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Santa Cruz Pleasant Care Slated to Close and no one is listening. Low income nursing center closing due to bankruptcy, greed, poor care, and a faulty system....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 11:31am PDT
White House Official Grilled on Alleged Censorship of Post-9/11 Contamination Risks Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
A new congressional study has revealed the Environmental Protection Agency misled Lower Manhattan residents about levels of indoor air contamination after 9/11. The report was released during a Senate hearing Wednesday on the EPA's response after the collapse of the World Trade Center. James Connaughton, the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, was questioned about whether the Bush administration manipulated public information about the healt...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:44am PDT
9/11 Responders Speak Out on Government Failure to Address Environmental, Health Impact of World Trade Center Collapse Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
Two 9/11 responders join us to talk about the government's neglect of the thousands of people who volunteered for the Ground Zero rescue and recovery effort. Trained emergency medical technician Regina Cervantes is featured in Michael Moore's latest documentary SiCKO and traveled to Cuba for medical treatment. Leading advocate John Feal is president of the FealGood Foundation that assists 9/11 responders who have been denied government benefits....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
HMO Whisteblower Dr. Linda Peeno on the Subordination of Healthcare to a For-Profit System Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
A decade ago Dr. Linda Peeno made headlines when she told Congress about her work as a medical reviewer for the giant HMO Humana, where she says she denied a man life-saving medical care in order to boost company profits. She would go on to become one of the country's best known whistleblowers about HMOs and the healthcare industry....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
Rep. Conyers Holds Briefing with Michael Moore on Health Care Reform Thursday, June 21, 2007 : House Judiciary Chair John Conyers (D-MI) and other members of Congress held a briefing and press conference yesterday on Capitol Hill, highlighting the failures of the for-profit health care system and the difficulties faced by millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans. Among the participan......
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
Religious backwardness trumps science as Bush vetoes stem cell bill Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Bush used the third veto of his tenure on Wednesday to reject a bill that would expand federal funding of some stem cell research. Once again, Bush is seeking to promote right-wing religious conceptions by opposing scientific research that could help millions of people and is supported by the vast majority of the US population....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:39am PDT
US: Nine firefighters perish in warehouse fire in Charleston South Carolina Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Charleston, South Carolina is mourning the deaths of nine firefighters who perished battling a blaze that raged through a furniture store and warehouse Monday night. Just before dawn Tuesday, the last of the firefighters’ bodies was carried from the wreckage as the ruins of the building continued to smolder....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:38am PDT
City to Install More Pedestrian Signals for the Blind Thursday, June 21, 2007 :For decades, advocates for the blind have made strides by suing local governments for violating disability law to get basic pedestrian signals installed at street corners. But yesterday, the San Francisco City Attorney and the Municipal Transportation Authority (M.T.A.) announced a pro-active agreement with advocates to install better pedestrian signals in the Downtown area without litigation....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:36am PDT
Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill for a Second Time, Putting Ideology Above Saving Lives Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill for a Second Time, Putting Ideology Above Saving Lives June 20, 2007 After a bipartisan effort that led to the passage of the stem cell research bill in both the House and Senate, George W. Bush vetoed this legislation that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, utilizing donated human embryos that would otherwise be destroyed....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 8:36pm PDT
A Trip Down SICKO Lane with Michael Moore Wednesday, June 20, 2007 : Film maker Michael Moore, whose new film "Sicko" vividly shows the failures of the nation's health care system, and members the California Nurses Association, including union president Deborah Burger (top left), met with AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and others to discuss health care reform....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 8:36pm PDT
Will Fresno’s Homeless People be put into a Concentration Camp? 
Fresno’s homeless sound the alarm that the city wants to round them up and force them into a concentration camp. Photo below is Al Williams, a homeless man, speaking before the Fresno City Council meeting on June 19....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 2:51pm PDT
US Dues to UN Threaten Darfur Mission CAIRO — After months of political wrangling and threats of force, the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur is facing a threat, but this time from the United States itself....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:35am PDT
Interview with Dr. Michael Gros, a victim of water contamination at US Marine base Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :For more than 30 years, residents of Camp Lejeune, a US Marine Corps base in North Carolina, were exposed to contaminated water. From 1957 to 1987, Marines/Naval personnel, family members and civilians drank and used water containing toxic levels of industrial solvents, although the military knew in late 1980 or early 1981 that at least one of the base’s water treatment plants was polluted....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:19am PDT
Rally Brings Much Needed Attention to Youth’s Employment Needs Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :On June 19th, youth, teachers, parents, and other community members convened at City Hall, demanding a comprehensive effort between the City and the school district to address young people’s economic needs. The rally was organized by Youth Making a Change (Y-MAC), a component of Colman Advocates for Children and cosponsored by the San Francisco Youth Commission and Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:14am PDT
Public Health Cuts Offer New Twist in Budget Fight Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :“Chris Daly is angry,” said Supervisor Tom Ammiano to me as I walked into the Board chambers to cover the hearing on the Mayor’s cuts to the Health Department. Frankly, the District 6 Supervisor has a lot to be angry about. He made some fatal mistakes that got him kicked off the Budget Committee, but the fact remains that Newsom has reaped the benefit of the budget process so far – although the Board and the Mayor are supposed to be co-equal branches of government....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:13am PDT
NYC Offers Warning for San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Plans Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :A new report on the rising price of affordable housing in New York City offers a cautionary tale for San Francisco. “Hard Costs,” by Jarrett Murphy of City Limits Investigates, describes how mayoral projections about affordable housing fall prey to rising prices of land and materials, and how even newly-created units cannot keep up with the thousands of units leaving the affordable market each year....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 7:13am PDT
Computer Recycling & Summer Celebration! Elephant Pharm
909 Grand Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 1:03pm PDT
Save Energy! Lamp Swap Elephant Pharm
909 Grand Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 1:01pm PDT
Book signing: Appetite for Profit Elephant Pharm
1388 South California Street
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-5125
Store Tel: 925.658.5300...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 12:51pm PDT
Book signing: Appetite for Profit Elephant Pharm
1607 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
Store: (510) 549-9200...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 11:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 12:49pm PDT
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