Newsitem List
379 of 419
Local Sanctuaries Rescue Hundreds of Hens from Slaughter
Animal Place and CAPE lead the effort to rescue and locate homes for 700 hens from an egg farm in California’s Central Valley....
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 8:45pm PDT
“No More Lost Lives” Memorial Sept. 5, 2005
This Labor Day, please join us for a very important and special memorial event.
Last year, on September 5, 2004, Dyron Brewer died in the CYA’s Chad youth prison.
We are marking this horrific event and honoring Dyron’s life with a mass memorial
and march. The “No More Lost Lives” memorial event will be held in Stockton (home
of the Chad prison) on Monday, September 5, 2005 from 12 PM to 3 PM....
Posted: Sun, Aug 14, 2005 9:39pm PDT
Nov. props bash teens, education, unions, etc.
In Ahnold's "special erection", on 8 November 2005, California voters weigh several bad ideas (props 74 thru 78);
followed by two good ones (79 and 80)....
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 9:14am PDT
REFLECTIONS ON THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF OUR INVALIDATED MARRIAGE LICENSES
Today is the one year anniversary of the
California Supreme Court decision declaring our cherished marriage licenses legally
"null and void."...
Posted: Fri, Aug 12, 2005 11:17pm PDT
Support KNBR Decision to Punish Racist On-Air Comments
Support KNBR Decision to Punish Racist On-Air Comments
Go to Local Impact and send a free fax....
Posted: Fri, Aug 12, 2005 10:23pm PDT
Sac-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control Dist. Mtg. pics
* Turn off air conditioning and other ventilation that brings in air from outside. Turn your thermostat down a couple of hours before that to keep your house cool during the treatments.
* Bring toys, tools, patio furniture, pets, bikes, and other portable items indoors.
* Cover playground equipment and other large outdoor items.
* Keep pets indoors.
* Take shoes off before coming indoors.
* After spraying occurs, wash down other surfaces such as playground equipment ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 11:36pm PDT
California Senate to Vote Next Week on Four LGBT Rights Bills!
Next week, the California Legislature will return from summer recess for four more
weeks before ending this year's session. This means that we will only have four more
weeks to get our remaining pieces of legislation passed....
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 10:54pm PDT
California Supreme Court Rules That Businesses Cannot Discriminate Against Domestic Partne
In a ruling issued in a case argued by Lambda Legal, the California Supreme Court said that if businesses in California provide benefits to married couples they must also extend them on equal terms to same-sex couples who are registered domestic partners....
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2005 12:14pm PDT
CALIF. GAY RIGHTS GROUP'S LEGISLATION TAKES CENTER STAGE
Equality California's sponsored legislation will reach a pivotal moment next week when the Legislature returns from summer recess August 15. The Senate Appropriations Committee will likely hear Assembly Bill 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, authored by Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D-Los Angeles), and supported by more than 30 other co-authors....
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2005 12:12pm PDT
California Governor, Guard Stymie Spying Investigation
Citing "executive privilege," the California National Guard is standing by its refusal to turn e-mails relating to the Mother’s Day monitoring of anti-war protesters over to a state senator conducting an investigation into the affair, The San Jose Mercury News reported yesterday. In total, Senator Joe Dunn (D) is seeking 20 e-mail communications between the Guard unit and two of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s spokespersons....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 7:25am PDT
New California Factory Farming Websites
East Bay Animal Advocates has launched two new websites regarding
California factory farming.
East Bay Animal Advocates...
Posted: Sun, Aug 7, 2005 1:44pm PDT
8/6 KPFA Special Programming On AFL-CIO Convention & Labor Struggles
The KPFA Labor Collective on Saturday August 6, 2005 at 9:00 AM will be producing a one hour labor radio show on the events at the 2005 AFL-CIO convention
and struggles going on in the bay area. It can be heard on the internet at www.kpfa.org....
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 6:00pm PDT
NFWM E-News: 5 Farmworker deaths due to heat; New Emerg. Regulations
1. 5 Farmworker deaths due to heat
2. NFWM Board in silent vigil at Gallo of Sonoma
3. Unitarian Universalist Association endorses Gallo boycott
4. NFWM News & Views online...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 5:22pm PDT
Calif. Drs. Rethink Position On Gay Medical Care
The California Medical Association is reportedly reconsidering its position that doctors and medical clinics have the right to refuse treatment on moral grounds....
Posted: Wed, Aug 3, 2005 6:51am PDT
Businesses Can't Discriminate Against Gay Couples Calif. Court Rules
Country clubs must offer same-sex couples the same discounted memberships that they give married couples California's Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision that will spillover to affect all businesses in the state....
Posted: Tue, Aug 2, 2005 9:29am PDT
Bohemian Grove & the 25th Vigil
Report from the Saturday, July 16, 2005 demonstration at Bohemian Grove on the Russian River...
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 9:31pm PDT
Weekly Alert: Court Support, Council Votes & MCA Mtg
3) Monday, Huntington Beach: Council to Vote on Permanent Dispensing Ban
4) Monday, Pasadena: Council to Vote on Permanent Dispensing Ban
5) Tuesday, Sacramento: Support Dispensary Operator Louis Fowler in Court
6) Thursday, Oakland: Medical Cannabis Association Meeting...
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 12:51am PDT
Eddy Lepp, Ron Kiczenski religious use cases updates
FYI, I'm sending this update and forward to let people know the status
of these two cases. Bear in mind that these are my own observations and
were not vetted with the principals involved in the cases, who may see
things quite differently. Please visit their web sites to get the
official versions....
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 12:41pm PDT
SOS members, Neo-Nazi Skinheads, & White Supremacists (1/4)
The photograph below shows Don Silva, a top spokeperson for Save our State (SOS), the immigrant bashing group founded by Joe Turner of Ventura County, California, holding up the blue banner, "DEPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS," along with a man reputed to be "Advocate," at the Saturday, July 16th, 2005 rally against the day laborer center in Laguna Beach, California. A woman reputed to be "Dixieland_Delight" poses before the camera while waving an American flag. Both "A...
Posted: Sat, Jul 30, 2005 9:25am PDT