Santa Cruz Archive

Dr. Helen Caldicott on the profound medical, environmental, political, and moral effects of nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and nuclear waste.
FCC Agents, backed by armed US Marshals, raided Free Radio Santa Cruz on September 29, 2004.
After watching Thirst, a six speaker panel discussed water issues around the world with a focus on Felton, a rural community in the Santa Cruz mountains.
September 24, 2004, was the 12 year anniversary of Critical Mass, and also marked a return of Critical Mass to the streets of Santa Cruz.
Bruce Gagnon, founder and director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space, spoke at the Louden Nelson Community Center.
On September 9, 2004, Santa Cruz residents held a gathering at the clock tower to mark the 1,000th dead American solider in Iraq. Veterans For Peace and others held signs and spoke at an open mic to call for peace and the withdrawal of US soldiers from Iraq.
The Beach Flats Mural Project is more than a finished mural. It brought together people of all ages, backgrounds and skills, in a community project.
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.
Members of Psychiatric Inmates' Rights Collective (PIRC) demonstrated against forced psychiatric treatment at the Clock Tower in Santa Cruz.