City of Oakland Forces Homeless RV Camp Out of Union Point 
Under a large police presence the city of Oakland forces residents of Union Point to disperse...
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:25PM
City of Oakland Pushes Out Union Point Homeless RV Park 
The City of Oakland is forcing out a relatively stable Homeless RV Homeless Park at Union Point....
Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:56PM
Barbara Lee Holds "Night of Healing" Vigil 
Native American chant and powerful speeches in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza
Photos and text: Leon Kunstenaar...
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:44AM
Housing crisis is being exacerbated by the California Apartment Association Recently in El Cerrito, just when the renters believed that they have gained some just cause eviction protections from the greedy landlords and realtors involved in gouging the renters with exorbitant rent increases, and displacing the renters with eviction-for-profit schemes, here comes the California Apartment Association (CAA), and their BIG MONEY. BIG MONEY has been used by the CAA to meddle in the affairs of the city leaders with a petition to block an eviction protection ordinance from ...
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:02PM
Night of Healing Vigil: Stand Up Against Gun Violence & Racism (Oakland) 
Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (Oakland City Hall)
Between San Pablo Avenue & Washington Street and Broadway & 14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Tue Aug 13, 2019 5:30PM
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 8:42PM
E. Oakland Rally With Danny Glover Against Gentrification & A's Stadium In Port 
Acts Full Gospel Church 1034–66th Ave, Oakland...
Event Date: Sat Aug 31, 2019 11:00AM
Posted: Mon Aug 5, 2019 11:24PM
List of Northern California Restaurants with Shark Fins on the Menu 
As Shark Week continues, restaurants across the nation are contributing to the rapid decline in shark species by serving up soup made from shark fins, despite bans in 12 states and counting. According to an online database maintained by the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), nearly 200 restaurants across the country continue to offer shark fin products, including shark fin soup, a traditionally expensive East Asian dish associated with banquets and celebrations. Dozens of these restaurants are v...
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:02PM
Feed the People! Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater
14th & Broadway, Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sun Aug 4, 2019 3:00PM
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:07PM
Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Nuclear Weapons Protest Rally & March at Livermore Labs 
Livermore Lab, Vasco Rd & Patterson Pass Rd, Livermore, California...
Event Date: Tue Aug 6, 2019 8:00AM
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:17PM
Hard Knock Radio on the Police Files Project and Police Accountability in California (audio/mpeg 13.9MB) Host Davey D speaks with Dave Id about the current state of police accountability in California and the need for the Police Files database to track violent and corrupt cops, as well as the district attorneys and politicians who enable them. Excerpt from Hard Knock Radio, July 18, 2019....
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:59PM
Brown Berets On Stage at Todos Santos Plaza "Stop the Deportations" Demo 
Todos Santos Plaza, Concord, CA.
On this day, July 12, members of the Brown Berets proudly wore their insignia and waved their bright yellow flag, saying their mission is as critical and relevant today as it was over half a century ago. Founded in 1967, in 2019 they call for freedom for immigrants detained at the border.
Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo.
Please credit the photographer....
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:52AM
Mayor Schaaf Rents Oakland Police Officers to Home Depot Oakland Mayor Schaaf's rent a police officer program at Home Depot....
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:28PM
New Northern California Police Accountability Project Seeking Support 
We need a centralized archive for information on law enforcement violence and corruption across Northern California, but no such resource currently exists. With your help, we can have a working version within a matter of months. Share this and donate to make it happen!...
Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:26PM
Anarchist Gathering 
924 Gilman St, Berkeley, California 94710
(all ages venue)...
Event Date: Sat Jul 27, 2019 3:00PM
Posted: Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:33PM
Berkeley's People's Park Gardeners Update 
Seasonal summery, indeed. How is your farm? How is your garden? Don't have one? Need someplace to grow?...
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2019 2:20PM
The dreams of luthiers and guitar builders in the Bay Area 
A June 1, 2019, photo of Lynda Carson holding a guitar in front of Subway Guitars that she built in the guitar workshop of Ervin Somogyi in 1985. Photo by Michael Graham....
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 12:11AM
ICE raids targeting migrant families slated to start Sunday in major U.S. cities 
ICE will raid family homes across the country on Sunday, June 23rd. If you witness a raid in progress or other ICE movements, document what you see. Call a legal support hotline immediately....
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 2:17PM
New coalition launched to protect Bay Area from tar sands, oil tankers 
Representatives of the groups in the coalition commented on the launch of the new group.
“Our community knows refinery expansions are a dead end,” said Isabella Zizi, Stand.earth. “We need our public officials like the Contra Costa County supervisors to stand with us in preventing new pollution sources from harming our health, and supporting real solutions like a just transition for refinery workers and local economic development that protects air and water quality.” ...
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:33PM
Oakland Activists Call for Impeachment 
Over 140 rallies to push Congress to impeach Trump were held across the nation on June 15, 2019. These are photos from the demonstration in Oakland. Photos by Mary Martin DeShaw, Probono Photo. Please credit the photographer....
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:18AM
90,000 Comments Submitted Opposing Plan for New Drilling and Fracking on Public Lands 
Monday, June 10 marked the end of the second and final public comment period on the Trump administration’s plan to open more than 1 million acres of public land and mineral estate across the central coast region to new oil drilling and fracking. The 45 day period, which opened with the release of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, a study of the impacts that fracking would have on in the lease plan area, was the shortest allowed by the Nat...
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:55PM