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UAL Engineers Fight for A Contract (video/quicktime 12.6MB)
300 UAL engineers of IFPTE Union Local 20 have been fight since 2002 for a contract at UAL. This video shows why they are out on the street calling for justice. 4 min. 12.5 MB...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 1:24pm PST
Male dressed female died of stab wounds, coroner says
A 42-year-old Daly City man, whose body was found Monday
dressed in women's clothing, was stabbed to death, according to the San
Mateo County Coroner's Office....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:22pm PST
Day Of Solidarity Open House
What? Day Of Solidarity Open House
When? Saturday, Feb 26th, 2005
Time? 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where? 120 Park Ave, Palo Alto CA...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:46pm PST
Palo Alto gets contract valentine
PALO ALTO -- Hourly city workers who have newly unionized sent a facetious valentine to city management Monday protesting the pace of their first contract negotiations....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 8:13pm PST
Mountain gets native upgrade
On a stretch of San Bruno Mountain where migrating birds annually stop to eat, drink and rest before making their trek north, park lovers and officials have big plans to restore the area's wildlife habitat....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 8:09pm PST
Social Security's "Sleeper Issue" : Price Indexing Exposed By Kucinich
Kucinich added that while much attention has been focused on private accounts, price indexing, once understood by both the media and the American people generally, will create such an uproar that it will jeopardize not only the Administration’s plans, but could create great political risk for members supporting the plans....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:58pm PST
Nancy Pelosi is failing the democratic party
According to The Hill newsletter, Pelosi wants to give Bush all the free air time he wants to sell his SS reform plan without rebuttal from Dems. Then Nancy proposes a "barrage" from Dems over President's Day weekend, when no one will be watching television....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 10:06pm PST
Woolsey Calls for Hearings: Support Troops by Bringing Them Home
"Everyone who loves freedom was moved by the courage of millions of Iraqis braving death to cast a ballot on January 30. The Iraqi elections, however, do not justify this war - neither the lies used to sell it, nor the incompetence with which it has been managed....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 7:49pm PST
Police Acountability
How to truly have police act like human beings....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:53am PST
January 20 Protest in Palo Alto
Two hundred people gathered in downtown Palo Alto January 20th to protest Bush's inauguration and the war in Iraq...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 11:33pm PST
Tanaka Kinuyo film series at Stanford
A Kinuyo Tanaka film series is coming to Cubberley Auditorium at Stanford University from January 12th until March 2nd, every Wednesday evening from 7:30pm. This is a rare opportunity to see some of the greatest achievements in cinema, with films by the greatest directors and actors of all time....
Posted: Sun, Jan 9, 2005 2:12pm PST
Two men dead after separate police standoffs
A pair of confrontations with police left two San Mateo County men dead Sunday....
Posted: Mon, Jan 3, 2005 10:43pm PST
Raging Grannies at Walmart
The Peninsula Raging Grannies protested in their inimical style in front of the Mountain view Wal-Mart Saturday, December 11. http://PeninsulaRagingGrannies.org...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 5:00pm PST
Report on the 9-11 Cover-Up Commission & Zelikow Protests
What we learned from protesting the 9-11 Commissioners and Zelikow, what we did, what we accomplished, and future possibilities....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2004 12:13pm PDT
Why Blow the Whistle on Philip Zelikow,
Zelikow, Executive Director of the 9-11 Commission will be speaking at Stanford today, trying to sell the official story and the construction of a global police state. We'll be there to protest, question him, and the role of "exercises" in masking state-sponsored terrorism. The sponsoring organization just landed a 1.65 million dollar contract to help design future terrorist response training exercises....
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2004 8:41am PDT
Protest Zelikow- Executive Director of the 9-11 Cover-Up Commission!
Philip Zelikow, the Executive Director of the 9-11 Commission, will be speaking at Kresge Auditorium at Stanford University, Wednesday, October 20, 2004. The Family Steering Committee asked for his resignation. He was part of the Bush transition team, co-authored a book with Condeleeza Rice, and should have been investigated for his role in 9-11. The Omission Report does not address 80% of the key questions raised by victims' families and activists; the Report ignores how the terrorists we...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 3:14pm PDT
Dead Seagulls in Half Moon Bay
An unusually high number of dead seagulls alarmed two Venice Beach walkers who claim they have been frequenting the beach for years...
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2004 11:26pm PDT
UNITE HERE Local 2 Launches Boycott of Comfort Suites in South City
Boycott launched of Comfort Suites SSF managed by Paramount Hospitality Management LLC. Terminated housekeepers want their jobs back....
Posted: Fri, Oct 1, 2004 7:32am PDT