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Suterra LLC, a manufacturer of "biorational" pest control products based in Bend, Oregon, has issued a cease and desist letter to Indybay demanding that information about a "secret" ingredient in the CheckMate OLR-F mating disruption pheromone be removed from the site.
Wed Oct 10 2007 (Updated 10/16/07)
Hackmeet in San Francisco on October 13th and 14th
The Mad Penguins tech user group organized a two-day "Hackmeet" featuring skillshares and workshops for activists, artists and other community members, October 13–14, at New College in San Francisco. Topics included DIY websites, peer-to-peer, pirate radio, net privacy, open-source graphics, audio and video streaming, linux, gender, race and technology, Crabgrass, north-south tech solidarity and more.
Mon Oct 8 2007 (Updated 12/21/13)
San Diego Indymedia Temporary Newswire on Indybay
The San Diego Indymedia website has been down since late August because of tech problems, but a temporary newswire dedicated to San Diego related content has been created on Indybay. SDIMC volunteers are hoping to unveil a new website with a different content management system, drupal, sometime in late October or November.
Sat Sep 29 2007 (Updated 09/30/07)
2007-2008 Disorientation Guide to UC Santa Cruz
Disorientation Guide Collective writes, "We are trying to write and share our own history of the university. In other words, this is an introduction to the side of UC Santa Cruz that you might have heard about but won’t find in your glossy orientation materials. The guide is important to us because we realize that there are many difficult issues and challenges facing new UCSC students and we’d like to offer some information and inspiration."
On August 16th, the new film True to My Pledge, by Mal de Ojo TV, screened at a meeting of the Brown Berets in Watsonville. On August 17th, Latinoamerican musicians TONALI performed at the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz, followed by an update on the peoples' struggles in Oaxaca by Miguel Zafra, a screening of True to My Pledge and discussion about the formation of a new group, "Santa Cruz - Oaxaca Solidarity."
Fri Aug 3 2007 (Updated 08/08/07)
Journalist Chauncey Bailey Gunned Down In Oakland
Chauncey Bailey was shot to death in downtown Oakland on August 2nd. Bailey was killed around 7:30AM on 14th Street near Alice Street, in what police described as "an assassination". Chauncey Bailey was an editor for the Oakland Post and had previously worked as a reporter for The Oakland Tribune.

On August 4th, Devaughndre Broussard was booked in connection with the shooting. Broussard was a handyman at Your Black Muslim Bakery and has reportedly confessed to having killed Bailey because of the journalist's coverage of the group.
On Friday, August 3rd, the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In screened the Guerilla Drive-In Subversive Shorts Festival on Pacific Ave and Cooper Street in downtown Santa Cruz. To skirt the laws regarding amplification, the sound was broadcast straight to portable radios.