Protest Over Fatal Police Shooting Shuts Down Freeway In San Jose
A protest over a deadly police shooting shut down a freeway in San Jose Tuesday night.
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A protest over a deadly police shooting shut down a freeway in San Jose Tuesday night.
Lee Evans, the record-setting sprinter from San Jose State University who wore a black beret in a sign of protest at the 1968 Olympics, died Wednesday. He was 74.
Children from a San Francisco elementary school named after a civil rights icon rallied Wednesday, demanding justice for a Black fifth-grade student who was falsely accused of stealing a sandwich at a Castro District Safeway.
Activists and civil rights leaders across the Bay Area took to the street to express their feelings of relief in the wake of the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin Tuesday.
Police departments around the Bay Area issued calls for calm and offered reassurance that officers were prepared for protests Tuesday ahead of the announcement of the jury's verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Oakland Friday night to voice their anger over recent deadly shootings by police but the rally quickly turned violent and destructive with protesters setting fires, smashing windows and blocking streets.
Dozens of protesters gathered in San Francisco Friday to demand that Wells Fargo take responsibility for what they say is its role in the climate crisis.
Frustrated parents and students protested in Fremont Thursday, one day after the district announced schools will remain closed through the end of the academic year.
Attorneys representing several protestors who participated in demonstrations following the death of George Floyd sued the city of San Jose over brutal treatment at the hands of local police officers.
Berkeley and Albany police on Thursday were called to a protest at Golden Gate Fields demanding the track be closed that shut down a nearby COVID vaccination site for hours, according to authorities.
In a recent podcast interview, former 49ers quarterback Alex Smith spoke out against the treatment of fellow former 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick for kneeling in protest during the national anthem.
Some San Francisco students and parents held an unusual outdoor demonstration Thursday, with children participating in distance learning on computers from a park in the city.
Just a week after reopening, a popular Sonoma restaurant closed abruptly this week after receiving death threats amid growing outcry over a Black Lives Matter facemask.
Fences and protesters on Monday again returned to People's Park, a famous site of resistance on the UC Berkeley campus, as the campus again mulls possible student housing on the site.
Many Punjabi Sikhs farmers have reached a breaking point, with thousands reportedly committing suicide. Protestors were also demanding independence and the re-establishment of a sovereign nation of Khalistan.
Police in Sacramento on Wednesday were monitoring protests happening around the California State Capitol on President Joe Biden's inauguration day.
The future of the Republican Party in California is being reshaped amid the turmoil and chaos that unfolded Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.
Trump supporters from the Bay Area were at Wednesday's protest in Washington D.C. Dave, from the East Bay, described what happened when things turned violent.
After making several of President Donald Trump's inflammatory tweets "unavailable" after his supporters overran Capitol Hill Wednesday, local social media giant Twitter temporarily locked the president's account.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday postponed a planned update on the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it was "cancelled out of an abundance of caution to Governor's Office staff."
San Jose Police broke up a protest in San Jose Thursday evening after declaring it an unlawful assembly.
Many Bay Area parents and children have grown frustrated with distance-learning during the pandemic and even now some doctors have concerns about keeping kids home for so long.
Protesters gathered outside San Francisco mayor London Breed's residence on a rainy Sunday to demand she reopen outdoor dining in the city.
