 1 This post contains a link to the pasrt 1 video of the North Bay SMART debate held May 18 at San Rafael City Hall...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 9:40pm PDT
S.MA.R.T. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District Debate 2 (video/quicktime 45.5MB) SMART looks good to some north bay environmentalists, but its projected ridership is far lower than the cost of the program merits. San Rafael Republican Mayor Al Boro supports it as does a host of developers in the region. Sierra Club sponsored 2 hr. debate held May 18. Part 2...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 6:48pm PDT
9 Days Or Less Until Logging Starts In Freshwater and Elk River Logging will start soon if it has not already begun....
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 11:12pm PDT
Protect Sacramento Valley Water From Sales to the South Want to protect Sacramento Valley water from being sold to powerful corporate interests in southern California? Come to this event in Chico on Friday, June 9 from 10 am to 4 pm....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 10:38pm PDT
San Francisco Port Authority encourages pollution in the Southeast Sector San Francisco Port Authority (SFPA) encourages pollution in the Southeast Sector. The Southern Waterfront Advisory Committee (SWAC) rubber stamps projects that encourage pollution and other projects that adversely impact children and the constituents of San Francisco. SFPA is now giving its blessings to place 3 Combustion Turbines that will spew out dangerous PM 2.5 and pathogens from the cooling water that is treated sewage water. Again and again SFPA has allowed project such as Heron's Head...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:29pm PDT
Bike to Work Day: From Cesar Chavez to the Mayor Bike to Work Day once again enjoyed a turnout of thousands yesterday, due in large part to heavy outreach by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Down on Cesar Chavez Street, a small group of activists working to improve one of the city's most dangerous streets made a bold statement by taking over a lane of traffic there on their way to work. And on the steps of City Hall, bike activists made another bold statement when they refused to allow Mayor Gavin Newsom get through a press conference p...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:29am PDT
Native American Students Organize 214 Mile Relay Run to Honor Klamath River Salmon The young organizers of the Salmon Relay Run have decided to extend the annual 41 mile run to a 214-mile journey - from the mouth of the Klamath all of the way to Iron Gate Dam!...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 11:59pm PDT
How to Keep it Up (Momentum, That is) The Project, Page 11
Momentum in social justice movements globally and locally....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:37pm PDT
Approved Old Growth Logging in Elk River. revised Details on Old Growth redwood logging in Elk River....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 12:22am PDT
Oakland eLockers to be installed for Oakland Bike to Work Day The City of Oakland's first of two sets of electronic bicycle lockers
(eLockers) will be "unveiled" at noon tomorrow on Bike to Work Day, at the
northwest corner of Broadway and 14th Street....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 8:41pm PDT
DECOTO COMMUNITY GARDEN 
The garden has also served as a way to show youth that working with nature and not against it, is a productive and effective way to enhance their community and its resources....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 2:35pm PDT
Hoopa Valley Tribe Protests Westlands Water District Grab on Trinity River ...
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 9:27am PDT
SLAPP suit filed byDeveloper Joe Shekou on Gallinas Creek Activists 
Developer Joe Shekou recently filed a frivolous lawsuit aka SLAPP suit against Gallinas Creek activists.
The activists have been effective and vocal in stalling attempts by the developer to build a 3 acre indoor soccer complex on endangered wildlife habitat in Marin County...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 10:29pm PDT
Newsom Vetoes Healthy Saturdays The following is Mayor Gavin Newsom's letter, released today, explaining his veto of Healthy Saturdays....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2006 9:31am PDT
Mayor Gavin Newsom rejects plan to keep Golden Gate closed on Saturday The Golden Gate Park is closed to vehicular traffic on Sundays but now some fanatics want to close the Golden Gate Park on Saturdays. This group of fanatics have had their way for a long, long time. However, many have had it with these fanatics that have no compassion for those that have physical challenges. Mayor Gavin Newsom rejected the ordinance to keep Golden Gate Park closed on Saturdays. This should make JOKE McGoldrick think twice and those that have no clue about compassion, America...
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 9:57pm PDT
Will Newsom Veto Healthy Saturdays? Last month, Vanity Fair featured Mayor Gavin Newsom in their 'Green Issue,' lauding him as a public official at the vanguard of improving the environment. It's an image the Mayor often presents, and one he's cultivated since taking office. Yet recently, Newsom remains strangely silent on a policy decision that would seemingly be a slam dunk for any Mayor considered 'green' - whether to stop car use in parts of the city's largest park on Saturdays. It's a policy decision New York Mayor and Rep...
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 6:56am PDT
12th Annual California Bike Commute Week May 15-19th Various special activities have been organized locally by ride share agencies, cities, counties, employers, bicycle advocacy groups, bike shops and others who support bicycle transportation in California's communities....
Posted: Fri, May 12, 2006 10:20pm PDT
NEXT THURSDAY: Our First 'Solutions Salon' And next Thursday, on May 18, you'll get to hear it from some of the foremost
innovators in the country at Reclaim the Future's first Solution Salon! (See below
for a list of panelists)...
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2006 10:17pm PDT
Santa Cruz County Food Forum Saturday Do you eat food? If you had a say, how would you change the way food is grown, processed, distributed and prepared? Please join us at the 2nd Santa Cruz County Food Forum to move toward a more sustainable and socially just food system....
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2006 10:31am PDT
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