SF News SFPD Holds Meetings to Discuss Shooting; Wounded Suspect Is Three-Strikes Candidate For those of you still concerned about last week's officer-involved shooting in the Mission and the subsequent protest and vandalism at Mission Police Station and elsewhere, we thought we should update you on
SF News $1 Million Awarded To Pepper Sprayed UC Davis Students The University of California will fork over $30,000 to each of the 21 UC Davis students pepper sprayed during last November's Occupy demonstration, "with and an additional $250,000 for their attorneys
SF News Nationwide Same-Sex Kiss-In Protest Today At Chick-Fil-A Today at Chick-Fil-A stores throughout the country, same-sex couples are expected to turn out heavily to protest company president and COO Dan Cathy's comments supporting "the biblical definition of the family unit" — as
SF News Pot Advocates To Protest Obama's Oakland Visit Today President Barack Obama will make an appearance at the Fox Theater today — located in the heart of Oaksterdam, the East Bay's cannabis community — for a fundraiser. While the president shills for dollars for
SF News Protesters Try To Shut Down Muni Over Death Of Child Rapist [Updated] [UPDATE: Although Muni bus lines 49 and 47 were briefly blocked at Van Ness and Hayes, and the Octavia ramp to 101 was also blocked, the protest has "dwindled."] A Muni protest, one
SF News Protesters Could Shut Down Muni Service On Monday Hey, you know what might be a great day in which to ride one's bike to work? Monday. Because several groups will try to disrupt Muni service that day. According to SF Examiner,
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Anti-Foie Gras Activists Revealed Location Of Last Night's 'Secret' Dinner Animal rights activists protested a very special dinner Thursday night in San Francisco, one that featured foie gras, the succulent and soon-to-be-banned duck's liver of note. Activists with the Animal Protection and Rescue
SF News Lesbian Arrested After Seeking Marriage License In North Carolina Mary Jamis, 52, a lesbian who attempted to obtain a marriage license in North Carolina on Thursday, was arrested along with a heterosexual friend for refusing to leave a government office. Several other
SF News UC Police Kick Occupiers Off Farm Tract In Albany On Earth Day, a couple of hundred protesters descended on some UC Berkeley-owned property in neighboring Albany and began planting beans, and raspberries. The protesters, along with some neighbors in the area, want
SF News Russian Journalist Focus Of This Morning's Attack On Ustream Each morning we watch/listen to KRON 4 Morning News via Ustream. Imagine our sheer terror at not being about to hear anchorwoman Justine Waldman for a good chunk of the morning after
SF News Occupy SF Commune Cleared Out, 26 Arrested Scratch those breakfast plans. The Occupy SF commune at 888 Turk lasted just about as long as it did the first time around on April 1st. According to the Examiner, SFPD moved in
SF News May Day: Demonstration Shuts Down 16th & Mission [Updated] The revolution will be Instagramed, as pictured here by Jen Ackrill, and nowhere else does that sentiment ring truer than in the heart of the city's Mission District. A May Day demonstration at
SF News Live: SEIU Protest At San Francisco City Hall In Progress Justin Beck is live at City Hall covering today's SEIU occupation. So far there are an estimated hundred or so protesters inside, one brandishing a bullhorn to shout and chant stuff. Supervisors Eric
SF News SEIU Planning Wisconsin-Style Occupation Of San Francisco City Hall The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) local 1021 will attempt a Wisconsin-style occupation of San Francisco City Hall starting tonight and going well into tomorrow, May Day. Via the SEIU Facebook page, "We
SF News Occupy's Plan To Shut Down Golden Gate Bridge Cancelled Er, never mind. Occupy's plan to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge on May 1st has been cancelled. Occupy will instead focus on ferry service. Why? Well, part of it could be that
SF News Photos: Downtown One Big Traffic Jam As Occupy SF Takes Over Wells Fargo [Updated] Scads of Occupy activists marched to the Wells Fargo offices at California for the annual shareholders meeting. According to ABC 7, "An estimated 400 people are protesting outside " the building right now. "The
Arts & Entertainment Tea Party Rally At Justin Herman Plaza This Saturday On Saturday, the country's foremost group on anti-government paranoia will descend upon Justin Herman Plaza on to protest the national debt. (Pst, it's tax day on Sunday Tuesday, April 17.) Are we talking
SF News Oakland's Oaksterdam University Shut Down By Federal Agents [Updated] Federal agents from the U.S. Marshals Service, the DEA and the IRS descended on Oaksterdam University sometime after 7 a.m. this morning, effectively shutting down the cannabis industry trade school school
SF News Protest At Apple Store For Friday's iPad Release Just like the release of the iPhone 4s and iPad 2, tomorrow's new iPad release at the Stockton Street Apple store in San Francisco will play host to a group of protesters. And
SF News Car Plows Through Occupy Demonstrators At UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Cruz students and professors are taking part today in a massive protest to state education cuts. It's all part of peaceful Occupy Education rallies occurring at numerous UC and CSU schools,
SF News Occupy Wall Street West Plans Day Of Disruption, Activism In S.F. [Livestream] At around 6 a.m. Friday, Occupy Wall Street West began its day-long, rain-soaked protest, which, if all goes according to plan, will disrupt business as usual in San Francisco's Financial District. First
SF News Allegations Of Police Brutality Mar Occupy Oakland 'F**k OPD' Protest Six people were arrested during Saturday night's "Fuck OPD" march after protesters allegedly turned surly with riot officers. According to The Chronicle, "The showdown Saturday night happened at the corner of Ninth and
SF News Occupy Tree-Sitters Return To Frank Ogawa Plaza And just like that, a smattering of Occupy Oakland protesters have returned to Frank Ogawa. But this time they've taken to the trees. OakFoSho has recorded footage he shot live at the scene
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,
