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Bay Trail and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) announced in a press release that they have suspended their $200,000 grant to the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD) for the park development project at Glen Cove, a sacred Native American burial ground in Vallejo. This commendable action by the Bay Trail organization was a direct result of mounting pressure from their members and constituents, which included a picket and demand delivery at Bay Trail's offices in downtown Oa...

Caleen Sisk-Franco, Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, visited Sogorea Te Wednesday and spoke in a group circle about her people’s work of bringing the Salmon back to their traditional territory on the McCloud River. She explained that the salmon are an indicator of health for the oceans and the entire planet. “These rivers cannot live without the salmon, and if the salmon don’t survive, neither will the people.” On their journey from the ocean, all the Salmon headed up the Sacr...

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A press conference was held on June 1st to address the planned community response to the impending release from jail of Johannes Mehserle. Mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter -- rather than murder as he was originally charged -- for killing Oscar Grant by shooting him in the back in front of hundreds of witnesses on January 1st, 2009. Mehserle is expected to be released after serving less than one year of a two-year sentence. The date of Mehserle's release is being kept from...

Leaflet: Murder Mehserle Will Walk The Streets Soon Press Conference Calls for Protest of Release of J. Mehserle Fruitvale BART Station, Oakland, CA June 1, 2011...

For years now the First People and leaders such as Wounded Knee, Morning Star, Corrina Gould, Fred Short - others, have been walking from Shellmound to Shellmound, all over the Bay Area - to bring to the notice of all people of good faith - that Sacred Burial Ground have to be respected. Here in the Bay Area these over 500 plus documented Sacred Shell mounds, These Shellmounds must NOT to referred to as MIDDENS. The Shellmounds are not garbage sites. Right now, the on going struggle at Glen C...

From 8:00-9:30 this morning, over 50 people gathered outside the offices of the Bay Trail Project in downtown Oakland, to demand that they withdraw all financial and political support for the planned development on the Glen Cove Sacred Burial Ground in Vallejo. Spirits were high despite the rain - demonstrators were determined to get the message across to Bay Trail....

"The spiritual encampment at Glen Cove is holding firmly – the sacred fire has now been burning continuously for 45 days and nights, carrying the power of all the prayer offerings that have been placed upon it," according to http://protectglencove.org/. "We would like to state again that all who will stand with us in prayer to honor the ancestors are welcome at Sogorea Te." Photo courtesy of http://protectglencove.org...

Please contact the Co-op Board and Cultrera and tell them that it is offensive to you that they are allowing one viewpoint on the Israeli/Palestinian issue while prohibiting others. Also tell them to follow their Bylaws and put the Human Rights and Restore Co-op Democracy initiatives on the ballot -- tell them you want to vote. Contact info below....

"Whether intentional or not, the Department of Fish and Game has done an extremely poor job in telling anglers when the South Coast regulations will go into effect," said Bob Fletcher, former president of the Sportfishing Association of California. "This lack of communication is causing anglers to unnecessarily stay off the water for fear that the regulations are already in place." Photo: The privately funded Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative does nothing to protect the ocean fr...