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Unions Continue Heated Dispute With Alta Bates Medical Center
Ninety percent of 800 workers who voted at the Alta Bates Summit Medical center rejected a recent contract offer by the hospital late last week, locking the two sides back into heated negotiations that have been ongoing since before the workers’ contract expired at the end of May....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 10:15am PDT
Post Boxer-Delegation, Cuevas Family Celebrates Bittersweet College Graduation
Meanwhile, the Cuevas family prepares to celebrate their eldest daughter Donna’s graduation from California State University, Hayward. Without an extension of their final departure date, participation in commencement ceremonies would have been impossible for her. “This is a bittersweet celebration,” according to Support Committee convener, Robyn Rodriguez......
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 8:15am PDT
Save Jack London Sq from the developers!
You can over-develop something to the point where it doesn't have any value any more, and that's what may happen to Jack London Square. The Port of Oakland intends to hand the historic waterfront site over to developers who'll turn it into an ugly shopping mall. This project will come before the Oakland City Council on Tuesday, June 15th. Let's be there and speak up....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 5:57am PDT
Final Remarks in Araujo Case
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, prosecutor Chris Lamiero asked jurors on Tuesday to find defendants Michael Magidson, Jose Merel and Jason Cazares all guilty of first-degree murder during closing arguments....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 12:20am PDT
Araujo jury re-hears testimony, may be close to verdict
Jurors in the murder trial of transgender teenager Gwen Araujo listened to transcripts of pathologists' testimony on Wednesday, which some court observers interpreted as a sign the jury is close to returning a verdict....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 12:18am PDT
Araujo Jurors Head Towards 3rd Week Without Verdict
The second week of deliberations in the trial of three men charged with killing transgendered teen Gwen Araujo ended Thursday night without a verdict. The jury will resume deliberations on Monday, opting not to sit on Fridays....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 12:12am PDT
Rachel Corrie's Parents Speak in Berkeley June 11th
The parents of Rachel Corrie, the young woman who was killed in 2003 by the Israeli military while defending a Palestinian home, will be speaking in Berkeley June 11th...
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 11:46am PDT
HUD Is The Enemy Of The Poor & Disabled
With Thousands Facing Eviction, Housing Agencies At Risk Of Falling Into Receivorship, and Affordable Housing Projects Falling To The Wayside, HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson Has Quickly Become Known As The Nation's #1 Enemy Of The Poor!...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 10:45pm PDT
REAGAN:THE LAST REAL PRESIDENT WE HAD(THE LAST ONE THAT WASN'T ONE OF THESE INTERNATIONAL
REAGAN'S "GONE" AND THE ONE WHO'S "IN THERE", APPARENTLY, WAS THE GROUP WHO TRIED TO ASSASINATE HIM IN THE '80s...AND KERRY DOESN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER....HE ISN'T TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS (WHICH MEANS HE IS TALKING ABOUT ALLOWING THE MURDER OF AMERICANS TO CONTINUE DUE TO GOVERNMENTAL DYSFUNCTION AND CORRUPTION)......GET DR. DURAND TO RUN...WRITE AMCBA@LYCOS.COM AND ASK HIM (VOW YOUR SUPPORT)...THEY CAN'T LEGALLY-BEAT HIM, HE OWN...
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 12:14am PDT
Can You Feel Our Rhythm?
Black Disabled Artists in Hip-Hop to World Jazz to Spoken Word...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 5:14pm PDT
Stop Police and Prison Brutality from Iraq to Oakland!
Carijama Fest Attacked by OPD - Stop Police and Prison Brutality from Iraq to Oakland!...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:26pm PDT
Fast 4 Education in 24th Day
It is now day 24 of the fast,
It is obvious to everyone that the fasters are losing weight.... Dolores Huerta joins fasters, action in the Assembly....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:15pm PDT
Alameda County DA tramples First Amendment to silence critics
Second installment of fIrst person account of DA Tom Orloff using spurious prosecutions to cover up ethics scandal...
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 9:18am PDT
Mom Seeks to Change Araujo's Name
Sylvia Guerrero of Newark sought a name change for her child at the Fremont Hall of Justice on Tuesday -- the same day that prosecutors and defense attorneys in Hayward rested their cases in the trial of three men charged with assaulting and strangling Araujo....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 1:30am PDT
Testimony Ends in Araujo Case, Closing Arguments Start 6/1
Testimony wrapped up Tuesday in the case of three California men charged with murdering transgender teen Gwen Araujo, with defense lawyers arguing that the men were deceived and acted in a panic.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin June 1 in Hayward, Calif....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 12:54am PDT
Oakland Police terrorize babies
Oakland police shoot tear gas into crowded Wendys, babies hurt...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 10:05pm PDT
Section 8 Voucher Crisis- Urgent Update
The Section 8 Voucher Programs In Crisis. Secretary of HUD Alphonso Jackson claimed that, “being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.”...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:32pm PDT
Tune In! June 1st KPFA Morning Show/Section 8 Housing Voucher Crisis- 8:35 am--9am.
The Recent Federal Cut-backs In Funding Existing Housing Vouchers Already In Use Has Set Off A Housing Crisis from Coast To Coast!...
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 5:49pm PDT