On August 12, 2004, the California State Supreme Court ruled that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom lacked the authority to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
Mendocino County passed Measure H, banning the planting of Genetically Engineered crops, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms, within their county.
Todd Irving, a street performer from the Portland area says, "You have your own personality and so do the buckets."
Members of Psychiatric Inmates' Rights Collective (PIRC) demonstrated against forced psychiatric treatment at the Clock Tower in Santa Cruz.
As V-Man led a workshop on the basics of recording interviews on a minidisc, I helped SJG publish on Indymedia for her first time.
Tomas Alejo and Jennifer Laskin interviewed on Free Radio Santa Cruz about the history of the Brown Berets and the current campaigns of the organization.
Yadira Ramirez, a 16 year-old from Watsonville, spoke about the upcoming Pilgrimage Supporting Immigrants and Farmworkers.
Santa Claus came to Main Beach to talk with beach goers about global warming while delivering the message that, "Santa Doesn't Want To Be Ho-Ho-Homeless."
The biotechnology industry meeting in San Francisco was countered by an alternative gathering called Reclaim the Commons, from June 3-9, 2004.