SF Politics 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.
SF News 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.
SF News 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.
SF Politics 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.
SF News 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
SF News 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.
Arts & Entertainment 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.
SF News Update: Car Caravan Blocks All Westbound Lanes of Bay Bridge As Protesters Spraypaint Lanes Protesters, reportedly in a car caravan, shut down the upper deck of the Bay Bridge early Sunday evening, creating a backup that extended past Treasure Island and into the East Bay.
SF Politics SF Police Union Now In Twitter War With Muni Over Tweet About Not Transporting Officers to Protests Following some negative social media attention about using Muni buses to help transport cops in riot gear to quell protests, the SFMTA pledged to stop doing that in a tweet. Today, the San Francisco Police Officers Association (POA) told the transit agency to "lose our number."
SF News Video: SF Couple Gets Engaged During Black Lives Matter Protest On Golden Gate Bridge A San Francisco couple took a dramatic — and windy — moment on the Golden Gate Bridge, during which protesters had halted traffic in both directions on Saturday afternoon, to get engaged in front of the assembled crowd.
SF News Scenes From Saturday's Golden Gate Bridge and Berkeley Demonstrations Today saw thousands descend on the Golden Gate Bridge — which backed up the roadway for some time — hundreds take a knee at Candlestick Park to honor George Floyd, and the East Bay mobilize to denounce racism and recognize black healthcare workers on the pandemic’s frontlines.
SF News Friday Protests In Mission and Castro, and Critical Mass Ride Kicks Off on Embarcadero Not that most of you are likely to be trying to traverse the city by car this afternoon or evening, but maybe you've got work to get to or a socially distant birthday
Arts & Entertainment Black Woman on Horse At Oakland Protest Says She Knew The Image Would Be Powerful 25-year-old horse enthusiast and budding entrepreneur with a social justice bent Brianna Noble knew exactly what she was doing when she drove her horse trailer to downtown Oakland last week.
SF News SF Opens Pop-Up COVID Testing Site Specifically for Protesters San Francisco has opened a new free testing site as St. Mary's Cathedral (1111 Gough Street) specifically for people who have attended protests, no symptoms required.
SF News Photos From Wednesday's Peaceful Youth March in SF's Mission District A youth march in support of Black Lives Matter, organized by a small group of Mission District teens on Instagram, drew an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people on Wednesday.
SF News Mission District Protest Draws Thousands, Muni Rerouted A police brutality protest that began outside Mission High School on 18th Street drew possibly 10,000 people or more on Wednesday, most everyone masked but clearly not socially distant in any way.
Bay Area Sports Steph and Ayesha Curry, Klay Thompson Join Peaceful Oakland Protest Chanting the name of George Floyd as they marched around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Warriors star players Steph Curry and Klay Thompson, along with Ayesha Curry and Damion Lee joined a peaceful demonstration Wednesday afternoon organized by fellow Warrior Juan Toscano-Anderson.
SF Politics San Francisco Will Lift Its Curfew Thursday The unprecedented 8 p.m. curfew imposed by Mayor London Breed on Sunday will come to an end after four consecutive nights, lifting at 5 a.m. on Thursday, June 4.
SF News National Guard Moves In After Another Night of Looting In Vallejo; Band Of 40 Cars Surrounds Police Station While protests and acts of looting were smaller and fewer on Tuesday night elsewhere in the Bay Area, tensions remained high in the city of Vallejo, where dozens of reports of looting, shots fired, and vandalism came in to the police.
SF News Thousands Gather in Peaceful Protest at SF's Ocean Beach A demonstration billed as a Sunset Solidarity March for Black Lives Matter took place Tuesday afternoon along the Great Highway by Ocean Beach, and images appeared to show at least 1,000 people in attendance.
SF News Health Experts, Governors Fear Mid-June Spike In COVID-19 Cases From Protests Four consecutive days of nationwide protests, with protesters numbering in the tens of thousands in some cities — some masked, some not — have health experts and state and city leaders worried about a spike in new COVID-19 cases in the next two weeks.
SF News 100 Arrested In Oakland Following Peaceful March; Empty Hilltop Mall Looted In Richmond Tear gas was deployed Monday against protesters in both Walnut Creek and Oakland, where around 100 people were arrested, 80 of them for violating the city's 8 p.m. curfew.
SF News Protests and Looting Have Everything to Do With Trump, Unemployment, and COVID, Activists Say Veteran activists say it's impossible to separate the pandemic and its impacts, as well as the unpopularity of President Trump, from what we are seeing on city streets. Meanwhile, Trump is telling governors that they need to "dominate" protesters with force.
SF News Jamie Foxx Joins Faith Leaders and Mayor London Breed For 'Kneel-In' at City Hall Actor Jamie Foxx is in San Francisco today to join inter-faith leaders, Mayor London Breed, and Supervisor Shamann Walton for a kneel-in outside City Hall at 11 a.m. to protest police violence and systemic racism.
