Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
1 of 414
Pesticide residues on produce highest ever 
Pesticide residues were found on more than 65% of produce in California, according to the latest annual report issued by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) last week. That figure is the highest ever recorded by the current California Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program that began in 2012. Illegal levels of pesticides on produce in California also rose -- to a rate of more than 1 in 20 pieces sampled. The rate of illegal samples, 5.2% of the 2,892 fruit and vegetables in ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2022 12:06pm PDT
Union Busting Kaiser Takes Hardline On NUHW Workers While Gov Newsom Is MIA 
Striking NUHW healthcare workers after 7 weeks on strike face a union busting attack by Kaiser executives and refusal of Governor Gavin Newsom and State Attorney General to enforce the law....
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2022 1:57pm PDT
Women's March: CA & Nationwide Marches & Rallies for Reproductive Freedom & GOTV 
Marches & Rallies throughout SF Bay Area and beyond: https://www.womensmarch.com/initiatives/womens-wave...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 8, 2022 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2022 9:15am PDT
A Deep Dive Into Oakland's Measure Q Article 34 Authorization 
You might be wondering, why is there a ballot measure asking Oakland voters to authorize low-rent housing units? Why is this required, what will it do and what is this Article 34?...
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2022 4:46pm PDT
LA Protest Shuts Down FCMAT Meeting:Protesters Say Stop Closures, Charters/Privatization 
Community activists, kids and public education supporters protested at the LA meeting of FCMAT. They spoke out and shut it down when the FCMAT refused to provide answers....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2022 9:40am PDT
Lawsuit Aims to Protect West Coast Fisher 
Rare Forest Carnivore Threatened by Logging, Climate Change, Poison...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2022 4:23pm PDT
Governor Gruesom Newsom Signs SB 1388 Attacking The Unhoused 
John George Psychiatric Hospital & Santa Rita Jail Are Condemned By Findings Of The DOJ:...
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2022 9:20pm PDT
Hundreds Rally in San Jose for Protection of Sacred Tribal Land from Mining Project 
Over 400 people gather to call on Santa Clara County to deny approval of proposed mine on sacred lands...
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2022 11:08pm PDT
THE ART OF THE INDIVIDUAL: An Interview with John Lydon (audio/mpeg 134.2MB) 2019 interview with John Lydon of Sex Pistols and Public Image Limited. Includes text and one hour, 10 minute audio recording....
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2022 5:46pm PDT
WW CNA Kaiser Nurses/Patients In Danger. PG&E Newsom Leg Corruption & UPS Oven In Trucks 
WorkWeek covers CNA Kaiser Nurses & Patients In Danger & PG&E Newsom Legislature Corruption & UPS "Oven In The Trucks" IBT Workers Heat & Labor Poet Tongo Issac-Martin...
Posted: Sun, Sep 11, 2022 11:10am PDT
"Life & Death Issue" For Patients & Nurses At Kaiser: CNA Nurses Speak Out 
San Francisco NNU-CNA Kaiser nurses rallied and spoke out about the dangerous health and safety conditions for patients at Kaiser. They talked about their stress and how Kaiser because of allowing low staffing levels is a threat to the health of the patients....
Posted: Thu, Sep 1, 2022 3:24pm PDT
Richard 'Dickie' Haskell RIP (audio/mpeg 6.9MB) Our dear friend is gone....
Posted: Wed, Aug 31, 2022 8:00pm PDT
Biden Administration Backs Offshore Fracking in California 
Federal Filing Urges 9th Circuit to Overturn Ban Backed by Kamala Harris...
Posted: Wed, Aug 31, 2022 4:58pm PDT
Kingswood Capital Management LP annihilates 89 pharmacies or more 
In opposition to corporate raider Alexander Wolf, Kingswood Capital Management LP, and Save Mart, UFCW 8 encourages its members to avoid Walgreens, and transfer their family’s prescriptions to an Albertsons, Bel Air, Rite Aid, Safeway or Vons pharmacy as soon as possible....
Posted: Fri, Aug 26, 2022 7:01am PDT
Challenging Colonialism s01 Bonus: Take Action to Protect Juristac 
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band member Carolyn Rodriguez and Green Foothills Policy and Advocacy Director Alice Kaufman speak about the urgent need to protect Juristac--and how you can contribute....
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2022 8:39pm PDT
CA advocates call on lawmakers to 'beat the heat' with action to address climate change Environmental advocates called on California to take strong action to beat the heat by addressing climate change. Community members, advocates, and EOPA CA-an organization with 440 CA elected officials - want to ensure California is a national climate leader. Attendees showed support for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal for climate action calling for state lawmakers to accelerate green-house gas reduction, the state’s advance toward 100 percent clean energy, institute public health setbacks for ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2022 7:25pm PDT
Gilroy City Council Supports Local Tribe by Voting to Oppose Mine on Sacred Lands at Juristac 
Gilroy, CA, August 16, 2022 — On Monday evening, the Gilroy City Council unanimously voted to take a position opposing the Sargent Quarry Project, a planned 403-acre sand and gravel mining operation that would be located just outside of the City’s jurisdiction. The council moved to produce a resolution urging Santa Clara County officials to deny approval of permits for the mine, which threatens open space lands that are held sacred by a local Indigenous tribe and have also been deemed critica...
Posted: Tue, Aug 23, 2022 9:44am PDT
NUHW In Kaiser Strike Demand That Newsom & Demos Prosecute Flagrant Violations Of CA Law 
At an NUHW Kaiser strike rally at the Kaiser headquarters the union demanded that Governor Newsom and California politicians enforce the healthcare laws which Kaiser they charged is flagrantly violating. Workers and patients also spoke about what they are facing....
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2022 9:51am PDT
NUHW Kaiser Strike TikTok Video 
Striking NUHW Kaiser clinicians rallied at the Kaiser headquarters in Oakland and did a TikTok video....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2022 4:43pm PDT
No More Kaiser Suicides! NUHW Members Strike Kaiser Health System 
Two thousand Kaiser NUHW healthcare workers went on an indefinite strike on August 15, 2022 for proper staffing and compensation to keep healthcare professionals on the jobs. As a result of a lack of proper staffing, Members and patients at Kaisers have committed suicide. Clinicians...
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2022 10:25pm PDT