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Turmoil Again at KPFA After Six Years of Peace
KPFA General Manager Roy Campanella II, on the job for a little more than half a year, is blamed for ignoring allegations of harassment. He’s even accused of harassing and demeaning women at the station and attempting to intimidate those who would report the abuse, charges he forcefully denies....
Posted: Tue, Jun 28, 2005 11:40am PDT
CA Atty General Legal Opinion on MMJ
Slipping under many of our radar screens, California Attorney General Bill
Lockyer issued a legal opinion on Thursday, June 23 regarding medical marijuana....
Posted: Tue, Jun 28, 2005 7:55am PDT
7/6 Immigrants Will Confront Governor over Licences and Minutemen! Join us!
ON JULY 6, IMMIGRANTS WILL CONFRONT GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATORS OVER
DRIVERS LICENSES AND THE MINUTEMENT !! PLEASE JOIN US IN SACRAMENTO !...
Posted: Tue, Jun 28, 2005 7:53am PDT
Attend Hearing on Tuesday to help kangaroos & make calls!
**Note Senator Migden from SF, Marin and Sonoma County is on the committee and needs to hear from you!!**...
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 2:16pm PDT
Cal workers kick a lot of Arnie butt in Sacramento
Nurses, firefighters, teachers and other union workers in California told Governor Schwarzenegger that California is not for sale....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 9:50am PDT
Civil rights groups contest FBI on Lodi arrests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to get records related to the arrest of five Lodi, Calif., men on terrorism charges....
Posted: Sun, Jun 26, 2005 5:14am PDT
State Fair Animal Welfare Policies - 6/25/05 Update
Some hopeful news from CalExpo re their animal welfare policies. A final vote on our proposals for changes in the Fair's "2005 Animal Welfare Handbook" (available on-line at www.calexpo.com) has been postponed until the Fair Board's July 22 meeting....
Posted: Sat, Jun 25, 2005 10:53pm PDT
Arnold can run but he can't hide
Protesters follow the Gubernator everywhere he goes. HIs onscreen persona belies his real life bullying, cowardly nature....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2005 1:08pm PDT
Petitions 4 Justice
Please take a minute to view the following websites for Justice, for families of victims of Police Britality in California, created by Idriss Stelley Foundation...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 12:03am PDT
Iraqi Labor Leaders Call for Solidarity, End of U.S. Occupation
Several hundred people gathered at a public forum in Berkeley June 19 to hear Iraqi union leaders talk about conditions in their country. Their talk was part of a tour sponsored by U.S. Labor Against War....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 10:04am PDT
CA Decrim bill SB 797 Amended
The Assembly Public Safety Committee approved
an author's amendment to SB 797 (Romero) lowering the proposed fine
for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana to $100 in the
case of an infraction, but leaving the alternative misdemeanor fine
at $250....
Posted: Wed, Jun 22, 2005 9:39am PDT
Calling All Activist Photographers!
Calling Out to All Photographers! Fault Lines wants to publish your pictures of community-based activists in action for our special summer issue......
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 8:56pm PDT
What You Can Do to Support A.B. 1121, "California Moratorium on Execution Act"
It is now possible to view the text of the "California Moratorium on Execution Act" (A.B. 1121) at
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1121_bill_20050620_amended_asm.html...
Posted: Tue, Jun 21, 2005 11:16am PDT
What's the Price of This River?
Silicon Valley land developer, Barry Swenson his family and his Green Valley Corporation are controlling stakeholders in the organization that regularly drains this Modoc County river which is habitat to endangered and threatened species....
Posted: Mon, Jun 20, 2005 6:53pm PDT
The Lynching of a Lodi Family
In less than a week of recklessness reporting, the Bay Area media has destroyed a humble Pakistani family and three other men. The carnage was unbelievable. In a frenzy race for the ratings, the media descended to Lodi, a small town south of Sacramento, in search of the "terrorist cell" they learned about in a federal criminal complaint....
Posted: Mon, Jun 20, 2005 3:56pm PDT
Interview with U.C. Berkeley CUE Workers on recent 3-day strike (audio/mpeg 9.5MB)
Amatullah Alaji-Sabrie and Toni Mendocino, UC Berkeley workers and Coalition of University Employees members, discuss last week's 3-day strike over clerical workers' demands, providing insight into negotiations issues and strategies for the statewide labor campaign. (20 minutes)...
Posted: Sun, Jun 19, 2005 9:25pm PDT
List of California Juneteenth Celebrations
well, this is interesting- I don't think it includes the main SF or Berkeley celebrations......
Posted: Sat, Jun 18, 2005 11:52am PDT
Inside an Open Rescue: Putting a Human Face on Animal Liberation
*Satya Magazine*
June/July 2005
By Mark Hawthorne...
Posted: Fri, Jun 17, 2005 9:45am PDT
CLOSE CYA!!! SIGN THE PETITION !
Books Not Bars has launched an ONLINE PETITION to Governor
Schwarzenegger to CLOSE THE NOTORIOUS AND ABUSIVE YOUTH PRISONS OF
THE CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY (CYA)...
Posted: Thu, Jun 16, 2005 11:25pm PDT