Pacer Image via Wikipedia I spend entirely too much time these days at The Truth About Cars. It's partially my MI/IN auto-town nostalgia coupled with a need to forecast the outlook for the the local eighty-seven-year-old's pension checks from GM and Chrysler. A post today encouraged readers to list ...

Oaxaca is one of Mexico's most diverse states. In the state alone there are 16 different indigenous peoples and communities, each one speaking its own language and practicing a myriad of customs. From these communities the Mixtecos, Zapotecos, Chatinos and Triquis have migrated in large numbers to t...

SANTA CRUZ, CA - The Diversity Center's Latino Outreach program will hold a presentation of the "Assessment of the Latino Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community of Santa Cruz County" on Thursday, January 15th, at 5:00pm at the Diversity Center (1117 Soquel Ave). This report will present what ...

"Looking out into a sea of candlelight beaming from inside rainbow-colored paper cups, 100 troubadours from the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus gathered around the Town Clock [in Santa Cruz, Calif.] singing, "Everywhere I go, I'm going to let it shine." Two hours before perfo...

Last night rocks were thrown through the windows of 2 Bank of Americas and another ATM location. We did this because the uprising of our comrades in Greece, England, Moscow and elsewhere will not go without a response. People here are killed by cops, screwed by banks, and we will revolt with just as...

Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones, a Pasedena couple affected by the passage of Proposition 8, are on a march through California to demonstrate their conviction that the California Supreme Court should revoke Prop 8. They are marching from West Hollywood Park to the California Supreme Court in San Fran...

Drummers returned slowly at first and then in good numbers to Parking Lot #4 next to the Farmer's Market today, in spite of Sgt. Michael Harms successful removal program of the week before. Tomorrow, in a follow-up to last Saturday's Copwatch/Chowdown/Sleepout, homeless activists will meet at Bad As...

Valerie Paget and Tracie Jones, a Los Angeles couple affected by the passage of Proposition 8, will arrive in Santa Cruz Tuesday on a march through California to demonstrate their conviction that the California Supreme Court should revoke Prop 8. They are marching from West Hollywood Park to the Cal...

Join the Impact organized nationwide protests on November 15th against Proposition 8 and other anti-gay measures that were passed in November 4th's election. The SF protest took place on the front steps of City Hall. The Oakland protest took place in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. Other local protests includ...

Friday night, Brendan took me to a midnight showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I wanted to save my "virginity" for Thomas and Ashley, so I didn't take the pledge. There was a raffle being held, and as the guy playing Janet was standing on the stage in a bear suit reading off the numbers, I wa...