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Groups to sue feds and Westside growers to stop water pollution “It’s been nearly three decades since I held the first deformed chick in my hands,” recalled Felix Smith, a retired United States Fish and Wildlife biologist who documented the selenium waterfowl deformities and is a party to the notice letter. “Since that time I have seen state and federal water officials buckle under the political pressure and look the other way, as they refused to enforce the law to halt these poisonous discharges. Their continuing failure to act threatens to create Kester...
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2011 7:21am PDT
June 7, 2011, Open Letter To East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation The tenants at 829 E. 19th St., have repeatedly been harassed with bogus notices of construction and repairs at their 21 unit residential building since Nov. 23, 2009. Construction and building repairs that have not occurred. Meanwhile, public records reveal that the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) borrowed over $2.5 million to renovate 829 E. 19th St., and plans to skim as much as $5,000 per unit from the loan, in what is being called developers fees! The low-income ten...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 10:56pm PDT
“Justice, Peace, Prosperity and Sustainability: Why economics obstructs these goals... Independent journalist/writer wants to give talks about “Justice, Peace, Prosperity and Sustainability: Why economics obstructs these goals what we can do about it" and is looking for groups that would like to host such a talk....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 5:29pm PDT
Burger King Billboard Spray-Painted in Berkeley Anonymous artists spray-paint “Go Vegan” on billboard in California...
Posted: Mon, Jun 6, 2011 9:51pm PDT
Protect Glen Cove Day 48-50 Updates: Spiritual Gathering to take place Saturday Caleen Sisk-Franco, Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, visited Sogorea Te Wednesday and spoke in a group circle about her people’s work of bringing the Salmon back to their traditional territory on the McCloud River. She explained that the salmon are an indicator of health for the oceans and the entire planet. “These rivers cannot live without the salmon, and if the salmon don’t survive, neither will the people.”
On their journey from the ocean, all the Salmon headed up the Sacr...
Posted: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 7:27pm PDT
From the Streets of Oakland: Report on Anticut 1 Thanks to everyone for coming out to Anticut 1 on Friday. The consensus seems to be that this was a very successful evening, a promising opening act to what we hope will be a long, hot summer. There were probably about 100 0f us in the streets -- good turnout for something organized with only a couple of weeks of notice, especially after a period of relative quiet. Let's see if we can double this next time....
Posted: Sun, Jun 5, 2011 5:34pm PDT
Chesbro, Napolitano Denounce HR 1837 Water Grab “This is a water grab that threatens salmon recovery and could devastate commercial and recreational fishing in Northern California," said Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro. "I’m very concerned that San Joaquin Valley water interests have their eyes on the Trinity River. We need to keep that water in the river to meet public and tribal needs and to improve fish populations.”...
Posted: Thu, Jun 2, 2011 4:34pm PDT
Berkeley Morning Report The Movable Feast is scheduled to relocate to the men's shelter July 1st, People's Park is sinking in chaos, legitimate anarchism is conspicuous by its absence, and there is no Berkeley City Council vision for a blissful future....
Posted: Wed, Jun 1, 2011 10:59am PDT
Mayor Bates Thinks You Are Lazy, Directionless "There are these youth who don't want any direction or information for services to get off the streets. That's frustrating because they want to continue the lifestyle they have." - Tom Bates...
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:28pm PDT
Oakland Community Responds To Possible Release Of Johannes Mehserle For Immediate Release: May 25, 2011...
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2011 8:34pm PDT
New evidence of a coverup in the murder of Oscar Grant. Whistleblower needs support! Oakland Fire Department paramedic whistle blower Sean Gillis needs community support now! Help him expose the mistreatment of Oscar Grant and the Oakland Fire Department cover up....
Posted: Fri, May 27, 2011 10:17am PDT
KPFA Fund Drive Totals KPFA's spring fund drive raised $743,000....
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2011 8:44pm PDT
Oakland's Marin Way Court tenants are targeted by Arroyo & Coates for displacement Oakland low-income tenants at Marin Way Court, 2000 International BLVD, seeks community support after coming under attack and being accused of being squatters by the powerful San Francisco real estate firm, Arroyo & Coates!...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2011 6:12pm PDT
Nunes Bill benefits Westside growers at expense of environment, public "H.R. 1837 is an end run around California's water rights laws," said Delta pear farmer Brett Baker. "It puts junior rights holders ahead of Delta agriculture, Indian tribes, and fish. Forget public trust protections."...
Posted: Wed, May 25, 2011 5:19pm PDT
Oakland, the Patriot Act and Osama bin Laden Bay Area's Senator Dianne Feinstein is expected to support another four year extension of the notorious Patriot Act, with or with out the consent of Oakland's voters!...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2011 6:34am PDT
Berkeley tenants and activists rally to save public housing Berkeley public housing tenant believes that todays conference for developers that are interested in buying Berkeley's 75 public housing units was a dog and pony show!...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2011 6:43pm PDT
KPFA's GOP Activist A Republican activist at KPFA? She is chair of the GOP in San Francisco and a rising star in her party. Her husband is a former KPFA board member who contributed $250 to the GOP last year....
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2011 8:39pm PDT
Public housing profiteers plan conference to displace Berkeley's poor Public housing profiteers plan a conference for May 18, 2011, as part of the scheme to displace Berkeley's poor from their public housing units!...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2011 4:39pm PDT
Day 28 Update: Native Hawaiians Support Glen Cove Spiritual Encampment The Protect Glen Cove Committee received a very special letter of support signed by 45 indigenous people of Hawai‘i on Day 28 of the Spiritual Encampment.
"The signatories of this letter are not of any one organization, but represent many different groups, struggles and efforts in protection of our land, culture & people. It is our collective Aloha ʻĀina, love for the land, that we want to share with you as you stand for Sogorea Te."
Photo courtesy of http://protectglencove.org...
Posted: Thu, May 12, 2011 12:17pm PDT
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