The Death Camp of Mission San Francisco-Solano in Sonoma, California 
An examination of the Mission San Francisco-Solano death camp that killed thousands of California Natives in the 1800s...
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:10AM
Local RV Safe Parking Programs Can Revive Interest Statewide 
Safe Parking a Local and Statewide Priority...
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2019 7:02PM
This is a Homeless Emergency 
It is time to stop talking and start implementing compassionate solutions for those who live outside. You are invited to join our nonviolent direct action campaign to form stable living conditions for people who cannot afford housing in Santa Cruz. Community members plan to form an emergency survival camp in one of the downtown parking structures. We have started a GoFundme campaign to raise money to pay any bail and fines that survival sleepers might receive if the authorities interfere with...
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:44AM
Petition for Houseless Students 
Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/university-of-california-santa-cruz-petition-for-houseless-students-snail-movement...
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2019 2:11PM
NTSB Investigating PG&E after another Gas Line Explosion. 
Up to 100 people displaced after another gas line explodes into flames in a San Francisco neighborhood. Pics and video from the aftermath of that scene.
Info on the drone footage. I got permission to fly but could not fly directly over the site. I only went up to 111 feet to play it safe....
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 9:49AM
The Fierce Urgency of Now 
This Wednesday I went to the “Ross Camp” with some of the interns that work with me at the Resource Center for Nonviolence to get an update on the situation and to engage people in a conversation about poverty. As we arrived we met Mel Nunez, a dedicated advocate for the poor and representative from our local faith communities. [Photo: The view of the Ross Camp from the River Street side.]...
Posted: Fri Feb 8, 2019 10:45PM
Fishermen and Winnemem Wintu file lawsuit to protect San Joaquin River salmon 
Noah Oppenheim, Executive Director of the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Association called Friday’s lawsuit, “a long overdue wake-up call that the State Water Board must now do its job to prevent the imminent extinction of this irreplaceable fishery. For decades this regulatory process has been captured by water agencies with no compunctions about hastening the end of salmon fisheries. Today salmon fishermen and fishing communities are raising their voice.”
“Unless the Board is...
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:58PM
Urban Shield Committee approves recs to exclude SWAT, focus on de-escalation and disaster response 
Replacing Urban Shield: County Committee approves recommendations to exclude SWAT, focus on de-escalation and community preparedness in future Bay Area disaster response programs...
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:40PM
Oil industry, environmental leaders mark 50th anniversary of Santa Barbara Oil Spill 
“The 50th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill is a grim reminder of how far we have to go in stopping not only offshore drilling, but onshore oil and gas expansion as well,” said Tomás Morales Rebecchi, senior Central Coast organizer with Food & Water Watch. “If Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to lead opposition to the Trump administration’s plans to expand dangerous offshore drilling, he should start by ending drilling in California state waters and onshore throughout the state."...
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:04PM
Photos Women's March 2019 
Photos from the 2019 Women's March in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:11AM
Oakland Street Photographers on Art and Gentrification (video/mp4 22.0MB) This 4-minute episode of TalkOakland follows two street photographers in Oakland as they discuss the art of street photography and the changes they've experienced from gentrification....
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 7:09AM
Sights and Sounds from Oakland's 5th Annual Reclaim King's Radical Legacy Events (video/mp4 122.2MB) On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Oakland on January 21, 2019, the Anti Police-Terror Project hosted a powerful and moving day of civil rights speakers, marches, children's activities, drums, music, song, and dance. In tribute to families who have lost loved ones to police violence, guns were melted and cast into into stars, displayed in a pattern recreating the constellations visible in the night sky when Oscar Grant was murdered ten years ago. These video clips capture some of the sights a...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:16PM
Santa Cruz Police Officer Chris Galli Uses Racist Term to Describe Homeless Man 
Officer Chris Galli of the Santa Cruz Police Department used a racist term today on social media to describe his experience with a local homeless man. Posting as "Chris Meriekuh" in the Facebook comments section of a local hate blog, Officer Galli referred to a homeless man as a "dindunuffin", a common racist term used by law enforcement officers to describe arrestees of color who claim to be innocent. The comment was directed at Michael Sweatt, a homeless man of color who was recently interv...
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 2:20PM
Eviction protection proposals for renters affected by government shutdown in San Jose 
Earlier today, Sam Laccardo, the Mayor of San Jose, sent out a memorandum to the City Council proposing to protect renters being affected by the partial federal government....
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:16PM
Time for Santa Cruz City Council to Create a Homeless Strategic Planning Committee 
A Idea Whose Time Has Come...
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 6:33PM
Stop the Concord downtown stadium plan! Make some noise at the Concord city council meeting!
1950 Parkside Drive, council chambers....
Event Date: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:30PM
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:34AM
Trump’s government shutdown impact on some affordable housing projects 
A January 16, press release from the Oakland Housing Authority (OHA)....
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:08PM
Tree attack at East-side forest of People’s Park in early morning 
People’s Park, January 15, 2019 – People’s Park was attacked by tree cutters and many police in the early morning, surrounding trees while chainsaws chopped more living trees from the East-side forest....
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:19PM
Section 8 landlords may not evict Section 8 tenants if PHA fails to pay landlord Section 8 Landlords May Not Evict Section 8 Tenants (Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenants) If A Public Housing Authority Fails To Make The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) To Landlord!...
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:15PM
Public Utilities Commission Hearing for Northern California on T-Mobile/Sprint Merger 
The California Public Utilities Commission held a public hearing January 15 on the question of the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint. Tracy Rosenberg of Media Alliance was there and gave an interview....
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 3:05PM