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Traffic Grinds to Standstill In SoMa as APEC Protesters Block Fifth and Mission Streets

Muni buses headed downtown were being turned back at Sixth Street and traffic was generally becoming extremely clogged Wednesday morning due to protesters attempting to disrupt the beginning of the APEC CEO summit and the leaders' summit.

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Multiple Protest Factions Join In 'Shut Down APEC' Protest Sunday, Which Did Not Shut Down APEC

Thousands demonstrated in downtown San Francisco Sunday, calling for worker rights, an end to free-trade capitalism, an end to Israel's attacks in Gaza, an end to human rights abuses in China and the Philippines, and many other things, with a march that attempted to get close to the Moscone Center.

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Protesters at Port of Oakland Try to Block Ship They Say Is Carrying Military Supplies to Israel

A demonstration of some 200 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza is attempting to block a ship at the Port of Oakland that they say is carrying military supplies to Israel, though longshoremen say there’s nothing on the ship.

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Various Groups Expected to Protest Outside APEC Summit In SF

A bevy of protest groups with a range of agendas are likely to stage demonstrations within view of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit later this month, though San Francisco city leaders would probably prefer they did not.

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Demonstration For Free Palestine Blocks 101 Freeway In San Francisco

A protest march against the Israeli invasion of Gaza and in support of the Palestinian people proceeded up an on-ramp to a major freeway interchange in San Francisco on Saturday.

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Environmental Activists Blockade Road Leading Into Burning Man, Enraging Burners; Violent Response From Nevada Tribal Rangers Ensues

A group of activists representing the groups Extinction Rebellion, Rave Revolution, and Scientist Rebellion decided to stage a protest that caused an hourlong backup of traffic on the two-lane highway leading to the Black Rock Desert, and drew the wrath of frustrated Burners and local rangers alike.

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Monday Morning Headlines: Downtown Oakland Once Again Sees Big Protest Over Police Killing

Many hundreds (thousands?) gathered in Downtown Oakland Sunday to protest the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis; Elon Musk has apologized for linking to a conspiracy story about the Paul Pelosi attack; and three years ago today the WHO first declared COVID a global emergency.

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After Layoffs and Resignations on Trust & Safety Team, Twitter Faces Challenge With Chinese Propaganda, Protests

China's state-run propaganda machine appears to be working overtime to flood Twitter searches with porn and escort ads, whenever anyone searches for the name of a Chinese city where protests might be occurring.

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Oakland Settles for $250K With Two George Floyd Protesters, Agrees to Not Use Explosives on Demonstrators

Two demonstrators from a June 2020 George Floyd protest won a quarter million dollars after being shot with rubber bullets, and the Oakland Police Department has agreed to not use “explosive grenades on peaceful crowds.”

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People’s Park Still Occupied, Sheriff Won’t Help Clear Park Because Berkeley Has Banned Tear Gas

A very Berkeley problem in Berkeley, as protesters have occupied People's Park to halt a development project, but the Alameda County Sheriff's Department is refusing to help clear them out, because the city of Berkeley won’t let them use tear gas.

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[Update] More Bedlam in Berkeley, Protesters Retake People’s Park and Halt Construction After Park Was Fenced Off and Cleared

A combination of surreal scenes in Berkeley, as protesters halt construction in People’s Park, after it was gated off and crews lopped down the park’s trees to make way for a 16-story housing project.

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Bay Area Revs Up to Rally for Abortion Rights, Here’s Where Friday‘s Protests Are Planned

Pride Weekend just became protest weekend after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and we’ve collected all of Friday’s planned Bay Area actions and protests scheduled to go down as their announcements come in.

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A Pride Season Tale of a Gay-Owned Pizza Shop In Guerneville That Fended Off a Westboro Baptist-Like Protest Brigade

For reasons that can probably only be explained in the dank, repressive corners of conservative social media, a group of anti-gay, quasi-religious protesters have returned again and again to the same low-profile, lesbian-owned pizza shop in Guerneville.

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Climate Activists Chain Themselves to Wells Fargo Wagon in Downtown SF to Protest Fossil Fuel Investment

Holding signs saying things like "Tell Wells Fargo: Stop Funding Climate Change," a group of climate activists has revived the era of downtown climate protests in San Francisco Monday morning.

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Anti-Vaxx Protest on Golden Gate Bridge Snarls Traffic, Leads to Five Injuries

Two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers and three Golden Gate Bridge workers were injured by a vehicle during a chaotic protest scene Thursday evening relating to vaccine mandates in the workplace.

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Protest In Support of Citizenship For Immigrants Shuts Down Golden Gate Bridge

Golden Gate Bridge traffic was halted Thursday morning as a group of about 25 vehicles stopped in the middle of the bridge, blocking traffic as demonstrators held signs and gave speeches from the bed of a pickup truck.

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There Will Be Another March on Polk Street on Pride Sunday

Returning to the protest origins of Pride, and for the second year in a row without an official (and heavily corporate-sponsored) SF Pride parade, there will be a People's March and Rally down Polk Street and in Civic Center on Pride Sunday.

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Around 100 Youth Climate Activists Marched From Paradise to Nancy Pelosi's Front Door, Demanding Action

In a symbolic march from a community devastated by a wildfire three years ago to the doorsteps of politicians in power, a group of around 100 youth climate activists led by the Sunrise Movement demonstrated outside the homes of Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein Monday.

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Students and Teachers Protest at Castro Safeway After Fifth-Grader Gets Racially Profiled

There was a kid-led march on Wednesday to protest the treatment of a San Francisco fifth-grader who was accused of stealing a sandwich at the Safeway on Market and Church streets.

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Breonna Taylor Protests Remained Peaceful, Relatively Small In the Bay Area Wednesday Night

A massive protest like the ones we saw in late May in the wake of the killing of George Floyd failed to materialize in Oakland Wednesday night following news out of Louisville that no police officers are being charged with her death.

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Pence Lies During RNC Speech Linking Oakland Shooting of Federal Officer With Protests, Instead of Right-Wing Fringe Group

Vice President Mike Pence predictably lied multiple times during his speech at the RNC on Wednesday night. But perhaps most egregiously he tried to link the May 29 fatal shooting of a federal security officer in Oakland to the protests that were happening that night.

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Oakland Protest in Solidarity With Portland's 'Wall of Moms' Draws Hundreds; Alameda County Courthouse Set On Fire

What felt like a diluted episode of déjà vu, downtown Oakland was again the backdrop of an otherwise peaceful protest — in support of Portland’s "Wall of Moms" — that turned violent when rebels chose to break windows, vandalize buildings, and set fire to the Alameda County Superior Courthouse.

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LGBTQ March Planned On Pride Sunday In Solidarity With Black Lives Matter; 'Pride Is a Riot' Planned in Dolores Park

Many expected that this year's Pride would get back to its protest roots, with all the official — and overly corporate-sponsored — parades and parties canceled. And that is now happening in the form of a rally and march that will take the old SF Gay Freedom Day route beginning up on Polk Street.

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Angela Davis, Skateboarders, and More Scenes From Juneteenth Weekend Protests in the Bay Area

Bay Area protests denouncing racism and police brutality show no sign of easing up anytime soon. This weekend saw at least two skateboarding protests in support of BLM, another paddle out at Ocean Beach to honor George Floyd, and additional rallies celebrating Friday’s Juneteenth holiday.

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Juneteenth Protests, Rallies, and Celebrations Scheduled Throughout the Bay Area

To mark the day during this time of national conversation — and protest — over racial and social justice, there are multiple events happening around the Bay Area both on- and offline.

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