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Fresno: International Anti McDonald's Day The first francised McDonalds ever. On Blackstone & Shields, Fresno, CA...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 12:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 8:24am PDT
Witness to an Execution: A Slow and Very Painful Death Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel is conducting hearings in San Jose this week to examine California's lethal injection procedure. The intended outcome of these hearings is to determine whether condemned prisoners in this State are being properly anesthetized so that they do not experience excruciating pain during executions. Execution protocols that provoke extraordinary pain violate the U.S. Constitution's provision against cruel and unusual punishment of prisoners....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:24am PDT
Proposition 1A Does Nothing to “Rebuild” California Governor Schwarzenegger and the Democratic legislature have placed five measures on the November ballot in an effort to rebuild California’s infrastructure (Propositions 1A-1E.) The measures are being sold together as a “package deal” to bring $37 billion for transportation, housing, education and flood prevention, and a joint campaign called “Rebuild California” is leading the charge. Schwarzenegger and Angelides support all five measures, as do Senators Feinstein and Boxer, the Chamber of C...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:21am PDT
California Nurses Plan to Turn Tide Against Schwarzenegger Approximately 30 activists from the California Nurses Association gathered in front of the Fairmont Hotel yesterday to protest a $25,000-a-plate fundraiser that Arnold Schwarzenegger was holding inside for his re-election campaign. Waving signs in support of Proposition 89 (the Clean Money Initiative that will provide public financing for California campaigns), the protesters vowed to challenge Arnold every step of the way as he shatters all campaign fundraising records. Over the next two wee...
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 7:37am PDT
Riverside Dispensaries: AG takes issue with DA This terrific article from the Riverside
Press-Enterprise contains an important statement
from the Attorney General's office recognizing
the legality of dispensaries:...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 10:32pm PDT
Alert: Joe Fortt's Trial POSTPONED The federal trial of Joe Fortt, which was scheduled for September 26,
2006, has been postponed until further notice...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 10:25pm PDT
"Femme in the City" Column in print and online now! My editorial column "Femme in the City" is published monthly and muses on dating, fashion, gender, artistic and literary events in and around Los Angeles, and is garnering a lovely readership! Please check out this spin-off of Carrie Bradshaw's "Sex and the City" online, if you do not live in the Los Angeles, Long Beach, San Diego, Orange County, Inland Empire, or Palm Springs areas - where you can pick it up (for free) at most newsstands and Tres Gay locales. Please let me know what you th...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 8:03pm PDT
420 Report Radio Show hosted by Ed Rosenthal KPFA - 94.1 FM Noon --1:00pm
http://www.kpfa.org...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 12:17am PDT
ASA CA Weekly Alert 7) Tuesday, September 26th, Fairfield: Solano County Board of
Supervisors to Review Implementation of State ID Card
8) Tuesday, September 26th, Santa Rosa: Sonoma County Board of
Supervisors to Vote on New Plant Guidelines & Dispensary Ordinance
10) Monday, September 25, San Francisco: Michael Aldrich & CHAMP Hearing
in US Tax Court
11) Tuesday, September 26, Fresno: Joe Fortt Trial before Judge Anthony
W. Ishii in U.S. District Court
12) Wednesday, September 27th, San Francisco: ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 3:15pm PDT
Forrest Hill: Shatter Barriers and Give Power To Citizens 
Electing Forrest Hill, an openly gay man running for California Secretary of State, "will help shatter the litmus test of heterosexuality that has prevented highly qualified citizens from attaining the highest state-level political offices."
Electing Forrest Hill, the Green Party candidate for California Secretary of State, will also help put "the power of the Initiative back in the hands of citizens."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 7:14pm PDT
The Devil in George W. Bush A former Army officer, with backgrounds in military intelligence and public affairs, thinks that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez hit the nail on the head when he called George W. Bush a devil -- and gives reasons why....
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 4:05pm PDT
The Black Panther Party Comcast Cable TV, Channel 24, Hollywood, California...
Event Date: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 10:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 9:45am PDT
Saturday Events and Some things of interest DR. MARION FRY DISCUSSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
WITH SUZANNE ROBERTS ON CNN HEADLINE NEWS
ON ALL COMCAST CABLE SYSTEMS
9/23/06 NATIONWIDE...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 8:27am PDT
Big Oil Throws Down Against Proposition 89 
The oil giant Chevron has begun funding the effort to prevent public financing of political campaigns in California....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 2:09pm PDT
Hey, FDA! Ethnic Americans Eat Spinach, Too In national emergencies like the recent outbreak of E. coli in spinach, it's time for government agencies to remember to call the nation's ethnic media, a primary source of information for millions of Americans. Viji Sundaram is New America Media's health editor....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 6:31am PDT
Somos Hip Hop R@DiO 94.1 FM KPFA SEP 29 8:PM !...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 12:46am PDT
California Propositions: Billions For Special Interest When Governor Schwarzenegger ran for office in 2003 he promised to work for the people of California and not for the special interest, now in 2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger has become the champion of special interest groups. The 2006 bond and tax package, presented by the governor and the state legislature, is the worst package ever offered to California voters in the state’s history....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 9:44pm PDT
E.COLI / SPINACH ISSUE CONTINUES AS FDA LOOKS FOR THE SOURCE The spinach and E.coli issue continues to dominate the news as Food and Drug Administration investigators try to pinpoint the source. On the FDA advisory to consumers about eating fresh spinach either in bulk or bagged form, retailers pulled the product from their shelves and shippers stopped sending the product to market....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 4:07pm PDT
Angelides Reaches Out To Independent Voters San Francisco, CA … September 21, 2006 … Gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides opened a new channel of outreach to independent voters this week via the IndependentVoice.org campaign. Angelides offered detailed answers to an 8-part questionnaire on political reform developed by IndependentVoice.org, a California organization which promotes the power of the state’s 3.6 million independent voters. Statewide polls show that independents, who currently make up 23% of registered voters, will like...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 3:47pm PDT
Universal Health Care Passed:Schwarzenegger Promises Veto Senate Bill 840 was passed by California Legislature and would give all Californians health care, but Gov. Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto the bill....
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 10:46pm PDT
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