Firing Up Action On Climate Change (tags)
As wildfire season commences in California, a local group of citizens is stepping forward on May 29 to ask Rep. Judy Chu of Pasadena to address the cause of the increase in fires by taking a leadership role in Congress on climate change legislation and resources, including ending the sequester which harms California's ability to combat fires..
Massive Wind Storm Hits San Gabriel Valley Area (tags)
PASADENA, December 2, 2011, 7:00pm – Much of the San Gabriel Valley area was hit with a wind storm of unprecedented force Wednesday night. At the time of this post 100,000s of people in the area effected are still without power.
Federal indictment says Latino gang Azusa 13 targeted African-Americans (tags)
A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday accuses a Latino street gang in Azusa of trying to push black people out of the city. Authorities say it marks only the second time they?ve used federal civil rights laws against a criminal street gang.
March and Rally to DHS Secretary Napolitano's Speech at Pomona College Graduation (tags)
Together with the Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, and the Latina/o Roundtable of Pomona and San Gabriel Valley, we are organizing a march and rally on Sunday, May 16th to denounce the harsh immigration enforcement policies of the Department of Homeland Security during DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano's speech at the Pomona College graduation ceremony. We will begin the march at the Claremont Greyhound Station, the site of numerous Border Patrol raids in the last year, and end with a rally at a park near the graduation site.
Summer Activist Training (tags)
Agency's 'edifice complex' siphoning millions of dollars from conservation in SG Valley (tags)
State's Rivers and Mountains Conservancy ignored its own grant guidelines in awarding itself and partners $3 million for construction of controversial $30 million San Gabriel River center. The agency plans two more interpretive centers in the same immediate area.
Celebrating Philippine Independence Day (tags)
The Philippine flag acquires added prominence these days on the occasion of the observance of the Declacration of Philippine Independence.
Highway 39 To 2 past Crystal Lake to Rebuild, Reopen (tags)
Proposal for rebuilding Highway 39 so that it connects to Highway 2 (Angeles Crest) will be discussed this month.
Baldwin Park and its Agents of Gentrification, Mayor Lozano and Lover Sergio Corona (tags)
Baldinwin Park and its Agents of Gentrification. Mayor Lozano and his "Lover" Sergio Corona on the edge gentrifying and taking 125 Acres of Land for their sponsor, Bisno Developer.
Is Congressman Dreier Going The Way of Larry Craig (tags)
One of the worst Republican congressmen who supports the most anti-gay legislation is himself a homosexual. He also is one of the most corrupt. A progressive is planning to defeat him.
Local Soldier, Rudy A. Salcido, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Ex-La Puente man dies in Iraq Reservist Salcido, 31, was on 3rd tour of duty
Local Soldier, Matthew W. Creed, Killed in Iraq (tags)
Army Spc. Matthew Creed, a 2001 Charter Oak High School graduate, was killed by a sniper's bullet in Baghdad while on foot patrol.
Los Angeles Sentinel Endorses Paparian for Congress in 29th (tags)
The largest and oldest black-owned newspaper on the west coast has endorsed a Green for Congress in the San Gabriel Valley, giving the nod to former Pasadena Mayor Bill Paparian over the Democrat incumbent.
Progress through Dialogue in Glendale? (tags)
For once the police didn't separate the "two sides", who actually have a lot in common. Maybe they should just let us talk it out....
SGV 9-11 Truth Movement Gets Rolling (tags)
Approximately 20 9/11 Truth activists and concerned individuals from around the area turned up at the corner of Main and Garfield in Alhambra on Sunday morning to draw attention to the glaring inconsistencies, distortions and omissions in the official government version of the events that attempt to explain the tragedy of September 11, 2001.
SOS, Neo-Nazis & White Supremacists (2/3) (tags)
The photograph below shows "Baldy," "Dixieland_Delight," and "Konkwista88," with other reputed neo-Nazi skinheads and white supremacists who attended the anti-monument rally in Baldwin Park, California on Saturday, June 25, 2005. "Advocate" is the tall, older man in the back wearing a grey cap. This photograph reportedly was taken on the same day, possibly at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation area in the San Gabriel Valley.
My personal experience at the Baldwin Park counterdemonstration June 25, 2005
Alhambra: And Then They Came (tags)
Report from the Alhambra Home Depot Save Our State anti-immigrant demonstration and counter-protest
SOS Must Be Opposed in Alhambra (tags)
On Saturday, the Ventura based SOS organization will be holding yet another anti-immigrant demonstration, this time in Alhambra (9am –Noon at Home Depot, 500 S. Marengo, Alhambra). The SOS likes to harass and intimidate day local day laborers. Passages from the SOS website portray a “massive illegal alien invasion” which turns “our communities into cesspools.”
Protest Nativists Coming to Baldwin Park (tags)
saveourstate.org, a group affiliated with the Minutemen border project, is opposing an artwork in Baldwin Park. Opposition in the area is calling for a counter protest.
Hummer Arsonist Sentenced (tags)
A man who was a graduate physics student at the California Institute of Technology was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for his conviction last year on a series of arson charges related to firebomb attacks on sport utility vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley.
Vigils' Counter-Inaugural Caravan Thursday, J20 (tags)
Members of the Glendale Peace Vigil, San Gabriel Valley (Alhambra) Neighbors for Peace & Justice, West Covina Neighbors for Peace & Justice, and South Pasadena Neighbors for Peace & Justice invite you to GET ON BOARD the COUNTER-INAUGURAL CARAVAN! THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2005
Friends of the Raymond Theatre Receives 2004 President's Award from California Preservatio (tags)
Activist Convicted for Torching SUVs (tags)
A graduate student was convicted today of firebombing dozens of sport utility vehicles and causing more than $2 million in damage in an eco-vandalism rampage, but was cleared of the most serious charge against him.
Party for Peace in Monterey Park this Saturday! (tags)
There will be a fund-raising party this Saturday, July 31, put on by three peace vigils in the San Gabriel Valley!
Join A Peace Vigil Near You, They Rock! (tags)
A friend of mine jokingly refers to vigils as "seances." Well, in one way they are seances. We, in the movement, have been working hard lo these past months to lift and remove from power all the zombies now taking up dead space in Washington. THE VIGIL MOVEMENT ROCKS!
Josh Cannole Gets Apology, $20,000 (tags)
"TAX us? Then MARRY us!" 33 Cities Join Tax Day Protests for Equal Marriage Righ (tags)
33 cities will be demonstrating for equal marriage rights at post offices around the country on Tax Day, Thursday, April 15th. The protests will highlight the fact that marriage is a civil contract issued by the government which should be available to all consenting adults.
Caltech Student Arrested in Arson Spree (tags)
SOMEONE OWES JOSH AN APOLOGY! A Caltech graduate student allegedly affiliated with an eco-terrorist group was arrested today in connection with last summer's arson attacks aimed at Hummers and other sports utility vehicles at four dealerships in the San Gabriel Valley.
Pilgrimage for Human Rights (tags)
Activists from the Inland Empire and Los Angeles are uniting for a 4 day march in support of immigrant and worker rights, especially in support of SB 60 and the UFCW Grocery store workers.
Man Claims Role in SUV Firebombings, Says Josh Connole is Innocent (tags)
Man Claims Role in SUV Firebombings A self-described member of the Earth Liberation Front says he took part in Hummer vandalism
The Happiest Man in West Covina (tags)
September 15, 2003 West Covina California ------- Mr. Connole was elevated into the national spot light late last week when federal and local authorities alleged to have linked him to last month’s fire bombing of SUVs in the San Gabriel Valley.
PCC President Kossler as King of the Jewel of the Valley (tags)
Dr. Kossler was quoted as expressing a desire for PCC to be the "jewel" of the San Gabriel Valley. The PCC community demonstrates opposition to that desire and emphasizes the importance of people in education, as opposed to extravagant buildings.