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The City of Trees Declares War on Trees! Please attend the hearing by Sacramento City Code Enforcement on Tuesday, June 13, 6 pm, at the Hart Senior Center to show your opposition to a draft city ordinance outlawing fruit trees and vegetable gardens in the front yards of city residents....
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 7:03am PDT
Sacramento Area Peace and Justice Calendar There are a lot of great anti-war and social justice events coming up during the remainder of June and in July. Here they are, courtesy of Sacramento Area Peace Action, www.sacpeace.org....
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 6:51am PDT
Sacramento Prepares for Peak Oil 
Overview of Peak Oil, its impacts and local community organizing for solutions....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 9:41pm PDT
Sacramento Anti-War Demonstration Confirms That Peace Takes Courage 
Sacramento progressives confirmed that “peace takes courage” by holding another anti-war demonstration at 16th and Broadway. Over three hours starting at 5:00 pm, about 150 people dedicated to the anti-war/anti-Bush regime cause rejected pressure to boycott the demonstration because the “wrong people” were sponsoring it....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 8:14pm PDT
Report from Sacramento IndyMedia Kick Off Meeting 
50 Gathered for Sacramento IndyMedia Training at Access Sacramento....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 7:34pm PDT
Bush Out! 
Demonstrators in Fresno today (June 11, 2006) called for Bush’s impeachment. The demonstration was held on Blackstone Avenue, in front of River Park, which is in North Fresno. Protestors received a significant number of friendly honks as they stood on both sides of the street. Literature was handed to motorists who were stopped at the red light and petitions were signed to impeach Bush. Below are photos from the event....
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 7:04pm PDT
Sacramento DA issues Flash Bang Incident Report after elections take place 
Sacramento County's jail has been notorious for brutality over the years, but an incident took place on December 1, 2005, led to riot cops requesting inmates to get on the floor in their cells after toliets were flooded inside the jail. Before even finding out if the inmates complied, the storm troopers launched flashbangs inside the cells and extracted the prisoners. One of the inmates suffered burns to his crotch. Others got a nice ass whooping....
Posted: Sat, Jun 10, 2006 11:10pm PDT
Election Results in Madera County Alleged by some to be a corrupt District Attorney, Ernie Licalsi retains his job and looks forward to the future as a judge....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 7:33pm PDT
GE Cotton Kills Sheep and Goats in India Genetically engineered cotton in India was found to produce an almost immediate illness to the grazing animals that ate it, resulting in the deaths of some. Could this be the same type of GE cotton that is growing in the Central Valley of California around Fresno, Merced and Los Banos?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 5:54pm PDT
FBI confidential informant also said to be provocateur 
According to activists from Des Moines, Philadelphia, Miami, Sacramento, and other locations, a young woman named "Anna" allegedly infiltrated peace and justice rallies and anarchist meetings, and even attempted to join protests against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ahead of the DNC's national convention last year as a paid FBI confidential "informant."...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 5:51pm PDT
Modesto: Help Shut Down 'Save Our State'! Saturday, June 24th! Help shut down anti-immigrant xenophobes in Modesto!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 7:56pm PDT
Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar 
Events and activities of interest to progressive activists in the Fresno area....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 8:40pm PDT
Fresno Elections - Progressives Make No Gains 
Fresno County progressives and their candidates did not fair well in the Tuesday, June 6, 2006 primary elections. What went wrong? Was there a silver lining? What lessons have we learned? The photo below is Fresno City Council candidate Scott Miller, who was in the Gay Pride Parade last Saturday. Miller will face Blong Xiong in the November runoff....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 6:47pm PDT
Foster Farms Referred to FTC for Refusal to Cooperate with Advertising Division of BBB 
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For Immediate Release...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 12:24pm PDT
Action Alert, Patient Meetings Today and Tom. in Solano and Sacto Sacramento/National CC Meeting: June 7th
Sacramento ASA Meeting: June 8th...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:14am PDT
Yolo Election results favor sprawl, corporate developers The Yolo election results turned out poorly for people who wanted protection from sprawl and developers, Target intrusions in Davis and floodplain development in Woodland.....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 10:59am PDT
Mother’s Day in Chowchilla What is it like for women in prison? A first hand account from Sara Jane Olson, who is incarcerated at the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla (which is between Fresno and Merced)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 3:17pm PDT
Another victory for Reedley Copwatch founder Bernabe Santillan ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 1:08pm PDT
IWW Fabric store workers make gains with new contract 
By x345292 - Industrial Worker, June 2006...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 11:13am PDT
Activists demonstrate at Costco Clubs in San Joaquin Valley 
In an effort to raise the public’s awareness about Foster Farms’ role in the inhumane treatment of chickens, East Bay Animal Advocates “fostered compassion” by distributing informative literature about Foster Farms to shoppers outside of Costco Clubs in Modesto with the Direct Action Anti-Authoritarians (DAAA) Collective and Merced on Sunday, June 4....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 12:37pm PDT
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