Zachary Runningwolf, the Occupy Oakland tree camper, burns sage after erecting a teepee on the North side of the plaza to honor Sioux Indians, homeless workers and AIDS activists. more ›

Some forty years after a group of protesters — which swelled at one point to 800 people — occupied the island of Alcatraz for 19 months to protest the unfair seizing of Native American lands, a room in the prison's basement is getting a permanent exhibit including video and sound recordings about the occupation. The occupation ended in 1971, after protesters had hoped for almost two years to turn the island into an American Indian university or cultural center. more ›

Workers excavating parts of Fourth Street between Howard and Folsom to relocate utility lines for the Central Subway's forthcoming Moscone Station recently came across what could be evidence of the the area's early inhabitants. more ›

Every year at Thanksgiving, you're bound to forget one or two critical items. A shallot, cooking twine, mushrooms, Ketel One -- something will slip your mind and you run the risk of having your Thanksgiving dinner collapse in on itself. And then you've ruined everything. Everything! But who can we prevent such yellow wallpapered hysteria? This is where you come in: do you know of any grocery stores that stay open late on Thanksgiving... more ›

Those poor UC Regents. All they wanted to do was knock down a few trees to build a new training facilityand for all this, they've been sued, had a bunch of people live in the trees , and saw Native Americans declare it a sacred site. Now they might be facing their most diabolical protest yet-- a work of community art. Oh, no, not community art. What's next, will the Dance Brigade stage an interpretive dance? more ›

-More officers are sent to the Ocean View neighborhood after two men were shot within an hour of each other last night. more ›

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Television has become as a much of a Thanksgiving staple as turkey, cranberries, and drunken uncles. Let's face it: when you've just eaten a week's worth of calories, and you've got a house full of relatives surrounding you, you'll probably welcome the chance to just stare at the soft glow of the TV screen. more ›

Canada College celebrates European Americans. more ›