- Several hundred protesters were blocking a pedestrian route into the APEC leaders summit and the adjacent CEO summit Wednesday morning. Around 50 protesters gathered and staged a sit-in at New Montgomery Street, but that street was already closed to traffic and they were were not causing a disruption. [Chronicle]
protestors are blocking the intersection to confront anyone trying to enter Moscone for the APEC summit pic.twitter.com/JeZe5BntQg
— rene (@renepakmorrison) November 15, 2023
- There were also a few hundred protesters who gathered at Powell and Market streets Tuesday night calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Several of those protesters told reporters that Biden had lost their vote, even if it meant that Trump could get a second term. [KPIX]
- President Biden and Vice President Harris both attended a DNC fundraiser in the city last night, and their motorcades were met with protesters. Biden spoke at the event about Democrats' accomplishments during his term, and his motorcade took a different route back to the Fairmont Hotel. [NBC Bay Area]
- Some cops on motorcycles got into near-scuffles with protesters Tuesday night.
scuffle in downtown San Francisco during a Gaza march targeting Biden, in town for APEC
— Joe Rivano Barros (@jrivanob) November 15, 2023
SFPD motorcycles drove fast in direction of crowd, a little too close, & police pulled out batons when crowd reacted
crowd is several thousand, chanting for ceasefire in Gaza pic.twitter.com/ifUjb6FRNi
- Secret sex tapes aren't legal, everybody. A 52-year-old San Francisco man, Joseph Garcia, has been found guilty of secretly recording a sexual encounter with a woman without her consent and then sharing it with a mutual friend. [KPIX]
- A pedestrian was killed Tuesday evening on International Boulevard in East Oakland. The driver, who stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, allegedly struck the person near 58th Street at 6:15 p.m. [Chronicle]
- A woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries following a stabbing Tuesday around 4 p.m. at Sixth and Jessie streets in SF. [KRON4]
- The CHP is investigating a possible freeway shooting around 4:40 p.m. Tuesday on I-580 in Castro Valley. [KTVU]
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