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OAKLAND INFESTATION: Tenants Sucked Dry by Bedbugs and Landlords
“Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite” is an old saying, as far as sayings go, but some Oakland tenants have learned that this is more than just a cute rhyme that has been passed down through the years....
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 2:56pm PDT
Dellums Running for Oakland Mayor!
Ron Dellums, U.S. Congressional Representative for the East Bay for 27 years, announced minutes ago at Laney College that he will run for mayor of Oakland!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 1:00pm PDT
Richmond High School students organize Press Conference to fight statewide exit exam.
Richmond High School students of La Fuerza Unida and Youth Together urge Governor Schwarzenegger to sign bills AB 1531 and SB 385....
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 12:21pm PDT
10/7: Weapons of Mass Expression
The Weekend Wake-Up returns every FRIDAY 4 - 6 PM starting TOMORROW...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 12:15am PDT
Oakland Passes Ordinance to Limit Dogs to 3 Per Household
Oakland City Council just now passed the ordinance that will limit dogs to 3 per household. The vote was 7-1, and only Nancy Nadel voted against it. The measure exempts puppies less than 4 months old, breeders, kennels and dog-rescue groups. It is unknown at this time if the Council passed the ordinance in its original form which included requiring all dogs to have a city license and receive microchip implants as well as prohibitions on roosters and other provisions....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 11:03pm PDT
10/5: Sustainable Farming in Berkeley?
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>When: Wednesday, October 5th, 3.30-5.00 pm
>Where: Gill Tract (1050 San Pablo Ave, Albany)
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Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 9:28pm PDT
Oakland Infestation: Tenants Sucked Dry by Bed Bugs, Slum Lords
SRO tenants of historic landmark hotel sue non-profit housing developer
By Lynda Carson...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 8:58pm PDT
Upcoming Events at AK Press
Wendy O-Matik hosts a "Radical Love and Relationship Workshop" October 6th,
Veterans of the George Jackson Brigade: A benefit for the GJB Information Project October 14th,
and The Non-violent Resistance Movement in Palestine: A U.S. Speaking Tour October 28th....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 10:18am PDT
10/5: Welcome Cindy Home with Love
Wednesday, Oct 5, 2005 7:00pm
Welcome Home Event
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Ave.
Oakland, California
Cindy Sheehan and others will speak.
$20 suggested donation / Benefit...
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 5:43pm PDT
Time Change: Richmond students organize Press Conference to fight statewide exit exam.
RICHMOND HIGH SCHOOL students need your support to bring down the Governor and his dysfunctional educational policies! Support students in their fight against the racist, classist exit exam......
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 4:57pm PDT
10/6: Richmond High School students organize Press Conference to fight statewide exit exam
What: PRESS CONFERENCE supporting AB 1531 and SB 385
Where: Richmond High School, 1250 23rd Street. Richmond, CA 94804
When: Thursday October 6, 2005 at 12:15pm (Lunch time)...
Posted: Mon, Oct 3, 2005 12:01am PDT
The Cradle Will Rock" at UCB
Below is an announcement and a news release about an extraordinary musical
on labor history directed by a UCB Theater Dept lecturer and member of Local
1474, Lura Dolas, The Cradle Will Rock. It will play at Zellerbach in the
second and third weekends in October....
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 10:02pm PDT
Leftist Lounge Posse (West Coast Clique)
Photos of West Coast Leftist Lounge...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 7:44pm PDT
Tonight in Alameda: 'Theft of an Island' (town hall mtg on development)
I went to the planning board meeting on the Megaplex the other night, and the only people really supporting that thing are the business people and a handful of their friends. Everyone who spoke out against the project was an average resident. One guy who seemed to just be a regular guy supporting the Megaplex, let it slip that he had actually worked on the development of the project! The city officials seem completely bought off. This event seems like a healthy response to the outrageous...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 2:43pm PDT
Press release: Reproductive Rights speakout: Overturn the Hyde Amendment!
FEMINISTS SPEAK-OUT
12:30 PM
MONDAY, OCT. 3, 2005
WOMEN’S CHOICE HEALTH
570 14th Street, Oakland (across from Federal Building)
Media contact: Tanya Smith (510) 643-3538...
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 10:32pm PDT
Concord
Council OKs ban on marijuana clubs
Central Contra Costa's only medicinal marijuana dispensary must shut
down now that the Concord City Council has approved a permanent ban
against such clubs....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 1:27pm PDT
10/5: UC Sweatfree Campaign Launch
The rally is scheduled for October 5th at noon. It will start
on Upper Sproul Plaza followed by a march to California Hall to present the
USAS demands to Chancellor Birgeneau....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 1:17pm PDT
"Car Jacking Latest Pot Club Crime"
The latest story on the Alameda MMJ pot club crime wave darkly
suggests that the clubs may be responsible for an increase in MJ
arrests among students. Funny, no one in the neighborhood even
noticed the presence of the first Alameda Co club...
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 1:06pm PDT
Guns & Butter Time Change to 1 p.m. Wed KPFA 94.1 FM
Guns & Butter, the outstanding muckraking program which brings you the latest on the 9/11 Inside Job and much more is now broadcast at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays on KPFA, 94.1 FM....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 7:13am PDT
KPFA Staff exposes anti-democratic options
A printed copy of this e-mail was found at KPFA . It makes it clear that the writer Brian Edwards-Tiekert will use or lose democratic process as needed to control KPFA. Bonnie S., Lisa R., and Sherry G. with Brian are 4 of the 5 LSB members that voted to fire the GM. The others were part of the campaign to fire the GM....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 12:14am PDT