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Bay Area Law Enforcement Gearing Up for Possible Election Night, Post-Election Mayhem

Whether it's celebratory riots, large-scale protests, or opportunistic criminals looking to loot because police might otherwise be distracted, Bay Area police departments are bracing for possible crime and bedlam on Election Night or later this week.

Gaza Protest In Mission District on Eve of October 7 Anniversary, Manny’s Gets Tagged Hard Again

The day before the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and the now-year-long response of sustained Israeli counterattacks, a Sunday Mission District protest drew 1,500 people but left the event space Manny’s coated with malicious graffiti.

It's a Boomer vs. Boomer Battle Over Political Speech In One Small East Bay Retirement Community

Out in eastern Contra Costa County, there have been political battles being waged in the pages of the community newspaper and in small demonstrations, and tensions this election year even boiled into a physical fight on a pickleball court.

Protesters Gather at SF Hall of Justice as Golden Gate Bridge Gaza Protesters Appear In Court

Some of the 26 individuals who are facing criminal charges stemming from a Tax Day protest in April that shut down the Golden Gate Bridge for several hours made court appearances on Monday, and were joined by activists protesting their prosecution.

Saturday Links: SF DA Charges 26 Over April Golden Gate Bridge Protest

26 people have been charged with false imprisonment and other felonies for the Tax Day protest that shut down the GG Bridge; former Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki has died; and Harris now leads Trump in three key swing states.

Pro-Palestinian March In Castro to Coincide With Sunday Pride Parade

A queer- and trans-led alternate march, in solidarity with the Palestinian people, is planned for Sunday in the Castro, dubbed 'No Pride in Genocide.'

Doctors at UCSF Battle Over Opinions of the Gaza War, Question Whether Protest Should Happen at a Hospital

As at many university campuses around the country, protests have broken out at the University of California San Francisco over the war between Israel and Hamas, only UCSF is, uniquely, mostly a medical institution with no undergraduate student body.

Inflatable Trump Chicken Comes Out of Storage to Protest Fundraiser In SF

Yes, the three-story-tall inflatable Trump chicken has been dusted off and will be re-inflated Thursday in SF, wearing a black-and-white prison uniform, in an act of protest of Trump appearing in SF to collect some money from some Silicon Valley billionaires who have lost the thread of reality.

Tuesday Morning Topline: Gaza Protest Targets North Bay Congressman

Protesters are sitting in on the San Jose State campus as of Monday; a protest arrived at a fundraiser for North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman in Sonoma; and succession drama roils a family-owned winery in Napa.

Rally Planned to Protest Mayor Breed's Omission of City Clinic Relocation Funds In Proposed Bond Measure

LGTBQ health advocates, along with City Clinic doctors and members of the Harvey Milk Democratic Club are rallying today outside the clinic on Seventh Street to protest Mayor London Breed's omission of clinic funds in a proposed bond measure.

Thursday Morning What's Up: LAPD Descends on UCLA Encampment; 2 Injured In Scuffle at UC Berkeley Camp

The LAPD cleared the encampment at UCLA early this morning after facing heavy resistance; a tussle broke out at the UC Berkeley encampment Wednesday night between two opposing groups; and the Bay Lights are set to come back on on the Bay Bridge next March.

35 Protesters Arrested In Early Morning Raid at Occupied Building on Cal Poly Humboldt Campus, 30 Others Barred From Campus

Cal Poly Humboldt, which in the last week and a half has become the site of the "nation's most entrenched protest," per the New York Times, was the site of another show of force by police this morning in the nationwide campus protest movement.

'Gaza Solidarity Encampment,' Like the One at Columbia University, Established at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley has joined in a nationwide protest action on college campuses in which students are pitching tents in prominent plaza spaces, as a sort of "sleep-in" in solidarity with displaced Gazans and in protest of investments in war-profiting corporations.

Golden Gate Bridge Protesters Released From Jail, But Still Might Face Felony Charges

SF DA Brooke Jenkins released the couple dozen people who were in jail for blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in Monday's Gaza ceasefire protest, and they haven’t even been charged, though Jenkins is vowing they’ll be investigated for possible felony charges.

CHP Reveals Concrete Drum Tactic Used By Protesters Which Hindered Their Removal Monday

Many wondered — especially those stuck in traffic! — why it took hours to remove the handful of protesters who created a barricade across the northbound lanes of I-880 Monday morning. Well, they did something fairly clever with barrels, which is a variation on the "sleeping dragon" technique.

Protests Block Golden Gate Bridge, All Northbound Lanes of 880 In Oakland

Tax Day protests over the war in Gaza have caused a commute nightmare for anyone trying to get to San Francisco from the North Bay, or anyone traveling north on I-880 toward Oakland or San Francisco.

11 Anti-War Protestors Who Blocked Travis Air Force Base Entrances on Friday Arrested

A group of protesters tried to block people from entering Travis Air Force Base in Solano County early Friday morning until police showed up and arrested them.

78 Bay Bridge Protesters Accept Pretrial Diversion Deal and 5 Hours Community Service

78 of the 80 individuals arrested in connection with a Gaza ceasefire protest that took place on the westbound Bay Bridge during APEC week last November are going to be serving five hours of community service in punishment for the disruption.

Humpday Headlines: Pro-Palestinian Protest Briefly Blocks Golden Gate Bridge

A dozen or so protesters briefly shut down the Golden Gate Bridge this morning; the influx of CHP officers in Oakland last week netted 71 arrests; and a person was struck and killed by a BART train at MacArthur Station.

Neo-Nazis Joined the Anti-Abortion March In San Francisco on Saturday, Passed Out Fliers

In the Venn diagram of American voters, there is clearly some overlap between white evangelicals and white supremacists, and so it maybe shouldn't be shocking that Saturday's annual Walk for Life in San Francisco drew some neo-Nazi support.

Anti-Abortion Activists to March In San Francisco Saturday, and They're Trying to Pray the Rain Away

The annual Walk for Life is happening on Market Street in San Francisco, and it's all but guaranteed to be a wet one — but the godly among them are praying that rays of sunshine will come through like they apparently did a few years ago.

APEC Protester Says Chinese Government Was Behind Him Getting Roughed Up After Protest

A protester who was assaulted after an APEC demonstration claims the attack was the work of Chinese government “thugs,” and a couple members of Congress find the claim credible enough that they’re calling for an investigation.

Mission Street Vendors to Protest Temporary Ban With Friday March

A band of legitimate Mission District street vendors say they're being unfairly penalized for the illegal activity of others, and they were planning a protest march Friday at City Hall.

Bay Bridge Protest Fallout: Transplant Organs Delayed; Two Motorists Claim They Were Wrongfully Detained

The massive traffic nightmare Thursday morning that was caused by a pro-Gaza-ceasefire protest on the westbound Bay Bridge meant that several donated organs that were in transit to and from UCSF hospitals were delayed in getting transplanted into patients.

[Update] Protesters Blocked All Lanes of Westbound Bay Bridge For Four Hours, Dozens Arrested

A few dozen protesters stopped traffic on the Bay Bridge Thursday during the morning commute, locking arms and blocking all the westbound lanes just east of Treasure Island.