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Monday, July 14, 2008 :Increasing numbers of US veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Haunted by the brutality of their experiences in combat and the horrors inflicted on the civilian populationoften with their own participationthey return home only to receive woefully inadequate treatment for their condition, go undiagnosed or face an intolerant military culture in which a stigma against PTSD and other mental disorders sti...

Residents at the California Hotel are threatened with eviction. They received a letter on July 1, notifying them that the hotel will close on July 15. Some of the residents have lived in the affordable housing unite for 20 years. tenants at the California Hotel in Oakland and their supporters had gather at 3501 San Pablo Avenue Oakland to protest the attempt to illegally lock them out of their housing by their landlord Cahon Associates, and Oakland Community Housing Inc. These two slumlord...

On the 4th of July, amidst the tourist frenzy and sounds of fireworks, at least 8 windows were broken on a condominium that is being built in the lower Ocean neighborhood....

AFSCME, taking back UC, for patients students and our families! Schedules for the rest of the week, Tuesday- picket lines, Bancroft @ Telegraph 5am- 7pm. Wednesday- picket line UCOP (office of president) 1111 Franklin St. Oakland 6am-7pm, rally at 12pm Thursday- picket line-UCOP 1111 Franklin St. Oakland 6am-7pm. Friday- picket line UCOP (office of president) 1111 Franklin St. Oakland 6am-7pm, rally at 12pm union representatives thanked Indybay for all the good work and coverage....

Brad Ott, chair of the Committee To Reopen the Charity Hospital in New Orleans will be visiting the bay area on July 26 & July 27. The Charity Hospital was a WPA project and was the largest hospital in New Orleans with 5,000 workers. The hospital was the major healthcare provider for New Orleans where 65% of the people have not healthcare insurance....

Krip-Hop Mixtape Series My name is Leroy Moore and I produce Krip-Hop Mixtapes. Krip-Hop Nation is a project of disabled hip-hop artists. I'm looking for artists for upcoming Krip-Hop Vols. Read below for more info. Why Wait Get your Music to me know for Vol.3 of Krip-Hop If you miss Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 1 (that came out Jan 5, 2007 limited run), and Vol. 2 (coming out soon) please get on it for Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 3 You ask how? This is how it worked last time. If you're a d...

San Francisco July 13, 2008 Following is an interview with Peter Warfield, San Francisco's very own "Library Guy"-- a man whose heroic main-mission in life is to advocate for eternally free, accessible, and responsible public libraries. The interview was conducted yesterday morning on the steps outside San Francisco's Main Public Library where Warfield and supporters of his Library User's Association had gathered to pass out leaflets and collect petition signatures to help convince Cit...

New Valencia Hall, 625 Larkin Street,Suite 202, San Francisco...

Alameda County Superior Court Judge Rausch Grants Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) To California Hotel Tenants, And Orders Oakland Community Housing, Inc. (landlord), To Keep The Gas, Electricity and Water Services Turned On At The California Hotel! The California Hotel Tenants Plan To Protest Their Unlawful Evictions On July 14 (6pm). See more details below......

You may not believe it - but it is true, Lennar Corporation - is drowning in its own cesspool. The recent bad news coming from other folks that cheated innocent people have made most everyone one in the housing business - look like pathetic, losers. Fanny Mae and others are being baled out - not so much because some one cares about these scum bags - but for much the same reason with what happened with Bear and Sterns. But, back to Lennar Corporation - it is a mess but they still say they can ...