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Chinese activists detained for supporting Hong Kong protests Amnesty International is aware of the following mainland Chinese activists and citizens that have been detained for peacefully expressing support for the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 3:38pm PST
UK government 'routinely' spies on lawyers Legal policies which allow the UK intelligence agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ to access confidential privileged communications between lawyers and clients were disclosed in court today. The documents were disclosed in a claim brought against the government by Libyan man Abdel Hakim Belhaj and Amnesty International....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 3:35pm PST
Four Homeless Civil Rights Events (rescheduled) CORRECTION: No Council Meeting on 11-11. Protests Rescheduled to 3 PM and 5 PM on 11-18. Sorry for any confusion. November 11th is Veteran's Day. The KSCO Interview on 11-8 Saturday at 4 PM and the attorney get-together at the sidewalk near the Red Church at 5 PM 11-10 at 5 PM Monday are still a go.
4 PM 11-8 Saturday KSCO (AM 1080) Restoration of Human Rights for the Homeless advocates versus StabSantaCruz anti-homeless blogger Helbard Alkhassadeh. 5 PM 11-10 on the sidewalk near Calvalry ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 11:00am PST
AFSCME 3299 Blasts UC Tuition Hike Threat Oakland: The University of California’s largest employee union today blasted Administrators over their threat of a five year tuition hike if state funding is not dramatically increased....
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2014 7:00pm PST
Project Homeless Connect Comes to Watsonville Service Fair Addresses Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness...
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 2:04pm PST
Community Organizing Wins Significant Victories on Fracking and Other Key
Issues
Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter...
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 1:29pm PST
Fracking Bans Win in Two California Counties, Fail in One SACRAMENTO—Voters in two California counties were able to overcome a Goliath of an opponent—the oil industry—and pass fracking bans yesterday by wide margins. Measure J in San Benito County passed with 57% of the vote, and Measure S in Mendocino County passed with 67%....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 10:48am PST
San Benito County Bans Fracking, Despite Deluge of Oil Industry Cash HOLLISTER, Calif.— Voters in San Benito County approved a ballot measure Tuesday that will ban fracking and other extreme oil-extraction techniques, despite a massive ad campaign funded by the oil industry. Fracking is a controversial technique, used in thousands of California oil and gas wells, that blasts huge volumes of water mixed with toxic chemicals into the earth to fracture rocks. Anti-fracking measures also passed in Denton, Texas, and Athens, Ohio....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 10:35am PST
Lawsuit filed at Superior Court of Santa Cruz for criminal offenses against Jack LADD Lawsuit filed at Superior Court of Santa Cruz for criminal offenses against Jack LADD, Lyle WOLLERT, Ryan YORK, Phil WOWAK;
Complaint filed at Superior Court of Santa Cruz the 30th of october 2014 asking for a jury trial.
For
1. – DELIBERATE VIOLATION of PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS
2. – FORGED INVOICE AND FRAUD
3. – ROBBERY
4. -COMPLICITY OF ROBBERY
5.- DELIBERATE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
6. – COLLUSION, CORRUPTION, LACK OF NEUTRALITY, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE by PERSON HAVING...
Posted: Sat, Nov 1, 2014 4:51pm PDT
UK: Notorious rendition-to-torture case allowed to go to trial Today’s decision of the Court of Appeal in London permitting a lawsuit regarding illegal transfer, torture and other ill-treatment to proceed puts the onus on the UK government to answer allegations for its role in a notorious rendition case, Amnesty International said....
Posted: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 7:11pm PDT
Gray Wolf Spotted in Grand Canyon National Park for First Time in Over 70 Years GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— For the first time since the 1940s, a gray wolf is roaming the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The wolf, which is wearing an inactive radio collar, is likely a gray wolf that dispersed from the northern Rocky Mountains. The intrepid wolf is currently fully protected under the Endangered Species Act, which prohibits killing, wounding or harassing the animal and provides other protections. However, those protections could be stripped under the Obama administrat...
Posted: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 1:59pm PDT
New Study: Deadly Skin-eating Fungus Threatens to Wipe Out Salamanders WASHINGTON— The journal Science today published a study documenting a new threat to the world’s salamanders from a deadly skin-eating fungus. A relative of the killer chytrid fungus that has devastated frog populations, the new disease called Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bs, is sweeping through salamander populations in Europe. While the disease has not yet reached the United States, scientists found that imports of infected individuals pose a risk of spreading the highly lethal dise...
Posted: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 12:32pm PDT
Santa Cruz City Council Delays Second Reading of Stay Away Ordinance ACLU Continues to Urge Reconsideration of Stay Away Ordinance...
Posted: Tue, Oct 28, 2014 3:37pm PDT
Stay-Away From Human Rights ! An Activist Examines the Escalating Stay-Away Orders Law HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) activists Raven Davis and Maya Iverson spent many hours culling through citations and stay-away orders from the Parks and Recreation Department for the last year and a half. Their results show a pattern of homeless harassment and suggest very few of the citations or stay aways are for real crimes that threaten anyone. Mostly infractions used to discourage and drive away homeless folks. The proposed escalation of penalties, Davis predicts, wil...
Posted: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 8:51pm PDT
Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in Los Padres National Forest GOLETA, Calif.— Conservation groups today praised a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to consider stronger protections for wildlife and wildlands across 221,579 acres throughout the Los Padres National Forest in the remote backcountry of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Kern counties....
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 6:50pm PDT
Local ACLU Issues Stong Statement in Opposition to "Stay Away" Ordinance ACLU Board Questions Constitutionality of Ordinance...
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 1:14pm PDT
CASS: Where Are You? Check Out The Latest Gambit By CA Dept Of Ag To Spray Everywhere Is the group California Alliance to Stop the Spray (CASS) still around? If so, they need to step it up and get on this one....
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 11:25am PDT
Back on the Air Again!--Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.1 FM--Still Seeking Assistance Freak Radio, continuously streaming at http://audio.str3am.com:5110/, is back on the air after antenna problems. I encourage folks to call in at 831-427-3772 and 831-469-3119 with announcements and comments. We've been off the air (but on the stream) for the last few weeks, and for a longer period before that. As one broadcaster, I thank folks who continued to listen by computer and also those who are now returning to hear us on the radio....
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 8:48am PDT
Bike Advocates Endorse Staunchly Anti-Poor Candidate The local bicycle advocacy group People Power, part of the Progressive Coalition, is again showing their questionable progressive credentials by supporting the election of David Terrazas, part of the City's conservative Council majority that has consistently voted against the side of poor people and evidence-based policies....
Posted: Thu, Oct 23, 2014 9:42am PDT
Time to Step Up and Fight City Hall on “Stay Away” Ordinance Legal Action the First and Best Option...
Posted: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 11:15am PDT
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