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Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
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Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
Sonoma man dies after shot by Taser A Sonoma man died Wednesday after being shot with a Taser stun gun while struggling with police responding to a domestic violence call placed by his mother....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 8:35pm PST
Governator allocates 60 minutes for Tookie's final hearing (30 minutes for each side) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set a 30-minute time limit for each side to argue over clemency for Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Schwarzenegger did not hold a similar meeting for either of the clemency petitions he has rejected (Kevin Cooper and Donald Beardslee)....
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 8:30am PST
Tu 11/29 San Rafael: Matt Gonzalez hosts "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"/discussion Matt Gonzalez chairs discussion about the 2002 Venezuelan coup after the movie The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is shown...
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 4:36pm PST
"Don't Kill Tookie" says Belafonte, Raitt, Mario Cuomo, Desmond Tutu & other Nobel winners "Through his work, gang truces have been mediated and long-standing wounds have been healed. Lives have been saved," the letter states. It concludes with a plea for the governor to use his executive power to "affirm the human capacity for personal transformation and reinforce the meaning of hope for young people everywhere."...
Posted: Wed, Nov 23, 2005 11:44pm PST
Statement of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Following His Visit With Stanley "Tookie" Williams CONTACT: Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Butch Wing, (510) 701-8955
Tracy K. Rice, Esq., (310) 994-8583...
Posted: Tue, Nov 22, 2005 4:40pm PST
Clemency for Stanley “Tookie” Williams, by former 60's activist & State Senator Tom Hayden Is it the state’s interest to inflict violence by execution against an inmate who is himself a resource against violence? Or should “Tookie” Williams’ sentence be to work against violence for the rest of his days?
I urge you to accept a standard of reasonable doubt. Should a man be executed where there are such significant differences of opinion over what his fate should be?...
Posted: Mon, Nov 21, 2005 12:01pm PST
BART to add night service! Getting around the Bay Area on public transit after midnight, when BART stops running, is about to get a lot easier for late-night revelers and folks who work off-hours....
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 8:58am PST
Prison launches PR attack on death row inmate Stanley Tookie Williams Daniel Vasquez, who was warden at San Quentin from 1983 to 1993 and wrote a letter supporting clemency for the last death row inmate executed, said he had never seen such an inflammatory statement in a press release from the prison.
“It’s like they’re trying to drum up business for death row,” he said....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 3:23pm PST
STOP HATE RADIO - Deny Clear Channel/KNEW's license renewal! On 11/8/05, Bill O'Reilly went on KNEW-910AM and used the public airwaves to condone a terrorist strike on San Francisco. He then suggested Al Qaeda specifically blow up Coit Tower - which is dedicated as a memorial to fallen firefighters.
TAKE ACTION NOW - DENY KNEW'S LICENSE RENEWAL: Go to http://www.bethemedia.org to print, sign and mail an Informal Objection to the FCC and the Station Owner before November 30, 2005....
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 11:49am PST
Stop the Execution of Stanley Tookie Willams (audio PSA) Audio/Radio PSA to Stop the Execution of Tookie Williams set for Decenber 13th 2005 also special message from Tookie from death row....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 1:05pm PST
11/19:Save the Peacemaker Rally with Snoop Dogg at San Quentin Saturday, November 19th
10 am - 12 noon
San Quentin State Prison...
Posted: Fri, Nov 11, 2005 1:22pm PST
Sonoma County GE Moratorium Measure Fails Sonoma County went to the polls last night to vote on Measure M, a
proposed ten-year moratorium on GE-organisms. The initiative failed by a
56% to 44% margin. The GE-Free Sonoma press release is pasted below....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 5:06pm PST
Sonoma Cannabis Harvest Dance Nov 5th November 5TH (Saturday). 7th ANNUAL SONOMA
CANNABIS HARVEST DANCE’ - SEBASTOPOL...
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 12:39am PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz: Radio Free Petaluma interview Interview with Ed from Radio Free Petaluma an Unlicensed Microradio station at 95.5fm in California. Free The Air!!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2005 5:10pm PDT
ASA Weekly Alert *1) ASA Files Suit Against Three Cities with Dispensary Bans
3) October 10th, Auburn: City Council to Vote on BANNING Dispensing
Collectives
*5) October 11th, Mountain View: City Council to Discuss Regulating
**Medical Cannabis Dispensing Collectives...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 4:01pm PDT
Man killed in Petaluma police shooting identified A 72-year-old man shot to death by five Petaluma police officers Saturday was identified Monday as James Anthony Decosta, a former resident of Sacramento wanted on a $100,000 warrant charging him with molesting a child under the age of 14....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 11:07pm PDT
Vallejo: City hit with lawsuit in stun-gun death The mother of a man who died after Vallejo police shocked him numerous times with a Taser has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the city, accusing officers of using excessive force....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 1:08am PDT
Marriage Equality Community Plans to Gather When Gov. Announces His Decision on AB849 The following Equality California chapters and allied organizations are hosting
community gatherings in response to the Governor's action on AB 849. We will rally
the same day of the veto if the Governor acts before 2 p.m. and the following
calendar day (including weekends) if the Governor acts after 2 p.m...
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 12:24pm PDT
Jack Herer having heart bypass surgery >In case you don't know, Jack Herer is having heart bypass surgery this
>Friday.
>He will be in the hospital for at least the next two weeks.
>Here is the address to send love and well wishes:
>www.jackherer.com...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 10:50am PDT
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