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Emergency SCRAP News Conference set for Mon. Feb. 14, 10am Santa Cruzans for Responsible Planning (SCRP)
P.O. Box 7564
Santa Cruz, California 95061
SCRAP Media Contacts:
Ron Pomerantz, (Fire Captain) 423-2293, Katherine Beiers (former SC Mayor) 426-6108, Bill Malone (President, SC People’s Democratic Club) 420-1133, Jim Conway (President, Clear View Court Homeowners Ass.) 212-0205...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:27am PST
KFC Protest in Santa Cruz 
(12 Feb, 2005) A number of people protested in front of the KFC on Mission Street on Saturday afternoon in order to raise public awareness of the exceptionally cruel conditions that chickens routinely endure....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 10:15pm PST
Cardenas Case to Go On (not dismissed) Some decent news finally......
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 5:56pm PST
Pena Cultural de la Raza WHAT: A Cultural and Educational Event on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848
WHO: The Barrio Defense Committee, a community organization is organizing the “Cultural Peña of la Razaâ€
WHERE: Centro Aztlan Chicomoztoc, 520 So. 2nd Street, San Jose, California (408) 885-9785
WHEN: Sunday, February 6, 2005, from 2 pm to 6 pm...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 12:56am PST
Trial in the case of Rudy Cardenas' Killer 
Michael Walker, the policeman who killed Rudy Cardenas, is on trial for murder in San Jose. January 28 there was a press conference before a hearing to dismiss charges, where Rudy's family, dressed in black, spoke to the press....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 12:44pm PST
Friday: FAMILY OF SHOOTING VICTIM TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE AND PACK COURTROOM FAMILY OF SHOOTING VICTIM HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE AND PACK COURTROOM
TO STOP DISMISSAL
Do Not Overturn the Grand Jury Decision To Bring State Agent to Trial!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 10:48pm PST
Alameda County adopts resolution banning gender id discrim the Board of
Supervisors of Alameda County Tuesday passed 4-0 a resolution
prohibiting gender identity discrimination in county employment,
county services, and county contracting....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 7:16pm PST
Inaugurate the People! 
More than 400 protesters turned out in Santa Cruz for a march and rally to coincide with the 2nd inauguration of George W. Bush....
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 5:30am PST
San Jose Inauguration Demonstration 
250 protesters came out to protest the inauguration of George W. Bush. While Bush showed on TV how well hypocrisy was working for him, the protesters had a message of peace, freedom and solidarity. One of their stops was St. Joseph's Cathedral, below....
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 11:49pm PST
Martín Rodriguez: Tortured in the San Jose Main Jail 
Martín Rodriguez, pictured below with his wife and two youngest children, says he was tortured in the San Jose Main Jail while spending 115 days there on dubious drug charges. His public defender demanded he plead guilty and he is seeking adequate representation for a plea of innocent. His cause has been taken up by the Barrio Defense Committee of San Jose....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 6:21pm PST
Kentucky Fried Cruelty 
Santa Cruz protests attract support from compassionate folks of all ages....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 8:37pm PST
Monthly KFC Protest in San Jose with help from the chickens themselves! 
Chickens of all sizes help spread the word about KFC's cruelty....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 7:22pm PST
City of Salinas to Save $7Mil. by Closing All of the Libraries 
The city of Salinas, CA has decided to address budget concerns by cutting a number of services. Most surprising, though, is the decision to save ~$7Mil. by closing all of the libraries....
Posted: Mon, Dec 27, 2004 3:57pm PST
NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL NINETEENTH ANNUAL WESTERN WORKERS LABOR HERITAGE FESTIVAL - San Jose
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's contribution to the civil rights and labor
movements...
Posted: Wed, Dec 22, 2004 11:32pm PST
An Review of the San Jose Taser Usage Study On Dec. 3 2004 Robert Davis, Chief of Police, San Jose California released the results of the department's own study of its Taser usage. The report does not address the safety of the public or of persons taken in custody when Tasers are deployed. It also does not address the key question of Taser usage: do they really reduce the force used, or are they being deployed in circumstances where force would not normally be used? Furthermore, it contains an inconsistency that casts a doubt on the i...
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 5:45am PST
CONCIOUS HIP HOP SHOW SAN JOSE! 
COME OUT TO SEE LOCAL ACTIVIST HIP HOP ARTISTS, LIVE BREAK BEAT IMPROV, CORPUS CALLOSUM...
Posted: Wed, Dec 15, 2004 3:16pm PST
GARY WEBB, 49, wrote about CIA and Crack, Found Dead GARY WEBB, the investigative reporter who broke the story about the CIA's involvement with crack cocaine dealers in Southern California in the 1980's has been found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in Sacramento. He was 49 years old with two sons and a daughter. They are calling it a "suicide."...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 10:43am PST
Intel’s forgotten past: Wayne D. Pickette, African American father of the microprocessor 
The microprocessor is one of the greatest technological advances of the Twentieth Century. The official history of the development of the first microprocessor leaves the reader with the impression that Faggin, Hoff, Mazor, and Shima were the sole designers and inventors of the 4004 microprocessor. These men, however, stood on the back of a giant, a young black inventor by the name of Wayne Pickette....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 3:23pm PST
Story from inside the Main Jail in San Jose 
Nancy Rutherford is a nurse who worked dispensing medication to prisoners in the San Jose Main Jail. A naturally empathetic person, she was criticized for not being callous enough with the prisoners. Unable to bear the brutality in the Jail and under pressure from corrections officers, she left her job after two months. In this exclusive interview, she spoke with Indymedia reporter Peter Maiden....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 10:55pm PST
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