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textKubby Family Survives Deadline For Removal by via supporters
KUBBY FAMILY SURVIVES DEADLINE FOR REMOVAL But Immigration Expected to Move Quickly If Judge Rules Against Cancer Patient....
Posted: Sat, Jan 14, 2006 12:59am PST
textCall to Action: Return to the Scene of the nonCrime by Bay Area CodePink
In honor of Martin Luther King In rememberance of Californians killed in Iraq In determination to end this war in Iraq...
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 11:42pm PST
textCalifornia's movie star governor refuses to spare elderly killer by AFP repost
Celebrity governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused on to spare the life of a frail, elderly killer set to be executed in a California prison a day after his 76th birthday....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 10:23pm PST
textThree arrested on eco-vandalism accusations in California by repost by sfmedic
(01-13) 17:55 PST Auburn, Calif. (AP) -- Three people were arrested Friday on suspicion that they plotted to blow up U.S. Forest Service property along with cell phone towers and power generators, the FBI said. Zachary O. Jenson, 20, of Monroe, Wash., Lauren Weiner, 20, of Philadelphia, and Eric Taylor McDavid, 28, of Foresthill, Calif., were arrested Friday morning, said Karen Ernst of the FBI....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 6:19pm PST
textASA CA Weekly Alert by Americans for Safe Access
*1) Correction: Court Support for Bryan Epis - Hearing Date Postponed Until February! 2) January 17th, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt 3) January 20th, San Francisco: Court Support for San Francisco Dispensary Defendants 4) January 21st, Merced:** Merced County Patients Coalition Meeting* *5) January 24th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting 6) January 26th, San Francisco: Court Support for Eddy Lepp **7) January 26th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting* *8) Reminder: ASA is Seeking Submiss...
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 4:59pm PST
text Abused woman beaten again by state of California by Bay View (reposted)
For killing her abuser, Rose Parker, promised pardon after 15 years in prison, 5 years on parole, now on parole for life...
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 9:34am PST
textSchwarzenegger's budget: up with prisons, down with communities by Californians United for a Responsible Budget
Sacramento - In his budget released today, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stuck to an old script: increasing funding for the state's massively troubled prison system. Elected on a platform that promised to "blow up boxes," the governor continues to fall in line with expensive and ineffective "tough on crime" policies despite widespread voter frustration at pouring ever more resources into a failed prison system....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 9:25am PST
textRebuilding New Orleans: The Struggle Continues by Democracy Now (reposted)
We look at the the ongoing struggles around rebuilding New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. We speak with Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and a former mayor of New Orleans and Tracie Washington, an attorney representing a number of evacuees in New Orleans who are staying in hotels and are facing eviction....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 8:10am PST
textThe 'Paper Ceiling' -- Undocumented Youths Face Barriers at the Brink of Adulthood by New America Media (reposted)
At an age when most teenagers are getting their driver's licenses, working their first jobs and applying to college, more and more young people are coming face to face with what it means to grow up without papers....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 7:39am PST
textProtest Schwarzenegger's Lunch Break Takeaway Noon at State Capital 1/13 by Dan Bacher
Arnold the Bullying Lowlife now wants to steal the lunch breaks of workers! Don't miss this protest tomorrow!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 10:09pm PST
textU.S. TRADE DEFICIT DEVASTATING ECONOMY by Stewart A. Alexander
The U.S. economy is being sold to the highest bidders in the world trade markets and our trade deficit is destroying our economy. A 69 billion dollar trade deficit, and over 700 billion annually, is putting millions of Americans in jeopardy of losing their homes, their jobs and everything they possess only to benefit big business....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 6:42pm PST
textCA Assembly Committee OKs Hemp Bill by repost via NORML
Assembly committee OKs bill letting farmers grow hemp...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 12:11pm PST
textDeath Penalty by Brody Nash
I don't agree with murder regardless who commits the crime....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 9:55am PST
textKilling Tookie, Smearing Mandela: Schwarzenegger's Hit List by Counterpunch (repost)
So reads the statement of California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in denying clemency for Stan Tookie Williams. Twelve hours after the statement was issued, Stan was brought into the execution chamber at San Quentin Prison, and the former gang leader-turned-internationally renown peacemaker was put to death....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 9:38am PST
textIndian-Americans Decry Attempts by Hindu Supremacist Groups to Rewrite India’s History by Friends of South Asia
Palo Alto, CA, January 10, 2006 -- A coalition of American groups representing the immigrant communities from the Indian subcontinent, led by Friends of South Asia (FOSA), have taken strong exception to numerous misrepresentations of India’s ancient history and of Hinduism recently put forward by the Vedic Foundation (VF) and the Hindu Education Foundation (HEF) for incorporation into Grade 6 History/Social Sciences textbooks in California....
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 12:39am PST
textCA Alert: Help Steve Kubby by NORML
We are writing today to ask for your help in the case of Steve Kubby, a medical cannabis patient who has been living with his family in Canada for the past five years. Mr. Kubby was convicted in 1999 of misdemeanor drug possession (for possessing minute quantities of mescaline and psilocin) stemming from a marijuana raid on his Placer County, California home....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:07pm PST
textDPF Updates by Death Penalty Focus
On January 10, 2006, the California Assembly Public Safety Committee voted 4-2-1 to support the "California Moratorium on Executions Act" (AB1121) (Leno, Goldberg, Hancock, and Dymally voted to support the bill, Cohn abstained and Spitzer and LaSuer voted against the bill)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:05pm PST
textFilibuster or Bush: Feinstein Must Stop Alito by Todd Chretien
Sen. Feinstein must declare her intention now to lead a filibuster against Alito. Simply voting against him is an empty gesture....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 3:02pm PST
text Schwarzenegger had no motorbike licence, he admits after crash by some people are above the law
Arnold Schwarzenegger did not have the proper licence to drive a motorcycle when he crashed at the weekend, Los Angeles police have said....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:27am PST
textHelp Free Theresa Cruz by John Reimann
Imprisoned for 15 years for the non-fatal shooting of her ex-husband, Theresa Cruz is finally up for parole! She's not a media star, just a regular working-class woman who needs your help. This is a case we could win! Please write the governor....
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 6:56am PST
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