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Olvera Street and the Threat from Los Angeles

LA's Monument Commission seems bent on destroying the city's most important history.

(LOS ANGELES) - The birthplace of Los Angeles is under threat of financial siege and elimination over a move from city bureaucrats who according to records, are operating in violation of a 1999 City Council Mandate.

Every day this is where old world entertainment meets Mexican and Spanish culture, and it has been happening consistently for almost 200 straight years.

UC Berkley Vote: A Travesty of the `Democratic` Process

The students at Berkeley will remember who voted for, and who voted against.

(MELBOURNE, Aust.) - Disappointing, but this shows the immense power that “the Organization” has to overturn popular demand against amazing majority numbers in the face of all reason and “democratic” principle.

The Administration of the University may have the power to veto student propositions, but they certainly do not have a moral right to do so on propositions such as this one.

UC Berkeley Vote: a Small Loss, an Enormous Win

Jewish Voices for Peaces speaks up over a near vote to enact divestment from murderous Israeli companies.

(BERKELEY, Calif.) - I have been an activist since I was a teenager, and yet, the night of April 28 in the Pauley Ballroom of UC Berkeley will surely stand out as one of the most remarkable activist achievements I have ever witnessed.

And I am grateful that you were there, represented by thousand of green stickers: each with a name, a place, an identity.

Murder of Marine Colonel Demands Justice

A Marine Corps Colonel was murdered at MCAS El Toro, California. His brother has relentlessly pursued the investigation of his death for over 19 years. Guns, drugs, and a government cover-up make this a perfect crime.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - Marine Colonel James E. Sabow, age 51, was found dead by his wife in the backyard of his quarters at MCAS El Toro, California. The Orange County Coroner ruled the death a suicide.

This was a direct violation of Navy regulations, which required that a post-mortem examination be conducted at the nearest Armed Forces Medical Examination Facility.

Mummies of the World Exhibition World Premiere in LA

The Largest-Ever Traveling Exhibition of Mummies visits the California Science Center in July.

(LOS ANGELES) - A 6,420-year-old child mummy from Peru, one the oldest mummies ever discovered, joins an astonishing collection of mummies and related artifacts in the extraordinary exhibition Mummies of the World.

It makes its world premiere at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on July 1, 2010.

California-based Bird Rescue Team Activated to Aid Local Wildlife Groups at Louisiana Oil Spill

The team will work with local organizationsnce once on the ground.

(LOS ANGELES) - A Team of Aquatic-Bird Rescue Specialists in California have been activated in an effort to support local groups preparing for oil spill impact on wildlife in Louisiana.

`Hell No` to a Park and Homes at El Toro
Marine Journalists Demand the Truth

Wecome to Irvine's EPA Superfund site.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - There is a great movie where the townspeople are possessed, living in a Stepford Wives twilight zone, often chanting, "For the greater good".

I wonder if they'll start doing that in Irvine, a city trying to peddle the El Toro Marine Corps base in all of its toxic glory as a park and real estate.

Workers Memorial Day 2010 in Downey, California

Rallying behind the strengthening of OSHA through supporting the Protecting America Worker’s Action H.R. 2067

(DOWNEY, Calif.) - Downey Workers Memorial Day is held every year in April to commemorate all those workers killed and injured on the job.

What Villaraigosa Omitted From His State of the City Speech

I can tell you right now that he has lied to you already.

(LOS ANGELES) - If you read or listened to Villaraigosa’s “State of the City” speech, you may have noticed he omitted to mention a certain touchy topic: the state of the City.

Villaraigosa never disclosed the state of City Hall’s own finances.

Camp Lejeune Marine Veteran Expresses Anger at Marine Corps and Congress

Stephen Connard points to a lack of support for those injured on base from the contaminated water wells now closed.

(WASHINGTON, D.C) - The story of the contaminated water wells at Camp Lejeune just won’t go away.

The wells are now closed but many Lejeune veterans and dependents are visibly upset with what they perceive as a total lack of support from their Marine Corps and Congress.