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"They can arrest us, try to intimidate us, try to take everything we've worked for," said Corral. "The federal government knows this is the end. All their screaming and busting people and guns and threats can't stop us. We have the truth."

In fact, it's all about the beggars. Sexual harassment is already illegal under existing laws. The ordinances expand the prohibitions against peaceful sparechanging from a seated position, in groups of two or more, or after
dark to include silent sparechangers, performers, or political activists on all sidewalks in town. What does this have to do with women walking on Pacific Ave. who get unwanted come-ons from young men? Neither the Downtown
Commission nor the City Council could say.

At the conclusion of the Hopscotch Trial of Tim Rinker and Becky Johnson, Commissioner Irwin Joseph rules that hopscotch is illegal on all public sidewalks in the City of Santa Cruz. Under her right of allocution prior to sentencing, Becky Johnson read half of the following statement before City Attorney John Barison and Commissioner Irwin Joseph shut her down.

Is the Santa Cruz raid, and more generally the war on drugs, a preview of what lies ahead in the war on terrorism? Is the future one in which increasingly empowered and emboldened federal police agencies intimidate, arrest and even terrorize not just those who pose true threats to security but also those who challenge little more than the moralistic convictions and political prejudices of power holders in the nation’s capital?

Court date set for possible return of seized pot plants

Fritjof Capra, Ph.D., author of "The Tao of Physics" and "The Turning Point," physicist and systems theorist, energizes the Santa Cruz community as they traverse the road toward global justice.

a peaceful, nonviolent treesitter in Ramsey Gulch, near Mt. Madonna in southern Santa Cruz County, was verbally assaulted and threatened by two men, one of whom carried a rifle.

People from Santa Cruz and many other parts of California and the nation came to the rallies and civil disobedience. 29 were arrested. Here is a one of a kind (for now) compilation of photos, videos, and articles.