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At a hearing on Tuesday morning, October 17th, a judge will determine whether Sparky Rose, the executive director of New Remedies, can post bail or not.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, eight Bay Area locations associated with New Remedies Cooperative and Potent Employment Solutions were raided by federal agents. Those arrested were allegedly growing, prescribing, and dispensing medical marijuana. A march was held from City Hall to the Federal Building on Wednesday, the day of the arraignment. Photos from Raid

The World Can't Wait called for a national day of action on October 5th against the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. In San Francisco, students staged a morning walkout and protesters converged at noon in Justin Herman Plaza. Protests also took place in Oakland, Mill Valley, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Sacramento and Arcata.
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On Sunday, October 1st, right-wingers from the religious "right" were in San Francisco to hold a "life chain" event. Apparently, every year on the first Sunday in October, Life Chain invites churches in each city and town across North America to stand on a local sidewalk and pray for one hour, while holding signs that include approved pro-life messages. In San Francisco, the life chain was on Park Presidio Blvd. between Geary and Clement from 2:00pm to 3:30pm. BACORR and others were there to support the "No on 85" campaign and to counter the right's extremist messaging. Photos

Saturday, October 7th was a No on 85! Day of Action. A rally was held in Dolores Park at 12pm. Photos | Audio People planned to join together to try to form the World's Largest Human No on 85 Sign. At 1pm people planned to conduct voter outreach and visibility in District 8, and at 5pm, a NO on 85 Happy Hour and Comedy Show was held at Martuni's Martini bar.

On September 28th, Act Against Torture protested in San Francisco against torture and indefinite detention at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, Abu Ghraib in Iraq, Bagram AFB in Afghanistan, and in secret prisons and other torture sites all over the world. Staff at Senator Diane Feinstein's downtown San Francisco office refused to even meet with the protesters. Photos: 1 | 2

In a major victory for San Francisco medical cannabis caregivers, Thomas Juzbasic LVN was acquitted on all cannabis charges stemming from his bust in June 2003. After over 39 months and a week long mistrial, the second trial lasted only two and a half days before the jury came back with the not guilty verdict in under two hours. Photos

The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF) was in San Francisco from September 28th through 30th. The weekend opened on Thursday night with a "Bikes Rock" Party at Boca. Films were shown on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, and Saturday evening at the Victoria Theatre in the Mission. One of the highlights of the weekend was Saturday's 5pm screening of "Caravan/Prague," which tells the story of a bike caravan that went across Europe to join the protests against the IMF and World Bank. The weekend coincided with the 14th anniversary San Francisco Critical Mass bikeride: Photos and Report