Video from Animal Rights Activists Convergence at Petaluma Slaughterhouse (video/mp4 18.5MB) Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:51PM
75+ Arrested as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Petaluma Slaughterhouse 
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:41PM
Pesticide Use Remains Near Record High in California, State Data Shows 
Sacramento, CA, June 13, 2019: Pesticide use in California topped two hundred million pounds for the third year in a row in 2017, according to data just released by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Included in this total are increases in use of the brain-damaging organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos, the soil fumigant chloropicrin, and the cancer-causing fungicides chlorothalonil and mancozeb. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s blockbuster herbicide Roundup,...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:54PM
MOMS Walk Across Golden Gate to End Gun Violence 
Non Violence Coalition Stages "Wear Orange" March at Bridge...
Posted: Sun Jun 9, 2019 8:26PM
Hundreds of Animal Rights Activists Descend on Slaughterhouse, Locking Necks to Slaughter Line 
Over 600 activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) are marching to a massive duck slaughterhouse (facebook live video), with dozens planning to lock their necks to the slaughterhouse shackles and other machinery....
Posted: Mon Jun 3, 2019 1:23PM
Fisheries Meeting Aims to Ensure Enough West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas Lawsuit Prompts Consultation to Save Southern Resident Killer Whales...
Posted: Fri May 24, 2019 3:12PM
Insecure Food & Housing Among Sonoma State Students 
The purpose of our research was to understand and describe the quality of Sonoma State University's students overall well being. Specifically, we researched the students who have or currently deal with insecure food and housing....
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 8:14PM
Since Oscar Grant, 242 people shot and killed by police in Bay Area 
While only about 30% of Bay Area residents are Hispanic or Black, more than 60% of people shot and killed by police officers over the last decade are Hispanic or Black....
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 8:06PM
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Sonoma County Residents From Airport Lead Pollution 
SANTA ROSA, Calif., April 30, 2019 — Environmental groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to protect northern Sonoma County residents from deadly airborne lead emitted by planes using local airports....
Posted: Wed May 1, 2019 2:28PM
Lawsuit Forces Federal Protection for Endangered Orcas' West Coast Habitat 
SEATTLE, April 12, 2019 — The Center for Biological Diversity has won a victory in the legal battle to force the Trump administration to protect the West Coast habitat of the last remaining Southern Resident killer whales....
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 1:17PM
San Rafael Activists Demand Release of Entire Mueller Report 
Hundreds of Protesters excoriate Attorney General Barr for hiding Mueller’s report on Trump’s alleged crimes and violations of his oath of office. Steve Disenhof and Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo...
Posted: Sat Apr 6, 2019 8:12AM
May Day: March & Rally for Worker & Immigrant Rights in Santa Rosa 
Santa Rosa: 777 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa 95407 by Dollar Tree store...
Event Date: Wed May 1, 2019 2:30PM
Posted: Fri Apr 5, 2019 5:26PM
Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Salmon for Starving Orcas 
Southern Resident Population Drops to 75 as Trump Administration Ignores Fisheries' Impact...
Posted: Wed Apr 3, 2019 7:43PM
Restaurants and Retailers Warned Against Illegal Sales of Foie Gras 
California businesses alerted they must comply with the law banning sale of cruelly-produced “gourmet” delicacy...
Posted: Tue Apr 2, 2019 2:38PM
170 Animal Activists March for Animals in Santa Rosa 
Group Alleges Criminal Animal Cruelty, Law Enforcement Cover-up...
Posted: Mon Apr 1, 2019 2:31PM
City of Vallejo Releases Video of Police Murder of Willie McCoy (video/mp4 243.1MB) Responding to pressure from community groups and news outlets to release the tapes, the City of Vallejo today posted a compilation video which includes police body camera footage and other media related to the police killing of Willie McCoy on February 9. While it's obviously packaged as a pro-police propaganda piece, lying about what's in the video, the footage is nonetheless disturbing and view discretion is advised....
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 5:37PM
Animal Rights: March & Rally for Animal Justice in Sonoma County 2019 
Old Courthouse Square, between 4th Street / Mendocino Ave / 3rd Street / Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404...
Event Date: Sat Mar 30, 2019 12:30PM
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2019 1:43PM
Marin County Protests Trump's "Emergency" 
As part of nationwide protests on 2/18/2019 against Trumps "emergency" declaration, Marin County residents took to the streets in San Rafael, CA....
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:29PM
Crowd remembers rapper killed by Vallejo police 
Family members, friends and others touched by the death of Willie McCoy, who was fatally shot by Vallejo police on Feb. 9, gathered outside the Taco Bell where he was killed to remember him and protest the police on Sunday....
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:10PM
The Cost of Civil Rights Violations in Vallejo 
On February 9, the police in my hometown shot Willie McCoy to death in a Taco Bell drive-through. I hadn’t planned to write that when I began this post, which grew out of a dialogue with a neighbor frustrated by the crumbling schools, neglected parks, and casual brutality of this beautiful city....
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:05PM