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At least two people were shot at a high school in Taft, Calif., Thursday morning, NBC affiliate KGET of Bakersfield reported, citing a sheriff’s department.
This breaking story is developing. Check NBCNews.com for updates.
(via nbcnews)
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“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by CBS.”
Spread links to the mirrors. Keep firing.this shyt is fkn ridiculous.
WHAT THE FUCK
I have no fucking words
Copyright? Oh, wow…
Spread this around like wildfire. They must be held accountable for their disgusting behavior.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA / JUNE 17, 2011 - the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s declaration of the “War on Drugs”
Several hundred people gathered at City Hall for a press conference and to demand that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and the state legislature prioritize vital social services over spending on prisons. Then, accompanied by drummers from the Brass Liberation Orchestra, they marched through the city center to state office buildings before returning to City Hall. (via Rallies, Vigils Mark 40 Years of Failed Drug War)
Seawater isn’t just intruding upon the lands of poor countries. In the U.S., Alaska’s village of Kivalina has constructed a wall to hold the ocean back. Sea ice used to protect the barrier reef the village is situated on, but the ice melts sooner each year, leaving the community unprotected from storm waves. Even California coastal towns are preparing for rising waters. Newport Beach is raising seawalls, and new homes along the city’s harbor are being built on foundations several feet higher.
How nations are coping with rising seas
So far, Colorado and Washington have submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.
Proponents of a Colorado marijuana legalization initiative turned in more than 159,000 signatures to the secretary of state’s office Wednesday, nearly twice as many as the 86,500 required for the measure to be approved for the November ballot. The state has 30 days to verify the signatures and approve the measure for the ballot.
The Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act of 2012 would legalize the possession of up to an ounce or six plants (three mature plants) by people 21 or over. It would also compel the state of Colorado to come up with regulations for commercial marijuana cultivation and sales by July 1, 2013.
New Approach Washington, the organizers of the I-502 marijuana legalization and regulation initiative, last week handed in 350,000 voter signatures to try to qualify for the November ballot. They turned in 341,000 last Thursday and another 10,000 last Friday, the last day to hand them in.
The campaign needs 241,153 valid signatures to qualify for the ballot. With some 350,000 signatures handed in, the campaign has a considerable cushion to account for duplicate and other invalid signatures, meaning it is likely to qualify for the ballot, but it will take state officials several weeks to make that determination.
I-502 would allow Washington adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, which would be sold at pot-only stores licensed and regulated by the state Liquor Control Board. Marijuana cultivation for the state stores would also be licensed and regulated by the board. Estimated excise, business, and sales revenues of $215 million a year would be split between the state’s general fund and certain earmarked public health and prevention programs.
Groups in CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI, and OREGON are still in the process of collecting signatures.
The Marin Alliance, the longest operating dispensary in California, will close after being targeted by U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for being in the vicinity of a park. Having the Town of Fairfax pass a resolution in support of the dispensary just wasn’t enough.
The Marin Alliance is one of hundreds of California dispensaries that have closed since October, when the state’s U.S. attorneys announced that cracking down on the medical cannabis industry ”is a higher priority now.”
Yep, totally top priority considering everything else that’s going on right now. This is where most of what little money there supposedly is, goes to.
The First 70 - Trailer
Last May, California announced plans to close one quarter of their 278 parks, a devastating move that is intended to save the state a mere $22 million per year. The closure list includes thousands of acres of park land, recreation areas, wildlife reserves, and 50% of the state’s historic parks. By July 2012 Californians will be bereft of 70 magnificent natural parks. The media has done little to disclose the ongoing closures or emphasize their impact.
Not wanting to miss the chance to see these places before they were gone forever, we decided to make our way across California in a converted airport shuttle bus, shooting as many parks and people as possible. Individuals we met along the way were concerned about the closing of their local parks, but no one had a collective firsthand experience of the overall picture. As we connected dots on a map, a pattern emerged. No one knew exactly what the conditions of closure would be, nor could they see how the state would ultimately benefit.
The First 70 is a short film about Californians banding together to enact change and develop solutions in the face of a glaring bureaucratic oversight. Volunteers have been forced to lend even more of their time and effort to support the already grossly underfunded state park system. Independent organizations and nonprofits have become obligated to step up to the challenge of keeping parks open, supporting them financially while working within the state’s guidelines.
Two California vintners want to cut down 2,000 acres of redwood trees and replace them with vineyards in the largest woodland-to-vineyard conversion in California’s history. Do I need to explain what conservationists think of this?
Under the proposal, two Sonoma County pinot noir growers, Premier Pacific Vineyards and Artesa Vineyards, want to expand their growing operations by slicing into forestlands of Douglas firs and the state’s iconic redwoods. Premier also wants to develop 60 high-end estates—for members of the 1 percent, I assume—on adjacent lands that it already owns on the ironically named Preservation Ranch.
Oakland PD, not content with having shot beanbag bullets and teargassing the OccupyOakland folks earlier today, are at it again.
