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Californians Rally Against Trump's Plan for Offshore Oil Drilling in Pacific, Arctic 
Thousands Attend Protests Around State, Building Momentum for Feb. 8 Federal Hearing in Sacramento. Photo: Offshore drilling protest in Santa Cruz, CA on February 3. (Photo courtesy of Oceana)...
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2018 10:21am PST
Sierra Club Announces Opposition to the Eastside Parkway 
The Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club has announced their opposition to the proposed Eastside Parkway development at the former army base at Fort Ord....
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2018 1:29pm PST
A Response to Jessica York's Latest Sentinel San Lorenzo Campground Story Jessica York's front-page story in today's Scent Anal "Camp Cleanups Shuffle City's Homeless Population" breezes over the destruction of homeless property and survival gear. It does indicate that City bosses colluded with Cal-Trans in the latest "destroy their stuff" campaign. Those bosses, of course, would be City Manager Bernal, Police Chief Mills, P & R head Garcia, and nominally Mayor Terrazas). Perhaps it's just raw meat for the Next Door/Take Back Santa Cruz crowd, but it's criminal...
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2018 9:24am PST
Western Monarch Butterflies Continue to Decline 
Annual census of monarchs overwintering on the California coast reveals the lowest number of butterflies in recent years....
Posted: Fri, Feb 2, 2018 9:36pm PST
Rent Control Campaign Kickoff and Party 
Resource Center for Nonviolence
612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Feb 11, 2018 2:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Feb 2, 2018 9:08pm PST
Court Rejects Catch Limit for California Anchovy Fishery Following Oceana Lawsuit 
Ruling finds Fisheries Service disregarded best available science and failed to prevent overfishing...
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2018 2:19pm PST
Wild Turkeys Run Down By Pickup Truck in Ben Lomond 
BEN LOMOND, Calif., January 24, 2018 — A group of wild turkeys was killed when a person or persons plowed a motor vehicle into their flock, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the nation’s preeminent legal advocacy organization for animals – headquartered in Cotati, California....
Posted: Thu, Jan 25, 2018 1:39pm PST
Why I Support Public Banking 
Public Banking Benefits the Community...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2018 3:28pm PST
Treatment Plant Discharges 4.4 Million Gallons of Untreated Wastewater Into Monterey Bay 
Approximately 4.4 million gallons of untreated wastewater have been discharged into the blue waters of Monterey Bay through an ocean outfall discharge pipe 2.5 miles off shore, the result of an “equipment control failure” at the Monterey One Water Regional Treatment Plant in Marina, California, on January 19 and 20. ...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2018 2:13pm PST
Petition Launched to Stop Westside New Leaf Market's Trail 'Run-Around' 
Community members on the westside of Santa Cruz have begun gathering signatures after the new out-of-state owners of the New Leaf Westside Market have reneged on the prior local owner's support of an easement for the new Westside Trail. Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-new-leaf-s-trail-run-around...
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2018 10:27am PST
Rent Control Ballot Initiative Introduced in Santa Cruz 
Community members in Santa Cruz organizing as the "Movement for Housing Justice" are preparing to gather signatures for a proposed renter protection ballot initiative in the City of Santa Cruz. Signature gathering for the initiative could begin in early February....
Posted: Mon, Jan 22, 2018 12:54am PST
Petition: Appeal the Court Decision on Measure Z 
The Monterey County Superior Court recently ruled on Measure Z. It let the ban on fracking and acidizing stand, for now. But it overturned two key parts of Measure Z (phase out of wastewater injection and ban on new oil wells). Please sign this petition (with your city and state info) and urge the Monterey County Supervisors to appeal the court's decision: https://www.change.org/p/supervisors-appeal-the-court-decision-on-measure-z...
Posted: Sun, Jan 21, 2018 8:33pm PST
Flyer Distributed at the Women's March in Santa Cruz This is an updated version of a flyer originally prepared last year in response to repression at the Bookshop Santa Cruz in its hypocritical reading of George Orwell's 1984, while excluding disfavored activists from the store, even from access to its publicly funded bathroom. My broader focus was on the criminalization of the poor and specifically poor women....
Posted: Sat, Jan 20, 2018 11:22pm PST
Cold Temperatures Prompt Inmate Rebellion in Santa Cruz Jail 
Inmates locked in the Santa Cruz jail armed themselves, and created booby traps and barricades in their cells, as they staged a masked rebellion this week over cold temperatures within the facility, according to authorities....
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 11:44pm PST
'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette Granted Parole; Don't Let Gov. Jerry Brown Reverse It! 
This new interview with SULC Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell is being released to kickstart a public campaign to contact California Governor Jerry Brown asking him to affirm the granting of parole and not reverse the parole board's decision. Please take action for 'Soledad Brother' John Clutchette!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 9:38pm PST
Protect Our Coast March and Protest Rally 
March leaves from Lighthouse Point Park in Santa Cruz at 10am. Rally is at Cowell Beach at 11am....
Event Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2018 10:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 9:25pm PST
Northern California's Delayed Crab Season Opener Threatens Whales State Wildlife Agency Urged to Address Risk of Deadly Entanglements...
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2018 9:09pm PST
Flyer Distributed in the MLK Police-Led "Peace and Justice" March in Santa Cruz 
My brief report on the Monday MLK march....
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 1:49pm PST
Santa Cruz DREAMers travel to Washington DC to fight for rights of undocumented 
Three Santa Cruz DREAMers will travel to Washington DC to demand a #CleanDREAMAct ahead of a January 19 vote in Congress....
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2018 10:08am PST
The Fate of KPFA 
January 8th KPFA’s money and property may be seized by the Empire State Realty Trust because of a 1.8 million dollar debt of our sister station WBAI in New York. At that point, our building and our bank account will no longer be under our control....
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2018 11:16am PST
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