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Occupy Santa Rosa

  • Occupy Santa Rosa to talk about public education

    February 19, 2012

  • Occupy Healdsburg to target Bank of America

    February 1, 2012

  • PD Editorial: The Occupy movement in ashes

    January 31, 2012
    Leaders in the national Occupy movement need to condemn what’s happening in Oakland or risk being exposed, as with Occupy Oakland, as more a part of the problem than the solution.
  • Occupy protest resurfaces in Oakland after lull

    January 30, 2012
    It started peacefully enough: A midday rally at City Hall and a march. But as the day wore on, Oakland was hit by the most turbulent protests in weeks as Occupy demonstrators clashed repeatedly with police, leaving more than 400 people arrested.
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  • Occupy movement takes center stage

    January 26, 2012

  • Occupy Santa Rosa protesters in court on bank arrests

    January 26, 2012
    About two dozen Occupy Santa Rosa supporters filed into a Sonoma County courtroom Thursday for hearings on protesters arrested for entering a downtown bank.
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  • Occupy, Latino activists team up for march, rally

    January 3, 2012

  • Police foil return of Occupy Santa Rosa to City Hall

    December 13, 2011

  • Occupy movement targets bank in Healdsburg

    December 13, 2011
    About a dozen protesters picketed the new Chase Bank branch's opening in Healdsburg Tuesday morning urging people to switch their accounts to locally based banks.
  • Santa Rosa ready to scrap camping permits for Occupy protesters

    December 12, 2011
    One month after creating a special camping permit program at the request of Occupy Santa Rosa protesters, the city is ready to scrap it.
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  • Occupy Petaluma to end overnight stays

    December 12, 2011
    Six weeks after becoming a downtown presence, Occupy Petaluma is ending its overnight efforts, organizers announced Monday.
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  • Protesters halt operations at some Western ports

    December 12, 2011

  • Sebastopol City Council lauds Occupy movement

    December 6, 2011
    The Sebastopol City Council passed a resolution Tuesday endorsing the Occupy movement.
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  • GOLIS: Fan mail (of sorts) for Occupy Wall Street

    December 4, 2011

  • Exchange Bank CEO, Occupy marchers meet

    December 3, 2011

  • Campers vacate City Hall lawn; SRJC protest planned

    December 1, 2011
    Occupy Santa Rosa ended quietly Thursday as campers left City Hall peacefully. Activists will now focus on local issues.
  • Occupy Petaluma camp gets 24-hour extension

    November 30, 2011
    Officials granted Occupy Petaluma a 24-hour permit extension Wednesday, giving the protesters a day to fix compliance issues before they receive permission for a longer stay.
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  • Santa Rosa City Hall campers urged to leave by Thursday

    November 30, 2011
    The permits allowing campers City Hall will expire at 12:01 a.m. Thursday and the city hopes for a peaceful exodus.
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  • Occupy campers hope Petaluma will extend permit

    November 29, 2011
    The last remnants of Occupy Santa Rosa's tent city must leave City Hall on Wednesday, but Occupy protesters in Petaluma are hoping for different news.
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  • Occupy Belfast - half a world, centuries of history away from Occupy Santa Rosa

    November 29, 2011

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  • PD Editorial: More muddled messages from Occupy folks

    November 28, 2011
    Occupy protesters were sending some mixed messages with their post-turkey protest. They were encouraging shoppers to buy nothing while simultaneously encouraging them to buy locally.
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  • Occupy Santa Rosa camp permits expiring; protesters vow 'reoccupation'

    November 28, 2011
    The City Hall encampment now is inhabited mostly by the homeless, and they'll be leaving. But an Occupy leader says the protesters will return in an 'in your face' manner.
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  • Occupy comes to Healdsburg

    November 26, 2011

  • Occupy protesters target Black Friday

    November 25, 2011

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  • Occupy movements nationwide celebrate holiday

    November 24, 2011

  • San Francisco, L.A. negotiating to close Occupy encampments

    November 24, 2011

  • Lessons from protest shape future of Occupy Santa Rosa

    November 22, 2011
    In the wake of the eviction of Occupy Santa Rosa demonstrators camping at City Hall without a permit, the group is trying to learn from its mistakes, focus on upcoming protests and decide where to reestablish their encampment.
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  • Authorities partially clear out Occupy Santa Rosa camp

    November 22, 2011
    Well before dawn Tuesday, 50 Santa Rosa police officers and Sonoma County sheriff's deputies in riot gear converged on City Hall, barricading streets and ordering dozens of sleeping Occupy protesters out of their tents and off the lawn.
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  • Occupy Sebastopol ends plaza encampment

    November 22, 2011

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  • Petaluma City Council backs Occupy's push to delay foreclosures

    November 22, 2011
    The Petaluma City Council voted Monday to ask mortgage lenders to halt foreclosures during the holidays, a symbolic gesture that granted a real victory to protesters who proposed the idea.
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  • PD Editorial: When cops should commit to nonviolence as well

    November 21, 2011
    What in the world was the purpose of directly spraying students who were seated and clearly committed to nonviolence?
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  • Occupy Santa Rosa site becoming a homeless camp

    November 21, 2011
    Occupy Santa Rosa protesters have all but abandoned their City Hall encampment, allowing it to morph into a homeless encampment.
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  • Occupy Santa Rosa to picket downtown mall Friday

    November 20, 2011
    Occupy Santa Rosa will picket Santa Rosa's downtown mall on 'Black Friday,' the day after Thanksgiving that's traditionally the biggest shopping day of the year.
  • Rain chills Occupy Santa Rosa

    November 19, 2011

  • Occupy Santa Rosa: Time for new strategy?

    November 19, 2011

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  • Santa Rosa continues to push for tent removal at Occupy site

    November 18, 2011

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  • The night Occupy Santa Rosa became a party

    November 18, 2011

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  • Occupy Sebastopol offers to end encampment

    November 18, 2011
    Occupy Sebastopol has offered to stop camping at the town plaza in return for the city allowing them to keep a supply tent and conduct nighttime vigils on the sidewalk.
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  • Police return to Occupy Santa Rosa site

    November 18, 2011
    For the second straight day police told protesters at the Occupy Santa Rosa site that anyone with a tent but no camping permit must remove the tent.
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  • Warnings go out to Occupy campers

    November 17, 2011
    Santa Rosa police began issuing notices Thursday warning those camping at City Hall that they will be evicted if they do not have a permit to camp at the site.
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  • SMITH: A negotiated Occupy wasn't going to work, but we tried

    November 17, 2011

  • Santa Rosa set to order Occupiers out

    November 16, 2011
    Santa Rosa has suspended a program to issue camp permits for Occupy Santa Rosa at City Hall. Official will order those without permits out Thursday.
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  • City refuses to consider Occupy Sebastopol permit application

    November 16, 2011
    City officials on Wednesday refused to consider an application for a special events permit by Occupy Sebastopol protesters because it was not signed.
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  • SMITH: Can you dance the Occupation?

    November 16, 2011
    Activists in Sonoma County are preparing to dance in celebration of the success of Occupy Santa Rosa at a weekend party.
  • Occupy Santa Rosa permits spark heat on council

    November 16, 2011
    At least one of Gary Wysocky's Santa Rosa City Council colleagues is miffed over remarks Wysocky made about the decision to grant camping permits to Occupy Santa Rosa protesters.
  • Occupy Santa Rosa turns down camping permits

    November 15, 2011
    Occupy Santa Rosa demonstrators voted Tuesday to reject the city's process for issuing camping permits at City Hall. But dozens of campers, many of them homeless, got permits anyway.
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  • Occupy Sebastopol protesters apply for camping permit

    November 15, 2011
    Occupy Sebastopol protesters made a last-minute application Tuesday for a permit that would allow them to continue camping at the town plaza.
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  • 3 arrests at Occupy Sebastopol camp

    November 15, 2011
    Sebastopol police arrested an intoxicated Long Beach man Tuesday on outstanding warrants, the third arrest at the Occupy Sebastopol camp.
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  • Statement from Occupy Santa Rosa on camping permits

    November 15, 2011
    The following statement was issued by organizers of the Occupy Santa Rosa movement Tuesday, in response to the city's issuance of camping permits at City Hall.
  • Occupy Santa Rosa camping permits could lead to evictions

    November 14, 2011