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Food Not Bombs Co-Founder Keith McHenry Faces New Criminal Charges for His Work to Defend the Rights of the Poor 
Department 1 - Superior Court of Santa Cruz County, California
701 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2016 10:00am PST
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 5:43pm PST
‘Nonie’ Graddy gave the farm workers some of the most important years of her life 
December 3, 2015 — It was with sadness that the United Farm Workers learned of the recent passing of Leonie Fuller Graddy, or Nonie to her family and friends. This is a time to express gratitude that Nonie choose to dedicate some of the most important years of her life to the farm worker movement during some of its most difficult times....
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 5:00pm PST
Early data from Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count suggests a small increase in numbers 
Early data from Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count suggests a small increase in butterfly numbers in some parts of the overwintering range...
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 3:17pm PST
Holiday Gift for Free Radio Santa Cruz 
Santa Cruz Progressives, This Holiday Season, Free Radio Santa Cruz, (101.3 FM & www.freakradio.org) is wishing for a new studio. Since October we have been homeless, but not helpless. We continue on the air using a remote server, but for programmers who don't have the means to produce their shows remotely, this has been a trying time....
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 1:16pm PST
Some Freedom Sleepers Braving the Cold for SleepOut #23 The courtyard and sidewalk adjacent to the "No Trespassing" Mudpit that once was the City Hall lawn area. 809 Center St. across from the Main library. Protest will last until morning....
Event Date: Tue, Dec 15, 2015 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Dec 14, 2015 10:14pm PST
Community Sleepout #22 
On December 8, community members in Santa Cruz joined together for their twenty-second sleepout at city hall. The sleepouts were initiated on July 4 by unhoused and housed community members to oppose laws that criminalize sleeping in public places within the city. [Top photo: Sunrise in front of Santa Cruz city hall.]...
Posted: Mon, Dec 14, 2015 6:52pm PST
Freedom Sleepers confront city council at el Palomar 
The Freedom Sleepers held a protest in front of the Palomar Inn in downtown Santa Cruz, where the city council planned to eat a celebratory dinner in honor of the appointment of the new mayor, Cynthia Matthews....
Posted: Wed, Dec 9, 2015 6:09pm PST
Protesting Monterey's Sit-Lie Law 
On December 4, Direct Action Monterey Network (DAMN) organized its eleventh sit-in protest in downtown Monterey. Since February, community members have been gathering monthly on the sidewalk of Alvarado Street to defy the city's sit-lie ordinance, which has been in effect for just over a year now. Sec. 32-6.2 of the Monterey municipal code bans sitting or lying on most commercial sidewalks in Monterey between the hours of 7am and 9pm. Based on their outreach with Monterey's homeless community...
Posted: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 8:38pm PST
California school kids on the frontlines I live in Santa Cruz, one of the capitals of the sustainable farming movement. It houses an organic-certifying agency, scores of non-profits that support sustainable agriculture, acres of organic production and one of the nation’s foremost organic research centers at the University of California, Santa Cruz....
Posted: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 4:44pm PST
A letter to Chancellor Blumenthal in solidarity with Palestinian and Black Liberation A letter to Chancellor Blumenthal from pro-Palestinian students, Muslim students, and Black students in solidarity with Palestinian and Black liberation....
Posted: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 4:34pm PST
Council Wines and Dines; Freedom Sleepers Chart City Hall & Pacific Ave. Protests The event will start at 6 PM at 1336 Pacific in front of the Palomar Hotel & Restaurant and then continue on the Sidewalk in front of City Hall at 809 Center St. across from the Main Library throughout the night ....
Event Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Dec 7, 2015 8:34am PST
Announcing the Report Back from the Rojava Revolution Tour 
Paul Z Simons discusses the Rojava Revolution, an ongoing social experiment in communal direct democracy in the autonomous Kurdish regions of Northern Syria....
Posted: Fri, Dec 4, 2015 12:20pm PST
Santa Cruz Police Block Individuals Documenting Arrest at Freedom Sleepers Protest 
The Freedom Sleepers encountered the first real rain of the season at their latest community sleepout held at Santa Cruz City Hall on November 24. Since July 4, a group of unhoused and housed activists, many of whom call themselves "Freedom Sleepers" have slept at Santa Cruz City hall every week to protest local laws that criminalize homelessness and the act of sleep. The next sleepout is planned for tonight, December 1, again at Santa Cruz City Hall. [Top photo: SCPD arrests a person sleepin...
Posted: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 6:24pm PST
As Eugene OR restores Right to Sleep at Night, Freedom Sleepers Plan for 21st Night Out At Ye Olde City Hall 809 Center St. in the public commons area until it becomes privatized at 10 PM, and then onto the sidewalks!
The actual event time extends through the night and begins in the afternoon when unhoused folks are gathering (often to be harassed by police and security guards). The time can extend into late Wednesday morning when the harassment has often renewed. City authorities have banned the public from using the grassy areas to rest on during the day, and the entire ...
Event Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2015 6:30pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 30, 2015 3:45pm PST
Hundreds March in Santa Cruz in Advance of Paris Climate Conference (video/x-flv 55.5MB) On November 22, hundreds of Santa Cruz residents joined together for the "Climate Changes Everything" rally and march to demand action at COP21, which will be held in Le Bourget, France, from November 30 to December 11. COP21 is the 21st annual "Conference of the Parties," which is a meeting of nations organized to discuss taking action regarding the climate. After assembling at Calvary Church, community members marched downtown to San Lorenzo Park, where Rick Flores greeted them by reading a...
Posted: Sat, Nov 28, 2015 10:02pm PST
ACLU Questions Council and Chief of Police on Automatic License Plate Readers Status of Surveillance Technology a Concern...
Posted: Fri, Nov 27, 2015 2:06pm PST
Police make one arrest at Freedom Sleepers protest #20, confiscate belongings (video/mp4 120.2MB) Police arrest a sleeper at the 20th Freedom Sleepers protest in front of city hall and take his belongings. Video is included in this article....
Posted: Thu, Nov 26, 2015 4:35pm PST
Climate March and Free Documentary Screening about Climate Change & Diet Santa Cruz Public Library, Downtown Branch
224 Church St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060...
Event Date: Sun, Dec 6, 2015 1:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 25, 2015 12:21pm PST
Victim of Salinas police beating indicted for assaulting officer 
The only charges against Velasco were those generated by the attack on him by the police. They claim he attacked them with a deadly weapon, assaulted them, and resisted arrest. "My Poor Brother. He is mentally ill and the cops had no right to keep hitting him he was already on the floor. The cops have done this too many times. I see the cops in the ER walking around like they got hurt. Bull shit. He didn't hurt any of them cops. And to do that in front of my mom is so harsh. Praying for every...
Posted: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 1:11pm PST
TBSC members caught lying again: The RV ordinance and "faking" locality 
Up before the Santa Cruz City Council tonight is a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the overnight parking of RVs and Motor Homes on public streets within the city limits. The City Council has been pressured by members of the so-called public safety group Take Back Santa Cruz (TBSC), which has lobbied extensively for the ban and has called for stricter anti-RV measures. During the process, TBSC created an online petition form its members could use to send a form letter automatically to t...
Posted: Tue, Nov 24, 2015 12:45pm PST
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