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South Bay teenage activists demonstrated for legislation to stop senseless gun use in America. Supporters from Black Lives Matter and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense stood with them in solidarity at a "Rally for Change" on March 30.
Photos by Chris Cassell, Pro-Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2019 5:42am PDT
SAN FRANCISCO, March 28, 2019 — The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Bureau of Land Management today over its refusal to provide public records of its plans to clear the way for new oil drilling and fracking along California’s Central Coast and in the Bay Area. The BLM has yet to publicly release the final resource-management plans, but the federal lands and mineral estate earmarked for leasing are in the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joa...
Posted: Fri, Mar 29, 2019 4:16pm PDT
Multifaith Sanctuary at Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2019 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 12:08pm PDT
Multiple vigils around the SF Bay Area (see list below)...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 17, 2019 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 11:55am PDT
Multiple vigils around SF Bay Area (see list below)...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 16, 2019 11:46am PDT
Immigration issues of today parallel the Japanese American experience during WWII, when families were removed from their homes on the U.S. West Coast to distant locations and incarcerated. Racism was, and is, at the core of both. The 39th annual Day of Remembrance on February 17th featured reminiscence, music, and a march through historic San José Japantown that was also a protest of Trump's National Emergency, announced two days earlier.
Photos by Chris Cassell, Pro-Bono Photo, please cr...
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2019 5:07am PST
On February 17th, members of the greater San José Japanese American community commemorated the anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent during World War II. At the same time they protested the National Emergency Trump announced two days earlier in order to build his wall on the Mexico-U.S. border. Allies from the South Bay peace activist community joined with those gathered in the local Japantown, one of only three left in t...
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2019 3:28am PST
Please credit Teri Vershel, Probonophoto....
Posted: Fri, Jan 25, 2019 12:57am PST
Please credit the photographer Jack Owicki, Probonophoto...
Posted: Fri, Jan 25, 2019 12:44am PST
220 Vineyard Ct, Suite 100 Morgan Hill, CA, 95037...
Event Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2018 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2018 4:32pm PST
Valentin Lopez, Chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, spoke at an event in celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, hosted by the United Nations Association: USA Santa Cruz, CA Chapter on December 8 at the Resource Center for Nonviolence....
Posted: Sun, Dec 9, 2018 3:00pm PST
One week to the day after United States Border Patrol agents fired tear gas at migrants who tried to evade a Mexican police blockade in Tijuana and cross into the U.S., demonstrators in San Jose, California rallied during a nationwide weekend of action.
Photos by Deb Hoag. Please credit the photographer....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2018 2:44am PST
Morgan Hill Community & Cultural Center
17000 Monterey St, Morgan Hill...
Event Date: Tue, Dec 4, 2018 6:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2018 1:01am PST
Veterans for Peace chapters across the nation gathered on street corners in major cities to commemorate the original Armistice Day by ringing bells 11 times at 11 am on the eleventh day of November. In San José, Chapter 101 held a ceremony in front of City Hall.
WWI ended on November 11th in 1918 and one year later the world came together in realization that war is so horrible it must end forever. That was the first Armistice Day; Congress officially changed the name to Veterans Day in 195...
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2018 2:35am PST
March on the Polls mobilized voters to vote early in Santa Clara County which provides 8 early voting centers. It particularly targeted poorer communities that may not be aware of early voting as an alternative to voting on Election Day which is a working day. [Cover photo: Teresa Castellanos, Cindy Chavez, and Teresa Gomez show their mail-in ballots before delivering them to the Registrar of Voters.]...
Posted: Mon, Nov 5, 2018 12:48am PST
Below are the state proposition positions and articles from the Green Party of Santa Clara County....
Posted: Sat, Nov 3, 2018 7:38pm PDT
Photo Credit: Unite Here Local 19...
Posted: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 8:42pm PDT
A large and loud march and rally raised a ruckus in downtown San Jose today. The South Bay Marriott Hotel was one of many Marriotts in eight cities where employees participated in a national day of mass action under the banner, "One Job Should Be Enough"....
Posted: Sat, Oct 20, 2018 8:26pm PDT
City Hall Plaza
Corner of Fourth & Santa Clara Streets
San Jose , CA 95112...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2018 10:30am PST
Posted: Wed, Oct 17, 2018 3:56pm PDT
On Monday, September 24 at 4:00 PM at the California Apartments (526 & 528 California Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060) Santa Cruz Tenants Association will join with tenants from the California Apartments to denounce landlords Daniel and Lisa Decker for issuing no-cause eviction notices to military veterans....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2018 1:26pm PDT















