highway patrol chief ezra beauchamp, de-escalation of multiple similar protests in the bay area this morning. >> working alongside our law enforcement partners in the bay area, officers work to clear lanes as quickly as possible. officers responded to each location and determined protesters had utilized various devices intended to impede law enforcement's ability to remove protesters, including. in these were 55 gallon drums filled with concrete and rebar resources from the chp offices across the bay area, as well as our allied agency personnel to include the oakland police department, san francisco police department, alameda county sheriff's office, and golden gate bridge. patrol responded to each incident and evaluate what was needed to remove the devices to take those involved into custody. at approximately 6:15 a.m, protesters blocked northbound i-880 at embarcadero. officers had to contend with 855 gallon drums filled with cement, rebar and heavy duty chains attaching protesters to the drums. the first lanes were reopened at 10:00 am, with all lanes being reopened at 1:15 p.m. s