In the first of seven recent cases downtown, activists go on trial for chalking anti-war slogans on the sidewalk in erasable chalk. Shelsea Hodge faces $162 fine if found guilty in a court trial in Dept. 1 or 2 Wednesday April 23 at 10 AM.

Organic standards have been weakened by meat industry lobbying-- several members of congress, including Farr, are working to change this.

"I say we must have a movement that brings those troops home and launch a crusade to transform our school buildings, we launch a crusade to see to it that every citizen has adequate and affordable housing, we launch a crusade to make universal health care. We need not soldiers anymore in the world. We've had enough of them in western history."

-James Lawson Jr.

Santa Cruz Civic (1/21/03)

Santa Cruz citizens tell the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to get the "Drug War" out of the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM).

Critical Mass bicyclists take a well-deserved rest at a stoplight.