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A new study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry documents a mass mortality event of monarch butterflies near one of California’s most iconic overwintering sites and links the deaths to pesticide contamination. In late January 2024, hundreds of monarchs were found dead or dying on a private property near the trees of Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary, where they typically cluster during the winter.
event icon Interfaith Press Conference for Palestine Alec Stefan - Monterey Palestine Solidarity Event: Fri Sep 5th 12pm
image icon Letter and Proposal to the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors Alicia Kuhl (1 comment) Posted: Wed Aug 20th 10:37am
article icon Santa Cruz County proposal could allow the destruction of homeless RVs Alicia Kuhl (3 comments) Posted: Mon Aug 18th 12:45pm
John Malkin speaks with Heather Edney, co-founder in 1990 of the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange Program. Despite lack of funding and support for syringe distribution, the program pioneered a model of harm reduction that centered the voices of drug users. Operated by young women volunteers who used drugs, SCNEP was one of the first risk reduction models that included holistic healthcare practices.
The Never Again Moss Landing (NAML) stakeholder group has released a new report detailing the findings of their 120-day investigation into how and why the Vistra Energy lithium-ion battery facility at the Moss Landing Power Plant caught fire and destroyed itself during the period of January 16-22. The report is highly critical of Vistra's design of the facility, as well as the California PUC's role in regulating the plant.
Activists in Northern California are not waiting for court challenges to stop Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency. Protests are ongoing and have cropped up outside Tesla showrooms in Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Corte Madera and Seaside, amongst other locations. The earliest of these happened on a national day of action on February 15. The action at the Van Ness Tesla location in SF grew to about a thousand people.
Tue Jun 11 2024 (Updated 06/13/24)
Fishery’s Expansion Threatens Endangered Leatherbacks
In an inexplicable move, the National Marine Fisheries Service has allowed a little known fishery that targets bottom-dwelling sablefish to expand into federally designated habitat for critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtles off the coasts of Oregon and California. The fishery's lines can wrap around sea turtles’ necks or front flippers, anchoring them to heavy pots on the seafloor, resulting in injuries and deaths.
The UCSC Campus Mobile Crisis Team (CMCT) is the first of its kind on a University of California campus. The CMCT provides an empathetic, non-police response to emergency calls regarding mental health crises on campus. Following a series of police killings in the U.S., including the choking death of George Floyd in May, 2020, worldwide protests called for the expansion of non-police crisis teams for community safety.
Students at UCB, Cal Poly Humboldt, Stanford, Sonoma State, SF State, Sacramento State, USF, UCSC and UCD joined students at colleges throughout the country to establish occupations in support of Palestinians. Outrage at Israel's attempted genocide in Gaza has produced a movement of encampments at Harvard, Columbia, Yale, MIT, NYU, UT Austin, and more. Police have arrested hundreds, and yet the protests persist and expand.
Sun Apr 28 2024 (Updated 06/16/24)
Bay Area Shuts it Down on May Day
May Day actions this year were organized with urgency in solidarity with the Palestinian people, heeding the call from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions to stand with Gaza. Workers and peoples around the world called for an immediate ceasefire. Marches and rallies filled the streets across Northern California on May 1, and there was no business as usual at the Port of Oakland as officials closed the port in anticipation of planned protests.
Mon May 13 2024 (Updated 05/20/24)
REI Workers in Santa Cruz Vote to Form Union
On April 18, workers at the REI store in Santa Cruz voted 32-12 in favor of forming a union. The workers filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on March 14, at which time they announced their intent to join United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 5. The Santa Cruz REI store is the second REI location in the Bay Area to unionize, and the tenth nationwide.
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event icon Interfaith Press Conference for Palestine Alec Stefan - Monterey Palestine Solidarity Event: Fri Sep 5th 12pm
image icon Letter and Proposal to the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors Alicia Kuhl (1 comment) Posted: Wed Aug 20th 10:37am
article icon Santa Cruz County proposal could allow the destruction of homeless RVs Alicia Kuhl (3 comments) Posted: Mon Aug 18th 12:45pm
event icon Know Their Names - Honoring Martyred Palestinian Children Palestine Justice Coalition Event: Fri Sep 5th 8:30am
image icon Rest in Peace Erica Aitken Alicia Kuhl Posted: Fri Aug 15th 3:46pm
article icon I could try to be blindly brainwashed and bootlicky too... Alicia Kuhl Posted: Fri Aug 15th 12:05pm
image icon Study Links Pesticides to Monarch Butterfly Deaths in Pacific Grove Xerces Society (1 comment) Posted: Sat Jul 26th 2:21pm
image icon Never Again Moss Landing Releases Report on Vistra Battery Plant Fire Monterey Bay Environment News Posted: Sat Jul 19th 7:38pm
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document icon Court Orders Less Reliance on Pesticide Spraying on Millions of Acres of Western Rangeland Center for Biological Diversity Posted: Fri Aug 22nd 5:38pm
image icon Lawsuit Challenges Luxury Resort Near Joshua Tree National Park Center for Biological Diversity Posted: Wed Aug 20th 8:40pm
image icon Southern California Butterfly Declared Endangered Species Candidate Center for Biological Diversity Posted: Thu Aug 14th 10:33am
article icon NNU statement on RFK Jr. slashing mRNA vaccine research National Nurses United Posted: Thu Aug 7th 1:00pm
article icon National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness National Homelessness Law Center Posted: Thu Jul 24th 10:49pm
image icon One in five U.S. foods and drinks contain synthetic dyes, study shows Center for Science in the Public Interest Posted: Thu Jul 24th 2:18pm
audio icon Abolition Vision - An Interview with Emile Suotonye DeWeaver John Malkin Posted: Thu Jul 17th 9:57am
audio icon Berlin, Punk Rock & Religion - Interview with Ken Chitwood John Malkin Posted: Sat Jun 28th 11:47am
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