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SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Endangered Species Act protection today (see PDF) for the yellow-billed cuckoo, following a 2011 agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled species nationwide....

Low-income Section 8 housing voucher holders in the Bay Area and all across the nation are facing massive rent increases, are losing their Section 8 housing vouchers, and are facing homelessness as a direct result!...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity reached a legal agreement (see PDF) late Monday, September 23, requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a decision on Endangered Species Act protection for the Sierra Nevada red fox. The Center petitioned for protection for the fox in 2011, leading to a determination by the Service in 2012 that the rare mountain dweller may warrant protection. As a result of Monday’s agreement, the Service will make a decision on the fox’s protect...

Veteran Earth First! organizer, pioneering anti-GMO direct action activist, and medical marijuana protester Congressional candidate Andy Caffrey opens 2014 campaign office and Earth First! event center in Humboldt County...

Letter from John Samuelsen, President of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, New York, expressing solidarity with BART workers in the Bay Area:...

Last night at 9 PM sharp 20 anti-fascists marched to the Mezzanine to disrupt the Death in June show. Several people waiting in line were wearing fascist uniforms and flashing fascist tattoos at the Anfifas. The Mezzanine hired an all black security team who when told they were doing security for a fascist band decidec to step aside. At least 10 people wearing fascist uniforms and sporting fascist tattoos were beaten. Also the barricades of the Mezzanine were thrown into their fans and at thi...

Just to make this easy for people to find: I know people feel like it's hard to find this stuff on KPFA or Pacifica's websites....

An international campaign is aimed at raising questions about September 11th and calling for a new investigation. The 9/11 Truth Movement continues to organize, do actions, hold rallies, conferences, events. Locally, the Northern California 9/11 Truth Alliance will hold its annual film festival at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland....

East Entrance to Pinnacles National Park From the SF Bay Area: Take Hwy 101 south through the city of Gilroy to Hwy 25 south. On Hwy 25, go through the town of Hollister and continue about 30 miles to Hwy 146. Turn right on Hwy 146, then turn left into the Pinnacles Campground to check in at Pinnacles Visitor Center. http://www.nps.gov/pinn/planyourvisit/directions.htm...

The National Marine Fisheries Service issued emergency regulations on September 3 that will shut down California’s drift gillnet fishery if a single endangered sperm whale is caught dead or injured. The rules will also require independent observers on all drift gillnet vessels operating in offshore waters deeper than 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) where sperm whales are most often observed (see attached map). The rules will be enforced by requiring new vessel-monitoring systems tracking the locati...