This is Oakland Local's ongoing coverage of Occupy Oakland.

Did Oakland police violate their own crowd control policy? (Analysis)
At about 8:45 p.m. on the evening of May 1, police spokesman Christopher Bolton, police Chief Howard Jordan’s Chief of Staff, stood at the intersection of 15th Street and Broadway. 

Thu, 24 May at 11:29pm

OPD’s proposed crowd control policy changes may have been illegal, civil liberty watchdogs say

On April 23, the city of Oakland held a press conference, attended by Mayor Jean Quan, Chief of Police Howard Jordan and City Administrator Deanna Santana, announcing new reforms in crowd control...

Thu, 24 May at 6:59am

City Attorney memo on 'tools of violence' to be voted on by Oakland's public safety committee today
If City Attorney Barbara Parker has her way, demonstrators assembling to protest in Oakland are going to have to make sure they leave their "tools of violence" at home before they come out to march...

Tue, 22 May at 7:39am

Occupying the Future, Starting at the Roots (Reflection)
On Earth Day—April 22, 2012—about 200 people, accompanied by children in strollers, dogs, rabbits, chickens, and carrying hundreds of pounds of compost and...

Thu, 17 May at 9:05am

My visit to Occupy Oakland (Oct 28,2011) (Community Voices)
(Oakland, California: October 28, 2011) Riding my bike from West Oakland to Downtown Oakland tonight, I wondered what the Occupy Oakland protest would look like. The streets at 7:30pm on a Friday...

Sun, 30 Oct at 8:48am