Latest 'Occupy' protest developments
California
Wall Street demonstrators converged on the University of California, Berkeley, for a day of protests and another attempt to set up an Occupy Cal camp, less than a week after police arrested dozens of demonstrators who tried to set up tents on campus. A coalition of student groups and university employee unions called for a campus strike, and protesters planned a rally and march against banks and budget cuts to higher education.
Protesters staged a sit-in in front of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office to try to stop health care cuts. The protesters had the backing of a variety of activist groups, including Occupy Chicago, as they marched to City Hall from a nearby church. The mayor wasn't there.
Hip-hop mogul and political activist Russell Simmons told protesters at the Occupy Boston encampment that it would take dramatic action to rid the U.S. political system of corporate influence. "The Occupy movement is under attack," he said. Occupy Boston demonstrators filed a lawsuit to try to pre-empt any attempt to remove them from their protest site.
The Detroit City Council has given Occupy Detroit protesters a one-week extension on their right to hold out at a city park. They can remain at Grand Circus Park until 10 p.m. Monday.
Police say seven people have been arrested at an Occupy El Paso campsite in a peaceful removal of the protesters. El Paso police spokesman Darrel Petry said no one was injured during the arrests at San Jacinto Plaza.
Washington state
The Occupy movement has reached one of Washington state's most remote towns -- the fictional home of the characters in the vampire teen series "Twilight." The Peninsula Daily News reports that
17 people held an Occupy Forks protest on Saturday, rallying outside a Bank of America branch, the only corporate presence the protesters could find
in the town.
-- AP
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
