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LOS ANGELES, October 28, 2009 - At a little after twelve noon on Wednesday, Dr. Matt Hendrickson; an emergency room physician and six other protesters were arrested for trespassing and blocking the entrance to the CIGNA offices in Glendale, California. The action was part of a nationwide effort by Mobilize For Healthcare, which advocates a single payer medicare plan for all, with no denials to anyone.
Nonviolent actions were held in other US cities resulting in a total of 37 arrests nationwide. Seventy three people actually sat in nationally, but due to various police tactics in San Francisco, Columbus and Warwick 40 demonstrators were not arrested.
The police presence in Glendale was large with at least two policemen for each protester and at this time all of the protesters have been released. Full Story: Physician and Six Activists Arrested at CIGNA’s Glendale Office, (part 1) | | (part2) by Robert Stuart Lowden
On October 24th, thousands of rallies and actions were planned around the world to draw attention to the environmental crises caused by humans. The global action was organized by 350.org, and the actions, which will be presented at the UN Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen in December of 2009. Several events took place in Southern California, many of them pictured at 350.0rg.
Also, in Los Angeles, a large banner was seen being held up over the 134 Freeway near the San Rafael exit, and on Tuesday October 27 a banner was still hanging over the Ventura Freeway in the San Fernando Valley.
In Eagle Rock, the 350 demonstration and public outreach had a turnout of at least 40 people. Some were from the community, many belonged to the Converging Storms Action Network, and others were with the Northeast LA Radical Neighbors (NELA-RAD), which hosted the event.
Story and photos: International Day of Climate Action in Eagle Rock (part 1) | (Photo set 2) by R of the Northeast LA Radical Neighbors ("bad-asses who care")
On August 31, 2009 an appeals judge lifted an existing ban on Navy sonar, and ruled against a lawsuit that would have prevented the U.S. Navy from resuming sonar training exercises off Southern California. The training exercises thus commenced on September 11, 2009 off San Diego. Within two weeks at least three great blue whales were reported floating dead off the Southern California coast. On October 12, another great blue whale was found dead off Big Sur. On Monday, October 19 yet another blue whale washed ashore, this time at Fort Bragg in Northern California. The latest incident has raised serious questions of whether or not the sonar used by the survey vessel confirmed to have hit the whale might have been responsible.
Full report: Blue Whale Deaths Off the California Coast by David Gurney
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