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Undocumented Immigrants Recruited to Grow Marijuana in National Park
Sequoia National Park authorities have found
at least 40 marijuana fields in the last two years. Last year, five
undocumented Mexican immigrants were arrested in one of the fields,
according to a National Park Service investigator who did not want to be
identified....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:31pm PST
MediCann pulling out of Chico
A medical clinic that specializes in
marijuana recommendations is pulling out of Chico after putting down
roots early this year....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 12:00am PST
Bush administration defends use of covert propaganda in US
The Bush administration last week instructed US government agencies to ignore a ruling by the comptroller general of the United States barring the dissemination of “covert propaganda.”...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 10:03pm PST
LA Dispensing Collective Raided -- Take Action!
ASA has been alerted that yesterday (3/15/05), at about 6pm, Los Angeles Police
raided the United Medical Caregivers Clinic (UMCC), a medical marijuana
dispensing collective. The police obtained a search warrant and came with
approximately thirty officers to seize all of the collective's medicine and
money....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 2:44pm PST
chimpanzees in captivity
DawnWatch: Chimps shot dead in attack -- superb coverage from Anderson Cooper on CNN with Jeff Corwin 3/3/05...
Posted: Fri, Mar 11, 2005 4:54pm PST
J Lo & PETA Do Lunch!
Animal activists made diners at Jennifer Lopez's Pasadena, Calif., restaurant Madre's a little uneasy Thursday as they showed them images of animals skinned alive over lunch.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals followers took their fur protests against Lopez to a new level by protesting outside Madre's....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 4:18pm PST
Take a Stand on Internet Hunting Now
Live animals can now be hunted on the Web, and state lawmaker wants practice stopped. Even the NRA is appalled....
Posted: Thu, Mar 10, 2005 10:41am PST
Schwarzenegger Selling Access to Policy Meeting After Washington D.C. Fundraiser Today
Schwarzenegger Selling Access to Policy Meeting After Washington D.C. Fundraiser Today...
Posted: Tue, Mar 8, 2005 12:58pm PST
Damage Control from Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition
Chimps' Attack in California: Wild Animal Escape Rate Reaches All Time High...
Posted: Sat, Mar 5, 2005 12:24am PST
Bush Administration Declares War on Fish By Renewing Water Contracts
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced its decision to perpetuate
California’s fish and water problems for decades by beginning to sign
contracts with about 200 water districts and water contractors in the
Central Valley Project last week....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 9:36pm PST
UPRISING! Aerial Activism
Uprising! is a community kite-building project that encourages aerial democracy. Join us at the Huntington Beach Art Center on Sunday, March 6 for an afternoon of kite-making and aeromancy (divining messages in the sky)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2005 11:59am PST
Bush Hydrogen Vision 'Fueled' By California Station Opening
- In a major step toward achieving President George W. Bush's vision for a hydrogen economy, assistant secretary of Energy David Garman today joined representatives of ChevronTexaco, Hyundai-Kia and UTC Fuel Cells at the opening of a hydrogen fueling station in Chino, CA....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:41pm PST
Hollywood Vandals Brand Bush a Nazi
We previously reported the conservative group, Citizens United, planned to erect two pro-Bush billboards in Hollywood "thanking" Hollywood for Bush's reelection...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 8:48pm PST
Letter from GLAAD's Eddie Gutierrez (moving on)
As many of you know through our media trainings, I am one to get to the
point and stay on message. So without burying the lead, a wonderful
opportunity has crossed my path: I have been offered the Director of
Communications position for Equality California - California's
statewide lesbian, gay. bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights
organization - and I have decided to pursue this opportunity....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 12:56am PST
Devin Brown Shooting - Debate and Outrage Continue
LOS ANGELES - Residents in South Los Angeles react to the fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old suspected car thief with shock and anger and question whether it was justified....
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:23am PST
URGENT: Your Help Needed to Protect Free Speech in San Diego! Please forward widely!
On January 20th at the Reclaim the Streets demonstration in downtown San Diego, journalist Carly Delso-Saavedra and activist Janice Jordan were both arrested on charges that, according to witnesses, were fabricated. If you have photos or videotape of any arrests made that night...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 8:35pm PST
Linking the American Left to Terror-The Stewart Conviction
The true meaning of the radical persecution of civil-rights attorney Lynne Stewart is simply to link the American left wing with terrorism....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:03am PST
NCPA: Opponents Lose on Clear Skies Amendment; Committee Votes for Version That Does Not I
DALLAS, Feb. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have offered a new version of the Clear Skies Act to committee members. The new version of the Act is a clear defeat for critics of the original bill, and scholars at the National Center for Policy Analysis said it would be better for the bill to die in committee rather than move forward with the caps on CO2....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 1:30am PST
Nov. 9-12, 2005: LONG BEACH, CA - The Drug Policy Reform Conference
the Drug Policy Alliance
will be hosting the next international drug policy reform conference -
in Long Beach, California (close to L.A.). It will start on Wednesday
eve, November 9 and end Saturday evening, November 12....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:05pm PST