| (07-31-2010; 17:36 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- The 5th annual Bicycle Music Festival, a pedal-powered event, featured numerous bands at Marx Meadow, followed by a LiveOnBike parade to Showplace Triangle in Potrero Hill for a pedal-powered evening concert. It was the first legitimate BMF with city permits and collaboration with Axis Cafe. |
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Bicycle Music Festival
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Immigration rally
| (07-28-2010; 17:28 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Members of the Episcopal Diocese of California, including the bishop Rev. Marc Andrus, were arrested with supporters for staging a sit-in on 7th Street during an immigration reform rally. The event occurred just hours after a federal judge blocked key parts of the controversial Arizona law SB1070, which was to go into effect the following day. Rev. Deborah Lee spearheaded the civil disobedience. |
| (07-28-2010; 16:22 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Supervisors Chiu and Campos talk about immigration, Pelosi, sanctuary city, SB1070, and a federal judge's ruling. |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
ENDA protest
| (07-27-2010; 17:17 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Federal Building] -- Eight LGBT groups protested Pelosi's reluctance to call for a vote on the House floor for ENDA. The groups submitted a joint letter to Pelosi calling for an immediate vote, and attempted to hand-deliver the letter at her office. |
Monday, July 26, 2010
Tidal Wave Festival
iPad: Vimeo
| (07-25-2010; 14:15) PDT SAN FRANCISCO [John McLaren Park] -- The 12th annual free Tidal Wave Festival featured thrash, doom, grind, punk, old school metal, etc., and is paid for by donations and volunteers. This video is one song from Blind Illusion - Marc Biedermann. |
iPad: Vimeo
| (07-25-2010; 14:52 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [John McLaren Park] -- The 12th annual free Tidal Wave Festival featured thrash, doom, grind, punk, old school metal, etc., and is paid for by donations and volunteers. Snippets of two bands are showcased in this video. |
Friday, July 23, 2010
Fallen Elms
(07-23-2010; 14:43 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- Vandals struck the Music Concourse and cut numerous young elm trees with a hand saw. This is one of many related incidents since mid-May, totaling the number of downed trees to about 44. Authorities see a pattern, and surmise the same culprit or culprits are responsible.
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Hyatt Hotel protest
| (07-22-2010; 17:51 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Hyatt Hotel] -- Union organizers staged a march and rally to protest contractual disputes with the Hyatt chain. After a short march through downtown and a rally in front of the Grand Hyatt near Union Square, police attempted to disperse the crowd. Instead, a defiant group did a sit-in on Stockton Street, a major artery in the area, that closed traffic and bus lines. Police arrested about 150 demonstrators. The event was part of a 15-city mobilization to bring the workers' plight to public attention. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Protest against Smart Meters
| (07-20-2010; 12:47 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [State Building] -- Concerned citizens staged a rally in front of the California Public Utilities Commission office to protest PG&E's planned installation of wireless Smart Meters in homes and businesses. Opponents say the devices emit harmful microwave RF radiation that can induce detrimental biological effects. |
Monday, July 19, 2010
Mesherle, Grant supporters clash
| (07-19-2010; 15:33 PDT) WALNUT CREEK, CA [Superior Court Building] -- Johannes Mesherle and Oscar Grant supporters clashed during an afternoon rally that closed businesses, roads, and for a short time the local BART station. The pro-Mesherle group organized the much-publicized rally, which was countered by a pro-Grant protest, resulting in emotional and boisterous debates. Hundreds of supporters, centrists, rouge and mainstream journalists, and police from numerous agencies converged on the streets in a normally stoic and quaint Bay Area orthodox suburb. |
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Lily Pond
| (07-18-2010; 16:04 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Golden Gate Park] -- Lily Pond is an algae-covered, trash-strewn, noisy, urban artificial lagoon that is ill-maintained because of budget cuts. The pond has no inlet for fresh water and is home to a few resident ducks who forage in the murky water. |
Monday, July 12, 2010
Environmental scientist challenges Lennar's EIR
| (07-12-2010; 12:59 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [City Hall] -- Environmental scientist Wilma Subra challenges the Environmental Impact Report for Lennar's proposed development in the Hunters Point Shipyard. Louisiana environmental attorney Monique Hardin also speaks out against the EIR. A speech by a POWER representative talking about jobs was disrupted by a pro-Lennar faction affiliated with Communities of Opportunity advocating for employment. |
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Mission Sunday Streets
| (07-11-2010; 15:21 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Mission] -- Sunday Streets buskers along 24th Street. The last Sunday Streets in the Mission until summer 2011. |
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Free range pigs and chickens
| (07-06-2010; 11:54 PDT) WATSONVILLE, CA [TLC Ranch]-- An independent family farm that is part of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) which provides consumers with local food directly from the source, mostly at farmers' markets. |
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Fillmore Street Fair
| (07-03-2010; 17:03 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Fillmore] -- Native Elements plays at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. |
| (07-04-2010; 17:15 PDT) SAN FRANCISCO [Fillmore] -- Snippets of five bands at the Fillmore Jazz Festival. |
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