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Antwon Cloird - My 'Freedom From Active Addiction'
A story of Antwon Cloird's recovery from active addiction....
Posted: Mon, Jul 15, 2024 11:54am PDT
The Hook Outlet's Proposed Dispensary Project with WAMM Faces Appeal to City Council
On May 14, The Hook Outlet and WAMM Phytotherapies will go before the Santa Cruz City Council to face an appeal of their proposed cannabis dispensary project. The dispensary was initially approved by the Planning Commission on March 7, however an appeal of that decision was filed on March 18....
Posted: Sun, Mar 31, 2024 3:37pm PDT
Support WAMM, a Champion of Medical Cannabis Access and Community Safety in Santa Cruz
Support the new proposed location for WAMM Phytotherapies (WAMM) and The Hook dispensary on Mission Street in Santa Cruz!
Sign the petition here: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/support-wamm-a-champion-of-medical-cannabis-access-and-community-safety-in-santa-cruz...
Posted: Mon, Mar 4, 2024 3:53pm PST
Graffiti Writers Paint Over Pro-Police “Street Art” Campaign Backed by a Tech Billionaire
A “street art” campaign backed by Welsh tech billionaire and venture capitalist Michael Moritz is being targeted by graffiti artists in San Francisco, California. The campaign features posters and even wheat-pastes which call for a “law and order” approach to homelessness and fentanyl related deaths in San Francisco....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2023 1:03pm PDT
"Fentalyfe" Poster Campaign Redecorated
Right-wing poster campaign installations calling for police and criminalization were redecorated in SF...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2023 12:37am PDT
Conspiracy to shield Sackler family opioid drug kingpins with immunity
The Sackler Family Seeks Immunity For Their Involvement In The Opioid Epidemic That Resulted In Over 500,000 Deaths!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2021 9:21pm PDT
Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office Releases Video Footage of Officer Involved Shooting (video/mp4 111.5MB)
The Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office has released some of the video footage from the body cameras worn by deputies involved in the shooting of Eli Burry on April 6. The footage was included in an edited video posted to Facebook on April 14 that features video, text, and still images, in addition to narration by Sheriff Jim Hart. (Watch video below)...
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2021 4:47pm PDT
No Contact High
Like everything else, 4-20 in San Francisco was different this time around....
Posted: Wed, Apr 22, 2020 10:08pm PDT
SSP Commissioner Deletes Harassing Posts, Commits to "Professional Interactions" in Future
Damon Bruder, Supervisor Ryan Coonerty's appointee to Santa Cruz County's Syringe Services Program (SSP) Advisory Commission, has deleted the harassing and bullying statements he made on on Facebook on February 14 about County Health officer Rachel McCullough-Sanden. Bruder, who was complaining about delays in the publication of the monthly public SSP report to the County's website, called McCullough-Sanden "daft" and made other harassing statements on social media posts that displayed a disp...
Posted: Sat, Feb 29, 2020 12:55am PST
Coonerty Appointee Bullies County Health Officer
Damon Bruder, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty's appointee to the County's Syringe Services Program (SSP) Advisory Commission, has made harassing and bullying statements on social media directed at Rachel McCullough-Sanden, an Epidemiologist and HIV Surveillance Coordinator at the County Health Services Agency (HSA). On February 14, a disparaging screen capture of McCullough-Sanden taken from video of a Board of Supervisors meeting was posted to the Santa Cruz, CA: Keepin' It Real F...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2020 10:48am PST
Mediation Won't End Class War
Santa Cruz City Manager Martin Bernal knows who he works for and it isn’t the residence of the city. Our city like most in the US is controlled by property speculators and transnational corporations. This is a nationwide deliberate war against those forced to live outside. A war against the poor....
Posted: Tue, Oct 22, 2019 12:36pm PDT
NUHW members strike Janus of Santa Cruz
NUHW members at Janus of Santa Cruz held their first-ever strike on Thursday, September 26, after management imposed a first contract that did not remedy poverty wages that has forced many workers to find new jobs....
Posted: Sun, Oct 6, 2019 11:07am PDT
STRIKE at Janus of Santa Cruz
200 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 26, 2019 6:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 24, 2019 1:30pm PDT
The New War Against the Homeless
Political recalls and the campaign to dehumanize those who live without housing....
Posted: Tue, Jun 25, 2019 9:18am PDT
Join Us on the Picket Line: Janus of Santa Cruz
200 7th Ave, Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Thu, May 30, 2019 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2019 4:44pm PDT
Santa Cruz Drug Rehabilitation Workers Take Center Stage at Film Festival
As Santa Cruz grapples with a drug addiction crisis, frontline caregivers at the county’s largest addiction treatment provider are struggling to survive on poverty wages....
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2019 4:35pm PDT
Inmate Dies at Rountree Rehabilitation and Re-Entry Facility in Watsonville
According to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office, 35-year-old inmate Carlos Bolanos was found dead at 5:30 am today in the Rehabilitation and Re-entry Facility located at the Rountree Lane Sheriff’s Detention Facilities in Watsonville. Carlos was in custody at the Rehabilitation and Re-Entry facility since December of 2018....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2019 8:38pm PDT
The People’s Dispensary Fresno Cannabis Town Hall
The Cannabis Town Hall was held at the First Congregational Church in Fresno on May 6, offering perspectives on jobs in the marijuana business, especially for people of color whose communities bore the brunt of the Drug War and who have trouble finding a living wage....
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2019 11:41pm PDT
Support 'mobile' Harm Reduction Services in Santa Cruz County: Refer to data not opinions
A petition to support mobile harm reduction services in Santa Cruz County has been created. Please sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/mark-stone-support-mobile-harm-reduction-services-in-santa-cruz-county-refer-to-data-not-opinions...
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2019 2:56pm PDT
Time is Right for Return to All Volunteer Needle Exchange
Time to Reconsider City and County Drug Policy...
Posted: Wed, Dec 26, 2018 4:33pm PST