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Hispanic Media Size Up Election Results: Litmus Test for Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Can Republican candidates win on an anti-immigrant platform? And did the immigration protests translate into more Latino voters? Hispanic media, analysts and community organizations say the results of Tuesday's elections mean different things to different people. Elena Shore monitors Spanish-language media for New America Media....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 6:27am PDT
Chinese American Candidates Win Big in California Primaries SAN FRANCISCO – Chinese Americans are celebrating major wins by Chinese candidates in California’s primary elections this week. It was also an election where nearly every candidate did what they could to attract Asian American voters....
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 6:26am PDT
Call Congress; Critical Vote to Close the School of Americas Friday or Monday For the first time in six years, there will be a vote on legislation to close the SOA/WHINSEC, the U.S. Army school whose graduates are implicated in some of the worst human rights abuses in Latin America. As countries throughout the region go through historic changes, people in the U.S. have an opportunity to make historic change this week by demanding justice, accountability, and suspension of the SOA/WHINSEC....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 10:24pm PDT
California Juneteenth ~ Historic Folsom 
Historic Folsom is the site for authentic California History 1845-1865. What was the role of people of African Ancestry in early California? Will our Governor follow the legal requirement to recognize our contributions to the foward flow of humanity?
Should the story of early Black Pioneers in California be officially recognized by the State of California?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 6:39pm PDT
Interview with Jo Chamberlain (audio/mpeg 4.8MB) Green Party Staff Member of the Peter Camejo Campaign for CA Governor...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 9:44am PDT
3 Arrested During Walk-May 1st Immigrants March in Eureka- Arraignment - June 7, 2006 Three Women Brutally Arrested During Peaceful Walk to May 1st Immigrants
Rights March in Eureka: Arraignment Wednesday June 7, 2006
Who: Sierra Barnes, Holiday Dalgliesh, and Elsa Contreras are being
arraigned Wednesday June, 7th and the supporters from May 1st encourage
the public to attend. High profile attorney Omar Figueroa will be present
to represent one of the women.
What: The three women and their supporters are requesting that D.A. Paul
Gallegos drop all ch...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:23pm PDT
Anglo students attack migrant youth in Vacaville Ms. Luz Cardona, a Migrant Education youth counselor
at Vaca High in Vacaville, reported this week that
sometime on Friday (June 2) afternoon a 16 year-old
migrant youth was beaten while in the bathroom
severely enough to be attended by a physician, by some
six anglo youths....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 10:18pm PDT
Interview with Larry Cafiero (audio/mpeg 7.6MB) Green Party Candidate for California Insurance Commissioner...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 9:54pm PDT
Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB) This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
AT&T Wins Big Vote -- AB 2987 Moves to Senate -- Civic Groups Remain Opposed Assembly Bill 2987 (Nunez & Levine) Passes and Moves to California Senate -- Public Interest Groups Oppose Phone Industry Lobbying Efforts and Urge Opposition to Senate Passage...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 5:48pm PDT
"Tijuana Noir" review As the tagline says "Everybody is a suspect. Everyone is for sale. And nothing is what it seams..."...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 4:40pm PDT
Angelides or Westly? Mudslinging down to the last minute...Republicans chortling with delight......
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 10:26pm PDT
Albertsons Two - Tiered Structure 
As Albertsons workers in Northern Ca wait their fate to see if they will be among many of the rumored store closers there is one Alberston worker that is not just going to take it!...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 9:24pm PDT
Los Altos isn't Moscow. Town's first queer-rights demo goes peacefully....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 9:08pm PDT
"Decline-to-State" voters: you CAN vote to oust Dianne Feinstein There IS an anti-war, pro-environment Democratic challenger to Dianne Feinstein in the California primary. She's Colleen Fernald--and Decline-to-State voters CAN vote for Fernald; all they must do is REQUEST A DEMOCRATIC BALLOT WHEN THEY GO TO VOTE....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 3:47pm PDT
Delgadillo’s Problems May be Much Bigger Than Deceiving the Public 
LOS ANGELES, June 4, 2006 -- Making multiple false claims to the public about his past and committing perjury in 2001 about his qualification on an application for his present job may just be the tip of a huge iceberg for the LAPD-endorsed Delgadillo....
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 9:26pm PDT
Leidesdorff Ranch ~ Leidesdorff Memorial Highway 
Honorable William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr., African Founding Father of California...
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 5:02pm PDT
Lt. Governor Candidate Is Pro Small Business California and America must focus on protecting small businesses; at stake are jobs and $100’s billions in earnings for millions of American families. Stewart Alexander wants to provide California small businesses State financial assistance ranging from $50 to $500 thousand, and marketing assistance from State, local governments and private organizations....
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Chronicle Slants News to Boost Westly On the eve of the June 6 election, the San Francisco’s Chronicle’s crack investigative team of Carla “I love Arnold” Marinucci and John Wildermuth have made banner headlines by highlighting that Phil Angelides received millions from his close friend and longtime ally, Sacramento developer Angelo Tskakopoulous. The Chronicle hopes voters believe that there is something sinister about Tskakopoulous’s contributions, even suggesting that Angelides would be put “in the developer’s back pocket.” Wh...
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2006 11:27am PDT
Bay Area Veg June News: Fun(d) Raising, Summer Cooking Class, Picture This!, VFP alert.. Monthly news & activities for Bay Area Vegetarians...
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2006 8:23am PDT
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