The October 25, 2026 Bathrobespierre’s Broadsides features Katzenjammer Keith, Nutcracker Nick & a Flashback to 1-11-09 & further to Spring 1990 with medicinal Marijuana Worker Anita Henry

The October 25 show includes:

  • [throughout] Assorted political songs by Jesse Wells, David Rovics, and Ai Tsuno
  • Keith McHenry on the local and distant scene as harsh weather threatens.
  • Nick Whitehead reads off recollections of the Mayoral Issues debate for the Nov 3 election at an earlier HUFF meeting.
  • “Cancelled to Death” by David Rovics
  • Speakers at the 10-20 Board of Stupervipers timidly commend the minor elevation of the temperature predicted to allow opening of the very limited emergency shelter.
  • 10-24:  Stargazer Steve and Dedicated Drew at the Food Not Bombs meal

The Flashback to January 11, 2009 includes:

  • Further Flashback to the Spring of 1990, Attorney Ray Grueneich defends Sleeping Ban defendants in the basement court of  Referee  “Mad Dog” John Mulligan
  • Julia Vinograd reads “Saturday Night” and other poems.
  • Guitarist Cosmic Chris: tickets drove him away
  • Lehr vs. Sacramento filed in 2007 by attorney Mark Merin.
  • At the Farmer’s Market Drum Circle:  Black Rose, Dreamcatcher
  • Hostile Hospitality Hosts:  Caitlin, John Marer
  • Hawk on Homeless Deaths:   Runner George, Jayjay
  • Rawn claims hassle at Denny’s
  • MedEx activist Anita Henry describes the closing days of her struggle to make the Measure K Commission accountable
  • Debate on responsibility of marijuana merchants to include poor folks who need the medication
  • Gaza 2009—the next FRSC show

HUFF conspires at a new meeting spot–in the atrium between County Bldg and Court at 701 Ocean Thursday October 22 1:30 PM -3:30 PM

Ruf HUFF 10-22-26 AGENDA IN BRIEF

HUFF Passarounds: SF Shelter Reduction; Krohn anti-Coonerty Sentinel editorial; Spanish Encampment;  Rhode Island [R.I.] Bill of Rights & Form; R.I. Complaint Form

FOLLOW-UP’S:  HUFF notes: Correcting bad addresses; Latest Live Oak Landing Public Records; Pre-Election Palaver

AGENDA PROSPECTS:  Added items …Announcements…Street Reports…Future Meeting Place?…Supes Shelter Shucking…Follow-up Poll at Emeline or Soup Kitchen……Future Prospects…FNB Tabling ?… Mills/Jacine Reports … …Bread & Roses Levy Report… …Alicia’s SCHU Video Posts on Facebook/FNB Interviewing

MAYBE NEXT TIME: More Election Eve Proposition Preview… Unreasonably Disturbing Noise” Laws  County … Floss/Surveillance/ anti-ICE Connection…Encampment TRO/Law review…

CHECK-INS: Still unposted:  Mime Troupe Wreckage audio archive & HUFF meetings … SCHU Update/People’s Aid…Live Oak Landing Update?…Iran Escalation….Morrison/People Someday Update?…. Psych Deportations update…Jail, Court ….Citation Check/Lawsuit Prep…Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report …Rain Today (10-22), cool thereafter …MHCAN Report Update…                     

+FREE EVENTS for week beginning 10-22 (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html(Sunday shows have recent material; summaries are sometimes available at https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/category/huff-communications/ ; Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

Thur Oct 22  1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets at Abbott’s Square on Cooper St. between Front and Pacific in the back.  Bring your own snacks.           

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs [FNB] meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street; Keith returns           

6 PM or shortly thereafter:  Latest Net Free Radio Archive posted at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.htmlClick file on top of the list for show in two or more parts;1st part has most to hear contemporary news and views. Other parts are often Flashbacks to earlier shows or earlier times.           

6 PM – 8 PM   Norah: Palestine: Storytelling and Sharing Food 612 Ocean St. Speaking about Gaza (see HUFF Notes)

Fri Oct 23    10:30 PM – noon  Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA]  perhaps Steve Pleich  at 466-6078.  Pleich interview on HUFF website at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%209-27-26.MP3 (102 minutes into the file)                          

2PM-?  till food gone Boulder Creek 13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the Taqueria… Hobo Jim’s Update [https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/11/18887961.php]   
                         4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat Oct. 24   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Dems and Repubs still play electoral games on the edge of world wide nuclear war as we watch talking heads chatter.  Escalating war and looming worldwide famine makes local silence more costly.

Sat Oct 24  & Sun Oct 25   noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;Street Sheets & Street Spirits available to read or sell;   also register your opinion and experience about shelter, services, and justice in Santa Cruz:  get or leave off a form with Drew or other FNB folks   check  Bulletin Board for posting notices;  Look for possible HUFF/SCHU tabling for Fight Back lawsuit & Stop Sweeps Petition…HUFF may be tabling, flyering, & videoing.  Newer Street Sheet material on line at https://www.streetsheet.org/

Sun Oct 25   10:30-noon  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive.

Tue Oct 27 thru Thurs Oct. 29 10 AM until the food’s gone   Bread & Roses chowdown at Dragons Head bridge on the levee, in San Lorenzo Park and across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot; let us know if police obstruct or punish the foodsharing.

Wed  Oct 28 3:30 PM  Possible Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless meeting at Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Red Church   Call Alicia 431-7766 to confirm before hiking down there.

Thur Oct 29 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Likely Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   In the atrium near the coffee cart in the passageway between Courthouse and County Bldg 701 Ocean St.                          

A fuller agenda available at the HUFF meet for diehards! …

HUFF honors the Changing of the Seasons with another outside huddle at Thursday October 15, 2026 1:30 – 3:30 PM (or less) outside near the Museum of Art & History exit (705 Front St.) at the back of Abbott’s Square

Agenda 10-15-26 IN BRIEF

HUFF Passarounds: Krohn anti-Coonerty Sentinel editorial; Spanish Encampment;  Rhode Island [R.I.] Bill of Rights & Form; Homeless Poll; R.I. Complaint Form

FOLLOW-UP’S:  HUFF notes: Correcting bad addresses; Latest Live Oak Landing Public Records; Proposition Literature

AGENDA PROSPECTS:  Added items …Announcements…3 PM-5 PM GHAB 1400 Emeline 206-7…Future Prospects…FNB Tabling ?…Board of Supes Winter/Emerg Shelter Prospect…Mills/Jacine Reports …Street Reports…Bread & Roses Levy Report… Unreasonably Disturbing Noise” Crackdown Downtown on Pacific Palomar musicians…Alicia’s SCHU Video Posts on Facebook as Inspiration…

MAYBE NEXT TIME: More Election Eve Proposition Preview…County Ethical Investment… Floss/Surveillance/ anti-ICE Connection…Encampment TRO/Law review…

CHECK-INS: Mime Troupe Wreckage audio archive & HUFF meetings NOT yet on line…NO restoration of Athena’s Loose Cannons meetings … SCHU Update/People’s Aid…Live Oak Landing Update?…Anti-genoicdeAnti-war….Morrison/People Someday Update?…. Psych Deportations update …Hobo Jim’s Cabrillo College Update [https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/11/18887961.php]    …Jail, Court ….Citation Check/Lawsuit Prep…Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report … Cooler next week, maybe rain Monday…MHCAN Mario-Coral-Richard Action Committee Update… https://www.facebook.com/groups/santacruzfulltimers/ 

                   +FREE EVENTS for week beginning 10-8 (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html(Sunday shows have recent material; summaries are sometimes available at https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/category/huff-communications/ Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

Thur Oct 15  1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets at Abbott’s Square on Cooper St. between Front and Pacific in the back.  Bring your own snacks.           

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs [FNB] meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street           

6 PM or shortly thereafter:  Latest Net Free Radio Archive posted at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.htmlClick file on top of the list for show in two or more parts;1st part has most to hear contemporary news and views. Other parts are often Flashbacks to earlier shows or earlier times.

Fri Oct 16    10:30 PM – noon  Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA]  perhaps available at 903 Pacific Steve Pleich  call before hand  at 466-6078 to schedule yourself in or show up at 903 Pacific (UN Association) and hope.  Pleich interview at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%209-27-26.MP3 (102 minutes into the file)     

                    2PM-?  till food gone Boulder Creek 13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the Taqueria
                      4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat Oct. 17   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Dems and Repubs still play electoral games on the edge of world wide nuclear war as we watch talking heads chatter.  Escalating war and looming worldwide famine makes local silence more costly.

Sat Oct 17  & Sun Oct 18   noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;  NEW Street Sheets & Street Spirits available to read or sell;   also register your opinion and experience about shelter, services, and justice in Santa Cruz:  get or leave off a form with Drew or other FNB folks   check  Bulletin Board for posting notices;  Look for possible HUFF/SCHU tabling for Fight Back lawsuit & Stop Sweeps Petition…HUFF may be tabling, flyering, & videoing.

Sun Oct 18   10:30-noon  PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive.

Mon Oct 19  10:30 PM – 12:30 PM  More MaybeBaby HPLA Help (see Aug 2 above—call Pleich at 466-6078 to confirm) (let us know if you get help—no reports so far)

Tue Oct 20 thru Thurs Oct. 22 10 AM until the food’s gone   Bread & Roses chowdown at Dragons Head bridge on the levee, in San Lorenzo Park and across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot; let us know if police obstruct or punish the foodsharing.

Wed  Oct 21  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  more Pleich-advertised Legalish Help  (see above)            

3:30 PM  Possible Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Red Church   Call Alicia 431-7766 to confirm whether it’s happening—it wasn’t for the last three weeks.

Thur Oct 22 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Likely Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Back of the Museum of Art & History [MAH} at Abbott’s Square.  Go to 705 Front St.  Walk thru the MAH entrance.  HUFF is at the pavilion in the back. Call Robert at 423-4833 to confirm.                           

6 PM – 8 PM   Norah: Palestine: Storytelling and Sharing Food 612 Ocean St. Speaking about Gaza (see HUFF Notes)


 LARGER AGENDA WITH WISHES, OLDER STORIES, AND STANDBY RESOURCES AT THE MEETING

HUFF shouts and shambles Thursday October 8, 2026 1:30 – 3:30 PM (or less) outside at back of Abbott’s Square near the Museum of Art & History (705 Front St.)

Agenda 10-8-26 IN BRIEF

HUFF Passarounds: Spanish Encampment;  Berkeley’s Harrison St. Encampment Demolition; Watkins Plea…

AGENDA PROSPECTS:  Added items…FNB Tabling Result & Follow-Up-…Board of Supes Winter/Emerg Shelter Prospect…Mills/Jacine/MHCAN Reports …Street Reports…Bread & Roses Levy Report… Unreasonably Disturbing Noise” Crackdown Downtown on Pacific Palomar musicians…Alicia’s SCHU Video Posts on Facebook as Inspiration…

MAYBE NEXT TIME: Election Eve Proposition Preview…County Ethical Investment… Floss/Surveillance/ anti-ICE Connection…Encampment TRO/Law review…Changes in 6.36/Downtown Ordinances…

CHECK-INS: Mime Troupe Wreckage audio archive & HUFF meetings NOT yet on line…restoration of Athena’s Loose Cannons meetings … SCHU Update/People’s Aid…Live Oak Landing Update?…Anti-genoicdeAnti-war….Morrison/People Someday Update?…. Psych Deportations update …Hobo Jim’s Cabrillo College Update: https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/11/18887961.php  …Jail, Court ….Citation Check/Lawsuit Prep…Equal Rights for Every Neighbor Report … Cooler next week, maybe rain Monday…MHCAN Mario-Coral-Richard Action Committee Update… https://www.facebook.com/groups/santacruzfulltimers/                    

+FREE EVENTS for week beginning 10-8 (for demonstrating, leafleting, polling, enjoying)

Anytime on line  Free Radio-on-the-net Archived Shows at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html(Sunday shows have recent material; summaries are sometimes available at https://huffsantacruz.org/wordpress/category/huff-communications/ Thursday shows are Flashbacks)

Thur Oct 8  1:30-3:30 PM  HUFF meets at Abbott’s Square on Cooper St. between Front and Pacific in the back.  Bring your own snacks.           

5-6 PM  Food Not Bombs [FNB] meets El Rio Mobile Home Park Community Room, end of N. Pacific Street           

6 PM or shortly thereafter:  Latest Net Free Radio Archive posted at https://www.huffsantacruz.org/Lostshows.html Click file on top of the list for show in two or more parts;1st part has most to hear contemporary news and views. Other parts are often Flashbacks to earlier shows or earlier times.

Fri Oct 9   10:30 PM – noon  Homeless Persons Legal Assistance [HPLA]  perhaps available at 903 Pacific Steve Pleich  call before hand  at 466-6078 to schedule yourself in or show up at 903 Pacific (UN Association) and hope.  Pleich interview at https://www1.huffsantacruz.org/lost/1%20FRSC%209-27-26.MP3 (102 minutes into the file)                       

2PM-?  till food gone Boulder Creek 13080 Hwy 9 between Jenna Sue’s Cafe and the Taqueria
                         4-6 PM   Free Food Church FELTON 4-6+pm  Hallcrest Vineyards, 379 Felton Empire Rd. Felton

Sat Oct. 10   11 AM – 12:30 PM Anti-war picket and honk-in  Ocean and Water St.  703 Pacific  Dems and Repubs still play electoral games on the edge of world wide nuclear war as we watch talking heads chatter.  Escalating war and looming worldwide famine makes local silence more costly..//

Sat Oct 10  & Sun Oct 11   noon-3 PM FNB gathering & meal main Post Office;  NEW Street Sheets & Street Spirits available to read or sell;   also register your opinion and experience about shelter, services, and justice in Santa Cruz:  get or leave off a form with Drew or other FNB folks   check  Bulletin Board for posting notices;  Look for possible HUFF/SCHU tabling for Fight Back lawsuit & Stop Sweeps Petition…HUFF may be tabling, flyering, & videoing.

Sun Oct 11   10:30-noon PM  People’s Aid : Solidarity/Services at Green Gate on Golf Club Drive.

Mon Oct 12  10:30 PM – 12:30 PM  More MaybeBaby HPLA Help (see Aug 2 above—call Pleich at 466-6078 to confirm) (let us know if you get help—no reports so far)

Tue Oct 13 thru Thurs Oct. 15 10 AM until the food’s gone  Bread & Roses chowdown at Dragons Head bridge on the levee, in San Lorenzo Park and across from Trader Joe’s Parking Lot; let us know if police obstruct or punish the foodsharing.

Wed  Oct 14  10:30 AM – 12:30 PM  more Pleich-advertised Legalish Help  (see above)             3:30 PM  Possible Santa Cruz Union of the Homeless Red Church  Cedar & Lincoln Sts. Red Church   Call Alicia 431-7766 to confirm whether it’s happening

Thur Oct 15 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM  Likely Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom   Back of the Museum of Art & History [MAH} at Abbott’s Square.  Go to 705 Front St.  Walk thru the MAH entrance.  HUFF is at the pavilion in the back. Call Robert at 423-4833 to confirm.