SF News Occupy SFers Still Being Arrested; Oakland Wants Occupier Shenanigans Stopped at All Costs [Updated] You and the rest of the planet are tired of reading Occupy headlines, but you might like to know that the SFPD arrested yet another person, under the Sit/Lie law, for plopping
SF News More Arrests Made In Deadly Shooting Near Occupy Oakland You'll recall the dramatic incident in which a man was shot and killed near the Occupy Oakland encampment on November 10, after which protesters got really testy with camera crews and journalists believing
SF News Blue Collar Furious Over Occupy's Port Of Oakland Closure? It's no great shock that blue-collar workers falling outside the esteemed food service industry are as despised by the right as they are they left. They're poor. They lack iconic ¡todos somos! credibility.
SF News Occupy Descends Upon Port Of Oakland [Updated] Protesters have headed to The Port of Oakland this morning in a part of a West Coast economic blockade to stop shipments from coming or going. Los Angeles, Long Beach, Portland, Anchorage, Seattle,
SF News Occupy Oakland Leads Monday's West Coast Port Shutdown Continuing with the momentum of last month's general strike, Occupy Oakland has organized a West Coast Shutdown to begin bright and early on Monday morning. The group has joined forces with Occupy groups
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Paints Over OWS Signage On House Without Permission [Updated] Occupy Oakland supporter Casey Dolan had been using the front door of her house, which her boyfriend owns, to advertise info about the Occupy protests, and apparently the City of Oakland wasn't liking
SF News 'Remove Jean Quan' Website Gives Mayor Green Lips The Remove Jean Quan site went live Thursday morning. Run by Gene Hazzard, an Oakland Post photog and member of the Oakland Black Caucus, he has for whatever reason given the Oakland Mayor
Arts & Entertainment Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Talks Occupy At Commonwealth Club, 12/15 Next Thursday, December 15, controversial Oakland mayor Jean Quan will come to our side of the pond to take part in a panel discussion at The Commonwealth Club called Occupy: What Now, What
Arts & Entertainment Video: Occupy Oakland's Scott Olsen On MSNBC, USA Today Quickly on the road to full recovery, Scott Olsen, the ex retired marine and Iraq War veteran who was critically injured by a police projectile during an Occupy Oakland raid back in October,
SF News Checking In On The Occupy Oakland Teepee, And A Planned Port Blockade So, as SFist noted yesterday, Occupy Oakland, under the leadership of veteran tree-sitter and activist Zachary RunningWolf, erected an 8-foot tall teepee under an oak tree in Frank Ogawa Plaza to serve as
SF News Occupy Oakland Erects Teepee Honoring Sioux Indians & AIDS Activists 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. When Runningwolf and Oakland
SF News Occupy Oakland Attempting Re-Occupation Of Frank Ogawa Plaza Today Occupy Oakland issued a statement today that they intend, presumably after dark and after their non-camping supporters get off work, to attempt to re-occupy Oscar Grant Frank Ogawa Plaza today. After being kicked
SF News Thanksgiving Potty Police Riot Befalls Occupy Oakland After police turned away a truck driver delivering Porta-Potties to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, Occupy Oakland members and OPD erupt into a heated (albeit brief) scuffle. Police said that the truck
SF News Mayor Lee To Move Occupy SF To Sketchy Mission Block The SF Occupiers have been on the edge of their sleeping bags the past few days waiting for the next raid, but Matier & Ross have a bead on the behind-the-scenes negotiations happening
SF News Occupy SFist: The Chronicle Opines, Nuru Tweets, Santa Rosa's Half-Eviction As the Occupy news turns from protests to campouts, we bring you a roundup of notable opinions on the camps, the protesters and the movement itself. In national Occupy news, The New Yorker
Arts & Entertainment Occupy Oakland Hosts Gay Porn Movie Shoot This one's bound to catch the attention of the anti-Occupy sect: Porn company Dirty Boy Video, which (we're guessing) specializes in videos of boys who are dirty, used a tent in the middle
SF News Video: New Upsetting Footage Shows Second Iraq Vet Beaten By Oakland Police Some new footage has surfaced, oddly via the UK Guardian, showing exactly what happened when 32-year-old Kayvan Sabehgi was beaten by a riot cop, lacerating his spleen after the General Strike day, November
Arts & Entertainment Scene from an Occupy Oakland Tender Moment A couple cuddled in front of City Hall during the Occupy Oakland general assembly on Monday, resulting in this delightful shot. While it lacks the chic coolness of the Vancouver riot's kissing couple,
SF News Occupy SFist: Mayor Lee Drops In, Quan Admits to Pre-Raid Conference Call Mayor Lee wants Occupiers to find a private space (so we suggest a few), Mayor Quan hints at a nationwide coordinated eviction effort, and new reports surface of less-than-ideal conditions on Justin Herman
SF News Occupy Oakland and Occupy Cal to Merge in 'Carnivalesque' Union After Monday morning's Occupy Oakland raid dismantled the encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza, the noted East Bay protesters, now without a headquarters, will merge with Occupy UC Berkeley protesters today. According to The
SF News Hundreds of Occupy Oakland Protesters Return to Frank Ogawa Plaza Protesters returned to a newly cleared Frank Ogawa Plaza to protest this morning's Oakland Police raid that wiped out the encampment. The scene, at least for now, remains relatively peaceful. Plainclothes police officers
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland... A very high Zachary Runningwolf remains up in a tree near Frank Ogawa Plaza where the Occupy Oakland encampment was evicted early Monday morning. Runningwolf, if you recall, has a history of running
SF News Occupy SFist: Occupy Eureka Got Raided Too; Occupy Portland Throws Itself a Goodbye Bash It's another big day for the occupiers in Oakland, and it remains to be seen what sort of citizen backlash may arise as night falls. But elsewhere in the world, the occupation continues
SF News Occupy Oakland's Scott Olsen Releases First Statement Scott Olsen, the San Mateo marine and Iraq War veteran who was critically injured by a police projectile during the previous Occupy Oakland raid a few weeks back, released a statement this morning
SF News Quan's Top Legal Aide Quits Over Occupy Oakland Raid Furious over this morning's police raid of the Occupy Oakland encampment, Mayor Jean Quan's top legal advisor quit this morning. Dan Siegel, noted for being a critic of Oakland police, wished that the
