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Please attend the hearing by Sacramento City Code Enforcement on Tuesday, June 13, 6 pm, at the Hart Senior Center to show your opposition to a draft city ordinance outlawing fruit trees and vegetable gardens in the front yards of city residents....
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 7:03am PDT
According to activists from Des Moines, Philadelphia, Miami, Sacramento, and other locations, a young woman named "Anna" allegedly infiltrated peace and justice rallies and anarchist meetings, and even attempted to join protests against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ahead of the DNC's national convention last year as a paid FBI confidential "informant."...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 5:51pm PDT
Jean's Quan's Green Food Service Ware Ordinance for Oakland is going to the Public Works committee on Tuesday June 13th at 12:30pm (in Hearing Room 1/City Hall)....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 11:51pm PDT
Interview for KPFA's Flashpoints with Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters' director Karen Pickett, about the FBI and federal government's targeting, arrests, grand jury proceedings and draconian prosecutions of environmentl and animal rights activists. MP3 audio, 12:44. Music clip: "23 Years" by David Rovics. http://www.davidrovics.com...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 6:42pm PDT
The Yolo election results turned out poorly for people who wanted protection from sprawl and developers, Target intrusions in Davis and floodplain development in Woodland.....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 10:59am PDT
The governor needs to go beyond issuing his disaster declaration for salmon fishermen - and should urge Warren Buffet to remove the Klamath River dams that he now owns!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 10:22am PDT
California Energy Commission (CEC) favors the diatribe that San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) spews at the various (CEC) hearings. The City and County of San Francisco too favours particulates when it embraces the use of fossil fuel in large measure. Particulates kill people and if we can stay way from particulates using Clean Energy that is the path we should take. SFPUC wants to place 3 Combustion Turbines by Pier 80 and closer to the Bayview. We already have too much pollu...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:41am PDT
Even using Biodiesel, driving still sucks, so let's
reduce our driving! We've organized some fun events to
help you drive less....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 10:42am PDT
In a hearing today in Sacramento, some details about Lauren Weiner's decision to take a plea bargain and cooperate with investigators emerges......
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 10:13pm PDT
Horizon Organic (owned by food giant Dean Foods) and Aurora are currently taking advantage of loopholes in organic regulations by purchasing the majority of their milk from intensive confinement dairy feedlots where the cows have little or no access to pasture....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 11:44pm PDT
Here are some photos of the Klamath Fish run which is organized by Native youth to go from the Klamath mouth to the Iron Gate dam. Join us at Iron Gate for a Rally this Sunday....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 4:19pm PDT
Join activists across Canada and the United States in supporting the First Nations Community of Grassy Narrows by hosting a movie night. The film tracks the struggles and resistance movement of Grassy Narrows in their efforts to protect their land and way of life. Email jwolke@ran.org to get more information and materials....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 10:56am PDT
The Final chapter of the saga of the Biscuit Burn is still unwritten. Ecologists prove logging it is unhealthy, firefighters warn it's dangerous, economists assure it's wasteful. Dozens of arrests have stymied the threat to a fraction of their promise. Still, Bush and Big Timber come back for more - this time Kalmiopsis Roadless Areas auctioned off under the guise of salvage!
The Oxygen Collective is directly challenging the Bush Administration's rapidly advancing plans to salvage log for...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 9:35am PDT
FLASHPOINTS SPECIAL
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The films are available to KPFA supporters anytime until the end on the fundraiser. Pledge securely online at kpfa.org...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 4:31pm PDT
The former UC Davis Ag Center (aka Bay Area Research and Extension Center) is owned by the State of California. The State is in the process of selling it to SummerHill Homes and the City of Santa Clara for housing developments. This is 17 acres of "Prime Farmland" that is agriculturally zoned...the last of its kind. Please get involved....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 2:15pm PDT
Mayors Willie L. Brown and Gavin Newsom set up white tents within the shadow of the closed Hunters Point Power Plant and spread as many White Lies in their speeches. Mayors Gavin Newsom and Willie L. Brown did NOT do much to shut down the HP Power Plant. There were others that did their best but none of them have joined the fake parades so far....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 8:13am PDT
The California Energy Commission held its hearing today and I was present for most of the hearing. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission experts and the San Francisco City Attorney made a fool of themselves. Our City has failed its constituents again and again but this time with the 3 Combustion Turbines the City and County of San Francisco has crossed the line. These 3 Combustion Turbines will adversely impact thousands - most of them people of color....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 9:03pm PDT
NEXT FRIENDS OF BAYFRONT PARK MEETING: Monday May 22nd
7:00 PM...
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 4:53pm PDT
This post contains a link to the pasrt 1 video of the North Bay SMART debate held May 18 at San Rafael City Hall...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 9:40pm PDT
SMART looks good to some north bay environmentalists, but its projected ridership is far lower than the cost of the program merits. San Rafael Republican Mayor Al Boro supports it as does a host of developers in the region. Sierra Club sponsored 2 hr. debate held May 18. Part 2...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 6:48pm PDT