SF News Meanwhile, in Oakland... A Halloween-appropriate scene as Occupy Oakland demonstrators pause for a photo op at Broadway and 17th during a march on downtown Oakland this evening. A significant police presence was on hand earlier. For
SF News Michael Moore Visiting Occupy Oakland This Afternoon Celebrity provocateur, filmmaker, and professional liberal Michael Moore is paying a visit to the impassioned kids at Occupy Oakland today, as he mentioned on his blog yesterday. His exact words, in a P.
SF News Mayor Quan Booed Back to City Hall; Occupy Oakland Reclaims Frank Ogawa Plaza In a failed attempt to apologize to Occupy Oakland protesters for the city's response to Tuesday night's melee, Mayor Jean Quan was booed from the public comment portion of the camp's General Assembl
SF News Last Night at Occupy SF: Plaza Politics and the SFPD's Muni Joyride After Oakland's Occupy protests turned violent Tuesday night, the mood at the Occupy SF counterpart on Justin Herman Plaza was agreeable, but noticeably tense on Wednesday. Attendance may not have been as staggering
SF News Occupy San Jose Protester By the Name of 'Cracker' Still Atop That 36-Foot High Wall Shaun O'Kelly, 27, who goes by the nickname "Cracker" for reasons SFist has not yet learned, has spent the past four days sleeping on a five-foot-wide ledge on a wall outside San Jose's
SF News Mayor Jean Quan 'Must Resign,' Says Keith Olbermann Noted TV personality and political donor Keith Olbermann says that Oakland Mayor Jean Quan needs to resign. Now. Why? Because of her mishandling of Tuesday night's Occupy Oakland assault care of OPD. In
SF News Jon Stewart On City's Response to Occupy Oakland "What the fuck happened in Oakland?" Jon Stewart asked during last night's Daily Show. "Seems a little heavy handed... unless some of the protesters were Godzilla," he went on to quip. The comedian
SF News Iraq War Veteran Scott Olsen Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland Raid As a few SFist commenters noted, the person who was hit in the head with a projectile during last night's beanbag assault by Oakland police has been identified as Iraq veteran Scott Olsen.
SF News Meanwhile, In Oakland... Workers clean Frank H. Ogawa plaza on Wednesday after the city of Oakland removed Occupy Oakland's encampment during an early Tuesday morning raid. After last night's melee with OPD, Occupy Oakland folks plan
SF News Occupy SF Plans to Move to Civic Center Plaza by November 5th We heard rumblings of this a few weeks back, but after arrests at Occupy San Jose and protests coming to a head in Oakland, members of Occupy SF in the city hope to
SF News Scenes From the Occupy Oakland vs. OPD Tuesday Night Melee Oakland, dude. There's hella more angry, semi-organized, semi-maybe-unemployed, restless kids over there. Well, at least a couple hundred more than there have been in the daily occupation at Occupy SF. And last night
SF News City of Oakland Tear Gas Occupy Oakland Protesters Into Submission [Video] The city of Oakland sent billowy plumes of searing tear gas into the eyes and determination of Occupy Oakland protesters tonight. Alas, when the gas settles by late evening, conversation will turn to
SF News San Jose Protester Occupies Perch Over City Hall Occupy San Jose protester Shaun O'Kelly, who goes by the name of "Cracker", has been sitting on top a three-story wall at City Hall since early Monday morning. Cracker refuses to come down
SF News Occupy Oakland "Not Finished" After this morning's temporary disembowelment of Occupy Oakland by the city of Oakland, the group sent out a strongly worded message in which they claim a) "it's not finished" and b) that they
SF News Occupy Oakland Ousted After Early Morning Police Raid Using tear gas and riot gear, an estimated 200 police conducted early morning raids on Occupy Oakland protesters at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Tuesday. It took all of 30 minutes to clear out
SF News Religious Leaders Join Occupy SF Proving that the Occupy SF movement isn't limited to the average and benign San Francisco protester, Bay Area's religious leaders joined the movement today. With denominations as varied as Muslim and Buddhist to
Arts & Entertainment National Occupy March Today at 3 p.m. As part of the national Occupy Wall Street march happening today, OccupySF will be meeting at 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Reserve Building at 101 Market St. "Bring yourself! Bring Freedom!
SF News OccupySF Releases Rough Draft of "Homegrown Flyer" The OccupySF folks have come up with the first draft of what they call their "Home Grown flyer." They stress that it's not an official statement, but they would like it passed around
SF News San Francisco Startup Helps Put Occupy Wall Street Commercial on National TV Now here's a heartwarming nugget of startup PR: a San Francisco-based advertising startup is helping to put the voice of the 99% in front of the same target market as the big banks
Arts & Entertainment Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine Expected to Play Occupy SF Today According to the Occupy SF twitter account, liberal activist and radical guitarist Tom Morello is expected to make an appearance on Justin Herman Plaza this afternoon at 4 p.m. We don't have
SF News Updates from Occupy SF: Pep Talks from Robert Reich, Police Commission Meeting Disrupted and Occupying the Castro The Occupy SF encampment at Justin Herman Plaza got another high-profile visitor yesterday evening when former Clinton administration Labor Secretary and current UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich dropped in to show his support.
SF News Occupy SF Asks: Why, Ed, Why? Behold: the "Why, Ed, Why?!" campaign, in which the mustachioed temporary mayor is depicted as a floating cartoon head with a riot helmet and a nightstick. Created by Occupy SF supporters in response
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Adorable Children Occupy Wall Street Get More: TV Shows, Full Episode Video, Reality TV Shows This clip from MTV2's long-canceled Wondershowzen predates the Occupy Wall Street Movement by a couple years, but the message of this wonderful child
SF News Jane Kim Visits Occupy SF, Protesters Plan Midday Rally at City Hall Although vague twitter rumors seemed to suggest a tense mood at the Occupy SF encampment last night, the only confrontation on Justin Herman Plaza was D6 supe Jane Kim sticking it to Mayor
