Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
54 of 396 
Santa Cruz Police Evict Homeless Residents from Main Beach 
On September 10, the Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 to impose a six-month, midnight-sunrise curfew for the dry sand portion of Santa Cruz Main Beach. Santa Cruz Police Chief of Police Andrew Mills and other members of City Staff had requested that Council enact the curfew due to an "increase" in nuisance crimes related to homeless individuals camping on the beach. By the evening of September 15, police began evicting homeless residents from the beach....
Posted: Mon, Sep 16, 2019 2:54pm PDT
Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly In San Francisco & Nurses Speak Out 
A Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly was held in San Francisco on September 12, 13, 14th & 15th. Nurses from 21 countries attended about their fight to defend healthcare against deregulaton and privatization....
Posted: Sat, Sep 14, 2019 11:58am PDT
Telegraph triangle loses status and bench Berkeley city officials have taken away the special status of the Triangle on Telegraph Avenue. Once a tiny park for people to sit and congregate at Telegraph and Dwight, the city has downgraded the Triangle to being a road median. The bench at the Triangle was removed....
Posted: Fri, Sep 13, 2019 9:27am PDT
Passing the Buck and Rubberstamping at the Parks and Recreation Commission Yesterday Where's the "Progressive" Input at Parks and Recreation ?...
Posted: Tue, Sep 10, 2019 10:01am PDT
Appeals Court to Hear ACLU Discrimination Case Against Dignity Health SAN FRANCISCO—The ACLU is set to argue before the Court of Appeal in San Francisco Tuesday on behalf of Evan Minton, a man who was denied health care because he is transgender....
Posted: Mon, Sep 9, 2019 4:02pm PDT
No Curfew, Restore Services! 
Two half page flyers on the proposed Beach Grab by City Manager Martin Bernal as part of his endless "Drive the Homeless Out of Sight" campaign....
Posted: Mon, Sep 9, 2019 9:32am PDT
Demonstrators for Medicare for All March on Office of Congresswoman Eshoo 
On September 5, Santa Clara County Single Payer Coalition and National Nurses United led a protest that started with a march through downtown Palo Alto leading to the door of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo. The Congresswoman has made it clear she is against eliminating for-profit insurance companies from our healthcare system and replacing them with a non-profit federal system....
Posted: Sun, Sep 8, 2019 7:17pm PDT
Protesters Call Out "Massacre Mitch" in Mountain View 
On Monday, August 19, 2019 at the intersection of El Camino Real and Castro Street in Mountain View, California, protesters waved signs including one demanding that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell act to prevent shooting massacres. They said that although nearly 40,000 Americans die every year from gun violence, our politicians--especially those bought out by the NRA--have refused to address the issue other than with their thoughts and prayers.
Photos by Jack Owicki, Pro Bono Photo. ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 8, 2019 5:32pm PDT
City of Santa Cruz to Consider Main Beach Curfew 
The agenda for Tuesday's Santa Cruz City Council meeting inculdes a proposal to implement a curfew on Main Beach in Santa Cruz, citing an increase in nuissance crimes committed by the homeless as the reason. City Manager Martin Bernal, Director of Parks and Recreation Tony Elliot, and Chief of Police Andrew Mills are recommending that the dry-sand portion of Main Beach be closed to the public from midnight to one hour before sunrise. For similar reasons in 2013, the Santa Cruz City Council v...
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2019 11:22am PDT
Santa Cruz City Recall Petition Signing Update 9-5-2019 
Santa Cruz Police called on this reporter! The following story started about two weeks ago....
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 8:40pm PDT
Bay Area Nurses to Hold Rally Protesting Deportation of Extremely Ill Patient 
Maria Isabel Bueso and her mother Karla Bueso will be in attendance...
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2019 2:33pm PDT
Bikes 4 Life marks 10 years in West Oakland 
Small independent community bicycle shop reaches a remarkable milestone! Help keep this community and culture going....
Posted: Wed, Sep 4, 2019 2:10pm PDT
Demonstrators Keep the Restrooms Open at Louden Nelson Center 
Demonstrators staged sit-ins today in the men's and women's restrooms at Louden Nelson Center in Santa Cruz, effectively keeping the facilities open to the public for an extended period of time. Once open to all, the Louden Nelson restrooms have been closed to the public since 2018, which staff claims is due to complaints of vandalism and drug use. To enter the restrooms, a person must either be a patron or customer of the center, and punch in an electronic pass-code provided by the attendant...
Posted: Tue, Sep 3, 2019 7:20pm PDT
Kaiser Bosses STOP Destroying Our Healthcare & Outsourcing Our Jobs! 
Thousands of Kaiser workers and supporters of healthcare rallied on 2019 Labor Day to protest Kaiser executives demands that impose a two tier contract, outsourcing of jobs and a substandard pension system....
Posted: Tue, Sep 3, 2019 2:49am PDT
Which side are you on, Representative Anna Eshoo? US Representative Anna Eshoo (north Santa Cruz County and SF Peninsula) received over $1 million in contributions from Pharma, Healthcare providers, and investors since 2013. She chairs the Subcommittee on Health. She told falsehoods about single-payer healthcare at her recent town hall, so she cannot be trusted to give the Medicare for All bill fair consideration....
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2019 10:48pm PDT
City Council Keeps London (Louden) Nelson Bathrooms Closed; Protest Tomorrow (9-3) 1:30 pm 
A City Council meeting that lasted to 11 PM or shortly thereafter featured long anecdotal presentations by London (Louden) Nelson Community Center [LNCC] Supervisor Iseth Rae and her boss Parks and Recreation chief Tony Elliot. A long line of speakers and a list of organizations tried with no success to reason with the Council. Senior, disabled, homeless, & basketball players will continue to be excluded. Come to LNCC tomorrow and support an immediate "open bathrooms" policy !...
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2019 1:35pm PDT
People's Park: AntiFascism and Park Defense After anti-fascists announced plans for a rally in People's Park, the UCB chancellor sent out a press release that the UC is determined to move forward on their plans to eradicate the park....
Posted: Sat, Aug 31, 2019 9:36am PDT
Oakland sued by disabled renters being excluded by the Rent Adjustment Program On August 28, 2019, plaintiffs Ian Smith, Sunday Parker, and Mitch Jeserich sued the City of Oakland on behalf of themselves and other Oakland renters that have mobility disabilities who need accessible housing. According to the lawsuit, Plaintiffs, and all other Oakland renters who need accessible housing, are being discriminatorily excluded from the benefit of Defendant City of Oakland’s (“City”) Rent Adjustment Program (“Program”)....
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2019 9:39pm PDT
City Attorney Stonewalls Homeless Activists on Settlement Conference 
After leveling the Ross Camp, sending its 200-300 residents fleeing into the parks, greenbelt, downtown, and neighborhoods, and fencing off the area, the City is now refusing to sit down and work out compromise settlement terms as suggested by Judge Edward Devila. It apparently prefers to incur more costs.at the expense of its homeless residents....
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2019 8:49am PDT
Felton Fire District Captain Calls for Vigilante Justice Against Homeless People 
In the wake of an alleged assault on a middle school student in the San Lorenzo Valley, Captain Daniel Bonfante of the Felton Fire Protection District has called for vigilante justice against homeless people, who he blames for the majority of crime in the area. On August 21 on Instagram, Captain Bonfante called for community members to "get the posse together" and "let the rift raft know that we are vigilant". "99% of all crime is homeless in felton right now," Bonfante said. "They are gettin...
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2019 2:29pm PDT
54 of 396