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For years now the First People and leaders such as Wounded Knee, Morning Star, Corrina Gould, Fred Short - others, have been walking from Shellmound to Shellmound, all over the Bay Area - to bring to the notice of all people of good faith - that Sacred Burial Ground have to be respected. Here in the Bay Area these over 500 plus documented Sacred Shell mounds, These Shellmounds must NOT to referred to as MIDDENS. The Shellmounds are not garbage sites. Right now, the on going struggle at Glen C...

From 8:00-9:30 this morning, over 50 people gathered outside the offices of the Bay Trail Project in downtown Oakland, to demand that they withdraw all financial and political support for the planned development on the Glen Cove Sacred Burial Ground in Vallejo. Spirits were high despite the rain - demonstrators were determined to get the message across to Bay Trail....

In the Water Pollution section, numerous tips are suggested for the everyday household. However, large corporate, industrial and military polluters are let off the hook. Oil drilling, Naval Weapons Testing, Nuclear Power Plants, Fish Farming, Ocean Mining, Wind and Wave Energy Installations – none of these critical ocean issues are even mentioned....

Due to the secretive nature of private funding for the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) “Initiative,” it is difficult to keep track of just who works for whom – much less where, and how much money is being spent. The MLPAI claims to keep its own books, without any legitimate public or governmental oversight, as noted by State Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, at recent Committee hearings in Sacramento....

In the skewering of the democratic process, Kearns and West, a firm hired with private funds by special interests, was allowed to both interview and select "stakeholders" - who supposedly represented the public - in the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative process to create so-called "marine protected areas" in northern California....

For any government official or agency to make the claim of ”open and transparent,” there must be the required foundation of accountability. Without the required accountability, claims of “openness and transparency” are an absurd fraud. In the case of the MLPA "Initiative," no such accountability has been shown....

As the spiritual gathering and vigil being held by local tribal members and supporters at the sacred burial site at Glen Cove in Vallejo entered its sixth day, State Senator Noreen Evans and her staff toured the site and met with leaders of the spiritual vigil; a ceremonial traditional tepee was also erected on the site as an educational tool and place of ceremony....

“It is an outrage that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – the federal agency tasked with conserving and managing our living marine resources – requested a whopping additional $36 million to fund programs that would further industrialize our seafood and put even more fishermen out of business," said Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch....

SANTA ROSA- It was confirmed today that an electrical fire which led to the evacuation of downtown Santa Rosa Plaza last Thursday evening was caused by a bank of newly installed PG&E ‘smart’ meters. Reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat last Thursday, the mainstream media has so far neglected to include that the source of ignition was indeed at least 3 ‘smart’ meters within the utility room....

“This is a significant monetary award on our behalf, but it represents only a small portion of what we’ve invested in battling the unlawful MLPA process so far,” said David Elm, Chairman of United Anglers of Southern California and director of the Ocean Access Protection Fund....