Arcata, CA – Students at Cal Poly Humboldt are speaking out after a series of protests led to a sweeping crackdown by the university administration.
The protests began on February 20 when students held a sit-in demanding that the university divest from Israel and investments connected to war, adopt a real sanctuary campus policy protecting immigrant students from ICE, and publicly support striking Teamsters workers across the California State University system. The action forced administrators to agree to hold a public forum where students could present their demands.
San Jose, CA – On Sunday, February 15, more than 300 people gathered at San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin to commemorate the signing of Executive Order 9066, which initiated the incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese-Americans into concentration camps during World War II.
Santa Ana, CA – On February 26, 20 community members marched along Civic Center Drive to confront the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD). Chants of “Jail killer cops!” and “La migra la policía, la misma porquería!” echoed throughout the neighborhood while passing locals honked in solidarity. Attendees waved signs about Noe Rodriguez that demanded justice, as well as other recent victims of police violence.
San Jose, CA – On Saturday February 28, over 100 people gathered on the corner of Stevens Creek and Winchester in San Jose to protest the U.S.– Israeli war on Iran. The emergency protest occurred less than 24 hours after news first broke about Israeli strikes on Iran, with the U.S. joining the bombing campaign shortly thereafter.
Santa Ana, CA – A large mural depicting Noe Rodriguez now stands in downtown Santa Ana. About 200 feet away, Rodriguez was killed by Santa Ana Police officers Luis Casillas and Isaac Ibarra on December 1, 2024.
Santa Ana, CA – On Wednesday February 18, Erika Armenta and other members of Community Service Organization Orange County (CSO OC) were holding a press conference outside Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) when they were approached by Officer Isaac Ibarra. Ibarra was one of the officers who shot unarmed 31-year-old Noe Rodriguez on December 1, 2024. Erika Armenta was Noe’s wife. CSO OC members followed Ibarra to confront him for his crimes.
San Jose, CA – On February 17, a dozen San José State University students gathered outside the administrative building to protest corporate war profiters that were participating in the Career Center’s Job & Internship. Students held signs that read “No war with Venezuela” and “Free Palestine.”
San José, CA – On Friday, February 20, the Supreme Court of the United States, or SCOTUS, ruled by a 6-3 vote that most of Trump’s trumps tariffs were illegal.
The court singled out Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, or IEEPA, to levy tariffs on almost all countries and particular tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico – allegedly for facilitating the importation of fentanyl into the United States. The legal basis for the ruling was that the IEEPA makes no mention of tariffs.
By Sol Marquez, Gabriel Quiroz Jr and Fátima Austin
Los Angeles, CA – “Thank you to all for the support of the Teamster and beloved Centro CSO member Sam Carrera. Through the combined hard work, the LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman rejected the case against Carrera. Carrera was one of three arrested by LAPD on February 18,” noted a statement from the Chicano community group Centro Community Service Organization.
San José, CA – On Friday, February 20, the first estimate of Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, for the last three months of 2025 was released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The 1.4% annualized rate of growth reported was much less than the forecast by economists of 2.5% and even less than the rate of GDP growth for the July to September period, which was 4.4%.
Los Angeles, CA – On Thursday, February 19, Boyle Heights community members came together at Hollenbeck Police Station to demand the release of Sammy Carrera and to drop the charges against the CSO 3, who LAPD attacked and arrested the night before.
San José, CA – The December report on the U.S. trade deficit of goods and services, or how much more the U.S. imported as compared to exports, jumped to $70 billion. For 2025 as a whole, the U.S. trade deficit totaled a little more than $900 billion, almost the same as in 2024. This means that Trump’s on and off again tariffs failed to close the gap between imports and exports – which Trump claimed would bring more production home. This fact matched the deterioration in the number of manufacturing jobs, which shrank every month in 2025, for a total loss of more than 100,000 jobs last year.
San Jose, CA – On February 19, community members gave public comment at the San Jose Public Safety, Finance, and Strategic Support Committee meeting to demand that the city pass an ethical investment policy.
Noticiero ¡Lucha y Resiste! está circulando la siguiente declaración de la Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo.
San José, CA – La Campaña de Justicia para Guillermo condena de manera inequívoca la decisión del juez de inmigración Steven M. Kirchner de ordenar la re-detención de Guillermo sin derecho a fianza. Esta decisión no solo viola el debido proceso, sino que quebranta la seguridad comunitaria que nuestros sistemas de justicia e inmigración dicen proteger. Guillermo luchó —y ganó— el derecho a que su caso fuera escuchado ante “juez neutral” mientras continuaba su proceso de rehabilitación. En cambio, fue arrestado nuevamente el Día de San Valentín. Guillermo Reyes fue violentamente detenido afuera de su hogar, procesado a través de Stockton ERO y transferido al Centro de Detención de California City—una antigua prisión que actualmente enfrenta una demanda legal en curso por condiciones abusivas de detención.
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Justice for Guillermo Campaign.
San Jose, CA – The Justice for Guillermo Campaign unequivocally condemns Immigration Judge Steven M. Kirchner’s decision to order Guillermo’s re-detention without bond. The decision not only violates due process, but it undermines the community safety our justice and immigration systems purport to protect. Guillermo fought for-–and won-–the right to have his case heard before “a neutral adjudicator” while he continued his rehabilitative journey. Instead, he was re-arrested on Valentine’s Day. Guillermo Reyes was violently abducted outside his home, processed through Stockton ERO, and transferred to California City Detention Facility—a former prison currently facing ongoing litigation over abusive detention conditions.
Los Angeles, CA – On the evening of February 18, LAPD Hollenbeck Division officers brutally assaulted and arrested multiple members of the Chicano group, Centro Community Service Organization (CSO). Sergio Flores, Sam Carrera and a minor individual were beaten with batons, shoved, and without warning, arrested.
Santa Ana, CA – On January 24, nearly 100 community members from across Santa Ana gathered on the corner of Bristol and 1st Streets chanting “Killer ICE, off our streets!” The protesters demanded justice for Alex Pretti, the latest victim of killer federal agents terrorizing Minnesota. They also demanded ICE out of Orange County and an end to deportations across the country.
Santa Ana, CA – El sábado 7 de febrero, los residentes de Santa Ana se congregaron para conmemorar un mes desde el asesinato de Renee Good a manos del agente de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE), Jonathon Ross. La manifestación destacó a otras víctimas asesinadas por ICE, como Keith Porter, Alex Pretti, Silverio Villegas-González y Geraldo Lunas Campos.
Santa Clara, CA – On February 10, 80 nurses and healthcare professionals gathered in front of the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center to demand Kaiser Permanente meet them in good-faith at the bargaining table.
Los Angeles, CA – On Saturday, February 7, Centro Community Service Organization (CSO) alongside allies like La Mesa Nacional de Brown Berets, La Raza Unida Party and Freedom Road Socialist Organization held a protest at Mariachi Plaza demanding ICE out of Aztlán.
