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Groups Seek Halt to Unregulated Dumping of Toxic Drilling Muds in Central Valley 
FRESNO, Calif.— As fracking threatens to expand drilling in California, a coalition of environmental justice and community health groups sent a letter (see PDF) today challenging the legality of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Board’s plan to keep letting oil companies dump toxic drilling-mud waste throughout the valley with minimal safeguards....
Posted: Mon, Nov 4, 2013 12:41pm PST
Where Hope Goes to Die 
These photos show where the City of Fresno is temporarily storing property taken from homeless people during the sweeps over the last two months....
Posted: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 5:31pm PST
California Water Action Plan Greenwashes Corporate Water Grab 
Restore the Delta Executive Director Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla said, “The Brown Administration is deliberately tying together the policies that Restore the Delta and the broader environmental community support for regional water self- sufficiency to the construction of the peripheral tunnels in order to greenwash the water grab."
Michael Preston of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe slams Jerry Brown's Bay Delta Conservation Plan to build the peripheral tunnels and the Obama administration plan to ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 31, 2013 12:54pm PDT
Water bond campaigner reveals measure would lose 'pretty dramatically' 
"The polling that we did after that bond passed was such that it started out with so much baggage, it was so large, and the opposition was so significant that all of our polling showed it going down in 2010. It showed the same thing in 2012, and it’s showing today that the bond that’s on the 2014 ballot would go down pretty dramatically," said Joe Cave.
Photo of Joe Caves courtesy of Southern California Water Committee....
Posted: Wed, Oct 30, 2013 6:10pm PDT
Bay Delta Conservation Plan Release Delayed to Dec. 13 
“The governor stacked the Resources Agency, and Department of Water Resources with dozens of flacks," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Executive Director of Restore the Delta. "Now they’re spending our tax funds to spread disinformation throughout the state through paid front groups and PR firms."
Photo: Governor Jerry Brown drinks the same water and air as other Californians, yet he is dedicated to building the environmentally devastating peripheral tunnels and promoting fracking in Califo...
Posted: Tue, Oct 29, 2013 11:44am PDT
Student display warns of estuary's demise under Bay Delta Conservation Plan 
This "Dia de Los Muertos" display is one of the most creative ways yet used to depict what will happen to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta if Governor Jerry Brown's peripheral tunnels are constructed. Kudos to the students at Stockton's Kohl Open School and Restore the Delta for coming up with this superb display!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 25, 2013 9:17am PDT
The Grain Silo/Canal Bank Homeless Encampment is Destroyed 
The City of Fresno continued their attacks on the homeless today by destroying the last encampment in the downtown area. The photo below shows one protester stopping a bulldozer as it tried to enter the encampment....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 10:21pm PDT
Governor Jerry Brown’s 10 Worst Environmental Policies 
The construction of Governor Jerry Brown's peripheral tunnels would hasten the extinction of Sacramento River Chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, Delta and longfin smelt and green sturgeon, as well as imperil salmon and steelhead populations on the Trinity and Klamath rivers.
Photo: Governor Jerry Brown drinks water and breathes air just like the rest of us, but his horrible environmental policies sabotage laws protecting the water and air. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Wed, Oct 23, 2013 10:52am PDT
Brown fails to show for environmental award under pressure from protest 
“Governor Brown is moving ahead with a policy that grabs land, clear-cuts forests, destroys biodiversity, abuses Mother Earth, pimps Father Sky and threatens the cultural survival of Indigenous Peoples,” said Tom Goldtooth. “The policy privatizes the air we breath. Commodifies the clouds. Buys and sells the atmosphere. Corrupts the sacred.”
Photo: Protesters against Jerry Brown's abysmal environmental policies hold signs in front of the Le Parc Hotel in San Francisco. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 1:46pm PDT
ACLU Calls on ICE to Halt Arrests at Kern County Courthouse 
(Bakersfield)— Today, attorneys for the ACLU of California and the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project sent a letter (see PDF) demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stop its deeply troubling practice of arresting people at Kern County Courthouses. Over the past year, ICE agents have taken advantage of unsuspecting individuals who were attempting to pay fines, appear for court appearances, get married or obtain restraining orders. Photo: Gurvinder Singh and Kuldeet Kaur...
Posted: Thu, Oct 17, 2013 3:30pm PDT
"F**K That! No More Killing!'" Continuing the Fight Against Police Violence. On October 22nd, one week hence, supporters and members of some 50 families of those executed by California police will converge on Sacramento in a National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression, and the Criminalization of a Generation....
Posted: Tue, Oct 15, 2013 9:05am PDT
Restore the Delta rallies 700 people against tunnels 
Restore the Delta (RTD) today released Thursday evening's remarks from award-winning Master of Ceremonies comedian Jack Gallagher, Dr. Jeff Michael, Rogene Reynolds, Adam Scow, Conner Everts and Senator Lois Wolk.
Photo of Dr. Jeffrey Michaels, UOP economist and Delta Advocate, was the keynote speaker at the rally of over 700 opponents of Jerry Brown's peripheral tunnels held in French Camp on Thursday, October 10. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Mon, Oct 14, 2013 11:45am PDT
American Indian Nations demand fulfillment of the federal government's treaty obligations (video/mp4 45.4MB) * Quanah Brightman, Executive Director of United Native Americans Inc. [510-672-7187]
* Linda Orannhawk, President of United Native Americans Inc. [505-603-2908]...
Posted: Sun, Oct 13, 2013 11:04am PDT
18th Annual Maafa Commemoration ~ California Central Valley Caravan 
Throughout California, October is Maafa Awareness Month – a time to reflect on the Ancient African History, the legacy of slavery and the ongoing impacts from the transatlantic displacement of people of African ancestry throughout the Americas and beyond....
Posted: Sat, Oct 12, 2013 2:28pm PDT
Grain Silo Homeless Encampment Posted for Demolition 
The City of Fresno has posted notices that they will destroy the last homeless encampment in town. Unlike the destruction of other homeless encampments, the city is not claiming that the Grain Silo encampment is the site of drug sales, violence, or other criminal activity....
Posted: Thu, Oct 10, 2013 1:27pm PDT
City of Fresno Finds New Ways to Harass the Homeless 
The City of Fresno policy on getting rid of the homeless is evolving and becoming harsher by the day. They have now developed a policy that effectively prevents homeless people from having any more property than they can carry. If a homeless person leaves their shopping cart for ½ hour to eat at the Poverello House, they will probably return to find it and all of their property gone....
Posted: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 5:29pm PDT
#IdleNoMore: Protect “Saht Tit Lah” (Obsidian Knife Lake aka Medicine Lake) Robert Matsui Federal Court House
501 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 8, 2013 10:19am PDT
Environmental Groups Oppose Bay Delta "Conservation" Plan 
The Environmental Water Caucus (EWC) says the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (BDCP) to build the twin tunnels "ignores numerous plans that have been put forth which will solve the Delta’s purported 'crisis' with less costs to ratepayers and the general public and with more ecological certainty."
The construction of the peripheral tunnels would hasten the extinction of Central Valley Chinook salmon, steelhead, Delta and longfin smelt, green sturgeon and other fish species, as well as imperil ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 10:51am PDT
Rally to Support the Prisoner-led Movement to End Solitary Confinement! 
California State Capitol Building
10th St. and Capitol Mall
Sacramento, California...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 9, 2013 11:30am PDT
Posted: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 1:23pm PDT
Oil lobby has spent over $45 million in California since 2009 
The Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA), the lobbying organization for California oil interests headed by Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the former chair of the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Blue Ribbon Task Force for the South Coast, has spent over $20 million since 2009....
Posted: Fri, Oct 4, 2013 5:41pm PDT
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