It's past noon and Occupy SF campers remain put after the city gave the Justin Herman Plaza encampment orders to clear out today. Or else. Or else what? We'll have to wait and see. A raid seems more than likely, possibly to go down during the witching hours. As for the scene itself right now, not much is going on save a load of reporters and not much police presence. "I'm at occupysf Very little police presence as noon deadline nears. More reporters than cops...," notes @davetell more ›

In yet another attempt too harsh SF's buzz, word is the Drug Enforcement Agency is here (as of 4 p.m.) doing a bust. According to an anonymous email, "I just went by [unintelligible] dispensary on Howard and 12th [street] and they are being raided right now by the DEA. My phones down. Get the word out por favor." more ›

A total of five people were arrested after the FBI carried out a bust in San Francisco and Oakland this morning. According to the FBI, eight locations were targeted, including one in San Francisco’s Hayes Valley hood near the corner of Webster and Fell streets. While the raids are similar to gang busts that happened just last month -- wherein the FBI "netted about three dozen suspects on drug and weapon charges" in the city of Richmond -- there's no word yet if this most recent Bay Area sting is related. more ›