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425-pound tiger hunted and killed in LA
DawnWatch: Tiger shot in California -- LA Times front page 2/24/05...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 2:29pm PST
2/27: SF Day Laborers Travel to Fairfield to Picket Employer Who Owes $$
SAN FRANCISCO DAY LABORERS FORCED TO TRAVEL TO FAIRFIELD, CALIFORNIA TO
PICKET THEIR EMPLOYER THAT OWES THEM OVER $12,000.00 IN UNPAID WAGES...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 11:28am PST
High court: State can't segregate inmates
High court: State can't segregate inmates
Justices allow rare exceptions, such as for gang affiliations
Justices allow only very limited exceptions to rule...
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 10:40am PST
Move To Toughen California Civil Rights Law
Legislation has been introduced in the
California Assembly to give more teeth to the state's civil
rights law, called the Unruh Act....
Posted: Thu, Feb 24, 2005 10:39am PST
2/24SF Labor TV On The Right To Union Job&SF Laborers Protest Corruption
Labor On The Job on 2/24/05 will be looking at the attack on IAM Local 1173 and IBT 315 workers who were fired by the Future Ford Auto Agency for being union members. It will also interview SF city laborers who were members of LIUNA 261 about the growing corruption and their illegal layoffs....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 4:09pm PST
Stop Speculative Ellis Act Evictions: FREE FAX
Stop Speculative Ellis Act Evictions. Go to Local Impact and take action to support crucial Ellis Act reform....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 3:12pm PST
SOCIAL SECURITY Income Calculator
There is NO CRISIS in SOCIAL SECURITY ... it is a myth from the rove/cheney/bush Propaganda Machine ... Check out the Social Security Calculator...
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2005 2:41pm PST
teradactyls ate Hunter T.
An American icon, somewhat unwashed and slightly crazed...he checked out too soon....
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 11:13pm PST
Medical Marijuana Week 2005 a success!
more in-depth reports from last week's events...
Posted: Tue, Feb 22, 2005 12:37pm PST
2/23 9am in Sacto:
WHAT: Press Conference on New Industrial Hemp Legislation
WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 23rd at 9 a.m.
WHERE: California State Capitol, Room 1190, Sacramento...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 11:13pm PST
Schwarzenegger Threatens California State Teachers Retirement System
Four big squares marked “vacant” sat alongside photos of remaining board members on the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) web site this week. It seems the squares’ former occupants (two Republicans and two Democrats) had the nerve to vote against Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to privatize pensions of all new state workers, including teachers, into a 401(k)-type system starting in 2007, and his proposal to shift onto local school districts the state’s contribution t...
Posted: Mon, Feb 21, 2005 8:29am PST
2/23:
Hemp Farming Bill to be Introduced in California
California Businesses, Farmers, Legislators to Speak at Press Conference Feb. 23...
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 11:12am PST
Calif. Gay Black Households More Likely To Parent, But Suffer Economically
A study of same-sex African-American couples in California offers encouragement along with concerns....
Posted: Sat, Feb 19, 2005 12:17am PST
Bush Hydrogen Vision 'Fueled' By California Station Opening
- In a major step toward achieving President George W. Bush's vision for a hydrogen economy, assistant secretary of Energy David Garman today joined representatives of ChevronTexaco, Hyundai-Kia and UTC Fuel Cells at the opening of a hydrogen fueling station in Chino, CA....
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:41pm PST
Hollywood Vandals Brand Bush a Nazi
We previously reported the conservative group, Citizens United, planned to erect two pro-Bush billboards in Hollywood "thanking" Hollywood for Bush's reelection...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 8:48pm PST
Ecopalooza 2005
Ecopalooza 2005 - Green Living, Alt. Architecture & Wicked Tunes Sat Sep 24 to Sun Sep 25, 2005, Ukiah, California...
Posted: Fri, Feb 18, 2005 11:13am PST
Injured Workers Protest Corruption (video/quicktime 49.7MB)
On February 4, 05, injured workers from protested the growing corruption in the California workers' comp system. They picketed the State Fund which controls over 50% of workers' comp insurance in CA and two hours later the president resigned. 16 min. 49.7MB...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 1:37pm PST
Fruit Tree Tour 2005
Fruit Tree Tour is a traveling educaitonal program that runs from February to April, from San Diego to Willits (California), and consists of 1000 fruit trees, 20 volunteers, over 50 drums, and 4 recycled vegetable oil powered vehicles....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:02pm PST
#1 Restaurant in San Diego pulls foie gras
TOP SAN DIEGO RESTAURANT FINDS “FOIE GRAS” TOO CRUEL TO SERVE...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 5:48pm PST
The Web: Dealing with cyber-crime
A story about the possibility of a comission being created to combat cyber-crime....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 12:37pm PST