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Four California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 28, 2023 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in California under the Endangered Species Act. The protected frog populations are in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills, North Feather River, Central Coast and South Coast....
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2023 11:15am PDT
Showdown Looming Over Extreme Logging Climate Crimes in Sierra Nevada
The US Forest Service is proposing to spend $650 million (including $30 million of herbicides) to authorize extreme logging in the Plumas National Forest in the name of "wildfire community protection." The USFS proposes to remove protections for spotted owl and red-legged frogs among others. Help is urgently needed from forest defenders!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2023 2:58pm PDT
Golden Harvest Parade and Festival - World Dashiki Week showcases Pan African Culture
California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry (1840-1875) are overcoming the challenge towards broader acceptance for future equity and inclusion. As part of our Golden Harvest Parade and Festival we share our common and unique historical journey here in the Great State of California, toward a "Greener Tomorrow for Youth"...
Posted: Sun, Aug 6, 2023 9:22pm PDT
"The Funk Queen" an autobiography by Dawn Silva open up First Friday 2023 Black August
"The Funk Queen" autobiography by Dawn Silva opens an new conversation towards equity and inclusion in a good way, on the one, funky....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2023 10:23pm PDT
First Friday August 2023, "The Funk Queen" comes home to the Historic Oak Park District
Sacramento, California is forever the global headquarters for "The Funk Queen." First Friday in August 2023, will begin something special here in the Historic Oak Park District... stay tuned......
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2023 8:09pm PDT
Governor and legislators reach deal on budget package with Delta Tunnel language removed
Many political insiders believe that Governor Newsom attempted to ram through his last minute legislative language to expedite the construction of the Delta Tunnel and other water and infrastructure projects in order to serve the wishes of his agribusiness, building industry, real estate and other Big Money donors....
Posted: Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:09pm PDT
Big Oil's outsize influence on CA and US politics expands to journalism dinners and awards
The following is a speech I gave at a climate rally at the State Capitol in Sacramento on June 10 sponsored by the Sacramento Climate Coalition, Sacramento 350, Third Act Sacramento, Oil and Gas Network and other climate groups. The event was part of a national week of action June 8 to 11 sponsored by People vs Fossil Fuels, Fridays For Future U.S., and more. The organizations demanded that President Biden use his executive powers to end the era of fossil fuels and declare a climate emergency...
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2023 12:46pm PDT
Fresno Rainbow Pride Parade 2023
Thousands attended and marched in the 2023 Rainbow Pride Parade in Fresno's Tower District....
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2023 2:29pm PDT
California Senate Committee Blocks Governor's Plan to Gut Environmental Law
Representatives of environmental groups spoke out against the legislation at the hearing, supporting the staff recommendations to move the trailer bills to the regular policy process and to reject the flood and drought trailer bill language....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2023 10:02pm PDT
Governor guts landmark environmental law to expedite the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel
Advocates for fish, water and environmental justice are outraged over Governor Gavin Newsom's plan to gut the California Environmental Quality Act in order to construct the Delta Tunnel, Sites Reservoir and other destructive infrastructure projects....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 4:52pm PDT
Leidesdorff Plaza established May 1966, rekindles the strength and courage to try again
Sacramento Negro Museum and Library Association dedicated Leidesdorff Plaza, May 1966, it is one of the last remaining authentic markers showcasing California Pioneers of Pan African Descent, like a Phoenix the rest of the story must rise....
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 1:20am PDT
May 1st March in Fresno
Around 200 people marched through downtown Fresno May 1st to advocate immigrants' rights....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2023 5:31pm PDT
Big Oil sponsors dinners and awards for CA journalists as part of greenwashing campaign
Big Oil’s campaign to influence the political system and the journalists that cover it has real world consequences in California, where oil drilling permits have skyrocketed in recent weeks....
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2023 1:53pm PDT
STILL ON: Sacramento: Rage Revival - More than Mifepristone March & Rally for Abortion Rights
MEET AT:
Cathedral Square
THEN MARCH TO:
Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse
501 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 15, 2023 10:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 8, 2023 3:37pm PDT
CA Climate activists protest approval of hundreds of neighborhood oil permits this year
A total of 14,374 new and reworked oil drilling permits have been approved by CalGEM under Governor Newsom since Jan. 2019. ...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 1:06pm PDT
Protest: Charlie Kirk at UC Davis
On March 14, U.C. Davis hosted Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk to around 300 attendees and a fierce student-led resistance of the same number....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2023 1:15am PDT
State Water Board Reverses Emergency Order As Feds Cancel Salmon Season Openers
Fish advocates note that because of the poor management of Sacramento and Klamath rivers by the state and federal governments during the recent drought, fall-run Chinook, spring-run Chinook and Sacramento River winter-run Chinook populations have collapsed, prompting the closure of ocean and river salmon fisheries this year....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:41am PDT
Nearly 200 oil drilling permits approved in CA since Jan. 1, bringing total to over 13,900
"CalGEM issuing hundreds of permits to negligent oil companies so they can continue drilling in our communities just months after they released an emergency rule to block neighborhood drilling is exactly why we don't trust them,” said Cesar Aguirre, organizer with Central California Environmental Justice Network. “This is exactly the free-for-all that California's oil industry wanted when they bought their way onto the ballot and forced the stay of SB 1137."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2023 9:18am PDT
“March for Life” in Sacramento
March 6 was the California event for the anti-choice group March for Life, a national anti-abortion organization. Charter buses lined their speaking event, which drew something in the region of 200 people, with 15-20 counter-protesters at any given time. The counter-protesters stayed loud throughout the anti-choice speakers’ time, drowning out speeches and annoying the audience....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2023 11:51pm PST
Phone Zap! Tell UC Davis Chancellor May We Don't Want Another Proud Boy Hate Rally!
Phone Zap! Call and email UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May and refuse to let our taxes and student fees be used to pay for a Turning Point USA hate rally! Charlie Kirk says trans people need to be "took care of!" At the last TPUSA event at UC Davis, Proud Boys attacked students and community members. Enough is enough!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2023 2:58pm PST