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Urgent SeaWorld Protest at Coastal Commission Hearing 
Oceano Hotel and Spa, 280 Capistrano Rd, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 (see this map: https://goo.gl/maps/FDzvfTCknN82)...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 11:45am PDT
Posted: Sat, Oct 29, 2016 2:58am PDT
SF Trade Unionists Speak Out In Defense Of Standing Rock Sioux Native People, Land & Water 
Trade unionists from the NNU-CNA and CWA UPTE participated in a solidarity rally for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe which has come under tremendous repression by police and the national guard. The AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka has called for support for the pipeline and the building trades leadership including Teamsters president James Hoffa called for the national guard to be brought into defend the union workers on the pipeline....
Posted: Fri, Oct 28, 2016 5:30pm PDT
Removal of Klamath Dams Would Be Largest River Restoration in U.S. History 
Four hydroelectric dams may soon be demolished along the Klamath, near the California-Oregon border. Hundreds of miles of the Klamath would run free to the Pacific Ocean — opening up the largest river restoration in U.S. history....
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2016 11:55am PDT
Delta Tunnels: Fitch Ratings Downgrades Westlands' Next Bond Sale 
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Restore the Delta executive director, quipped, “Bond ratings agencies are like Mom and Dad. Westlands is asking to raise the limit on their credit card again, despite questionable earnings potential. At some point Mom and Dad get out the scissors."
Photo: Hoopa Valley Tribe members protest against Westlands Water District's attacks on the Trinity River in August 2013. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 5:10pm PDT
Court to Monterey County: Lawsuit Over Wildlife Services Animal-killing Contract Can Move Forward SALINAS, Calif., October 25, 2016 — The California Superior Court issued an order Monday evening denying Monterey County’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit, filed in June by animal protection and conservation organizations, that challenges the county’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services. This notorious federal program has killed more than 3,000 coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions and other animals in the county in the past six years, largely in the name of pr...
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 12:46pm PDT
Aromas - San Juan School Officials: Remove Shredded Tire Mulch from Playgrounds 
We are a parent-led effort to replace shredded tires from Aromas-San Juan Unified Public Schools with a non-toxic alternative....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2016 12:18pm PDT
Davis City Council Passes Resolution Backing Standing Rock 
In an emailed report to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Julia Beck of Davis Stands with Standing Rock, said, “We wanted to share the good news that our local city council last night unanimously passed the attached resolution in support of your critical and profoundly inspiring opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline.”
Photo: Francisco Dominguez urges the Davis City Council to adopt the resolution. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2016 1:49pm PDT
If You're Afraid of Trees, Don't Live In a Forest October 20, 2016 is the 25th anniversary of the Oakland Hills Fire. As we commemorate the lives and homes lost, a fight rages over the future of forests in the East Bay hills. (Originally published in Slingshot Issue #122, Fall 2016, http://slingshot.tao.ca)...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 9:03pm PDT
Big Money Funds Yes on Measure D Campaign in Santa Cruz County 
October 2016 - Big money is being spent to influence the outcome of Measure D on the November 8, 2016 Santa Cruz County ballot. Unlike political offices, campaigns for ballot measures have no limit to the amount of money that can be contributed. There is no restriction on the source of contributions, so special interests from outside Santa Cruz County can buy influence in our local ballot measures....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 6:32pm PDT
Inspector General says Reclamation wasted $32.2 million on Klamath irrigators 
“Basically, the Bureau of Reclamation became an illicit ATM for favored special interests,” stated PEER Senior Counsel Paula Dinerstein. “To add injury to insult, these improper subsidies were used to aggravate environmental damage by draining shrinking groundwater supplies to benefit irrigators.”
Photo of Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 3:50pm PDT
Update on Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Schools and Child Daycare Centers The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has extended the public comment period for a proposed regulation that would give further protections to children when agricultural pesticides are applied close to schools and child daycare facilities*. The new deadline of December 9, 2016, gives the public more opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
In addition, DPR has added an additional public hearing that will be held in Monterey County. Public hearings have already been scheduled...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 4:07pm PDT
KPFA Solidarity With Amy Goodman & Journalists At Standing Rock Sioux Tribe In N. Dakota 
KPFA Staff, Board member Janet Kobren and community supporters rallied for Amy Goodman and journalists in Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 2:30pm PDT
Rally/Action To Support Amy Goodman and other courageous journalists At Standing Rock 
In front of
KPFA
1929 Martin Luther King Blvd near University
Berkeley, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2016 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 9:52am PDT
Full Review Requested of Proposed Warriors' Arena Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Toxic Air Contaminants, Land-use Impacts SAN FRANCISCO, October 13, 2016 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Coalition for Clean Air, Communities for a Better Environment and the Sunset Coalition have filed a “friend of the court” brief in support of those opposing the Golden State Warriors’ proposed 18,000-seat arena in San Francisco. The groups asked California’s 1st District Court of Appeal to find that the city’s review of the project failed to quantify and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed arena or inform t...
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2016 4:13pm PDT
Turtle Island Restoration Network Wins Victory for Whales, Dolphins & Sea Turtles A new proposed rule would put in place limits on the number of whales, sea turtles, and dolphins that the California driftnet fishery for swordfish can catch....
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 10:35am PDT
Brown administration applies for permit to take endangered species in Delta Tunnels 
As the Department of Water Resources applied for a permit to kill endangered species. Delta and longfin smelt, winter-run Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead and other fish species continued to move closer and closer to the abyss of extinction.
Delta smelt photo meme courtesy of Restore the Delta....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2016 7:28pm PDT
"Imagine A Day Without Censorship" Speakout At Facebook Zuckerberg's SF Mansion 
A speak out was held on John Lennon's birthday at the San Francisco mansion of Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg. He is censoring Facebook with critics of Israel and is colluding with the police and US government to stop live streams from Standing Rock by Native People in North Dakota and also shut off the video stream of Korryn Gaines and then killed her. Facebook is also seeking to privatize the internet....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2016 6:58pm PDT
Lawsuit Launched Over Oil, Gas Development in Los Padres National Forest SANTA BARBARA, Calif., October 12, 2016 — The Center for Biological Diversity, Los Padres ForestWatch and Defenders of Wildlife filed a notice of intent Tuesday to sue the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other federal agencies over invalid and outdated Endangered Species Act approvals on a 2005 U.S. Forest Service plan that allowed expanded oil and gas development throughout the Los Padres National Forest. The challenge ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2016 2:26pm PDT
Indigenous People's Day: Zachary Runningwolf's statement from Santa Rita Jail Berkeley Mayoral candidate Zachary Runningwolf has been held in jail for nearly a month on minor misdemeanor charges, making him unable to participate in the mayoral electoral process in the City of Berkeley. He has been on hunger strike for nearly two weeks now. The following is his statement for Indigenous People's Day, brought to us from Santa Rita Jail....
Posted: Mon, Oct 10, 2016 10:07pm PDT
San Luis Obispo Planning Commission Denies Phillips 66's Oil Trains Project SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., October 5, 2016 — The San Luis Obispo County Planning Commission today voted to reject Phillips 66’s proposed oil train facility in Nipomo. The decision comes after a nearly three-year review process, with more than 20,000 Californians opposing the project, as well as more than 45 cities, counties, and school boards sending letters urging the planning commission to deny it....
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 6:32pm PDT
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