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The real history of Cesar Chavez and the history of the UFW is important for working people today...
Posted: Thu, Apr 2, 2026 10:12am PDT
Judy Juanita's Upcoming Readings - Please contact the location before attending
Tues., Apr 21, 2 pm-3:30, SFSU
School of Ethnic Studies,
1600 Holloway, SF...
Posted: Wed, Mar 25, 2026 8:44pm PDT
Sable Relies on Unprecedented Trump Order to Violate State, Federal Law...
Posted: Mon, Mar 16, 2026 11:55am PDT
SANTA BARBARA, CA, March 13, 2026 – In a move that experts say directly challenges the rule of law in the United States, the Trump administration today issued an order declaring that a start-up Texas oil company is exempt from any state law that conflicts with its plan to restart oil production on California’s Central Coast....
Posted: Sat, Mar 14, 2026 1:23pm PDT
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., February 27, 2026 — A Santa Barbara Superior Court today upheld its July preliminary injunction prohibiting the restart of an onshore oil pipeline system that ruptured in 2015 until certain conditions are met....
Posted: Mon, Mar 2, 2026 8:39am PST
Loggers beware!... We have spiked before and we will spike again until logging ends....
Posted: Thu, Feb 26, 2026 4:57pm PST
California groups are speaking out against moves by the Bureau of Land Management to open up new leases for oil and gas drilling in the Bakersfield area and on the Central Coast....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2026 2:42pm PST
The Port of Humboldt continues to plan to transform the port for offshore wind power by 2036 bolstered by the Trump administration loosing 5 offshore wind stoppage cases on the East Coast. Offshore wind energy is clean and means energy security....
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2026 7:40am PST
Washington, DC, Monday, January 12, 2026 — While communities in Minneapolis and across the country mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was executed by ICE last Wednesday, ICE has revealed that four people died in its custody in just the first 10 days of the New Year:...
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2026 10:07am PST
With a 3-1 vote, the Board rejected the company’s application to take over permits for onshore oil and gas facilities on the Gaviota Coast previously held by ExxonMobil...
Posted: Thu, Dec 18, 2025 10:52am PST
Much of the "charitable" grant money that the historically Columbia U.-connected RSF obtains is distributed to mostly upper-middle-class academics at universities in California (or in other U.S. states), such as Stanford University and on the University of California's different campuses....
Posted: Sun, Dec 14, 2025 7:38pm PST
A large-scale musical celebration honoring the life and legacy of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a global leader in the movements for Black trans liberation, abolition, housing justice, and gender freedom. October 25, 1946- October 13,2025
For more than 18 years, The Miss Major Alexander L Lee TGIJP Black Trans Cultural Center has been dedicated to ending human rights abuses against transgender, gender-variant, and intersex people in California prisons and beyond. Our office has long served as a ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 28, 2025 2:00pm PST
Santa Barbara, CA , November 20, 2025 – Today, the Environmental Defense Center (EDC) announced its strong opposition to the U.S. Department of Interior’s newly released Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program (“the Draft Program”) that includes federal waters off the entire West Coast including fragile regions such as the Santa Barbara Channel....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2025 10:32am PST
OCEANO, Calif., November 21, 2025 — In response to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, a federal court has ruled that the California Department of Parks and Recreation violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing motorized vehicle use that harms imperiled shorebirds at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area....
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2025 11:13am PST
Industry Giveaway of Public Waters Proposed During Climate Talks...
Posted: Fri, Nov 21, 2025 3:27am PST
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., November 4, 2025 — The Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors today voted 4-1 to prepare written findings to support denying transferring permits from ExxonMobil to Sable Offshore Corp. for an embattled onshore pipeline system that caused one of California’s worst oil spills. The board will hold a final vote on Dec. 16....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2025 10:11am PST
Because Election Day is now only 4 days away (on Tuesday, November 4), at this point, it's probably safer for you to drop your ballot off at one of the "voting centers" or put it into an official "drop box" -- you can find voting center and drop box locations via your county elections office -- the websites and contact info for all California county election offices is here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting-resources/county-elections-offices
(Alameda county's locations are here: ht...
Posted: Fri, Oct 31, 2025 9:52am PDT
The California Faculty Association on October 10 filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate and Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief against the Board of Trustees of California State University in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The case seeks a court order prohibiting CSU administrators from disclosing CFA members’ personal information in response to federal subpoenas without first providing notice to affected employees and an opportunity for them to object....
Posted: Fri, Oct 17, 2025 8:28am PDT
Despite the federal government pulling support for offshore wind nationally in favor of fossil fuels, many elected officials from the communities that are a part of the offshore buildouts continue to work towards what they see as its eventuality. Elected Officials to Protect America (E.O.P.A.) hosted a gathering with elected officials, unions, and grassroots organizations at the IBEW Local 639 Union Hall in San Luis Obispo. The event, on October 6, 2025, featured experts speaking on offshore ...
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 9:53am PDT
Here is our Green Voter Guide for the November 4 statewide special election, about Proposition 50, regarding Congressional redistricting. Ballots will be mailed to all voters starting this past Monday, October 6. If you don't receive your ballot by mid-October, or have questions about your registration status, or similar matters, for Alameda county, please call the Registrar of Voters office at 510-272-6973. (Phone numbers for other counties are here: https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voti...
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2025 5:58pm PDT