Electricity is used to refrigerate feed for animals and for operating aquatic equipment such as a pump for the sea lion filtration system. The Communist Party has been laying low across Northern California for the past few years. It's returning to the public eye in style, holding a potluck picnic and forum in the heart of Santa Cruz on that traditional Communist holiday, May Day. Juan Lopez, district organizer for the Northern California district of the Communist Party USA, will speak at the forum Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Louden Nelson Center. Before the speech, the picnic will be held in the park next to the center.
Admission is free.
The defense in the Rex Krebs double-murder trial planned to call a nun to testify Monday that Krebs has become deeply religious since he was arrested in the case two years ago. That testimony was expected to bolster the testimony of a former friend, who said last week that Krebs was talking about God and religion even before his arrest. The same jury which convicted him is now trying to decide if he should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. Dan Thompson, who almost became a minister himself, said he and Krebs occasionally talked about God. Before he was arrested, Moore testified, Krebs had religious items in his home.