The Modesto Syringe Exchange was set up to help stop the spread of communicable diseases associated with intravenous drug use such as HIV and Hepatitis C. The exchange first began in 2008, but was operating outside the law after the Stanislaus County Board… Read More ›
With the start of 2013 a group of Modesto community organizers (including a few RHHReporters) came together under the name Valley Improvement Projects, or V.I.P., with the mission of improving the quality of life of underrepresented and marginalized residents of California’s Central… Read More ›
On Sunday, June 9th 2013 around 300 people took to the streets of Manteca, CA to protest the killing of Ernest Duenez Jr. by Manteca PD officer John Moody. Duenez was shot multiple times by Moody two-years and one day before on June… Read More ›
Friday, June 7th 2013 – The 209 IndieFest is an annual Hip-Hop concert that features local artists from Modesto, Stockton, Tracy, Merced, and other places in the 209. The event was started by and has been put on by Modesto… Read More ›
From http://youtube.com/rhhrorg – On Saturday May 25, 2013 over a thousand people attended a march and protest against mega corporation Monsanto at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. This is one of many protests that took place in around 50 countries… Read More ›
January 1: Three years after cops put Oscar Grant face-down on a BART platform and shot him in the back, people in Oakland held 2 days of protests and demonstrations against police and the jail. On New Year’s Eve over… Read More ›
The Story of “PJ”……. Imagine relaxing in your apartment after work with your family to hear a knock at the door. Upon answering it, you learn that it’s the local police department and they have a warrant to search your… Read More ›
We all know times are tough all around right now and it’s no surprise when those living in poverty turn on each other instead of uniting and fighting our common oppressor. It is why Modesto Anarcho started the “Stop Broke… Read More ›
The State Capitol is mostly useless, but once and a while it acts as the backdrop for real action… Neo-Nazis get sent home, cops get sent to hospital – According to http://modestoanarcho.org: “On Monday, February 27th, over 100 counter-demonstrators turned… Read More ›
Speaking of Discrimination, has anyone else seen the sign at the McDonald’s on 9th Street in Downtown Modesto? Not only are they blatantly saying ‘We won’t serve the homeless’ but they’re even being rude about it. It literally says “This… Read More ›
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