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DEBUNKING MOTH MYTHS - UC Scientists Speak Out (video/x-flv 35.6MB)
According to two UC scientists, not only can the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) not be 'eradicated' by the forced aerial pesticide spraying of the San Francisco Bay Area planned for this summer by a state agency, but it poses no real threat to agriculture in the first place....
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 12:53am PDT
International Playhouse @ UCSC
Stevenson Event Center at UCSC...
Event Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 12:41am PDT
LBAM Takes San Francisco (video/x-flv 6.9MB)
Starring: headRush (Rosa Esperanza Gonzáles, Xago Juárez and Simón Hanukai)
Written/directed/edited by: Patrick Wilkinson
Special thanks to: La Peña Cultural Center, Destiny Arts Center, and Centro Legal de la Raza...
Posted: Thu, May 15, 2008 12:08am PDT
CASS releases economic impact report on LBAM pesticide spray program.
On May 5th, 2008, Foster Gamble and the Economic Action Team of the 'California Alliance to Stop the Spray' released a forty page report on the negative economic impact to the state of California if the CDFA wet dream to spray millions of California residents with a micronized chemical soup goes forward. Despite numerous press releases, the corporate media remains silent on the grave implications to the State’s economy and continues to parrot CDFA disinformation and propaganda....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 10:53pm PDT
UCSC International Playhouse
UCSC Stevenson Event Center...
Event Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 10:07pm PDT
"Chango" Recognized with "Marciano Cruz Day" on May 12 in Santa Cruz
Marciano Cruz was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. For over 20 years, Marciano, also known as Chango, has been working to improve the lives of people in the greater Santa Cruz community. He is currently a staff member at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV). On May 11th, Marciano received the “Most Caring Coach Award” by USA Weekend, a magazine with distribution in 600 newspapers to 23 million households each week. He is being honored for his work as founder, chief organizer and president of La ...
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 9:59pm PDT
Engaging Education presents: SPEAKER BLOWOUT!
UC Santa Cruz Porter Dining Hall (Located in Porter College, across from College 8 on the Westside of the UCSC campus)...
Event Date: Wed, May 21, 2008 8:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 9:55pm PDT
New Orleans Photography Exhibit
Firefly Coffee Shop
131 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (Next to the Hide Gallery)...
Event Date: Fri, May 30, 2008 6:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 9:53pm PDT
Action at UCSC to Target Scott Berlin!
Social Science 2 Building (near College 9/10)
UC Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 7:46pm PDT
Designs for a Green Future - The Transportation-Land Use Connection
Live Oak Grange
1900 17th Ave (near Capitola Rd)...
Event Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 2:17pm PDT
Sgt. LeMoss #114 Santa Cruz PD breaks arm of 60 year old disabled woman without cause
At Santa Cruz parking lot A on West Cliff Drive, on Friday May 9, 2008, Sgt. C LeMoss twisted and broke the right humurus arm bone of a 60 year old disabled woman for entering her RV and attempting to close the door....
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 11:19am PDT
Rally in Watsonville to support Education
Watsonville Plaza (corner of East Beach and Main St.)...
Event Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 3:17am PDT
Fifth Annual Cesar Chavez Convocation
College Nine and Ten Multipurpose Room
University of California, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 14, 2008 2:29am PDT
20,000 UC Workers Announce Strike Vote
California – On the heels of University of California's ongoing executive pay scandals, UC's Administration is once again being denounced for misplaced priorities. For ten months, 20,000 UC medical and service workers have been trying to protect quality patient care and CA communities, reporting that lack of competitive wages is impacting the University's ability to retain its best staff. After ten months of negotiating for equal pay for equal work, they have reached impasse, and the workers ...
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2008 9:29am PDT
Free Food and Music at the River Arts Festival (5/18)
Free Food and Music at the River Arts Festival starting 11:30 Sunday...
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2008 9:42pm PDT
Santa Cruz Tree-Sit, Call for Upstairs Guests
A message from the Young Forest of so-called “Santa Cruz,” more anciently and consistently known as “Makserehah” by the Amah Mutsun tribes that dwelled on these coasts for thousands of generations....
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2008 7:45pm PDT
Portland City Hall Homeless Protest
Yesterday 7 people were arrested when the Portland Police came to post 72 hour "Illegal Campsite" notices and alert us that our homeless encampment at City Hall was not within lawful compliance. We have been camping on the sidewalks for 15 days to protest the unconstitutionality of the sit/lie ordinance and to demand the repeal of the anti-camping law that makes being without a home a crime. Long term solutions to the affordable housing/greed crisis in downtown Portland however is the primary...
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2008 2:38pm PDT
INTERVENE! INTERRUPT! Rethinking Art as Social Practice: THE SHOW STARTS ON THE SIDEWALK
Locust and Cedar St, downtown Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 9:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, May 11, 2008 3:15pm PDT
Coalition on Race, Poverty, Equality, & Justice Public Meeting
Felton Presbyterian Church
6090 Hiway 9 Felton CA...
Event Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2008 11:20pm PDT