[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Monday May 19th 2008

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Monday May 19th 2008
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* Upcoming Events
* Bikers in Santa Cruz Take the Lane for Safety and Awareness
* Tree Cutting Photos from the McHenry Library Addition
* "Chango" Recognized with "Marciano Cruz Day" on May 12 in Santa Cruz
* CASS Releases Economic Impact Report on LBAM Pesticide Spray Program
* Donna Deiss Describes Her Interaction with SCPD Sergeant Christian LeMoss
* 20,000 UC Workers Announce Strike Vote
* Indynewswire: 5.9.08 Kathy Redmond on the De Anza Rape Case

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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 19th  7:00 PM: Prison Industrial Complex Awareness Week (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499563.php

May 19th  7:00 PM: FILM: RIPPLES CROSS: 2008 Palestine Awareness Week at UCSC (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499359.php

May 20th  7:00 PM: Angela Davis Public Speech
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499564.php

May 20th  7:00 PM: KHALID DUDIN: Palestine Awareness Week at UCSC (Concert/Show)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499362.php

May 20th  7:00 PM: Nuclear Issues - May WILPF program (Speaker)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/22/18494620.php

May 21st  6:30 PM: Anti-Prison Activist Panel
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499566.php

May 21st  7:00 PM: The Ride Of Silence
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/04/28/18495548.php

May 21st  7:00 PM: ASAD ABU KHALIL: Palestine Awareness Week at UCSC
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499365.php

May 21st  8:30 PM: Engaging Education presents: SPEAKER BLOWOUT!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/14/18499300.php

May 22nd 10:00 AM: Eskrima: Filipino Stick & Knife Fighting
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/09/18484740.php

May 22nd  4:00 PM: The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Nonprofit Industrial Complex
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499481.php

May 22nd  7:00 PM: Designs for a Green Future - The Transportation-Land Use Connection
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/14/18499129.php

May 22nd  7:00 PM: PALESTINIAN CULTURAL NIGHT: Palestine Awareness Week at UCSC
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499367.php

May 23rd  7:30 PM: Earthlings Film Screening (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/07/18497720.php

May 24th 11:00 AM: Bonnie Raitt/ Bill Monning Benefit (Concert/Show)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/09/18498169.php

May 25th  5:00 PM: Stop the Spray in Monterey - benefit Concert & Silent Auction (Concert/Show)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/16/18499752.php

More Events On Santa Cruz Indymedia's Calendar:
http://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=60

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Bikers in Santa Cruz Take the Lane for Safety and Awareness

On May 13th, a huge mob of cyclists rolled peacefully through the streets of Santa Cruz after a 6pm convergence at the Clock Tower. Bikers spanned city blocks in the right lane of Mission Street to raise awareness about California Vehicle Code Section 21202, cyclists may use the full right lane when the lane "is too narrow for a bicycle to safely ride to the side of a motor vehicle." Many people wore yellow shirts with a figure of a bike and the words "MAY USE FULL LANE cvc 21202."

Read More and View Photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/17/18499807.php

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Tree Cutting Photos from the McHenry Library Addition

There is a story that the UCSC tour guides still occasionally tell about the founding UCSC Chancellor Dean McHenry: Allegedly, during initial construction in 1964, any tree on campus over 12 inches in diameter had to have the chancellor's personal approval before it could be cut. In the construction of the road to the small parking lot behind the main library, there was a spot where the road was squeezed between a second growth redwood and a steep bank. The construction crew and campus planners asked the chancellor for approval to cut the tree, and he allegedly refused and told them to find another way.

Read More and View Photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/16/18499801.php

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"Chango" Recognized with "Marciano Cruz Day" on May 12 in Santa Cruz

Marciano Cruz was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. For over 20 years, Marciano, also known as Chango, has been working to improve the lives of people in the greater Santa Cruz community. He is currently a staff member at the Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV). Marciano is being honored for his work as founder, chief organizer and president of La Liga de La Comunidad, a countywide soccer league for youth and adults.

Read More and View Photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/16/18499787.php

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CASS Releases Economic Impact Report on LBAM Pesticide Spray Program

On May 5th, Foster Gamble and the Economic Action Team of the California Alliance to Stop the Spray (C.A.S.S.), released a forty page report on the economic impact to the state of California in response to the CDFA/USDA plan to spray multiple California counties with a micronized concoction of synthetic “pheromone” and chemicals to "eradicate" the Light Brown Apple Moth – a moth with zero history of causing crop damage anywhere in the world.

Read More and Download the Report
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/15/18499568.php

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Donna Deiss Describes Her Interaction with SCPD Sergeant Christian LeMoss

Donna Deiss Yovino writes, "At Santa Cruz parking lot A on West Cliff Drive, on Friday May 9, 2008, Sgt. C LeMoss twisted and broke the right humurus arm bone of a 60 year old disabled woman for entering her RV and attempting to close the door."

Read More and View Photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/14/18499243.php

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20,000 UC Workers Announce Strike Vote

On the heels of University of California's ongoing executive pay scandals, UC's Administration is once again being denounced for misplaced priorities. For ten months, 20,000 UC medical and service workers have been trying to protect quality patient care and CA communities, reporting that lack of competitive wages is impacting the University's ability to retain its best staff. After ten months of negotiating for equal pay for equal work, they have reached impasse, and the workers announced they will take a strike vote, running from May 17th-May 22nd.

Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/13/18498938.php

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Indynewswire: 5.9.08 Kathy Redmond on the De Anza Rape Case

The indynewswire show airs weekly on Freak Radio, Friday mornings 10-12 noon, broadcasting news and opinion from independent media worldwide, focused on indymedia sites but also drawing from other websites. On May 9th, danielsan interviewed Katherine Redmond of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes (NCAVA) on the De Anza Rape Case, closed last week by the CA attorney General Jerry Brown's office, citing lack of evidence. More than a year later, Katherine Redmond discusses this and other cases nationwide.

Read More and Listen to Audio
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/09/18498230.php

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