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Zoltan vs. Zerzan (trans-humanism vs. anarcho-primitivism) Stanford University
Geology Corner, Main Quad
Saturday night November 15 7PM...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 15, 2014 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2014 11:04am PST
Protest at Community Colleges Board of Governors meeting De Anza College - 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino...
Event Date: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 11:00am PST
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2014 8:52am PST
Peace and Social Justice Harvest Fair First Presbyterian Church, Social Hall
1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto CA 94301...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2014 11:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Oct 30, 2014 4:11pm PDT
Environmental activist Brian Haberly speaks on fracking in California Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401
http://www.uusanmateo.org/...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 23, 2014 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 12:05pm PDT
Deeply Divided: Racial Politics and Social Movements in Post-War America Friends Meeting House
957 Colorado Ave, Palo Alto CA 94303...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 20, 2014 7:30pm PST
Posted: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 4:44pm PDT
Lawsuit to Protect Pinto Abalone From Ocean Acidification, Climate Change and Poaching 
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— Conservation groups notified the National Marine Fisheries Service today of their intent to sue the agency for delaying Endangered Species Act protection for the pinto abalone, an approximately six-inch snail with an iridescent inner shell that was once common in rocky, intertidal coasts from Alaska to Baja California....
Posted: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 4:27pm PDT
Marjorie Cohn: Drones and Targeted Killing First Baptist Church
305 N. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 7, 2014 7:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 8:03pm PDT
Mountain View's Lack-Luster Minimum Wage Increase: Who is the Problem? 
Despite a council chamber filled with proponents of a minimum wage increase that would come closer to matching Seattle's $15 an hour, the Mountain View City Council only approved an hourly rate of $10.30. Vice-Mayor Jack McAlister is a business owner who should recuse himself; council member John Inks claims that most people work minimum wage jobs only temporarily, although the evidence shows otherwise....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2014 2:19pm PDT
Only Tiny Increase to Minimum Wage in Google's Backyard 
Rents are expensive in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View, California, home to Google and LinkedIn. For people working for minimum wage there is no money left for food, clothes, health care, transportation or education, after paying monthly rent. Often they share apartments with strangers, while others live in their cars. Despite this, on October 9 the city's council voted against all proposals for increases to the minimum wage except one allowing the tiniest of increases. "We cannot be...
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2014 2:59am PDT
PPJC's Paul George on ISIS, American Exceptionalism and Perpetual War Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401
http://www.uusanmateo.org/...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 19, 2014 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2014 7:51pm PDT
MLPA Initiative funder pledged $250 million for Mauna Kea telescope 
“The TMT is an atrocity the size of Aloha Stadium,” said Kamahana Kealoha, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner and organizer of those who held a protest today at Mauna Kea, where a scheduled groundbreaking ceremony was delayed. “It is like building a sky-scraper on top of the mountain, a place that is being violated in many ways culturally, environmentally and spiritually.”
Photo of protest at Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation offices today in solidarity with protests to stop the building of...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 8:38pm PDT
Endangered Species Act Protection Sought for 16 Rare Amphibians and Reptiles in California 
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to decide whether 16 increasingly rare amphibians and reptiles in California warrant consideration for Endangered Species Act protection. The Center first petitioned for these species — the western pond turtle, southern rubber boa, western spadefoot, foothill yellow-legged frog, Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, sandstone night lizard and nine s...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 8:07pm PDT
Kū Kia'i Mauna a Wakea: Protect Mauna Kea solidarity protest in Palo Alto 
Gordon And Betty Moore Foundation
1661 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, California 94304...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2014 9:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2014 10:58am PDT
Standing Strong Against the Death Penalty 
Amnesty International Chapter 19 launched a rally in observance of World Day Against the Death Penalty in Palo Alto today. Standing strong were speakers Mary Kay Raftery and Chris Walker, who argued that there is no such thing as "closure" as pro death penalty folks promote. Mary Kay's son was murdered; Chris talked about his experience as an innocent man in Pelican Bay prison....
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2014 11:47pm PDT
We Are Not World Cops 
On the evening of September 23rd the airwaves were filled with reports of strikes by the United States and its allies against targets in Syria. Quick response by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center called on SF Peninsula residents to gather and protest. Demonstrations were held in San Francisco and San José as well....
Posted: Fri, Sep 26, 2014 2:23am PDT
Martin's Beach Access Lawsuit Won Against Vinod Khosla 
On September 24, the Surfrider Foundation (surfrider.org), scored a huge victory in its protracted legal battle against billionaire and venture capitalist, Vinod Khosla, to restore beach access at Martin’s Beach in San Mateo, California. In a decision made by San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Barbara J. Mallach, Khosla will be required to seek a permit from the California Coastal Commission for the gates, signage and other access-blocking development at Martin’s Beach and begin a public p...
Posted: Thu, Sep 25, 2014 6:05pm PDT
No Privacy Policy for New BART Police App - Now That’s A Suspicious Activity 
If you see something, say something. Or text something, straight to BART police—along with your contact and location information, and a picture of your face. That’s what “BART Watch,” a new app designed to encourage users to report suspicious activities, would like you to do. But we’re calling out this app for its own suspicious activities - having no privacy policy that explains the sensitive information it collects and may be sharing with others, and for encouraging people to file potential...
Posted: Sun, Sep 14, 2014 11:32pm PDT
New Data Shows California Drift Gillnets Not Sustainable, Continue to Kill Marine Mammals 
MONTEREY, Calif.— The National Marine Fisheries Service has released new data showing that the California-based drift gillnet fishery targeting swordfish killed an estimated 53 marine mammals from May 2013 through January 2014. Fishery observers monitored 34 percent of the drift gillnet sets made last year; they documented that the fishery killed an estimated three California gray whales, six short-finned pilot whales, nine northern right whale dolphins, nine California sea lions and 26 short...
Posted: Sat, Sep 13, 2014 9:01pm PDT
Family of Yanira Serrano Files Federal Lawsuit Against Deputy Trieu and San Mateo County (video/x-flv 113.5MB) On September 9, the family of Yanira Serrano Garcia announced they filed a civil rights lawsuit against San Mateo County and San Mateo Sheriff's Deputy Menh Trieu in Federal District Court in San Francisco for the June 3 killing of Yanira at her home in Half Moon Bay. [Top video: Attorney Arnoldo Casillas speaks. Scroll down for more videos, photos, the independent autopsy, a copy of the lawsuit, and a recording of the 911 call]...
Posted: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 7:57pm PDT
Free Screening of 'The Wisdom to Survive', a Film About Global Warming Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo
300 E. Santa Inez
San Mateo, CA 94401
http://www.uusanmateo.org/...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2014 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 11, 2014 9:03am PDT
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