Down In Smoke SF Smoke from the Camp Fire has turned San Francisco into a high tech ghost town....
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2018 3:46PM
Tree Sitters Protest Sierra Pacific Industries Clearcut Logging 
Forest Defenders in Humboldt County took to the trees on forestland owned by Sierra Pacific Industries, California's most massive clear cutter and largest landowner. They are defending old growth and mature trees on a timber plan very close to where they have been defending forests on Humboldt Redwood Co. land....
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 12:02PM
Department of Pesticide Regulation rejects Federal Court Order to ban chlorpyrifos 
Rejecting the order of the 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court to end the use of a brain-harming pesticide, state regulators November 15th announced a set of interim recommended measures aimed at limiting exposure to the organophosphate pesticide chlorpyrifos, known to cause permanent brain damage in young children. But the measures fall far short of the ban many are calling for. State regulators have found that young children in California risk permanent neurotoxic effects from exposure to uns...
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 12:42PM
City of Santa Cruz Announces Park Closures 
Due to a recent string of "suspicious" fires, the City of Santa Cruz today announced the closure of the following parks: Pogonip, Arana Gulch, Moore Creek, DeLaveaga, and Arroyo Seco. "Police and Fire Investigators have aggressively investigated every fire, which has resulted in five arrests in the past four weeks," a press release from the city states. The parks will be closed indefinitely. [Top Photo: The Rincon Fire.]...
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 10:12PM
UCSC Students Initiate Petition to Close Campus Due to Poor Air Quality 
Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have initiated a petition calling for the closure of campus due to poor air quality from the California wildfires. Over 700 individuals have signed the electronic petition so far. One individual commented on the website that they felt like they were "back in Beijing". Another wrote: "I don't want lung cancer". Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/uc-santa-cruz-administration-closing-campus-due-to-poorair-quality-uc-santa-cruz...
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 1:51PM
Thousands of Prisoner Firefighters Combating Wildfires in California Today 
Among those brave enough to combat fires by taking on such dangerous duties as creating containment lines in hot zones are thousands of people enslaved by the prison industrial complex. For instance, two hundred are involved with fighting the ongoing Camp Fire. The California Department of Corrections seems proud that this past summer 58 of them were kids....
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 6:45PM
California Dungeness Crab Season Opens, Endangering Whales, Sea Turtles 
SAN FRANCISCO— Thursday’s opening of California’s commercial Dungeness crab season is clouded by the outbreak of a powerful neurotoxin and continuing concerns about the fishery entangling endangered whales and sea turtles. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that the Nov. 15 season opener will not include areas north of Bodega Head because of high levels of domoic acid found in crabs there....
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:18PM
Hundreds Missing in Most Deadly and Destructive Wildfire in California History 
Butte County, CA – Dozens have died and hundreds are missing in the most deadly and destructive wildfire in California’s history. Unicorn Riot is in the evacuation zone documenting the unfolding disaster. The fire started on Camp Creek Road and has been officially named the ‘Camp Fire’. At just 50% containment [updated 11/17 ed.], it is continuing to rage near Chico, and Oroville, California...
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:06PM
Judge orders moratorium on offshore fracking in federal waters off California 
“Protecting the health of our coastal waters is essential to our commitment to conserving the ecosystem and marine life necessary for our maritime culture,” said Mati Waiya, executive director of Wishtoyo Foundation. “The decision by honorable Judge Gutierrez upholds the law that ensures the health of our ocean waters. We all celebrate this decision that honors the rights of our maritime resources.”...
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2018 10:24PM
California Voters Defeat Proposition 3, the Big Ag-Backed Water Bond 
The Sierra Club California, the primary opponent of the measure, celebrated the defeat of the proposition. The backers of the measure, including agribusiness, spent $5,653,034 on the Yes campaign while the Sierra Club spent less than $5,000 on the No Campaign....
Posted: Thu Nov 8, 2018 11:12AM
Delta advocates at public hearing say California WaterFix Is Inconsistent with Delta Plan 
Michael Frost, First Vice President of the Restore the Delta Board, emphasized that the Council did a “terrible job of outreach” and “the entire process process reeks of corruption by corporate ag.”
He said the WaterFix takes away the fresh water, the life blood of the Bay Delta Estuary, which is equivalent to denying a human being their blood.
“The Delta Tunnels is based on the premise of taking more blood out of the body. It is not consistent with the Delta Plan — it is like relying o...
Posted: Tue Nov 6, 2018 6:24PM
Legislators request info. on Brown & Trump administration negotiations over Delta Tunnels 
“This desire to hastily push forward an agreement without the input of affected Delta communities is concerning," the eight legislators wrote. "The state has a duty to preserve the public trust by providing transparency and accountability to all Californians."...
Posted: Sat Nov 3, 2018 9:41AM
Fishermen Petition State to Control Pollution on California’s Wildest Salmon River 
For more information contact:
Regina Chichizola, Institute for Fisheries Resources/PCFFA : (541) 951-0126
Nathaniel Kane, Environmental Law Foundation : (510) 208 4555
Noah Oppenheim, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations ( 415) 561 3474
Smith River, CA - Today the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, and Environmental Law Foundation petitioned California’s State Water Resources Control Board to regulate large scale pes...
Posted: Fri Nov 2, 2018 11:47AM
Who Is The Real Gavin Newsom? SF politicians, the Navy, the EPA & Housing 
Intertwined in the growing eco-corruption crisis at Hunters Point Shipyard and Treasure Island are the hands of Gavin Newsom. Gavin Newsom now says that he plans to solve the homeless crisis and is opposing Prop C which would tax the billion dollar corporations....
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 12:30PM
UC Berkeley to close People's Park restroom According to a Berkeley city government document, the University of California is planning on closing the People's Park restroom "in the very near future", as part of the first phase of its development plan....
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2018 9:59PM
New State Rail Plan Calls for Funding of Rail Service in Santa Cruz County & Integration with Extensive Statewide Rail Network 
Caltrans plans world-class rail system, enabling car-free travel throughout CA by 2040...
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:49PM
Trump signs memo to send more water to San Joaquin Valley agribusiness 
"Western water mismanagement has been horrendous for commercial, recreational, and guide fisheries in California,” said Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA) executive director Noah Oppenheim in a statement. “Water users have sucked our rivers dry for far too long, and the fish have been paying the price.”...
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2018 10:30AM
Responders Free Humpback Whale off of Santa Cruz 
On October 15 a collaborative effort was made to free a Humpback Whale off of Santa Cruz, CA....
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:37PM
Humboldt Martens Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection 
Despite 93 Percent Decline in California, Oregon, Loophole Allows Industrial Logging in Habitat...
Posted: Sat Oct 6, 2018 10:22PM
Calls intensify for California regulators to take action on chlorpyrifos 
The U.S. Justice Department has requested a rehearing of a decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to revoke all tolerances of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos within 60 days, putting the proposed federal ban back in limbo for the foreseeable future. The stalling tactic is the latest in an eleven-year struggle over the fate of a pesticide known to cause autism, ADHD and IQ loss. Health advocates in California, including many from the Monterey Bay region, are now renewing their call ...
Posted: Fri Oct 5, 2018 11:38AM