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Mon Nov 1 2004
Marijuana Arrests For 2003 Hit Record High
Pot Smokers Arrested in U.S. Once Every 42 Seconds
Police arrested an estimated 755,187 persons for marijuana violations in 2003, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report. The total is the highest ever recorded by the FBI, and comprised 45 percent of all drug arrests in the United States. According to NORML, this "tremendous waste of criminal justice resources" costs taxpayers approximately $7.6 billion annually. Full Story
2026-04-19
Peninsula Open Space Trust Purchases 2,284 Acres of Sacred Amah Mutsun Lands
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| Santa Cruz Indymedia2026-04-06
"Factory Farm Watch" Website Aims to Hold Factory Farms Accountable
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| Animal Liberation2026-04-03
Millions March Against Trump's Authoritarianism, Xenophobia, and War
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Protest in San Francisco Demands TPS Protection for Haitians
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Convict Killer ICE Agent Jonathan Ross
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Hundreds of "Free America Walkouts" Were Organized on January 20
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Advocates Rally at Governor’s Office to Pardon UC Berkeley
Student Zoe Rosenberg
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| Animal Liberation2025-12-23
Our Faiths Teach Us: Love Thy Neighbor, Disrupt Injustice
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There's Nothing More Despicable and Dangerous Than a Mercenary
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"People Over Billionaires" March Tours San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood
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| San Francisco2025-11-15
First Day of Starbucks Strike Shuts Down Stores in Santa Cruz
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