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imageSeeking Public Comment on the Salinan Tribe's Petition for Federal Recognition
Seeking PUBLIC COMMENT on the Salinan Tribe's petition for federal recognition as an American Indian tribe. The deadline for comments is ...
by via Monterey Peace & Justice Center
Seeking PUBLIC COMMENT on the Salinan Tribe's petition for federal recognition as an American Indian tribe. The deadline for comments is March 5, 2025....
Posted: Sat, Feb 8, 2025 12:39pm PST
imageNever Again Moss Landing Calls for Citizen Action
Community Members Will Assemble and Address the Vistra Moss Landing BESS Facility Failure and Fire
by via Never Again Moss Landing
Community Members Will Assemble and Address the Vistra Moss Landing BESS Facility Failure and Fire...
Posted: Fri, Feb 7, 2025 9:13pm PST
imageCommunity Organization Conducts Surface Sampling for Heavy Metals Following Moss Landing Fire
Moss Landing, CA (February 6, 2025). Never Again Moss Landing (NAML), a grassroots community organization serving Moss Landing and surrou...
by via Never Again Moss Landing
Full Title: Community Organization Conducts Surface Sampling for Heavy Metals Following Moss Landing Battery Storage Facility Fire...
Posted: Thu, Feb 6, 2025 2:21pm PST
imageWestern Monarch Butterfly Population Declines to Near Record Low
San Francisco, Calif. Jan. 30, 2025— Following efforts by hundreds of volunteers and partners to count overwintering monarch butterflies ...
by The Xerces Society
San Francisco, Calif. Jan. 30, 2025— Following efforts by hundreds of volunteers and partners to count overwintering monarch butterflies in California, the 28th annual Western Monarch Count has reported a peak population of just 9,119 butterflies this winter. This is the second lowest overwintering population ever recorded since tracking began in 1997 and coincides with monarch butterflies being proposed for protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Thu, Jan 30, 2025 8:54pm PST
imageMassive Battery Fire Cover-up at Moss Landing in Monterey County by EPA & Gov Newsom
WorkWeek and Labor Video Project covers the series of fires at massive battery plants in Moss Landing that have poisoned thousands of wor...
by Labor Video Project
WorkWeek and Labor Video Project covers the series of fires at massive battery plants in Moss Landing that have poisoned thousands of workers and residents. Resident and researcher Donna Gilmore talks about the serious design problems of these batteries that prevent the companies from stopping fires at the dangerous facilities. She reports that over 100,000 batteries have caught fire....
Posted: Wed, Jan 29, 2025 12:13pm PST
imageDenounce the Cruel Coral Street Sweeps
The largest police sweep I have witnessed on Coral Street and the area around the Housing Matters homeless shelter. The State of Californ...
by Keith McHenry
The largest police sweep I have witnessed on Coral Street and the area around the Housing Matters homeless shelter. The State of California gave Santa Cruz a $4 million Homeless Encampment Resolution Grant to make clear the area. It is going to be 40 degrees tonight and many of these people lost most or all of their survival gear. Someone is likely to die of the cold this evening as a direct result of this sweep....
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2025 11:57pm PST
imageHigh Concentrations of Heavy Metals Found in Elkhorn Slough Following Vistra Fire
MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Research scientists at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) have detected unusually...
by via Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
MOSS LANDING, Calif. — Research scientists at San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (MLML) have detected unusually high concentrations of heavy-metal nanoparticles in marsh soils at Elkhorn Slough Reserve following the recent fire at the nearby Vistra Power Plant's lithium-ion battery storage facility....
Posted: Mon, Jan 27, 2025 4:17pm PST
imageMoss Landing Fire Community Response Group Seeks Volunteers
IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEM: We need Volunteers!

TIME SENSITIVE! THIS ACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1/25 & 1/26!
by via Moss Landing Fire Community Response
IMMEDIATE ACTION ITEM: We need Volunteers! TIME SENSITIVE! THIS ACTION IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 1/25 & 1/26!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 24, 2025 3:04pm PST
imageMonterey Bay Aquarium workers announce plans to unionize with AFSCME
Monterey, Calif., January 17, 2025 – Workers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium launched a campaign to unionize their workplace this week and a...
by AFSCME
Monterey, Calif., January 17, 2025 – Workers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium launched a campaign to unionize their workplace this week and are seeking representation through AFSCME Council 57....
Posted: Tue, Jan 21, 2025 7:32pm PST
imageBorn in Battle: The Salinas Homeless Union
Nine years ago today, on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2016, the Monterey County/Salinas Homeless Union was formed out of ...
by Salinas/Monterey County Homeless Union
Nine years ago today, on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2016, the Monterey County/Salinas Homeless Union was formed out of a battle to defend the residents of that city's largest encampment....
Posted: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 11:05am PST
imageFarmworker communities disrupt public hearing over racist pesticide regulation
Protesters "die-in" during hearing on cancer-causing 1,3-D.
by Californians for Pesticide Reform
The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) January 16 public hearing in Salinas on its draft regulation of cancer-causing 1,3-dichloropropene (1,3-D) was interrupted by more than a dozen protesters surrounding the podium in a mock “die-in”, while teenagers unfurled large bilingual banners saying “DPR is racist!” and the crowd of over 100 chanted “DPR, you can’t hide; we can see your racist side!”...
Posted: Sun, Jan 19, 2025 6:34pm PST
calendarMoss Landing Power Plant/Vistra Fire Community Meeting
Prunedale Grange #388, 17882 Moro Rd, Salinas
by Vistra Fire Community Meeting
Prunedale Grange #388, 17882 Moro Rd, Salinas...
Event Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2025 6:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 19, 2025 1:39pm PST
imageEsselen Tribe and WRC Conserve Second Stretch of Little Sur River Through Land Back
The Pico Blanco property follows Eagle Peak Rancheria, adding 327 acres, including old-growth redwoods and 1.3 miles of the Little Sur Ri...
by Western Rivers Conservancy
The Pico Blanco property follows Eagle Peak Rancheria, adding 327 acres, including old-growth redwoods and 1.3 miles of the Little Sur River, to tribal ownership...
Posted: Sat, Jan 18, 2025 1:06pm PST
imageHalt the Establishment of Battery Storage Facilities in Monterey and Santa Cruz County
A petition to halt the establishment of battery storage facilities in Santa Cruz County has been created. 

Please sign the petition here...
by Where there is smoke, there is fire
A petition to halt the establishment of battery storage facilities in Santa Cruz County has been created. Please sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/halt-the-establishment-of-battery-storage-facilities-in-santa-cruz-county...
Posted: Sat, Jan 18, 2025 10:35am PST
imageMonterey Bay Aquarium Workers United - Community Letter of Support
Employees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium are forming their union! Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United stands together to create a better f...
by via Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United
Employees of the Monterey Bay Aquarium are forming their union! Monterey Bay Aquarium Workers United stands together to create a better future for our colleagues, our animals, and our ocean. We believe it is time to ensure fair and equitable pay, comprehensive benefits, workplace flexibility, and a culture of safety, transparency, and inclusion. By forming our union with AFSCME Council 57, we are uniting to build a workplace that reflects the Aquarium’s core values of equity, integrity and ho...
Posted: Wed, Jan 15, 2025 1:57am PST
image5 California Democrats Vote to Suppress International Criminal Court and Support Genocide
𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐞 opposes the International Criminal Court
by Brett Wilkins
𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. Anyone who thinks that Democrats are somehow "progressive" needs to consider the votes supporting genocide and Netanyahu by California representatives 𝐂𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚, 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐬 from among the 𝟒𝟓 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 nationwide who voted to try to suppress the International Criminal Court. See: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/20257 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐞 opposes the International Criminal Court and has condemned the ICC's effort ...
Posted: Fri, Jan 10, 2025 5:22pm PST
textMass Deportation will reduce California to an agricultural Rust Belt by Patrick Dwire
Mass deportation of undocumented farm workers, as promised, will devastate California agriculture....
Posted: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 3:43pm PST
documentPutting a Brake on Abusive Police Raids on Homeless Encampments
Documentation is the key to ultimate restitution and redress.
by Robert Norse
This flyer provides an opportunity for community members, both housed and unhoused to report abusive police and social service behavior towards the homeless....
Posted: Wed, Jan 1, 2025 9:47pm PST
imageHomeless Memorial 2024 Takeaways
Flyer distributed at Town Clock Memorial 12-21-24
by Robert Norse
As tradition dictates, folks had options to go to two Homeless Memorials--one on December 20th at the Portuguese Hall run by Housing Matters, the second at the Clock under rainy skies organized by Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs....
Posted: Mon, Dec 30, 2024 3:09pm PST
imageCall on UCSC Jewish Studies to DROP the Helen Diller Foundation
Israeli Defense Forces and UCSC's Sammy Slug mascot
by Sammy "IDF" Slug
Sign and Share this Petition! Join Us in Calling on UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies to Drop All Funding and Ties to the Helen Diller Foundation!...
Posted: Tue, Dec 17, 2024 8:53pm PST
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