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California’s Deadly Heat Wave Takes Toll on South Asian Farmers California’s deadly heat spell has been linked to 164 deaths. But it has also struck a mortal blow to the Central Valley’s peach farmers, 75 percent of whom are South Asians. Viji Sundaram is an editor at New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 9:47am PDT
If Israel is only seeking terrorists...¿? 
If Irsael is only seeking terrorists...¿? 2 minute video...
Posted: Mon, Aug 7, 2006 12:32pm PDT
Several Hundred Gather at 16th & Broadway in Sacramento to Protest Wars in Middle East 
Several hundred peace protesters gathered at 16th & Broadway in Sacramento on August 5th to protest Israel's attacks on civilians in Lebanon and the continued U.S. occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. A small group of pro-Israel "peace" demonstrators and a couple of pro-war demonstrators also showed up....
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2006 8:43pm PDT
National Action Network Helps the Homeless 
Community activists, most of them connected with the National Action Network, helped the homeless clean up their encampment today. This clean up, which treated the homeless with dignity and respect, was in sharp contrast with recent attacks on this encampment carried out by the Fresno Police Department....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 5:24pm PDT
Nazis will demonstrate against immigrants near Sacramento on August 26th. A reprint of an email sent to me reprint an internal document from the National Alliance in Sacramento California (a nasty Nazi group). It tazlks abotua dmeontration that the they will do in Rsoeville, near Sacrmaento. Any and all peopel especially those in the Sacramento area should plan to be at the counter-demonstration. We have enough time to organize a big one....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 2:54pm PDT
Rural Central Valley Community Members Demand Clean Drinking Water La Asociacion de la Gente Unida por el Agua (AGUA) has submitted a petition to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board demanding that it live up to its mandate under California law to protect groundwater....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 4:33pm PDT
Spraying Opponents to Hold Press Conference in Davis Today at 5 PM The battle to stop West Nile Virus pesticide spraying in Yolo and Sacramento counties continues with a press conference today....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 4:13pm PDT
Military Hardware Used by Fresno County Sheriff’s Department 
The militarization of local law enforcement is moving forward at a very fast pace....
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 12:56pm PDT
Legalizing Marijuana - A New Republican Strategy? 
The Republican Party has a new voter registration project in Fresno. It involves luring people to sign a LEGALIZE MARIJUANA petition and then re-registering them as Republicans....
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2006 6:06pm PDT
Central Valley Town Battles Air Pollution PARLIER, CA — Yolanda Zapata, who lives in the Central Valley town of Parlier, knows its air is ranked as among the dirtiest in the country. But she moved here six years ago because rent was cheaper than in Kingsburg where she lived for 15 years....
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2006 9:27am PDT
SMUD Breaches Trust in Upper American River Project SMUD, though it prides itself on being a "green utility," is taking a hard line on relicensing its Upper American River Project. Please attend the SMUD Board of Director's Meeing on Thursday, August 3, at 6 pm and let them know how you feel about this!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 6:18pm PDT
Join Us in Solidarity with the Hotel Workers: An Invitation to be a part of the Fight! 
UNITE HERE to hold discussion, organize for new campaign named 'Hotel Workers Rising', to lift standards in the hospitality industry here in Sacramento. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, August 9th, from 1-2PM at the Sierra 2 School, Rom 10 (2791 24th St)...
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 2:18pm PDT
Sacramento: Huge Protest Of Israel's Civilian Slaughter Campaign All four corners of the intersection of 16th & Broadway, IN SACRAMENTO...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 10:06am PDT
"Can't See the Forest for the Stumps" 
Sierra Nevada Earth First activists survey timber sales in the Giant Sequoia National Monument....
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 9:21am PDT
CA Political Candidates Demand The Resignation Of Safeway Inc./FAC Chair William Zachry California candidates for insurance commissioner, Congress and Governor called for the
removal of Safeway Inc VP and Fraud Assesment Chair William Zachry at a press conference
in front of the California Insurance Department on July 31, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 8:07pm PDT
Protest Aerial Pesticide Spraying in Davis 08/02 Protest pesticide spraying in Davis at Central Park (between 4th & 5th & C St.) on August 2nd at 7 pm. Against the wishes of the public, Davis City Council (4-1) votes against the opt out proposal. Aerial pesticide spraying continues the petrochemically derived pesticide spraying cycle of dependency termed "chemical pesticide treadmill."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 5:02pm PDT
World Can't Wait West Coast Mini Bus Tour Goes to Bakersfield WCW Activists Disrupt "In God We Trust" Celebration in Bakersfield, CA...
Posted: Tue, Aug 1, 2006 1:59pm PDT
w.nile sufferer speaks out a recent w.nile victim tells his story to help shed light on this much-hyped mysterious disease....
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 11:31pm PDT
Action Alert: Stop Increased Pumping of Delta Water! Here's an announcement about two "scoping" meetings on the "Intertie" Project, another wacky venture by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to export more Delta water at a time when the Delta food chain is collapsing. I urge everybody concerned about the future of the Delta and West Coast fisheries to attend one of these meetings. The good news is that both meetings are short - two hours each - and the one in Stockton is in the evening from 6 to 8 pm. Here are the details....
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 6:25pm PDT
New photos from Bakersfield anti-theocracy, anti-fascism action! 
New photos and a link to video coverage of the groudbreaking anti-theocracy action in Bakersfield, CA by "The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime!"...
Posted: Mon, Jul 31, 2006 6:10pm PDT
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