Posts Tagged ‘Oakland city hall’
Saturday’s Oakland protestors filling the streets — video
After police served Occupy Oakland campers an eviction notice last night, demonstrators took to the streets, marching in a circuit around Lake Merritt this morning, October 22. The march lasted about three hours and remained peaceful. It appeared to span a wide range of age, race, religious and political differences. When asked about the possibility of eviction, one man, who only gave his first name Ethan, said, “I’m not going to fight them, but I’m definitely not going to leave.”
Read MoreOccupy Oakland protesters march through downtown streets, tent city still intact
Their tent encampment still intact despite a city eviction order, hundreds from the Occupy Oakland protest marched through Oakland on Saturday afternoon, stopping traffic as they waved flags, danced and chanted. The march began at Frank Ogawa Plaza, where protesters have been camping since October 11 to protest economic inequality.
Read More“99 Percent” protesters occupy Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza
Since Occupy Wall Street protests began nearly one month ago in New York, similar actions have erupted across dozens of US cities, including Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco. Since 4 p.m. Monday, nearly 100 Oakland residents have built a tent city on Ogawa Plaza’s grass field.
Read MoreThe faces of hunger in Alameda County
From August 22 to September 2, 15 photos by David Bacon from the Alameda County Food Bank’s 2010 hunger study are being displayed at Oakland City Hall.
Read MoreArt Deco in Uptown
Click through the slideshow above to find out more information about Uptown buildings designed in the Art Deco style in the 1930s.
Read MoreGang injunction opponents protest in anticipation of judge’s decision
A group of 100 students, lawyers and community organizers rallied in front of Oakland City Hall Wednesday afternoon to demonstrate their opposition to the proposed Fruitvale gang injunction which would limit the activities of 40 alleged Norteño gang members.
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