Monthly Archives: February 2011
BOOM: A Journal of California publishes first issue
The University of California Press has announced publication of the first issue, dated March 2011, of Boom: A Journal of California. Subscriptions are available through, and a selection of articles is available on, the new journal’s website. The Table of … Continue reading
Laura Cunningham to Speak at Environment Now on her book, “A State of Change”, Feb. 23 in Santa Monica
The advocacy group Environment Now has announced that author and environmental activist Laura Cunningham will give a talk Feb. 23, 2011, in the group’s speaker series on February 23, 2011 5:30pm-7:30pm, at the Environment Now offices in Santa Monica. From … Continue reading
From Martin Bennett, Calif. Federation of Teachers: State Employees not to Blame for California’s Budget Crisis
In a piece on the California Labor Federation’s website, Martin J. Bennett of the California Federation of Teachers argues that California’s budget crisis cannot be blamed on the compensation and benefits, including retirement benefits, paid to state employees. Mr. Bennett … Continue reading
Frank Gruber to give talk at Santa Monica History Museum on the history and fate of the Belmar Triangle, Feb. 20
On Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2:00 p.m., the Santa Monica History Museum will host a free public lecture by columnist Frank Gruber on the history and fate of the Belmar Triangle, an African-American neighborhood that was destroyed in the 1950s … Continue reading
DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, 2011 AUTHORS ELAINE ELINSON AND STAN YOGI TO SPEAK AT MANZANAR, FEBRUARY 19 AND 20
For the Day of Remembrance commemorating the forced removal during World War II of 110,000 Japanese Americans from their West Coast homes to detention centers, Elaine Elinson and Stan Yogi, authors of Wherever There’s a Fight; How Runaway Slaves, Suffragists, … Continue reading
Beyond Borders: Migration and the Next California: Symposium at UC-Davis, March 10
Boom: A Journal of California, UC Davis School of Law, the Gifford Center for Population Studies, the Center for Regional Change, the Hemispheric Institute on the Americas, the Institute of Governmental Affairs, the Consortium for Women and Research, and the … Continue reading
Historical Society of Southern Calif. announces funeral services for Doyce Nunis
Historian Doyce B. Nunis has died. The Historical Society of Southern California released this statement regarding Prof. Nunis and funeral services: Historian Doyce Blackman Nunis, Jr., distinguished teacher, author, editor and beloved dean of the southern California community of scholars … Continue reading
Jeff Lustig to give book talk on “Remaking California” at Doug Adams Gallery, Berkeley, Feb. 10
Jeff Lustig will give a book talk on his new book, Remaking California: Reclaiming the Public Good, at the Doug Adams Gallery at the Bade Museum in Berkeley on Feb. 10. From the announcement: February 10, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Location: Doug … Continue reading
Gray Brechin on the Living New Deal
Last fall, in remarks at the FDR Library on the 75th anniversary of the WPA, Gray Brechin gave a speech focusing on the multifaceted impact of the New Deal, in which he highlighted the California Living New Deal project at … Continue reading
Richard Walker on “The Golden State Adrift”
Prof. Richard Walker of the Geography Department at UC-Berkeley (and member of the CSA Steering Committee), has a new article in the New Left Review (#66, Nov.-Dec. 2010) about the crisis in California. In it he discusses how the mortgage … Continue reading
Patricia McBroom reports on the build-up to the soon-to-be-released Delta water plan
In her blog, “California Spigot,” Patricia McBroom (a member of the CSA’s Steering Committee) has an extensive current post on the build-up to the release, expected in mid-February, of the State of California’s new plan for the Sacramento Delta. McBroom … Continue reading
