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A tree-sit on Science Hill at UC Santa Cruz is entering its third month since it began on November 7th, 2007, as a protest against UCSC's 2005 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). The tree-sit has opened up a social space, both below and beyond the trees, for students and community members to visualize their contempt for the LRDP and solidarity with the county-wide movement to limit university expansion. In response, the university is seeking a court order to prohibit the tree-sit and all acti...

José Padilla is suing John Yoo, former Dept. of Justice attorney. Here is the text of the complaint...

Two teachers from Los Angeles who are members of the UTLA and the Coalition Against Militarization in the schools will report on their recent trip to Japan and the work in the Los Angeles schools....

end of meeting a guess - call info further down...

UC Berkeley and BP sign $500 Million Contract to Genetically Engineer/Modify Organisms (GMO's) in Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley. Proposed Helios Building site cleared and ready for construction to begin in 2008....

In 2003, the Princeton Review ranked UC Santa Cruz as having the 'most beautiful campus' in the nation. This year's rankings are in and UCSC placed 8th in the 'most beautiful campus' category for "The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition." Since November 7th, 2007, Coast Redwood trees on UCSC's Science Hill have been bases of resistance to campus expansion with students sitting on platforms situated in the crowns of numerous trees. Many students, staff and faculty at UCSC, as well as residents ...

The gathering planned on Science Hill in observation of the Winter Solstice will be taking place from three o clock today, on until dark. We plan to observe this change of the seasons with music, a potluck, poi spinning (instruction & practice) and other festivities near the trees occupied by individuals dedicated to protecting the forest of upper campus....

On December 21st, security guards at the Physical Sciences Building diligently watched over the parking lot on Science Hill where tree-sitters have been occupying Coast Redwoods since November 7th in protest of UCSC's Long Range Development Plan. Someone up in the cluster of trees dubbed "Tree 1" confirmed what Grrr reported in a comment on SC-IMC, that on December 20th, two carloads of cops accosted the Raging Grannies in the parking lot and then arrested a young woman who allegedly attempte...

Part 3 concludes the December 4th Prop.92 rally at City College. Two-minute QT movie. 50MB. The next demonstration for Prop. 92 is Friday, Dec. 21, 2007, from 3:30 to 5:00pm: first, the Powell St. BART station and then to Union Square. Part 1: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/08/18465815.php Part 2: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/10/18466190.php...

This morning's tactical visit to the Science Hill Tree Sit involved a cherry-picker, street sweeper, a dumpster's worth of branches, a work crew, lots of familiar cop faces, and the removal of the larger banner from between two of the platforms....