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Students help AB 606 pass in the Assembly! GSA Network is pleased to announce that AB 606, the Safe Place to Learn Act, passed out of the California State Assembly yesterday, with a vote of 45-32. The bill now moves on to the Senate...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 9:45pm PST
Calphine Energy Corporation intent to pollute Medicine Lake Highlands. Calphine Energy Corporation refuses to pay heed to the First People and more to reason to butt out of the area know as Medicine Lake Highlands. We have met with the authorities and have explained to them that this is not about money and greed but about respect for Mother Earth. Again and again some greedy corporation such as the Calphine Energy Corporation will not pay heed but this time we will gather in force and fight this war - one battle at a time....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 7:08pm PST
GOVERNOR SIDE STEPING DEATH PENALTY Governor Schwarzenegger is now preparing for the November 2006 election by side steping the death penalty issue....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 5:53pm PST
Costa Mesa mayor joins Minutemen, unveils extremist anti-immigrant agenda 
Costa Mesa is the first US city to agree to work with US Customs to help deport "illegal" immigrants accused of crimes. The CM policy requires "serious" crimes, but the Mayor would like to be able to stop immigrants, ask for their legal status and deport them, according to remarks he made January 25, 2006....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 3:55pm PST
Bail possible for Auburn eco-activist Lauren Weiner; denied for both co-defendants Hi folks,
apologies for repost from corporate media with obvious inherent biases.
"Magistrate Gregory G. Hollows agreed to release Lauren Weiner, 20, after her parents post a $1.2-million bond and prosecutors are given an opportunity to raise objections.
But the judge refused to grant bail to Weiner's two co-defendants, 28-year-old Eric Taylor McDavid and Zachary Jensen, 20.
He declared the two men to be flight risks who could pose a danger to society. All three defendants pl...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 2:38pm PST
STEVE KUBBY SICK IN JAIL AFTER ARREST AT SF AIRPORT Steve Kubby was arrested by a dozen police immediately upon
landing at the San Francisco airport and has been whisked off to the
Redwood City jail. A welcoming party of supporters and media were
disappointed to discover that he had been spirited away out of sight
through a back entrance.
"I'm really sick already," Kubby said from jail two hours
afterwards, "I'm gonna start puking my brains out."...
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 12:45am PST
IDA Bay Area Events 1. Leaflet with IDA to Help Save the Exotic Deer of Pt Reyes National Seashore
2. Gopher Gardening at Ocean Beach
3. Fur Protest at Chinese Consulate in San Francisco
4. Stop Napa Vineyard Owner from Killing Bears for Eating Grapes
5. Compassionate Cooks' February Cooking Class: "Demystifying Tofu and Tempeh"
6. Bunnies Need Loving Homes to Escape Euthanasia...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 10:41pm PST
Black History - 150th Anniversary California Colored Convention Movement Join us for a free, lively evening of California Black History and experience the closing of a wonderful exhibt of the first railroad west of the Mississippi, originally surveyed from our California State Capitol, Sacramento to Negro Bar, CA.
8th Annual California Black History Month Reception...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:32pm PST
Racial Tensions Surface Among Los Angeles Homeless LOS ANGELES – Kimberly Johnson doesn’t like to go outside. She'd prefer her four children don’t even go downstairs.
For seven months now, Johnson and her family have been living at the Union Rescue Mission on downtown's Skid Row, where danger is a constant companion. Their dorm room sits four floors up, and many days they remain there, even isolating themselves above the common areas below....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:07pm PST
Tell your senator (i.e. Feinstein) to filibuster on Alito, says NOW (Nat'l Org for Women) Without a Filibuster, A No Vote is a Yes Vote on Alito
Alito Must Not Be Confirmed - Demand a Filibuster Today
Please call your Senators today and ask them to support a filibuster in opposition to this nomination....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 4:07pm PST
Three indicted on charges of plotting against Forest Service lab Three people were indicted in Sacramento on Wednesday for alledgedly conspiring to damage property with explosives or fire. They could face 5 to 20 years in prison if convicted. (Note: this article seems sensationalized and biased, but it was actually more fair than most of the msm on this issue.)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 2:13am PST
Special Conference Invitation The Faces of Wrongful Conviction: a conference examining wrongful convictions and the administration of the death penalty in california...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:42pm PST
Defense lawyer seeks dismissal of Federal criminal charges over NSA spying, entrapment "The government engaged in illegal electronic surveillance of thousands of U.S. persons, including Yassin Aref, then instigated a sting operation to attempt to entrap Mr. Aref into supporting a nonexistent terrorist plot, then dared to claim that the illegal NSA operation was justified because it was the only way to catch Mr. Aref," Kindlon's motion said....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 8:15pm PST
FACTS ABOUT UFCW 588 AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S CONCESSIONARY FOOD INDUSTRY CONTRACTS – 198 Former Local 588 President Jack Loveall and his son, Jacques, have been at the forefront of leading concessionary bargaining with Safeway and Northern California’s other major food employers since the Lovealls took over 588 in 1984. The UFCW 588 impact on bargaining increased when the union merged five local unions in the early 1990’s to expand its membership from 9,500 to 22,000 making it the largest local union in Northern California. No successful labor dispute could be fought if Local 5...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 12:42pm PST
Help Stop Patient Employment Discrimination a victory will give ASA legal ammunition to gain further protections
against discrimination in housing, by the DMV, and in many other areas. A
victory in this case will also help to clarify and reinforce the argument that
state law is sovereign and not pre-empted by federal law....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 9:20pm PST
Schwarzenneger's most noteworthy "feat" as Gov. is the execution of Tookie Williams! The "Govennator" Arnould Schwarzenegger gave the people (fans) who voted him into office just what they deserved?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 12:39pm PST
New Info on Auburn 3 Case New information from the Fresno Bee on Auburn 3 Case...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 8:58am PST
1/20: Please Sign the Petitions to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Bills! We are asking you for your help in collecting signatures for a petition addressed to the Los Angeles City Council requesting they adopt a resolution in favor of the immigrant community....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 9:03pm PST
This is the person medics ID as CS 3 informant in Auburn 3 case 
i am a long-time medic and received this from another trusted medic. it is also posted on portland indymedia.
i am non-violent: this is posted so those who sought care from a sham medic may identify the provider and choose to seek a second opion should they so desire....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 8:40pm PST
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