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Watsonville Community Hospital nurses ratify new contract 
Nurses win strong measures to improve retention of experienced nurses, patient safety...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2023 1:31pm PST
Monterey Bay Central Labor Council Calls for Ceasefire in Israel and Palestine 
On December 6, the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council voted on a statement calling for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine to local, state, and federal electeds. The Monterey Bay Central Labor Council (MBCLC) is the local body of the AFL-CIO. MBCLC serves as a coalition of the Labor Community in Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties, with over 80 affiliated unions, representing more than 37,000 union members and their families....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2023 8:13am PST
Urge Elected Officials in Santa Cruz County to Pass a Ceasefire Resolution Immediately 
Residents of Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and all of Santa Cruz County are urgently calling for our representatives to pass a resolution for a lasting ceasefire and an end to the siege in Gaza once and for all. Email your representatives by clicking on this link to choose to either get an automated letter, or an email template that you can copy and paste yourself: https://linktr.ee/PalestinianSolidarityCC...
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2023 10:56am PST
Tell Good Times: Stop Publishing Islamophobia! 
Good Times, 107 Dakota Ave, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 29, 2023 9:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 27, 2023 7:19pm PST
Perinatal Healthcare Workers in Santa Cruz County Call for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza 
Campesina Womb Justice, a mutual aid project for womb justice and healing for indigenous campesinas in Santa Cruz County, has released a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza....
Posted: Fri, Nov 24, 2023 3:19pm PST
Statement from UCSC Faculty for Justice in Palestine 
Announcing Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UC Santa Cruz...
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2023 11:42am PST
Watsonville Community Hospital nurses to picket Monday 
Nurses to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing, retention, and safe patient care...
Posted: Sun, Nov 12, 2023 8:05am PST
Solidarity in War Against the Poor in Santa Cruz and Gaza 
The Santa Cruz City government and the Israeli regime are both creating and criminalizing homeless refugees. This flyer--self-explanatory--was distributed at two U.S./Israel Out-of-Gaza rallies as well as at the Town Clock and downtown, among unhoused folks....
Posted: Sat, Nov 11, 2023 2:06am PST
Farmworker communities protest new regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as racist 
November 7th, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) sent its new regulation for 1,3-D use regarding residential bystanders to the Office of Administrative Law, setting the target exposure level at 0.56 ppb – allowing for 14 times more 1,3-D in the air than the State’s official lifetime cancer risk warning level, and aligning perfectly with Dow Chemical’s stated desires....
Posted: Thu, Nov 9, 2023 11:14am PST
Ceasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East 
November 4, 2023 - We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 10:28am PST
Conference on the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism launches new Institute The newly-formed Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) will hold its inaugural bicoastal conference, Battling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies. This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 9:37am PDT
We Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat: An Interview with Maria Gaspar (audio/mpeg 106.1MB) Interview with Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar about her first West Coast solo exhibition "Compositions" at the UC Santa Cruz Institute for the Arts and Sciences (IAS) Gallery from September 26 to March 3, 2024. The opening celebration is Friday, October 6, 6 to 8 PM. An Artist Talk and Performance happens Saturday, October 7, 4 to 5:30 PM....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 1:00pm PDT
Updated Santa Cruz Free Guide Downloadable in Hard Copy 
After an exchange of ,e-mails and phone messages, the creators of the Santa Cruz Free Guide [SCFG] released an updated edition. I reprint the hard copy sent me a week ago. The update may not be a finished one. In any case, I encourage readers to share their experience accessing these services to save weary future folks in need unnecessarily futile efforts....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 9:15pm PDT
Protests Planned in Advance of Ron DeSantis Visit to Salinas 
Florida Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will be visiting Salinas on September 28 to attend a high-price fundraiser hosted by Salinas ag-industry leaders at an undisclosed location. In response, community members have planned protests to occur on September 24 at 3pm and September 27 at 5pm. Both protests will start at the Salinas Amtrak Station off Market St. (11 Station Pl.). Community members will then make their way down Main St. and stop in front of Taylor Farms...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2023 8:25am PDT
Southern Sea Otters to Retain Federal Protection Oakland, Calif., September 19, 2023 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on Tuesday that southern sea otters will remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. The decision came after a 12-month review by the agency, initiated by a petition from the California Sea Urchin Commission and the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara calling for the government to “delist” these otters....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 8:20am PDT
Civil Rights Groups Warn UCSC Attempts to Censor Pro-Palestine Scholarship May Violate Federal Laws 
On Wednesday, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) warning them to cease attempts to unlawfully censor the upcoming Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) convening, “Battling the ‘IHRA definition’: Theory & Activism”, which is set to be jointly held at UCSC and New York University (NYU) on October 13th and 14th. The convening is a working meeting of the Institute’s community of scholars and activists, ai...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 7:32am PDT
Music for Abolition: Interview with Terri Lyne Carrington (audio/mpeg 96.4MB) Audio interview with jazz drummer, activist Terri Lyne Carrington. 52 minutes. Originally broadcast in September, 2023 on KZSC and KSQD....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2023 8:44am PDT
Striking Back at Brutal Bullies: Russell Files Claims Against the City 
Barton Russell Jackson recently filed two Claims against the City for sweeps resulting in property destruction and false arrest. The claims were heard behind closed doors last Tuesday. Since the City Administrator/Clerk suppressed the language of the claims, I present then here in his own words....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 3:44pm PDT
Street Shit Sheet #172: Update the Outdated SC Free Guide ! 
A few more blurbs from the byways along with a reprinted copy of the badly outdated Santa Cruz Free Guide on the reverse side. Guide manager Evan Morrison and his staff, have so far maintained silence around concerns that their "Guide" is leading folks to closed services, full waiting lists, and other dead ends--truly needing updating....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 2:13pm PDT
Four California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act 
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 28, 2023 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in California under the Endangered Species Act. The protected frog populations are in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills, North Feather River, Central Coast and South Coast....
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2023 11:15am PDT
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