Larry Templeton intends to rebuild Camp Paradise this Thursday or Friday. Reinforcements from Oregon's "Dignity Village" are pouring into town, to increase Larry's numbers and help him make his stand. Meanwhile, SCPD officer Eric Seilly is slashing tents along the San Lorenzo again.

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On January 30th, at 2:45 p.m., two SCPD officers approached the HUFF table and declared that the table was obstructing the sidewalk. Without giving HUFF activists Robert Norse or Zoe Joy Einbinder a chance to move the table, Baker announced he'd been videotaping them all afternoon and had observed that "several people had to walk around them [HUFF]" Norse offered to move the table, saying that it was the first he'd been told of the alleged obstuction...Baker decided to handcuff and take Norse into custody for the infraction citiation after Norse publicly announced he was being ticketed for "operating a political table" and "petitioning". Baker also confiscated the tape recording Norse was making of the arrest process.

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Hundreds of UC Santa Cruz employees will hold a noon-time rally on Thursday, February 14th to catch the attention of visiting UC Regents and show solidarity to retain the high quality of education at UC.

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Caltrans Policy Allowing Only American Flags To Hang On Highway Overpasses Found Unconstitutional By Federal Court

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10 activists convened at the clock tower in downtown Santa Cruz from 8p til midnight to hold a candlelight vigil for confessed killer Stephen Wayne Anderson as he was scheduled for execution at San Quentin prison just north of San Francisco, California.

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HUFF activists, Robert Norse and Daniel Hopkins filed two complaints against the excessive and unreasonble noise in the form of classical music being pumped out over a loudspeaker to "discourage gathering" at the planter area in front of New Leaf Market between Sushi Now! and Ali Baba's Cafe on Pacific Avenue.

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Santa Cruz and San Francisco are among the ``meanest'' cities in the nation toward poor and homeless people, a national coalition for the homeless declared Tuesday.

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A possible arson fire on the morning of January 11th destroyed the labs of two biotech researchers at the UC Santa Cruz campus. At the scene this morning, some speculated that this may have been an act of sabotage, citing the controversial nature of much of the research performed there. Others were of the opinion that it was simply an accident.

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Suit alleges police, Caltrans violated free speech rights by removing banners. A pair of Santa Cruz women who hung anti-war banners over Highway 17 in November and December have filed suit in federal court alleging their First Amendment rights were violated when the banners were removed.

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Santa Cruz participates in the National Day of Remembrance and the reading of the names of the homeless people who have died in the past year....Mayor Christopher Krohn and his mother attended the ceremony and read a prepared statement. They left quickly, even before the reading of the names. No other member of the Santa Cruz City Council attended.

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