[scimc-news] OSC, FRSC Back on the Air, PG&E Removing 'Smart' Meters, Peace & Unity

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Sunday November 6th 2011
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* Occupy Santa Cruz Holds Demonstration in Support of the General Strike in Oakland
* Free Radio Santa Cruz is Back on the Air
* PG&E Begins Removing 'Smart' Meters Due to Health Effects
* 18th Annual Peace & Unity March in Watsonville

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UPCOMING EVENTS

November 6th 6pm: Black Mesa benefit event with Louise Benally - Support Indigenous Resistance!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/30/18696156.php

November 9th 12pm: UCSC: Day of Action
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/24/18694758.php

November 10th 7pm: Don Young presents his new novel "The Battle for Snow Mountain"
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/20/18694269.php

November 11th 6:30pm: Int'l Renowned Author Frances Moore Lappé Joins Santa Cruz Sustainability Leaders
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/29/18691754.php

November 14th 7:30pm: Author John Perkins speaks on "The American Empire, the Future, and You: A Call to Action"
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/31/18696295.php

November 19th 7:30pm: An Evening with Miryam Kabakov presented by Twice Blessed of TBE and Chadeish Yameinu
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/24/18694810.php

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Occupy Santa Cruz Holds Demonstration in Support of the General Strike in Oakland

In solidarity with the call by Occupy Oakland for a general strike, which was in response to the police violence in Oakland that resulted in the serious injury of Scott Olsen and others, Occupy Santa Cruz members called for a strike to be held in Santa Cruz on November 2nd. Suggestions to avoid work and or/school were made, and community members gathered at the county courthouse steps for a march and demonstration downtown.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/04/18697477.php


Free Radio Santa Cruz is Back on the Air

After an eviction from their previous transmitter site, Free Radio Santa Cruz has found a new site and restarted transmitting on 101.1 FM. The collectively run, anti-corporate, community supported station has been providing Santa Cruz with alternative programming to counter mainstream corporate and NPR stations since 1995.  Uncle Dennis, a broadcast engineer for Free Radio Santa Cruz, is offering a class in radio engineering during the winter quarter of Free Skool Santa Cruz.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/04/18697407.php


PG&E Begins Removing 'Smart' Meters Due to Health Effects

Santa Cruz, Calif. — Just as PG&E enters the final phase of its deployment of wireless “smart” meters in California, the largest of the state’s Investor Owned Utilities (IOU’s) has reversed course, quietly beginning to replace the ‘smart’ meters of those reporting health impacts with the old analog version. Consumer rights and health groups immediately seized on the news, demanding that millions of Californians unhappy with their new wireless meters get their analogs returned immediately at no cost.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/11/04/18697399.php


18th Annual Peace & Unity March in Watsonville

On October 29, the 18th Annual Peace & Unity March was held in Watsonville. The march was organized to honor victims of gang-related violence in Watsonville and to push for an end to the violence in the community. Sandino Gómez, historian for the Watsonville Brown Berets, recounted how the march began in 1994 to honor Jessica and Jorge Cortéz, 16 and 9 years old, who were gunned down because they had witnessed a gang–related crime. Gómez emphasized that “violence is not the solution” and that everyone present “must be part of the solution”.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/10/30/18696193.php

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