San Francisco During Civil Rights Movement: 50 Years Since Auto Row Protests
This week marks the 50th anniversary of a civil rights demonstration where hundreds of protesters were arrested at car dealerships along San Francisco's Auto Row.
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of a civil rights demonstration where hundreds of protesters were arrested at car dealerships along San Francisco's Auto Row.
Dozens of protesters in San Francisco blocked a bus headed for Google headquarters Friday morning and dozens more are expected during an afternoon march to rally against the evictions of local teachers and other longtime city residents.
Twenty-three people were arrested at a deportation and immigrant rights rally in downtown San Francisco Friday, according to police.
Protesters at 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco loudly demonstrated the latest round of what they call unfair Ellis Act evictions.
Ahead of a San Francisco Board of Supervisors' hearing this afternoon on a pending pilot program to charge private shuttle buses for using public bus stops, a group of protesters blocked a Google commuter bus in the city's Mission District.
The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., the fiery founder of a small Kansas church who led outrageous and hate-filled protests that blamed almost everything, including the deaths of AIDS victims and U.S. soldiers, on America's tolerance for gay people, has died. He was 84.
City College of San Francisco Chancellor Art Tyler plans to propose initiatives to promote respectful dialogue on campus and calling for an independent review of campus police officers' response to student and faculty protests last week that turned violent, officials said Wednesday.
A loud lunch-hour protest at San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday took aim at corporate tax breaks for Twitter and other tech companies.
Police ordered a group protesters at an Oakland McDonald's restaurant to leave the premises on Tuesday when they claimed the company was withholding their overtime pay.
After a protest that led to City College of San Francisco students being pepper sprayed and arrested on campus Thursday, students and faculty came to City Hall on Friday to continue their call for the reinstatement of the school's elected board of trustees.
A peaceful rally at City College of San Francisco turned violent on Thursday, as a group of protesters attempted to enter the school's administration building, Conlan Hall, only to be met by campus police.
The Dalai Lama bought his spiritual message of compassion Monday to about 4,000 people inside an arena at Santa Clara University as about 100 protesters made noise outside.
As protests heat up in San Francisco over so-called "Google buses" and tax breaks for tech companies, San Jose officials are hoping to lure companies with a friendlier business climate.
It was the last stop for Napolitano on her UC campus listening tour.
Protesters, including some who dressed up like Cupid, congregated at Twitter headquarters on Wednesday to voice opposition to the tax breaks several tech companies have received.
Activist groups Monday plan to protest a San Francisco tech awards show which gives out so-called 'Crunchies' by holding their own version - the 'Crappies' - to call attention to what they say are the negative effects of the tech influx.
Evicted tenants and their advocates gathered in front of San Francisco's Hall of Justice Wednesday to protest the Ellis Act and to file criminal complaints against landlords.
While the Bay Area's tech boom has sparked protests over rising rents and tech company shuttles, a group of demonstrators took things a step further by protesting outside a prominent Google engineer's home.
Residents in Pittsburg took to the streets Saturday afternoon to voice their opposition to a project that would create a crude oil storage and transfer facility in their backyards.
Oakland city officials are alerting residents about demonstrations planned in the city tonight and Wednesday afternoon.
Police cleared out what they called a "homeless camp" in downtown San Francisco Monday morning—the same area where a protest was planned throughout the day.
A Santa Rosa man was arraigned Tuesday morning for allegedly obstructing a police officer during a protest last month of the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez by a sheriff's deputy.
The city of Oakland has agreed to settle a claim by a U.S. Army veteran from the Iraq War who was beaten by a police officer during an Occupy Oakland protest two years ago.
Protesters rallying against a Sonoma County sheriff's deputy who fatally shot a 13-year-old boy clashed with police in riot gear in front of Santa Rosa City Hall Tuesday evening.
A group was gathering in downtown San Francisco Monday afternoon to call for city and state officials to shift support from technology companies and other corporations to students, families and public education.
