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Bail Hearing for Medical MJ Organizer Dustin Costa; Thunder Remains in Prison While patients were rallying for Dustin Costa in Fresno, another
medical marijuana defendant, Thunder Rector, remained locked up there
on federal marijuana charges...
Posted: Sun, Aug 21, 2005 12:34pm PDT
3rd Sacramento Cindy Sheehan Support Rally pics 
On 8-13-05, a group of people held a support rally for Cindy Sheehan at 16th and broadway in Sacramento. On 8-17-05, a group of people held another support rally for Cindy Sheehan at city hall in Sacramento. On 8-20-05 another group of people held another support rally for Cindy Sheehan at the corner of 16th and Broadway in Sacramento....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 10:41pm PDT
Accreditation Approved for Fresno Police Department On August 24, 2005 the formal presentation of accreditation will be made at City Hall by CALEA (Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies) officials to the Fresno Police Department, thus affirming CALEA’s decision that the Fresno Police have become effective and efficient in the delivery of law enforcement services, and enjoy citizen and employee confidence in the goals, objectives, policies and practices of the agency....
Posted: Sat, Aug 20, 2005 12:44pm PDT
Blowing the Whistle on West Nile - Shades of 1950's and DDT While the battle plan's objective is to target the mosquitoes that carry West Nile, the strikes won't be 'precision' and the collateral damage could be vast. Pesticides and larvicides can impact fish, insects, animals, and humans. And although the public has been told to lather up with DEET, spray pesticides, and eliminate standing water, little has been said about using select plants, birds, bugs, fish, and amphibians - gifts of nature that help control mosquitoes....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 2:07pm PDT
Fresno high schools get $1.7 million to peddle pop¡! 
Fresno high schools get $1.7 million to peddle pop¡! 2 minute video....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 11:43am PDT
Fresno Trashes Workers 
City and County Officials Utilize Slave Labor to Beautify Fresno....
Posted: Fri, Aug 19, 2005 6:45am PDT
Action Alert: Rally Against Pesticide Spraying Aug. 19, 12:15 pm Activists opposing pesticide spraying will hold a rally at the State Capitol on L Street on Friday, August 19, at 12:15 pm....
Posted: Thu, Aug 18, 2005 1:47am PDT
Sacramento Vigil for Cindy Sheehan 
Photos from the August 17 vigil in Sacramento in support of Cindy Sheehan....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 11:25pm PDT
150+ of us back Cindy at Camp Casey Fresno 
150+ of us back Cindy at Camp Casey Fresno. 1 minute video....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 5:43pm PDT
Sacramento Vigils for Cindy Sheehan Update Over 1000 people are expected at the vigil in front of city hall in Sacramento tonight!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 5:14pm PDT
Medical marijuana backer on hunger strike in jail Dustin Costa, a medical marijuana advocate, is awaiting federal charges in Fresno County Jail for a seizure by narcotics agents who uprooted 1,000 plants at his Winton home....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 11:23am PDT
Fresno Vigil in support of Cindy Sheehan 
150 turn out to support Cindy Sheehan in Fresno on Tuesday night....
Posted: Wed, Aug 17, 2005 11:16am PDT
Sacramento Vigil in Support of Cindy Sheehan 8/17 Don't miss the vigil in support of Cindy Sheehan in front of City Hall at 915 I Street on Aug. 17....
Posted: Tue, Aug 16, 2005 5:09pm PDT
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
Logging in the Sequoia National Monument 8/13/2005 
In a stunning, relatively overlooked area of the southern Sierras, just east of California Hot Springs and the south valley town of Porterville, the Forest Service is facilitating one of the most rotten deals in the recent, rotten history of logging on public lands. And these are not just any public lands but a National Monument established in 2000 to protect giant Sequoias, in large part by prohibiting timber cutting and restoring the lands to their primeval condition....
Posted: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 3:18am 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
CODEPINK Anti-War Protests on Monday, August 15 Here's the press release and schedule for Monday's Code Pink anti-war protests in Sacramento!...
Posted: Sun, Aug 14, 2005 8:27pm PDT
Fresno Food Not Bombs in need of a few good volunteers for Sunday meal 
If you'd like to volunteer with Food Not Bombs, Sunday we meet (every Sunday, rain or shine) at the Big Red Church on Echo Avenue at 1:30pm. They have a great kitchen with stainless steel counters and everything....
Posted: Sun, Aug 14, 2005 12:55am PDT
Pics of Sacramento Support Rally for Cindy Sheehan 
According to a recent Washington Post article, "Sheehan's protest has created a delicate situation for the White House, which has resisted being drawn into a public battle with a woman who lost a son in Iraq." This demonstration in Sacramento is one of several being held across the country in support of Cindy Sheehan....
Posted: Sat, Aug 13, 2005 9:47pm PDT
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