Bay Area News Group article on the Governor's race ignores Delaine Eastin A news article today from the publisher of The Santa Cruz Sentinel, The San Jose Mercury News, and many other local newspapers, speaks about the positions of gubernatorial candidates on higher education in California. It completely ignores Delaine Eastin although she is tied in recent polls with one candidate that they did talk about. Eastin knows education in California, has big plans for it, and they should have included her in the story....
Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:27AM
Emergency Vigil For Gaza -- 70th Anniversary of al-Nakba 
Santana Row
Stevens Creek Blvd. & Winchester Blvd.
San Jose / Santa Clara, CA...
Event Date: Tue May 15, 2018 6:30PM
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 3:14PM
Bay Poor People's Campaign 40 Days of Action, Alameda Labor Council Resolution in Support East, North and South Bay/San Francisco autonomous actions requested through June 23....
Event Date: Mon May 14, 2018 12:00PM
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 11:24PM
How Much Do Bay Area Companies Make From Pentagon Contracts? 
How Much Do Bay Area Companies Make From Pentagon Contracts? #FortressBayArea Counties, Ranked....
Posted: Fri May 11, 2018 6:22PM
SYMBOLS OF RESISTANCE. FILM SHOWING DeBug Community Center
701 Lenzen Ave.
San Jose, CA 95125...
Event Date: Sat May 19, 2018 1:00PM
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 12:49PM
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Votes 4-3 to Support Twin Tunnels 
Dozens of local ratepayers Tuesday and in previous meetings testified as to the adverse impacts the project would have, including raising water rates for low income families and devastating the Delta and West Coast fisheries, but the Board nonetheless voted for the project under tremendous pressure from Governor Jerry Brown and the Metropolitan Water District.
Left to right: Tony Estremera, District 6; Richard Santos, District 3; John L. Varela, District 1; Gary Kremen, District 7; Barbar...
Posted: Wed May 9, 2018 9:12PM
Groups Accuse Metropolitan Water District of Violating Brown Act 
Brenna Norton, senior organizer with Food & Water Watch, commented, “This is a bad idea no matter what – but transparency is ultimately what allows people to hold their government accountable. Metropolitan Water District staff and directors, working with Governor Brown, colluded to round up votes to use SoCal ratepayer and taxpayer money to subsidize Central Valley farmers.”...
Posted: Tue May 8, 2018 8:21AM
PACT presents Police Training & Policy for Community Safety & Justice Emmanuel Baptist Church
467 N. White Road
San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Thu May 31, 2018 6:45PM
Posted: Sat May 5, 2018 5:49PM
California Gubernatorial Debates 
Diaz Compean Student Union Theater, SJSU
211 South 9th Street
San José, CA , CA 95112...
Event Date: Thu May 10, 2018 5:30PM
Posted: Sat May 5, 2018 4:26PM
Calling Out Samsung on International Workers Day in San José 
May 1, 2018 was a global day of action against Samsung as well as being International Workers Day around the world. In the South Bay, Samsung protesters joined May Day demonstrators starting at Roosevelt Park in San José and marched to City Hall for a rally attended by members of local, national, and international unions, immigrant rights advocates, affordable housing activists, and Filipino justice campaigners, amongst others....
Posted: Sat May 5, 2018 12:58AM
Santa Clara Valley Water District Board Postpones Vote on Delta Tunnels 
“Regardless of the SCVWD’s decision next week, this fight is far from over," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta. "We will pack up our picket signs and head home when Governor Brown, or the future Governor of California puts a stop to MWD’s relentless process to see this project through at any cost."
Photo - Left to right: Tony Estremera, District 6; Richard Santos, District 3; John L. Varela, District 1; Gary Kremen, District 7; Barbara Keegan, District...
Posted: Thu May 3, 2018 8:42AM
Prison Hunger Strikers Suspend Action After 11 Days, May Resume However 
Over 200 prisoners in Santa Clara County engaged in a hunger strike starting April 15 calling for an end to meaningless classification reviews and the practice of indefinite solitary confinement. Within one week, strike participants had lost between 8 and 22 pounds. On day 11 of the strike, after finally being able to communicate with representatives of the jail administration, prisoners said they would suspend the strike action. They said that they would continue to evaluate the situation a...
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:59AM
Housing Round Table in Silicon Valley with Rep. Khanna UC Santa Cruz Extension Campus in Silicon Valley
3175 Bowers Avenue, Santa Clara 95054...
Event Date: Sat May 5, 2018 1:00PM
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:41PM
Rally and March: Support Santa Clara County Jails Hunger Strikers 
Santa Clara County Main Jail
(On the corner of W. Hedding St. and N. San Pedro St. San Jose, Ca)...
Event Date: Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:00PM
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:41PM
Day 6 Report: Hunger Strike in Santa Clara County Jails 
As of today April 20, Prisoners United reports that the jail administration has yet to enter into negotiations with prisoners on the 6th day of a hunger strike. On April 15th, prisoners began a hunger strike in protest of solitary confinement, grievance system negligence, and meaningless classification reviews, among other injustices....
Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 11:58PM
Day 5: Hunger Strike in Santa Clara County Jails 
On April 15th, Prisoners United of Silicon Valley began a hunger strike in protest of solitary confinement, grievance system negligence, and meaningless classification reviews, among other injustices. As the strike enters day five, prison reform advocate Jose Valle says there is cause for concern, particularly since medical staff is not checking strike participants for hydration levels or weight loss....
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:01PM
Hunger Strike at Two Santa Clara County Jails 
On April 15, Prisoners United of Silicon Valley started a peaceful protest to demand humane treatment in the jails. Their hunger strike is the third in two years to protest substandard jail conditions and a lack of opportunity to move out of isolation....
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:48AM
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
Mountain View: May Day March & Rally for Peace & Immigration Reform 
Rengstorff Park Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View...
Event Date: Tue May 1, 2018 4:30PM
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 1:21PM
Film: A Silent Transformation 
San José Peace & Justice Center...
Event Date: Fri May 4, 2018 7:00PM
Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:49PM