'Occupy' protests spread to Oakland, Berkeley

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12:21 p.m. | KPCC & wires
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... The Oakland Tribune says about 500 demonstrators rallied Monday in Oakland and about 35 in Berkeley.

According to the Tribune, the Oakland demonstration took place at a downtown plaza while the smaller Berkeley protest was staged in front of a Bank of America branch.

Oakland protesters marched in front of an empty City Hall that was closed for a mandatory furlough day.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that nurses, families, teachers and the unemployed carried signs expressing a wide range of economic and political concerns. After about two hours, a small group of protesters set up camp outside City Hall and said they would remain there for the long haul ...

http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/10/11/29351/occupy-protests-spread-oakland-berkeley/