SF News Live: Oakland Cops Prepare For General Strike Showdown [Updated] Justin Beck's live coverage of today's May Day occupation continues. Right now, at around 3 p.m., cops have arrived in Oakland near Broadway and 14th, demanded protesters to leave or face "removal
SF News Man Occupies BART Track, Almost Dies A fellow named Michael, who may or may not be officially affiliated with the Occupy movement, jumped down onto the BART tracks at 24th Street Station yesterday afternoon and was almost hit by
SF News Every Variety Of Protester Yelled At Obama Last Night They came from all walks of life and various political leanings last night to stand outside the Masonic Auditorium on Nob Hill to give President Obama a piece of their mind. Shouts could
SF News Police Clash With Occupy Oakland on 'Move-In Day,' Tear Gas Deployed, 400 Arrested [Updated] It was "Move-In Day" for Occupy Oakland today, and as we type protesters have once again met with riot-cop resistance in the form of barricades, smoke bombs, and tear gas as they were
SF News More Arrests As Oakland Occupiers Protest Teepee Removal Approximately 60 Oakland police in riot gear entered Frank Ogawa Plaza around 11:30 p.m. last night and "made several indiscriminate arrests," as KRON4 is reporting. A dozen Occupy Oakland folk were
SF News New Occupy Encampment Springs Up In West Oakland Just when you thought they might be hibernating, more than a dozen tents went up last night at a new Occupy Oakland encampment on the 2000 block of Peralta Street near Mandela Parkway.
SF News SF Police Chief Talks Occupy SF Response [UPDATED] Compared to OPD and the city of Oakland's reaction, the San Francisco Police Department's response to cleansing out the encampment at Justin Herman Plaza was a gentlemen's affair. No serious injures were reported,
SF News Another Showdown Afoot Between Occupy Oakland and Police It looks like Oakland mayor and incessant flip-flopper Jean Quan is once again about to try to oust the dirty hippies from her front yard, and we can promise you this isn't gonna
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 More Reactions, Pro and Con, to BART's Cell Service Shutdown Did BART Police violate everyone's civil liberties by switching off cell phone service last week, or were they simply acting in the name of public safety? An editorial in the Examiner today argues
SF News Rich Oakland Lady Pays $76,000 So She and Several Activist Friends Could Sing a Protest Song to Obama Oakland activist Naomi Pitcairn and a gaggle of friends attended a fundraising lunch with President Obama at the St. Regis today, paying a total of $76,000 (funded by Pitcairn) for their seats
SF News Bay Area Priest, Nun, Among Five Peace Demonstrators Sentenced in Washington State Jesuit priest Stephen Kelly, 62, of Oakland, and Sister Anne Montgomery, 84, of Redwood City, were among a group of five senior peace demonstrators who were sentenced to federal prison in Tacoma, Washington,
SF News Gun Drawn at UCSF Protest Per @Emergency_in_SF and elsewhere, a protest turned violent yesterday morning at UCSF, with rocks being thrown and nine campus police squad cars on the scene. The protest was over the UC
SF News Protesters Block Market at Castro Matt Baume of Stop8.org, live from an ENDA protest in progress in the Castro, reports, "GetEqual in Castro, protesting Pelosi's ENDA inaction. About to block traffic." That was 40 minutes ago. And
SF News Bohemian Grove Attracting Fewer Protesters These Days There was a time when tons of protesters would gather outside the Bohemian Grove enclave in Monte Rio, organized in part by Sonoma County resident Mary Moore, to call attention to the great
SF News Walnut Creek Police Preparing for Pro-Mehserle Rally In what may be the first controversial/incendiary political protest to hit the streets of Walnut Creek, like, ever, organizers are gearing up for a rally in support of Johannes Mehserle and other
SF News Today in SF History: 'Black Friday' at City Hall On May 13th 1960, a group of Bay Area college students gathered outside the Supervisors' chambers at City Hall on the second day of hearings by the House Un-American Activities subcommittee, which was
misc Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Musical Protest Style A flashmob of (mostly) ladies descended on the Westin St. Francis over the weekend to call attention to the boycott of the hotel. The protesters were all of the LGBTQ community, and we're
SF News Activists Storm Vacant Mission Duplex, Declare It Public Property Certainly in times of such crazy rental rates (which are lower than they used to be but not by much) it's frustrating to see perfectly nice residential properties sit vacant while people remain
SF News Tibet Protesters Shouting Up Market Street As we type, a gaggle of about 100 protesters are marching toward Civic Center shouting things like "Shame on Communist China," and "No More Torture in Tibet," and "Religious Freedom in Tibet," and
SF News Drunk Protestors Invade UC Berkeley Building, Spill Out Into Streets In another nod to their Boomer parents, a gang of tuition-hike protesters at Berkeley turned their political act into a rowdy party last night, invading a building that's under renovation with spray-paint cans,
SF News Police Arrest Cal Protesters Early this morning, 65 protesters occupying UCB's Wheeler Hall were arrested. Joined by officers from other UC campuses, UC Berkeley police started arresting protesters at around 4:40 a.m., reports SF Chron.
SF News Scenes From An Anonymous Scientology Protest While most of you were in bed watching America's Test Kitchen or having a light brunch at Dottie's on Saturday, the tenacious Anonomyous clan were out in full force doing what they do
misc Do You Remember The First Time? Apparently, they were drunk for the very first time, and it was most likely their first protest as well. One poor young woman was wearing black stilettos. That's hard-core, honey. When they first
SF News Look Out Below: UC Berkeley Tree Sitter Falls From Oak Last night 24-year-old Memorial Oak Grove tree-sitter Nate Hill fell on his tushie after plummeting 40 feet out of the tree. He suffered both a broken wrist and ankle, but is in fine,
