Posted in Drug War, Government, Police on Mar 9th, 2010
On Tuesday, March 9th, the Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-0 to support a recommendation from the city staff which bans the opening of an additional medical marijuana dispensary in Santa Cruz. This was the first reading of the vote and there will be a second vote in two weeks to finalize the ruling.
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Posted in Education on Mar 8th, 2010
Hundreds of students marched through the streets of downtown Santa Cruz on March 4th as part of the day of action for public education.
To start the day, students, faculty, and workers gathered at 5am at UC Santa Cruz to protest the privatization of public education in California. They used their bodies to block [...]
Posted in Arts & Creation on Jan 8th, 2010
I strayed into SubRosa, the infoshop at the south end of Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, a quarter past eight on Thursday, January 7th for the weekly Open Mic. It’s a fairly small space, so there is no mic, but there was a well-crafted stage to prop up the creative poets, musicians and performers. [...]
Posted in Community Building, Solidarity & Outreach on Dec 20th, 2009
On Sunday, December 20th, Santa was hanging out at the corner of Pacific and Soquel in downtown Santa Cruz offering hugs, hot cocoa, cookies, conversation and warm clothing to passers-by. Many people were receptive and appreciative of Santa’s kind spirit and the elf giving out cocoa and cookies.
Several people inquired about the motivation behind [...]
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