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Whittier "Trigger Happy" Cops at it Again! Last Friday night, the usually peaceful and upscale Whittier neighborhood of Mar Vista
Heights was abruptly awaken by the sirens of approximately 23 squad cars and a volley of
about 10 shots from policemen's guns....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 11:27am PST
Medical Marijuana in the News: 11/25 > ASA ACTION: Protecting Patients in the Workplace
> NETHERLANDS: Medical Program Continues as Alternatives Considered
> NEW JERSEY: Pressure Mounting for State Bill
> WISCONSIN: Legislature Holds Hearings on Proposed Law
> CALIFORNIA: Alameda County Working Out Dispensary Permits
Riverside County Issuing State IDs for Patients
San Diego Drawing Heat for Flouting Law...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 12:53am PST
Theresa Dang acquitted of all criminal charges “They
saw that this was a politically-motivated charge
brought forth by the Garden Grove Police Department
against Dang for exercising her constitutional rights
of free speech and assembly."...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 1:52pm PST
One earthquake could leave two-thirds of Californians without drinking water On November 1, 2005 California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued a report stating that a simple 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Northern California’s Delta region could produce more than 30 levee breaches on 16 Delta islands. This would flood tens of thousands of homes and a massive area of productive farmland, causing around $30 billion in damages. However, the most alarming news, by far, was the realization that such an event could render unusable the drinking water supply of two-thi...
Posted: Wed, Nov 30, 2005 6:35am PST
Pee in Peace! Transgender Law Center releases "Peeing In Peace", a bathroom activism resource guide for transgender activists and allies....
Posted: Tue, Nov 29, 2005 7:26pm PST
USA plans Dastardly Attack on Defenseless Orphans. USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide.
Is there a Body Bag for an Orphan near you? No child left behind....
Posted: Mon, Nov 28, 2005 7:14pm PST
eat Local Organic food and abate global starvation How the environment and eating (Local Organic Food) is linked to Gandhi's ideology for transforming the world. Many links....
Posted: Thu, Nov 24, 2005 11:07pm PST
L.A.'s Pet Project: By the Numbers Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Mr. Guerdon Stuckey routinely states that there has been a decrease in animal shelter deaths within the past year; however, the facts seem to point to an increase....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 2:32pm PST
LA Times Fires Longtime Progressive Columnist Robert Scheer The Los Angeles Times newspaper last week announced that it was firing longtime columnist Robert Scheer. Scheer has been at the Times for 30 years and was one of the most progressive voices at the paper. In recent years, his columns took on the Bush Administration and its justifications for the invasion of Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 6:36am PST
Solidarity with the Rebels of France The o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective wishes to extend our feelings of solidarity to the rebels of the migrant communities of France. It is clear to us that the recent uprising which has spread across the country is a reaction against years of bitter racism that has ruined countless lives as well as a reaction against racist immigration policies based on that racism....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 4:10pm PST
NOW Celebrates Encouraging Results in State Elections The National Organization for Women congratulates voters in California, Maine and New Jersey for supporting equality and opposing bigotry in Tuesday's elections, when voters across the country weighed initiatives on abortion and laws prohibiting discrimination....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 10:16pm PST
San Diego's Day Of Remembrance The San Diego LGBT Community Center
(The Center) announced today that it will host San Diego's fourth
annual Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sun., Nov. 20 at The
Center....
Posted: Tue, Nov 8, 2005 10:32pm PST
Cascadia Discussion Forum New online forum for discussion of Cascadia's culture, politics, geographic boundaries, and future....
Posted: Tue, Nov 8, 2005 3:22pm PST
Thanksgiving Letter Drive 
Help East Bay Animal Advocates reach its goal of writing 1,000 letters to our elected officials by Thanksgiving....
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 6:54pm PST
Join the O2 Collective For a Relief Trip to New Orleans! 
The Oxygen Collective is organizing a trip in our biodiesel bus for the first three weeks of December to bring supplies and volunteers to offer direct aid and relief work for people in the New Orleans area. We will be joining with an inspiring grassroots effort spearheaded by the Common Ground Collective (http://www.commongroundrelief.org) in the Algiers Neighborhood, where one of the O2's founding members, Kerul Dyer, is working as their unofficial Director of Operations....
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 2:06pm PST
Scrap the "Secret" Ballot - Return to Open Voting Secrecy rarely does anyone any good. And secrecy in voting is particularly senseless. It has produced a series of disastrous, if not unintended consequences. Due to its anonymity and non-transparency, the secret ballot has made vote fraud easier not harder, particularly for those in a position of power, such as election officials and voting machine technicians....
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 9:11am PST
Mayor Villaraigosa and the Truth about Cats and Dogs If Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa fails to honor his promise to fire Mr. Stuckey and to hire a compassionate and experienced General Manager who can implement a no-kill plan and reform the department, he may find that the animal community is politically-speaking, more bite than bark....
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 11:14am PST
Editorial submitted to NY Times about the illustrious Rep. Richard Pomba (Rep-CA) I sent this editorial from the NY Times to various Central Valley newspapers, but no one saw fit to reprint it. Maybe you will have more nerve....
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 1:07pm PST
Millionaires for Prop 75 Despite claims by its proponents that Prop. 75 is a “paycheck protection” measure, the millionaires who are funding the initiative have no interest in protecting paychecks, wages, health care or collective bargaining rights. Their agenda is to protect their own business interests and roll back the protections workers have won through unions....
Posted: Sat, Oct 22, 2005 12:01pm PDT
George Bush Visits the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California (audio/mpeg 4.5MB) Among the people gathered to protest Bush, was Tim, John and Aaron, three members of Iraq Veterans Against the War. I had the chance to speak with Tim, John and Aaron as well as David, Sue and Rachel. Listen to the interviews to hear all of them call for an end to the War in Iraq, and much more.
The first interview is with Tim, John and Aaron of Iraq Veterans Against the War. (9:47 minutes)...
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2005 8:58pm PDT
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