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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
Straight Pride Exposed Information about Straight Pride organizers Ron and Mylinda Mason as well as other Straight Pride attendees...
Posted: Wed, Aug 10, 2022 9:02pm PDT
Roe is overturned -- Protests Today, near you This morning, the Supreme Court formally overturned Roe v. Wade. Protests, which had been scheduled for awhile all over the country for "Decision Day", will now be taking place later today....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 9:43am PDT
Florida Approves Risky Release of Billions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Scientifically Flawed Experiment FDACS' approval came despite unresolved public health and environmental concerns raised by scientists, public health experts and environmental groups about potential impacts of the release....
Posted: Fri, May 13, 2022 1:05pm PDT
REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event REPORTBACK SACRAMENTO: Alleged "Peckerwoods" Attacked During "White Lives Matter" Banner Event Over South Sac Neighborhood...
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2022 11:49pm PST
California to ban new fracking permits by Jan. 2024, phase out oil extraction by 2045 Representatives of environmental justice and climate justice groups praised the directive for being a step in the right direction, but said phasing out oil extraction in California by 2045 is too late and noted that frontline communities need an immediate 2500 foot health and safety buffer now, not later....
Posted: Wed, May 12, 2021 5:10am PDT
In CA, Latino farming communities hardest by COVID-19 and environmental injustice The California Latino community has been disproportionately infected by the coronavirus. Latinos make up 39 percent of the population in the state, but account for 56 percent of COVID-19 infections and 46 percent of deaths. That’s three times the rate as Whites. State officials say, many employers have not reliably provided protective equipment to workers or implemented social distancing or mask wearing rules. This is systemic racism. Too often, they live in neighborhoods that are located ne...
Posted: Tue, Oct 13, 2020 6:23pm PDT
Sacramento And Swiss Sister City Liestal Need To Talk About Their History After the attack on the now removed statue of the founder of Sacramento John Sutter, the Young Socialist Party of the swiss canton of Baselland launched an action in Sutters hometown to draw attention to the fact that John Sutter was a slave owner and child trader. Now, they want Sacramento and its sister city Liestal (Switzerland), capital city of the canton of Baselland, to use their partnership to remember Sutters victims and educate the citizens of both places....
Posted: Tue, Jun 23, 2020 8:04am PDT
Pandemic in Poor Country How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting Small Businesses in the Restaurant Industry in Lake County, California...
Posted: Wed, Apr 29, 2020 8:51pm PDT
UC Davis solidarity with UCSC striking grad students We UC Davis graduate students, undergraduate students, campus workers, and alumni fully support the striking graduate students at UC Santa Cruz and their demands for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in one of the most expensive areas to live in the world(1). Graduate students perform essential labor for the university, teaching classes, grading assignments, and helping students in office hours. The University administration knows exactly how much we get paid and how much housing costs, and ...
Posted: Tue, Dec 10, 2019 2:30pm PST
Trump Bucks Protests, Opens 725,500 Acres of California’s Central Coast to Oil Drilling MARINA, Calif., October 4, 2019 — The Trump administration today dismissed protests and made a formal decision to open 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate across California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area to new oil and gas drilling and fracking....
Posted: Fri, Oct 4, 2019 10:10am PDT
California School Board Officials Urge School Districts to Allow Students to Take Part in Global Climate Protest Statement from California School Board Members on Youth Climate Strikes...
Posted: Fri, Sep 20, 2019 1:07pm PDT
Appeals Court to Hear ACLU Discrimination Case Against Dignity Health SAN FRANCISCO—The ACLU is set to argue before the Court of Appeal in San Francisco Tuesday on behalf of Evan Minton, a man who was denied health care because he is transgender....
Posted: Mon, Sep 9, 2019 4:02pm PDT
ExxonMobil Seeks to Restart Offshore Drilling Platforms, Truck Oil in California Environmental Study Released, Santa Barbara Hearing Set...
Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2019 1:26pm PDT
Pending Sacramento Teacher Strike Sacramento teachers thought they won their labor contract in December 2017 only to find that the school district is not willing to honor the contract. See https://www.alternet.org/2019/04/the-sacramento-teacher-strike-is-a-warning-to-the-redfored-movement-everywhere/...
Posted: Mon, Apr 8, 2019 10:11pm PDT
Senate Disaster Funding Fails Over Puerto Rico Aid Debate On Monday the Senate failed to pass disaster relief funding to benefit Americans impacted by wildfires, hurricanes, flooding and other natural disasters. Republicans and Democrats clashed over recovery aid amounts for Puerto Rico and two separate proposals could not muster enough votes for passage....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2019 8:55am PDT
Judge Orders Kern County to Rescind Approvals for Grapevine Development Court Says Kern County Must Consider Air Pollution, Health Impacts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 9, 2018 1:46pm PST
Historic Leidesdorff Ranch poised for a new partnership with Russian Americans Restoring the stolen legacy of the early California Pan African Pioneers begins with the Legacy of William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2018 4:44pm PDT