About a dozen people held a vigil at the town clock in Santa Cruz to protest the state-sponsored premeditated murder of Michael Morales.
About 50 people came out to El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana to hear Son del Centro perform music and see a premier screening of El Enemigo Común.
A press conference and rally was held to call attention to Santa Cruz Police spying and their investigation clearing themselves of any wrongdoing.
Councilmember Tony Madrigal, an advocate of workers, expressed concern about police spying and called for an independent investigation.
Adult seals begin arriving on the beaches by mid-December. Bulls weighing up to 5,000 pounds engage in battles for breeding access to the females.
Thousands of people celebrated the new year with a Do-It-Yourself Last Night Santa Cruz parade.
The Santa Cruz Chapter of Death Penalty Focus displayed banners that read, "The State will kill Stanley Tookie Williams in your name tonight!"
Anti-corporate Christmas carolers performed greatest hits, including Consumer Wonderland and God Bless You Very Wealthy Men in front of the GAP.
Rallies and marches were held nationwide in solidarity with the counter-recruitment activists in the Supreme Court case.