Tag: San Francisco

by Michael Steinberg / IndyBay.org / Aug 21st, 2010

SUMMARY: Five people were arrested Friday for locking down in an entrance and exit to an Arco/BP gas station at the corner of Fell and Divisadero in San Francisco. The protesters called their action a “bike spill.” They chained themselves to bicycles and laid in the car entrance and exit ways, effectively shutting down the gas station.

By Chris Roberts / SFWeekly.com / February 01, 2010

Though less famous than its San Diego–area namesake, San Francisco’s Ocean Beach is anything but unknown to surfers: Its three miles of coastline provide “a world-class surf spot,” says surfer Josh Berry. Its rip current and big winter waves mean it’s for experienced riders only, and those riders come from “all over — not just [locally] — to surf here,” Berry adds.

However, the recent spate of storms means surfing at Ocean Beach could soon get shitty — as in, 10 million gallons of raw sewage shitty.

Before the California Democratic Convention ended yesterday, delegates bucked the Party leadership on the May 19th ballot measures – by securing a “no endorsement” on Propositions 1A, 1D and 1E. State legislators and Party operatives pushed “yes” on all six measures, but enough of the grassroots who stayed for the tail end of the session refused to go along.

In a well attended raucous meeting on April 13, 2009, of the San Francisco Labor Council – representing nearly all the unions in San Francisco – the Council unanimously endorsed a resolution condemning the raid by the president of SEIU International Andy Stern on Unite-Here throughout the country. (SEIU stands for Service Employees International Union – and is one of the most influential unions in the country.)

Tonight outside a rally for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom in City Heights, a local activist – and writer for the OB Rag blog – was prevented from taking her sign about the lack of funds for public transit into the rally site, a local City Heights school auditorium.

by John Nichols / The Nation / 07/23/2008 Does anyone seriously doubt that one of the reasons why a House…

The Association of Raza Educators along with other teacher organizations have planned a state-wide Caravan to rally against the Education…

by Jack Heyman While millions of people worldwide have marched against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and last week’s…

Last week’s Olympic Torch visit to San Francisco made a mockery of human and civil rights. When the Olympic Torch…

San Francisco was the epicenter of the failed movement to prevent the Iraq War — but the movement that emerged…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Demonstrators gathered and roamed throughout downtown San Francisco in protests against the war, rallying and blocking corporate…

ALERT: March 19th: We will be providing continuous updates of protests nation-wide today – click on home page above Activists…