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.
SF News 80 Arrested In San Francisco Sunday; Molotov Cocktails, Handgun Seized As San Francisco began imposing its first night of an 8 p.m. citywide curfew, SFPD officers made around 80 arrests, many of them for violating that curfew, but some for more destructive acts.
SF News Bay Area Police Observed Using Excessive Force, Rubber Bullets Against Nonviolent Protesters Episodes of police force used against protesters across the country have been documented across social media — driving debate, outrage, and dialogue on the topic. Though not as common as in other U.S. metros, Bay Area police were seen using tear gas and firing rubber bullets at protesters Saturday.
SF News [Updates] Hundreds Rally at UN Plaza To Stand Against Police Brutality; Protesters Continue Crisscrossing San Francisco Hundreds convened at the United Nations Plaza this afternoon to protest the killing of George Floyd and call for an end to police brutality. The nonviolent crowd practiced social distancing — the vast majority wearing face masks — with many protesters still marching through SF.
SF News Protest In Oakland Turns Violent, 22 Arrested, Looters Detained, Officers Injured, Federal Officer Killed The scenes of protest followed by some scenes of destruction and confrontations with law enforcement were echoed across the country Friday night. But scenes like this are fairly familiar in Oakland, and not all the vandalism and looting was necessarily done by "protesters," per se.
SF News Second Protest Planned Friday Evening In Oakland Over George Floyd Death Following a small, peaceful protest in downtown Oakland Thursday night, a second night of protest is taking shape that could be larger, following the chaotic scenes in Minneapolis last night — and following President Trump's outrageous call for the National Guard to shoot looters.
Business & Tech Protesters to Project Messages About Disinformation On Facebook's SF Offices A protest action is planned for Tuesday evening that will bring projected messages onto 181 Fremont Street, the tower that is home to Facebook and Instagram's SF offices.
SF Politics Large 'Reopen California' Protest Forms In Sacramento What appears to be several hundred if not 1,000 or more protesters have gathered outside the State House in Sacramento as part of a series of "Reopen California" protests happening today.
