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We won Pacifica and KPFA back, but --?? Elected representatives at KPFA refuse to meet, while other Pacifica stations' Local Station Boards meet on Zoom....
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2020 1:44AM
Press Release: California Courts suspend most evictions during Shelter-in-Place 
On April 6, 2020, the Judicial Council, the head of California Courts, issued new rules for court cases in California during COVID-19....
Posted: Thu Apr 9, 2020 9:46PM
California Buffalo Soldiers Project ~ National Buffalo Soldiers Study Celebration 
National Buffalo Soldiers Study has been released and 2020 Memorial Day in Oakland and 2020 Buffalo Soldiers Day in San Francisco we share the journey toward educating everyone about the "good news."...
Posted: Thu Apr 9, 2020 4:44PM
Noisy "OUTNOW! Tuesday" in SF Bay Area 
With the tag line "Trump is an American virus, it’s time to break the silence," members of Refuse Fascism, Vigil for Democracy, and the Raging Grannies Action League protested while maintaining social distancing rules on Tuesday, April 7. They demand that the US government provide aid and protection for humanity globally, not just for Americans, based on international co-operation, not competition in this time of pandemic....
Posted: Wed Apr 8, 2020 5:04AM
Preserving the legacy of the townsite of Negro Bar, Alta California established in 1849 
Genesis 15:12-14 speaks of a people enslaved and afflicted for 400 years. For 400 years people of Pan African Ancestry have been enslaved and afflicted throughout the United States of America. Rancho Rio de Los Americans begins to share the legacy along the American River Parkway....
Posted: Tue Apr 7, 2020 9:52AM
San Diego "Honk for Justice" Calls for the Release of people in ICE Detention 
Author Pedro Rios serves as director of the AFSC’s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC since 2003. He is a steering committee member of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, which brings together over 60 organizations along the Southern border working to support migrants and border communities....
Posted: Sun Apr 5, 2020 4:49PM
California Apartment Association is afraid of coronavirus rent strikes 
With millions in California losing their jobs, income, food, and healthcare, while being ordered to shelter-in-place as a result of the coronavirus pandemic spreading across the state and the nation, it seems reasonable to many that a rent strike not only seems feasible, but necessary....
Posted: Sat Apr 4, 2020 6:05AM
California governor signs a deceptive statewide COVID-19 tenant eviction ban 
Presently many people throughout California are under orders to shelter-in-place, and must remain at least 6 feet in distance (social distancing) from others because of the coronavirus, and COVID-19. As a result they may have lost their jobs, their income, and can not pay their rent. Do not be fooled by the governors deceptive COVID-19 so-called ban on evictions!...
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:24PM
Organizing Against Toxic Imprisonment in the Face of COVID-19 
Online Event...
Event Date: Mon Mar 30, 2020 10:00AM
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 6:10PM
Expanding California African Trade in this New Era 
California, the fifth largest economy on earth, will embrace a positive new way forward in partnership with the African Continental Free Trade Area...
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:58PM
2020 Scenes from a Pandemic: Lockdown Pt. II 
Photo credits as indicated go to: Wesley Chang, Ruth Robertson, Bob Shonkoff, and Teri Vershel. All for Pro Bono Photo. Top photo by Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo.
Part I of this story is at link below....
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 3:51AM
Freeze Rent 
Made a poster for people to download and print out and hang in their windows to put pressure on the State to freeze rent until COVID-19 is over....
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:35PM
2020 Scenes from a Pandemic: Lockdown Pt. I 
Please credit these Pro Bono Photo photographers as indicated:
Steve Disenhof, Mary Martin DeShaw, Jack Owicki, Rachel Podlishevsky and Terry Scussel.
Top Photo "East Bay Farmer's Market" by Mary Martin DeShaw....
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 2:11AM
Legality of shelter-in-place orders is questionable 
Coronavirus pandemic fears result in California Lock-down!...
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 5:14PM
Jewish Activists Demand Governor Newsom Release Detainees In Light of Covid-19 Outbreak 
In a March 21 press release, Never Again Action Bay Area calls on Governor Newsom to take immediate steps to release migrants from unsanitary, overcrowded “death camp” detention centers...
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:29AM
California governor issues mandatory statewide order to stay at home 
Symptoms of coronavirus....
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 2:33AM
Coronavirus Fearmongering Demonstrates U.S. Imperialism is a Drag on Humanity Coronavirus Fearmongering Demonstrates U.S. Imperialism is a Drag on Humanity...
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2020 1:15PM
Shelter-in-place orders are a prelude to Martial Law I was in the Philippines during 1972 while Martial Law existed under the Marcos administration. There were soldiers/armed forces on the streets and anyone caught on the streets after midnight was subject to arrest or being shot. At times it was very frightening!...
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 11:43PM
Utility cutoff’s restricted for PG&E, AT&T, Comcast, San Jose Water Company, & others This means that if people get behind on their utility bills or water bills because of a lack of income due to the disastrous financial effects of the coronavirus in their communities, that utility cutoff’s are restricted for such companies as PG&E, AT&T, Comcast, Metro PCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, San Jose Water Company, and other companies!...
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:58PM
We Are All We Got — Resources for Mutual Aid During the Coronavirus Pandemic 
I know so many of us are scared and panicked in these uncertain times. The truth is that things are going to get worse before they get better. And we should brace ourselves for that while simultaneously doing everything we can do to prevent the spread, like staying home and washing hands vigorously. What is also true is that we will get through this. As a community....
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:09PM