Things to do this weekend:

Saturday

Rebuilding Together, Orange County is hosting North Orange County’s Rebuilding Day. For more information contact Mary Bloom-Ramos the Project Coordinator. Mbloom-ramos@rebuildingtogetheroc.org or 714.667.8174 or http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/org/rebuild

9:00 – 11:00 a.m. The Democratic Party of Orange County is sponsoring the All Politics is Local Breakfast at the Machinist Union District Lodge 725 (5402 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach). They’ll be discussing local political issues facing Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Westminster, Seal Beach and Los Alamitos. Tickets are $10.00 per person. RSVP by calling 714.835.5158

9:00 a.m. In San Juan Capistrano come to Connecting With Nature; an interfaith celebration at the Donna O’Neil Land Conservancy (which is being threatened by a toll road). For more information go to their website: www.theconservancy.org/TollRoad Because this is a small wilderness area, I know that capacity is limited.

9:30 a.m. Carpool to the Vandenburg Space Command for a protest for peace. Vandenburg is a site where the satellites coordinating the bombings of Afghanistan and Iraq have been launched. Speakers at the rally include Medea Benjamin (Code Pink), Bill Mitchell (Gold Star Families For Peace), and Que Keju (Marshall Islands). The carpool caravan will leave OC at 9:30 to reach Vandenberg by 1 p.m. Vandenberg Air Force Base is at the intersection of Hwy 1 and Casamila-Lompoc Road. For more info go to: http://www.vpeaceldf.org/

10:00 a.m. In San Clemente the semi-monthly meeting of the Democratic 73rd Assembly District Committee will meet at the Waffle Lady Restaurant (107 Via Pico Plaza).

2:00 p.m. Hear Dr. Marvin Young discuss the issue of why so many otherwise sensible people support or acquiesce in the use of state power to promote religion in our schools while at the same time believing, or at least professing to believe, that such promotion does not violate the separation of church and sate. America’s United for Separation of Church and State will be held at the Irvine Ranch Water District (15600 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine). For more information call 714.299.4551 or email orangecountyau@yahoo.com or go to http://www.au-oc.org

3:00 p.m. Come to the Border’s Bookstore in Brea (429 S. Associated Road) for the Southern California Science Café meetup where they topic is: High Prices & Fuel Cells. They’ll be screening a video of Click & Clack of NPR’s Car Talk explaining fuel cell technology. http://www.science.meetup.com/32/events/4869412

Sunday

9:30 – 11:00 a.m. Come to Mission Viejo to an event sponsored by Tapestry: a Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Choose the right, let the consequences follow, will answer how we can advocate a return to real principals in public life. Steve Young, the Democratic candidate for the California 48th Congressional seat, will be speaking about his view on faith: the value and importance of making difficult decisions based on principles rather than going along with the crowd. Young said that this will be a non-candidate speaking gig—he also works as a trial attorney in Newport Beach. The event will be held at 25801 Obrero Drive, Suite 9 in Mission Viejo. Call 949.581.0245 for more info, or visit their website: http://www.tapestryuu.org

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. The California Clean Money Campaign Executive Director Susan Lerner will be coming to Irvine to lead an Orange County Speakers and Volunteer Training in the lunchroom at the Irvine Ranch Water District (15600 Sand Canyon Avenue). Each participate receives some goodies, so you must RSVP: eric.tang@caclean.org or http://www.caclean.org

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Come to the Garden Party and Candidate Forum in Fullerton to meet Florice Hoffman who is running for Congress in the 40th Congressional District. Rumor has it that Rose Espinoza who is running for County Supervisor will also be there, but I’m having problems confirming that. The event will be at the Uballe Residence (2618 Amherst Avenue, Fullerton). RSVP by calling 714.680.0012 or emailing suballe@yahoo.com.