Appeal Challenges Oil Drilling in California's Carrizo Plain National Monument 
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 20, 2018 ― Los Padres ForestWatch and the Center for Biological Diversity today appealed the Trump administration’s approval of a new oil well and pipeline in Carrizo Plain National Monument. It is the first well the Interior Department has approved in the monument since it was established in 2001....
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:47AM
Vehicular Profiteering Downtown Will Punish the Poor and Drive Away Customers Santa Cruz City Council is set to rubberstamp increased parking fees, new parking meters, a two-hour "Move Along" vehicular law, "no vending from vehicles", and a "no vehicles above 6' in height" requirement along Pacific Ave. and adjacent streets at its 1:30 PM wesession tomorrow. It's item #18 on the so-called "Consent Public Hearings" section of the agenda....
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 11:40PM
Earth Day Santa Cruz Celebration Saturday April 21, 2018 
The Earth Day event was held at the San Lorenzo Park from 11am. To 4pm. and was sponsored by Ecology Action, The Good Times, New Leaf, Dignity Health, Green Waist, The City and County of Santa Cruz, along with others....
Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:31PM
Automated License Plate Reader public meeting Wednesday 4-18-2018 Santa Cruz, Ca. 
The meeting was held Wednesday evening at Santa Cruz County Sheriff office. The Office is located at 5200 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, California....
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 12:43PM
Amah Mutsun Tribal Chairman Speaks at United Nations to Call for Protection of Tribal Sacred Site from Surface Mining Proposal 
April 12, 2018 - Chairman Valentin Lopez of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band announced today that he will speak on the floor of the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, April 17th, during the 17th Session of the United Nation’s Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Chairman Lopez will be calling the world’s attention to the proposed sand and gravel mining proposal at Sargent Ranch in Gilroy, California Located on the southern border of Silicon Valley. The site, known to the Amah Mutsun as Jurist...
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:44PM
Restore the 42nd Avenue Community Cupboard 
A petition has been created calling on the the Capitola City Council to restore the 42nd Avenue Community Cupboard. To sign this petition: https://www.change.org/p/capitola-city-council-restore-the-42nd-avenue-community-cupboard...
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:50AM
Coalition for Limiting University Expansion to Host Community Meeting 
The University of California, Santa Cruz is proposing to increase enrollment to 28,000 students by 2040, an increase of 8,500 students from the 19,500 limit allowed by 2020 under a lawsuit settlement in 2008. Including the additional faculty and staff needed to serve these students, and their families, the total of new residents will come to about 12,500, roughly equal to the population of Scotts Valley....
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:47AM
Final Countdown: Rent Control Campaign Update and Canvas 
Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:00PM
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:36AM
Protest for Gaza: End the Massacre! 
Office of Rep. Jimmy Panetta
100 W. Alisal Street
Salinas, CA...
Event Date: Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:00PM
Posted: Sat Apr 7, 2018 1:17AM
As Israeli Forces Open Fire on Unarmed Palestinians, Jimmy Panetta Helps "Congratulate" Israel 
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, who represents California's central coast, was a member of a Democratic congressional delegation that visited Israel on March 26 to congratulate the nation on the 70th anniversary of the establishment of its government. “Our delegation is pleased to be able to extend the congratulations of the American people to the people of Israel as we celebrate the 70th anniversary of Jewish state this spring,” Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the delegation stated ahead of the March...
Posted: Fri Apr 6, 2018 10:26PM
Paying Tribute to Legendary SF Bay Area DJ Cameron Paul 
Paying tribute to legendary SF Bay Area DJ Cameron Paul who passed away of cancer last week....
Posted: Wed Apr 4, 2018 10:21PM
Support Local Film: No Volveré (I Will Not Return) 
No Volveré (I Will Not Return) is an English/Spanish spoken feature film that explores the impact of the tech industry on longtime residents of Santa Cruz, CA and the surrounding Monterey Bay. The story follows the daily life of Yahel Ramos, a landfill worker recently released from prison who struggles to reconnect with his 10-year-old son, and Mari Carson, a vagabond teen who relies on her smartphone to navigate her day-to-day survival on the streets....
Posted: Tue Apr 3, 2018 10:49AM
Monterey County Supervisors to Decide on Hames Valley Oil Drilling Permit to Drill Wells in New Area up for Review After Measure Z Passage...
Posted: Mon Apr 2, 2018 2:52PM
Cesar Chavez Day Santa Cruz 
"Nov Violence Is More Powerful Than Violence"
Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos Presented Celebracion / Celebrate...
Posted: Sun Apr 1, 2018 3:56PM
Environmental Study Comment Period Opens for East Meadow Development 
On March 27, the University of California Santa Cruz released the draft environmental impact report (EIR) for the controversial proposal to develop the East Meadow of campus, an area that has been traditionally kept preserved as an open space. The deceptively titled "Student Housing West" project is now proposed to spread over two sites: Heller Drive on the west side of campus, and Hagar Drive on the East. Members of the public have until May 11 to comment on the East Meadow development propo...
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2018 1:21PM
Appeal Seeks to Restore Measure Z's Protections Against Oil Industry Pollution in Monterey 
MONTEREY, Calif. March 26, 2018 — Proponents of Monterey County’s landmark Measure Z ballot initiative filed an appeal today to restore the land-use protections that voters passed by an overwhelming majority in November 2016....
Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:49PM
Day Workers Center's Open House and 5th Anniversary 
Hosted by Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County
3-24-2018 4p.m. to 7p.m.
Day Workers Center of Santa Cruz County 2281 7th. Ave. Santa Cruz California 95062...
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 7:38PM
March for Our Lives in Aptos 
Thousands around the world and more than a thousand turned out this morning in Aptos Ca. to gather and march for change....
Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2018 12:46PM
Defend the Rent Freeze! 
Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center Street...
Event Date: Tue Mar 27, 2018 6:30PM
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 2:37PM
Elected Officials Endorse Watsonville Ballot Initiative to Limit Patient Overcharging 
[March 13, 2018] WATSONVILLE, Calif. – Support for a Watsonville ballot initiative that would limit patient overcharging is growing as several elected officials recently endorsed the measure and organizers surpassed the 50 percent signature threshold needed to qualify for the Nov. 6 election....
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:02PM