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Fatal wrong-way murder trial set years after freeway crash After more than two years in custody and racking up roughly $1 million in medical bills, the Pacifica man charged with murder for the death of his passenger in a high-speed chase with police may finally go to trial....
Posted: Sat, Apr 30, 2005 10:26pm PDT
Matt Gonzalez is subbing for Larry Bensky on Living Room Matt is on KPFA 94.1 speaking with youth activists...
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2005 9:59am PDT
Mercury Thermometer Exchange The City of South San Francisco is conducting a mercury thermometer exchange event for Earth Week (April 18 thru April 22). One digital thermometer for one mercury themometer....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 11:01am PDT
Man dies in SSF after police use a 'body wrap' A 26-year-old San Francisco man died early Sunday after struggling with police officers and being restrained with straps known as a "body wrap," the Police Department reported....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 11:32pm PDT
The 'Black Male Adult' on trial: The Constitution gets a beatdown 
Two Palo Alto CA police are charged with brutally beating a man without cause. Their trial has become an attack on the entire experience of all those caught in the never-ending U.S. dragnet for the "Black Male Adult."...
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:35pm PDT
Hands Off Social Security! 
Over 1,000 people demonstrated in front of the offices of Charles Schwab to denounce the Social Security privitization scheme of the Bush Aministration. Unions, senior centers and community groups came out in large numbers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 2:24pm PST
Prevent coastal drilling- Pacifica hearing tomorrow Assemblyman Leland Yee is holding a press conference this Friday in
Pacifica
to garner support for his proposed legislation to ensure that
California's
coastal waters are safe from off shore oil drilling....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 2:38pm PST
Police on trial Two Palo Alto CA police are charged with brutally beating a man without cause. Their trial has become a forum on police practices in general....
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 12:55am PST
Giuliana Sgrena was shot in the Green Zone, by a tank as they drove away from it! the shots weren’t coming from the front or even from the side. They were coming from behind, i.e. they were driving away. So, the idea that this was an act of self-defense, I think becomes much more questionable...
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 4:30pm PST
Are police held accountable for shooting people to death? Many news articles about police shootings ending in death of victim only give side of police, usually the victim is blamed and usually questions are not asked as to what actually happened and maybe the shooting could have been handled differently....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 7:56pm PST
Marriage Celebrations all over California Tonight The SF Superior Court ruled that that the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from
civil marriage is unconstitutional.
Take Action Tonight in Your Local Community to Celebrate this Historic Marriage
Decision!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:28pm PST
Republican Abuse of Power: With This Congress, Democracy is dead 
Even Newt Gingrinch says they have gone too far.
"The House has become a place where trivial issues are debated passionately and important issues not at all."...
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:43pm PST
Stanford Daily- Free wireless Internet offered in Palo Alto Students who want to use free wireless Internet over dessert at the Cheesecake Factory or over lattes at the University Cafe are in luck.
On Tuesday, AnchorFree Wireless, a Sunnyvale-based wireless Internet provider, decided to make wireless Web access free on University Avenue. Now anyone can access the Internet in all stores, restaurants and outdoor areas within what AnchorFree has designated the Palo Alto Hotzone — the section of University Avenue extending from Middlefield Road to High...
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 10:50am PST
CHP Fatally Shoot Suspect After High Speed Chase on 101 A high speed chase up and down the San Francisco peninsula ended in death Sunday when California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed a domestic violence suspect....
Posted: Mon, Mar 7, 2005 12:29am PST
UAL Engineers Fight for A Contract (video/quicktime 12.6MB) 300 UAL engineers of IFPTE Union Local 20 have been fight since 2002 for a contract at UAL. This video shows why they are out on the street calling for justice. 4 min. 12.5 MB...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 1:24pm PST
Male dressed female died of stab wounds, coroner says A 42-year-old Daly City man, whose body was found Monday
dressed in women's clothing, was stabbed to death, according to the San
Mateo County Coroner's Office....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:22pm PST
Day Of Solidarity Open House What? Day Of Solidarity Open House
When? Saturday, Feb 26th, 2005
Time? 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where? 120 Park Ave, Palo Alto CA...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:46pm PST
Palo Alto gets contract valentine PALO ALTO -- Hourly city workers who have newly unionized sent a facetious valentine to city management Monday protesting the pace of their first contract negotiations....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 8:13pm PST
Mountain gets native upgrade On a stretch of San Bruno Mountain where migrating birds annually stop to eat, drink and rest before making their trek north, park lovers and officials have big plans to restore the area's wildlife habitat....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 8:09pm PST
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