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Whole Foods Gets Educated on Driscoll's Berry Boycott 
The Raging Grannies formed a Boycott Driscoll's Berries Committee after extensive study of the issue and much discussion with the national Driscoll’s Boycott coordinators.
While we demonstrated in front of Whole Foods in Palo Alto to raise consumer awareness, we found ourselves educating management when they came out to talk to us; they called the issue a "complex Mexico problem." However, the union that is demanding recognition from Driscoll's berries is in Washington state. (A union in S...
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2016 7:15pm PDT
Demo at Whole Foods: Boycott Driscoll's Berries! On sidewalk in front of Whole Foods
774 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2016 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2016 12:39am PDT
Protest Big Pharma - Free Harvoni for Hep C Prisoners! Free Mumia Now! 
Gilead Sciences’ HQ
333 Lakeside Drive
Foster City, California...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2016 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 5:51am PDT
Choice at Risk: Women’s History Month Special Program Los Altos Library
San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA 94024...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 29, 2016 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2016 3:07pm PDT
Committee for Green Foothills: Introducing Our First-Ever Annual Report 
You may be surprised to hear that we’ve never created an annual report (I was when I realized it). But like most things, it’s better late than never, right?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2016 3:06pm PDT
A Political Revolution From Tahrir Square to Frank Ogawa Plaza Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 24, 2016 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 8:52pm PDT
Humpback Whale Monitoring Proposal Ignores Record Number of West Coast Entanglements 
OAKLAND, Calif., March 21, 2016 — The National Marine Fisheries Service’s proposed plan for monitoring humpback whales ignores one of the fastest-growing threats to this iconic species: entanglement in fishing gear. Along the West Coast, a record 31 humpbacks were caught in fishing gear in 2015, according to new federal data....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 7:44pm PDT
Oracle Protest/ Press Conference: Stop Public School Funds To Billionaire Ellison/Oracle 
Oracle Conference Center
350 Oracle Pkwy, Redwood City, CA 94065
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oracle+Conference+Center/@37.5322785,-122.2645094,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xdc75e8b1c02bbb91...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 28, 2016 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2016 11:39am PDT
Free Screening of Oliver Stone's 'History' Between The World Wars Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 28, 2016 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2016 3:20am PDT
Other Voices: DEEPLY DIVIDED: The Political Earthquake of 2016 Midpen Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 5:01pm PDT
The Islamophobia Industry 
Yaseen Foundation - New Center
1722 Gilbreth Rd, Burlingame, California 94010...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2016 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 10:33pm PDT
The Main Event, 'A Night in Oz, There's No Place Like Home!' Crowne Plaza - Foster City
1221 Chess Dr.
Foster City, CA 94404...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 19, 2016 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 8:38am PST
IBT UAL SFO Solidarity Picket/Rally Joined By Jesse Jackson 
Teamster UAL mechanics, CWA AFA flight attendants and pilots joined in a solidarity picket line rally at SFO as part of a national day of action for a contract. UAL management are demanding give-backs and more concessions. They were joined at a rally with Jessie Jackson....
Posted: Fri, Feb 26, 2016 4:55pm PST
Other Voices: Apple’s Encryption Battle with the FBI Midpen Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 1, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 22, 2016 2:25pm PST
No Contract No Peace IBT UAL SFO Mechanics Clock Out & Picket At UAL Maintenance Base 
Hundreds of IBT UAL mechanics and CWA AFA flight attendants as well as unionists from other unions joined a mass protest at the UAL SFO maintenance base to protest the concession demands of the UAL management....
Posted: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 4:37pm PST
California's Santa Cruz Cypress Recovering, Reclassified as 'Threatened' 
SANTA CRUZ, Calif., February 18, 2016 — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today reclassification of the Santa Cruz cypress from “endangered” to “threatened” status under the Endangered Species Act (see PDF). The tree was protected in 1987 due to threats to its habitat, but now the habitat for all five populations is secure....
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 5:42pm PST
National Day of Action Against Corporate Greed at United Airlines UAL Maintenance Base UAL SFO Maintenance Base
SFO...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 19, 2016 11:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 18, 2016 2:59pm PST
Apple's social plan to beat Facebook 
Apple has a plan to create social networks automatically from it's massive iMessage traffic. A patent has been filed, and the infrastructure is in place. Could a shift of power from Menlo Park to Cupertino be in the works?...
Posted: Wed, Feb 17, 2016 3:32pm PST
Blatantly disregarding public will, Coastal Commission votes to fire executive director Morro Bay, CA, February 10 – Today, more than 1,000 concerned citizens, elected officials, former commissioners, staff members, and environmental and social justice advocates attended the Coastal Commission hearing in Morro Bay. Every single speaker emphasized the importance of the Commission’s independence, and urged the Commission to retain Executive Director Charles Lester, a trusted leader that has championed the public good over special interest. In a show of willful disregard for the wi...
Posted: Fri, Feb 12, 2016 5:14pm PST
Eric See of Peace Action West talks on 'Who's who in Iraq and Syria' Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401...
Event Date: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 12:22am PST
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