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Mesherle likely to be released in early June Johannes Mesherle, the former police officer who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting of BART passenger Oscar Grant on New Years day 2009, will likely walk free from jail in June...
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2011 5:48pm PDT
Day 27 Update: Winnemem Wintu Leader Speaks At Spiritual Encampment "In the evening, we were blessed by the arrival or Caleen Sisk-Franco, Spiritual Leader of the Winnemem Wintu people of Northern California," according to http://protectglencove.org. "Caleen offered her support and expressed interest in planning a Salmon Dance with us at Glen Cove in the future."...
Posted: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:06am PDT
San Joaquin Valley Growers File Suit Challenging Salmon Fishery A group of San Joaquin Valley irrigation districts filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the first full salmon fishing season since 2007. The groups fear if salmon continue recent past population declines, they would be forced to release more of their water to increase river flows....
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2011 7:19pm PDT
Seize the Airwaves - Free Radio Berkeley Summer Radio Camps Build your own FM broadcast transmitter and set up a community broadcast station...
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2011 12:03pm PDT
Desecration of Glen Cove burial mounds reveal blatant disregard for humanity The desecration of the Glen Cove burial mounds reveal the depths of inhumanity, a disgusting reality when it comes to how governments and corporations have dealt with Indigenous people...
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2011 8:14am PDT
Berkeley seeks buyers for occupied public housing units In defiance of Berkeley's Just Cause laws protecting renters from eviction when a property is being sold, the Berkeley Housing Authority is moving forward to pressure Berkeley's poor public housing renters out of their housing, in an effort to privatize and sell Berkeley's 75 public housing units to one or more so-called non profit housing developers!...
Posted: Mon, May 9, 2011 4:38am PDT
KPFA's Saturation Coverage for US Big Lie on Bin Laden It is horrifying to hear KPFA do a saturation coverage of the lie of the Bin Laden slaughter, without taking the opportunity to highlight the fact that he died in December 2001 of kidney failure and was simply the fall guy for the US military's 9/11/01 bombings of New York and DC. At least Flashpoints called this a publicity stunt for Obama's failed election campaign, but still promoted the lie of "blowback." Everyone at KPFA should be teaching their audience that everything that the US gov...
Posted: Wed, May 4, 2011 7:49am PDT
“Oops, sorry for the election fraud!” Last week, Pacifica executive director Arlene Engelhardt sent out a mass email that apologized for Pacifica’s attempt to throw out the ballots of three staff members, which would have cost SaveKPFA supporter Lewis Sawyer his seat on KPFA’s local board. A judge’s injunction reversed Pacifica’s actions in December....
Posted: Tue, May 3, 2011 5:50pm PDT
KPFA: The Save KPFA Fox-Like Survey This ridiculous survey was sent to the Save KPFA mailing list this morning....
Posted: Mon, May 2, 2011 9:51pm PDT
KPFA: An Open Letter on E-mails - Revised Statement Per the request of Dhillon and Smith Esq, the enclosed statement is a revision of the statement issued April 16th....
Posted: Sun, May 1, 2011 10:46pm PDT
May Day 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. KPFA 94.1 FM Special Coverage KPFA is having special May Day Coverage from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 94.1 FM. It is starting with a sound track of the history of May Day, started in the USA in the struggle for the 8 hour day in the 1880s. This is the 125th Anniversary of May Day!...
Posted: Sun, May 1, 2011 9:15am PDT
Delta advocates tell Secretary Laird that actions must match words "Clearly, decisions are continuing to be made behind closed doors, rather than in the light of day in front of the BDCP Steering Committee and the concerned public. Who is on these committees? Specifically, we want to know who has been given the charge of representing in-Delta and fishing community interests in these closed door meetings," said Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, executive director of Restore the Delta....
Posted: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 12:59pm PDT
Day 16 update - Glen Cove spiritual encampment holding strong New banners were painted and a banner was dropped over Interstate 780 at the Glen Cove Road overpass. Others handed out flyers downtown and at the nearby Safeway store....
Posted: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 10:29am PDT
Glen Cove Day 15 Update: Residents Support Efforts to Defend Burial Site Also this evening, Protect Glen Cove Committee members attended a Glen Cove Community Association meeting. A majority of meeting participants expressed support for our efforts....
Posted: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 1:42pm PDT
KPFA: The Right-Wing Assault The law firm headed by the chair of the San Francisco Republican party threatens KPFA SLAPP suit...
Posted: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 11:54am PDT
Glen Cove Day 14 Update: Supporters requested Thursday-Friday! The Protect Glen Cove Commitee is encouraging people to show up at Sogarea Te Thursday and Friday to support the Native American occupation to protect the ancient burial site from desecration by the City of Valley and the Greater Vallejo Recreation District (GVRD).
Wounded Knee DeOcampo and the rest of the committee are also asking all of their supporters to please take a moment to send emails and letters to the Native American Heritage Commission, to make it clear to them that there is w...
Posted: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 8:14am PDT
Oakland tenants fight against bad landlords and blight in their neighborhood Oakland tenants fight back against bad landlords in the effort to clean up blight in their neighborhood!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 6:58am PDT
KPFA: Report on Claims of Corporate Underwriting by Merrill Lynch This is being provided in the fulfillment of my duties as the board treasurer of the Pacifica Foundation. Any reports to the contrary issued by foundation spokespeople or broadcasted should be retracted....
Posted: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 3:44pm PDT
KPFA News Managers & Union "marty" MIA On Covering Rally To Defend ILWU 10 On April 25, 2011 in San Francisco an important Northern California labor rally in defense of ILWU Local 10 took place to protest the suit against them by the Pacific Maritime Association. Despite the coverage by KTVU Channel 2 KPFA news directors Aileen Alfandery and Mark Meriacle ignored the story. Apparently their feud with ILWU Local 10 Executive Board member Clarence Thomas and ILWU Local 10 got in the way of doing the coverage....
Posted: Tue, Apr 26, 2011 11:13am PDT
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