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Crosses in Lafayette-Update 
Update on the Crosses in Lafayette...
Posted: Wed, Jan 17, 2007 11:41am PST
Poor Neighborhoods Lack Access to Fresh Produce Some neighborhoods have a slew of fast food restaurants and liquor stores but no outlet for fresh fruits and vegetables. Neighborhood activists in the San Francisco Bay Area are trying to change that. Viji Sundaram is an editor at New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 8:35am PST
Contra Costa Supes to Terminate Patients' Rights Tues Tuesday, 1/16/07, at 1:00 pm the Contra Costa County Board of
Supervisors will decide whether to shut down the only medical cannabis
collective in East County on a zoning technicality...
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2007 10:33pm PST
Barbara Becnel: Why I joined the Green Party 
In 2006, Barbara Becnel was the first black female Democrat to have ever run for Governor of California. Now she is a member of the Green Party.
In Oakland this evening, Barbara joined area Greens to describe the events that led to her conversion....
Posted: Mon, Jan 15, 2007 6:40am PST
Two Oakland events on Sat 1-13-07 to Welcome Mayor Ron Dellums We'll meet by the entrance to Fairyland at Lake Merritt. Registration begins at 8 a.m., and Mayor Dellums will be on hand at 9 a.m. to speak as we head off on the walk around the lake. Various other neighborhood events will be taking place later in the day, including celebrations in Chinatown and the Fruitvale (see info below)....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 8:51pm PST
report and video from the encounter between the zapatistas and the peoples of the world La Pena cultural center. 3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley....
Event Date: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 7:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 12:58pm PST
Save Oaks march Oak grove- Piedmont Ave in Berkeley just by the uphill end of Bancroft Way....
Event Date: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 2:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 11:33am PST
Tree-sits continue in Berkeley The tree-sits continue after police raid of ground camp....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 10:18am PST
Tree-Sits in Oak Grove In Berkeley Raided by Campus Police Tree-Sits in Oak Grove In Berkeley Raided by Campus Police...
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 8:39am PST
Green Sunday: A discussion with Barbara Becnel LOCATION: Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland....
Event Date: Sun, Jan 14, 2007 5:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 1:08pm PST
IWW Shattuckunion Preparing for Contract Push 
Workers at all Landmark Theaters in California were recently given a $.75 an hour raise. This comes on top of the raise that workers received several months ago. Which occured shortly after the union election victory....
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 12:03pm PST
Light up the Crosses of Lafayette Vigil across Deer Hill Rd from Lafayette BART (in Lafayette)...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 8:50am PST
Bay area anti-war protests Thursday Anti-war protests times and places on Thursday...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 5:39pm PST
Berkeley curbside recyclers win IWW contract fight 
Berkeley curbside recyclers win IWW contract fight - management must pay double time on early Saturday work....
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 9:44am PST
HANDS AROUND THE LAKE -- Celebrating Oakland's Multicultural Diversity meet at Band Stand Area near Garden Center (off Grand Avenue, enter through Fairy Land entrance)...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 8:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 9:13am PST
Tree-Sits at Berkeley Oaks Expand Late Sunday night, January 7, 2007, native leader and mayoral candidate Zachary Running Wolf once again climbed into the redwood tree he had occupied last month, before being apprehended....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 9:00am PST
Progressives Anxious – But Hopeful -- About Dellums Former Congressman Ron Dellums will be sworn in today as the new Mayor of Oakland at 11:00 a.m. at a Public Inaugural Ceremony at the Paramount Theater. The event is free and open to the public, but get there early because it will be packed. For progressive activists, it’s an exhilarating day after fighting for years in the political wilderness – as the city faces the triple challenges of gentrification, unemployment and a high crime rate....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 7:35am PST
SPIRAL DANCE around the Tree-Sits to Save the Oaks in Berkeley The Spiral Dance, led by the Reclaiming Collective, will start at 2 pm, but you are invited to come earlier, or drop in any time to see the oaks and meet the tree-sitters....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 7:26pm PST
Berkeley Tries to Silence Progressives In a thinly veiled attempt to undercut and reverse Berkeley's traditional progressive political agenda, the Berkeley City Council will consider a proposal on Jan.16 designed to remove---and bar future---citizen volunteers from the City of Berkeley's 40 citizen commissions and boards....
Posted: Fri, Jan 5, 2007 7:33am PST
Walnut Creek Lunardi's demonstration demands a cage-free egg policy 
East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA) asked Lunardi's Supermarket to make a New Year’s Resolution to stop selling eggs from chickens raised in overcrowded, wire cages (known as battery cages). In order to advance the company's commitment to consumers and animals, concerned citizens are urging President Paul Lunardi to implement a cage-free egg policy at all his company's stores in the San Francisco Bay Area....
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 8:04pm PST
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