let me show you what frank ogawa plaza looks like. the police went through, and cleaned it out, a around 4:30 you can see there are 150 tens if not more inside the frank ogawa plaza. the police chief, looking at the items of everyday living such as kitchen, cooking items, bicycles. the police chief was going through and seeing all the officers and how the operation went. this is when we found that pocket protest. the and mobilized almost immediately. the police remain in riot gear. as for imagine, an arrest was made about 15 minutes-30 minutes ago. as we mentioned. the sheer number of the oakland police officers that were in on and this have a basically decided that they are going to overwhelm frank ogawa plaza and the protesters that is exactly what they have done. for the most part many are out here still. >>mark: jackie, thank you. a bit more calm. >>reporter: yes. we are looking at five hours ago this is how it went down. it was very quiet for earlier. however, off 45 minutes ago we saw some protesters the near abroad will/14 to.

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frank ogawa plaza. but officers did not stop there. they've also targeted a second encampment at nearby snow park. that's where we find tara moriarty. it looks like that's still activity behind you. >> reporter: yeah, there's still some officers here to make sure there's no uprisings but if we pan to the left. you can see this massive blue as all of these officers head back in the white van. they have just left this area of snow park. now the cleanup is going to begin. some people have actually started to trickle out to begin to head to work. so officers really want to make sure they have this scene clear. >> i hereby declare this to be an unlawful -- >> reporter: these protesters split off from the main group around 6:00 this morning and officers quickly stormed in and told them to leave or they would be arrested. we met up with one woman who has been living at "occupy oakland" site for the past two weeks. she says she's unemployed, homeless and this movement means something to her. >> this is horrendo

it is night and day from frank ogawa plaza. what we have here is maybe a dozen, maybe 14 tents still up. i talked to some people here a couple hours ago. looking up we can see the helicopter above. talking to some people down here. they were talking about they will resist peacefully. they don't have any confrontation in mind with police. whatever police bring is the reaction the police are going to get. if they are aggressive they will respond accordingly. if they are peaceful and ask them to go they will lock averages allow themselves to be arrested. what we are seeing -- lock arms, allow themselves to be arrested. we are seeing more on motorcycles, there is some activity down here this is really not a rehighly occupied area. large -- not a really highly occupied area. >> everything is a work in progress. our plan is really not in place now other than we are hoping -- we are planning to sleep and go on as normal, unless something major changes. if it does we'll spoken to it, according to the manner of its arrival. >> reporter:

as there is a frank ogawa plaza. it seems like they're not arresting anyone at this moment, but there are police officers and they're keeping a close eye on the situation. according to some of the protestors we spoke with, and they were told, if you do not want to get arrested, leave the camp now and that is with these people did. they left the camps but did not leave the area. and they started moving down the intersection, getting into the faces of the police officers. the police officers are not grabbing any one or getting into confrontation. to buy their show of force, 100-150 officers in riot gear, uniformly moving down this area, as they were probably very intimidating. >>will: , when we arrived early this morning, many officers were on bicycles going around this area, scouting the area, the protestors were asking if we have seen police. they knew that this would happen this morning. protestors were told to not resist. >>darya: just seen has more on the team coverage. >>justine: here is video of one the police m

claims that she lied about things here at frank ogawa plaza. and again, the protesters right now are saying it may be tough to her. in the mean time they have said for tomorrow they plan to have a large rally here at frank ogawa plaza at 5:00. da lin, kron 4 news. >>> the pressure is in tense on the oakland police department in the wake of tuesday's operation to remove the protesters from frank ogawa plaza, scenes such as these have been viewed around the world, leading to harsh criticism. however the police chief says 7 officers were injured and the president of the police officer association says opd is getting a bad rap. >> we are sold what to do. our officers took a brunt of a lot of stuff. paint thrown on them. m80s thrown at them. we are protecting a part of the 99%, we have officers in financial trouble as well. we are thankful to have a job. >> filmmaker and activist michael moore is in oakland tonight to lend his support for the protest. he spoke at frank ogawa plaza today about his dissatisfaction with mayor jean quan. >> people make

police moved into frank ogawa plaza at 4:30 a.m.eds of officers are now clearing out the encampment that's been there for a couple of weeks now. they are wearing riot gear. they did use tear gas that dispersed the crowd. a number of people arrested, protestors were warned last night that the raid was expected this morning. they took aware that i propane cooking material -- away their cooking material. some used barricades against police officers this morning. a number of arrests. protestors who refused to leave the area were arrested. there is no word on how many were arrested. we expect more details from a police briefing coming up in short order this morning. the city of oakland is suggesting the business owners near the plaza open a little bit later this morning because of the police activity and some clean-up under way as well but these are live pictures. the encampment has been dispersed, a number of arrests. more later. >>> did california state university trustees break the law when they approved higher pay for top executives?

frank ogawa has been the spot. you can see right now, big apartment of protester are coming out in -- big amount of protesters are coming out in cuffs. probably half a dozen, dozen walking our way. look like it went peacefully. they got the cuffs on them and they are walking them out. >> any idea how many police officers are out there this morning? >> reporter: whoa eric! i don't know. 100. my photographer thinks there's hundreds of police officers. that's something police with would not tell us. part of their plan they don't like to release. hard to say at the ground level. i would love to ask the guy up in the helicopter k >> were those boos for police or cheers for the protesters that they are being led away? >> reporter: i think it is more cheers, as in we did it, with we stayed until the end. we got arrested for our cause which is what we said we were going to do. they are very proud of this camp, proud of how they've run it even though it has been criticized by city officials. rodents, fire hazard, protesters

around 4:30 this morning, police moved in to frank ogawa plaza. hundreds of officers were clearing out the encampment that has been there for two weeks. a lot of live picture going on. they used tear gas an hour ago. >> protestors were warned last night that a raid was expected this morning they took away their cooking materials the propane so they had a tip. some of them used some trash cans as barricades. it didn't work. officers arrested protestors who refused to leave the area. a number of people did after the tear gas. no word on how many arrest were made. we expect more word from the police as the clean-up continues. city of oakland suggests business owners near the plaza that you open later than normal today for obvious reasons. >>> elizabeth has more information on traffic. >> great news about the businesses delay their start times so again if you don't have to be in and around downtown oakland, don't be this morning because again that hub where you see those police barricades are right there at 14th and broadway. freeway traffic is not im

we will follow the latest in once police moved in on frank ogawa plaza.>darya: we are back with more team coverage in a moment. >>mark: a live look from frank ogawa plaza, police officers have moved in on protesters. >>darya: will tran is there live. >>will: right now and has gotten quiet. many police officers hit instead of being in the camera, and they are facing the crowd. the reason why it is, there are so many people over here, it is almost face to face a to with what is going on. and what is going on around the perimeter of the encampments., police officers are making sure that the key and i on people on the outside. as far as the encampment, police officers are not in there anymore. whenever a russ update needed to do, it is done. they removed a lot of officers from that area. pocket, there are some officers walking around without helmets. stocks that we are here and we will monitor the situation. her >>darya: we have a couple of the vantage points, jackie sissel was inside being candid. where there are no more intense remaining. >>mark: a sheriff'

it what was a smaller and tidier gathering than what went on at frank ogawa plaza. city administrator santana sitting in for mayor quan who is in washington, said the parks had to be cleared. >> i have an obligation and responsibility to uphold public health and safety. i could not do that under these circumstances. i made the decision with the team that was in place, to put an end to what i see as a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: protesters gathered at 16 and martin luther king after the dual evictions and claimed police used excessive force. >> 6 a.m. the police started pushing on us and grabbed six of my friends who had been peacefully standing there chanting for a couple of hours. threw them to the ground and now they are being detained. >> reporter: police chief jordan thanked the several hundred law enforcement officers called in and promised the laws of the city will be enforced going forward. >> the city is not going to allow overnight lodging or camping any longer. people are welcome to come back and exercise their first a

the main objective of the protesters is to take back frank ogawa plaza right in front of city hall. last night protesters talked about it. >> people have to reoccupy. there will be another camp somewhere else. hopefully this goes down peacefully and no one is hurt and people get the point. >> reporter: there were some injuries. a woman was hit in the forehead with a bean bag fired by police. more than 100 arrested. at least 16 law enforcement agencies have been tapped to help out with the protests. protesters say they are going to be back today for sure and tonight at 6:00 they are going to gather again for another rally and perhaps this will all begin again. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> occupy oakland protesters are planning another protest tonight at 6:00 at frank ogawa plaza. [ power to the people ] >> about 600 demonstrators marched yesterday from the oakland library to try to reoccupy frank ogawa plaza. many were angry over arrests of nearly 100, as you heard terry say, after police swept through and removed the camps early yesterday morning labor unions who supported the enc

as you can see inferencing is now down here at the frank ogawa plaza. that was pushed down by the protesters. the city has been saying they do not want the protesters to stay here at frank ogawa plaza past 10:00 p.m. but the mayor says they can stay here as long as they remain peaceful. look at this video. this is what happened earlier. protesters vowing to take back frank ogawa plaza and they did. 700 gathered holding signs that say opd has blood on their hands, referring to last night's clash. before the gathering many of the protesters pushed down the fencing. the mayor wants to open opdialogue between the city and the protesters. >> i want time to open up communication. i have decided not to have -- have minimum police presence over the next day or so so we can try open up the dialogue. people have to remember why we had to close to begin with, the sanitation issues. the community who met with me get that, it can't deteriorate to what it was before. i am the mayor of the city that has divided opinions on some things. most of the support, the "occupy

it what was a smaller and tidier gathering than what went on at frank ogawa plaza. city administrator santana sitting in for mayor quan who is in washington, said the parks had to be cleared. >> i have an obligation and responsibility to uphold public health and safety. i could not do that under these circumstances. i made the decision with the team that was in place, to put an end to what i see as a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: protesters gathered at 16 and martin luther king after the dual evictions and claimed police used excessive force. >> 6 a.m. the police started pushing on us and grabbed six of my friends who had been peacefully standing there chanting for a couple of hours. threw them to the ground and now they are being detained. >> reporter: police chief jordan thanked the several hundred law enforcement officers called in and promised the laws of the city will be enforced going forward. >> the city is not going to allow overnight lodging or camping any longer. people are welcome to come back and exercise their first a

. >>> no remaining inside of frank ogawa plaza... you are arrested, those remaining inside frank ogawa plaza, you are arrested. >> dozen as rested this morning, tear gas released, as dozens were arrested. this morning, officers swept through "occupy oakland" encampments after several warnings from city hall to clear the area. kristy seifkin is at the scene and has been all morning where one big mess has been left behind. kristy. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, frank. if you didn't know there was a raid here earlier, you might think a tornado blew through frank ogawa plaza. right now, camping supplies, food, clothing all strewn in the middle of the plaza all of this after the raid that happened at 4:30 this morning. it didn't surprise protestors. they had all their cooking equipment taken away last night just after 5:00. they were given a tip about a raid this morning between 3 and 5 and that's exactly what happened. >> yeah, it was extremely frightening. it looked like something out of, you know, a military war. >> reporter: poli

from frank ogawa plaza.spending on police officers of set with the decision to arrest at least one man in the crowd. upset police officers--and protesters. police backup was called in and within minutes this side street turned into a war st. some people were being dragged out. beanbag bullets and tear gas was evident. (shots and chaos) >>reporter: i took cover the best i could as hundreds of protesters did. the group rallied later and i was, when it went face to face with officers at franco fell plaza outside of city hall. crowds were dispersed mirror frank ogawa plaza. j.r. stone, kron 4 news. >> this was grant .. fumes became too overwhelming for him to speak. (coughing) the police just launched tear- gas.... >>daria: the police used tear gas five times and two hours. craig sklar is a live at the demonstrations in san francisco, good morning, craig. >>reporter: good morning. they are peaceful here which is not the case from oakland. there have been a safety checks. checking tent by tent. the mayor is insis

. >> good morning i'm katie marzullo at frank ogawa plaza. this is where everything began earlier this week. marches, tear gas, police intervention. now that has moved to san francisco. >>> good morning. chilly start thanks to the winds diminishing, taking away the fire threat. warm sunshine in your forecast. >>> happy thursday. live shot of the golden gate bridge, clear, no problems. we have muni rerouting and transit rerouting. more on that in a few minutes. >> occupy protest busy morning. thanks for joining us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. you can almost feel it in the air downtown san francisco demonstrators have seen numbers surge overnight based on rumors they would be the next withins to clash with police. some have come from oakland, -- that's where amy hollyfield is live right now. what do we know? >> reporter: the feel is very different than what it has been at other times, other mornings. right now it is a huge crowd. some have gas masks on. a lot of music played. there's a lot of energy here. lots of signals that these peo

there has been a heavy police presence around frank ogawa plaza all morning today. police from several different agencies have been helping out with this operation. i have been told 16 different agencies total and if we can pan over, you can see what is frank ogawa plaza right now. certainly looks a lot different than it did about 48 hours ago when there were about 100 or so tents there. the city is still working on cleaning that up. they have not said exactly what they're doing or when they will be finished. they have been pressure washing and there was even some digging going on earlier this morning. now, protestors say they are not finished either. [ chanting ] >> reporter: the past 4 hours in oakland have -- 24 hours in oakland have brought five rounds of tear gas, broken windows and graffiti, several standoffs with police, and more than 100 arrests for "occupy oakland" protestors. >> dozens of police officers swinging batons, extended on our group and threw a number of us to the ground and arrested us. >> reporter: max showed us the bruise he says police caused

they were trying to take back frank ogawa plaza. they tried to go to headquarters but were pushed back. some say the key will be strict nonviolence. >> we have to let people know don't be throwing stuff. every time you throw stuff and there's a large amount of people they are going to gas us that drives people away. if we could go four, five hours without getting gassed we could take up two to three blocks. >> reporter: one woman was hit in the head by a bean bag fired by police. she a cut to her forehead. the coin things agent included officers from -- the contingent included officers from all over the area. the hope for a peaceful protest is going to be tested again today. 6:00 this evening there is a call for another large demonstration. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 5:31 now. police are defending their actions from last night. they say they used the appropriate amount of force to deal with the violence they were faced with. protesters say bean bag rounds and tear gas were overkill. amy hollyfield has that part of the story. >>

but they are not leaving frank ogawa plaza. it seems that the obvious conflict between demonstrators and the police has not ended since about 4:00 this morning. and the "occupy oakland" movement seems to continue its effort to reestablish itself and they are doing it here on the streets. >> from our vantage point, looking through the lens at chopper 5,it seems like a slow- moving peaceful march. there is no activity from our vantage point. and, you know, i think back to the oscar grant protests from, you know, several months ago that, you know, it was pretty obvious that the crowd was very angry. but this seems to be a very mild-mannered crowd, robert. >> reporter: i think you're right. that is what seems to be the most interesting thing about this. it seemed at the beginning when they started outside the oakland public library, this seemed like a re-energized "occupy oakland." it seemed to have garnered participants from all social strata. they all seemed to be galvanized, if you will, around this effort that they had been mov

you cannot get on or off at the frank ogawa plaza entrance or exit there. oakland accident westbound 580 at harrison blocking all lanes and a second accident reported in the area. we will monitor that and give you updates. past the coliseum northbound 880 accident there blocking two lanes, one and three. >>> now 6:11. >>> fixing a fulltime problem with part-time help. muni change coming this week that could mean expanded service for riders in the near future. >>> stunning stories of survival. the latest as rescue workers in turkey continue to search the rubble left by a massive ?ó?i >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> 6:15. clear skies and a look at traffic in the area. not much of a problem climbing on to the bay bridge. we'll check weather and traffic coming up. >>> another incredible story of survival. rescue workers continue the round-the-clock hunt for survivors after this week's magnitude 7.2 earthquake. the country's state run news agency says 27-year-old schoolteacher has been pulled out of a ruined billing 67 hours after

there are at least 200 people here in frank ogawa plaza. some of them are here, standing on these offenses. we want to show you video from earlier, those are fences that came down within the last hour and a half or so. the senses were surrounding the area that they once had before police came in. officers actually open up the plaza just before 5:00 p.m. this evening. we spoke with the mayor about her involvement in a rating occupy oakland into the idea of taking down the tense and saying no more camping, this is what she said. >> i did not know what day was going to happen. i was hoping it would be when i got back. once the decision was made, they called me. i am going to try to work with the community and work with the demonstrators. >>j.r.: near 14th and the broadway, there is a very large crowd. at least 200 people. we do not know if they will be marching or anything of that sort. there are no officers in site anywhere. let me show you one of the memorial's that has been set up for a man that was injured in the melee yesterday. there are

frank ogawa plaza is closed. peaceful but the protestors say they are going to be back at it tonight around 6 p.m. last night, police fired five rounds of tear gas at the protestors. people were scrambling and gasping for air. we saw several protestors injured and bloodied. they said by police and their tea gas containers. 25 hours ago police busted up this camp and then they reassembled yesterday outside of oakland's main library just before the afternoon rush hour demanding police release some 70 demonstrators that have been arrested that morning. and then they started marching through the streets of downtown oakland. at one point the crowd was estimated at almost 1,000 demonstrators. police say that they were throwing paint balls and other objects at them and that they had no choice but to fire the tear gas. right now they are power washing frank ogawa plaza and they plan to reopen it at some point, they're not saying when. and the protestors say at that point they will reoccupy the plaza. police say they are

>> i can tell you that frank ogawa plaza here is still off limits.land police are out here this morning. some of them still have helmets on. they've got a barricade up. protesters are out here, too. if that chair is any indication. what they're telling us is that they're in it for the long haul. some of these protesters have been here all night. one told me he just got out of jail last night from the demonstration yesterday and then joined the demonstration that was going on yesterday evening. now, downtown oakland, we have some youtube video of what it was like when police fired at least five teargas canisters into the crowd of hundreds of people. protesters backing the occupy oakland movement. it deteriorated quickly. police say they gave warnings to the crowd to disperse near frank ogawa plaza where there was a tent city that had been broken up early in the morning. those people had been there, hundreds of them since october 10th when the movement was set up. now, police say protesters threw rocks and bottles and paint. here is what one protester

craig skalar is live in oakland at frank ogawa plaza. what is it looking like out there this morning? >>craig: it is quite right now. people are still working out. you are mentioning that it was a tense situation, nothing really happened in terms of clashes with police. last night, there were some key moments where police were at the ready with riot gear just like tuesday. apparently, the tactic from the protesters aspect was to stop at a key moment after showing he signs and turning around and heading back to frank ogawa plaza. instead of having the situation we had on tuesday with kantor's and tear gas into news flashing around the world, they were protesting to a certain threshold and then stopped. very few arrests for any that i can see. the only damage i saw, besides a little graffiti, that is all that i saw. the general strike planned for wednesday is the next big thing. for the time being, as quiet as it is right now, it is a pretty silence sunday in the aftermath of a protest that reached a certain threshold and then stopped. the

as you mentioned, the tents are back up here at frank ogawa plaza in front of city hall. i was walking through, quiet now, 30 tents are up far fewer than before. but the numbers could grow. take a look at some of these tents that we got video of. hundreds of people were here last night. hard to say how many are here now. one person not speaking at the general assembly last night was oakland mayor quan. she tried to speak to the crowd. seemed like half wanted her to speak and the other didn't. she ended up not addressing the crowd. we did hear from quan about what the city plans to do. >> we are asking them not camp at frank ogawa, we'll see what happens tonight. we don't plan to take action tonight. we are trying to get through to them on an organizational level. >> reporter: quan has apologized for the outcome of tuesday night's demonstration where more than 100 were arrested. two officers were injured. unknown number of protesters were injured as well. the occupation oakland people have set up again. what the oakland pd said the park is open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.. they

this morning, in frank ogawa plaza, all remains peaceful.e other side of the bay organizers of "occupy sf" believe police will raid their camp. they said they received "you're subject to arrest" notices yesterday. >>> and more rescues in turkey following that massive earthquake. today crews pulled out a teacher and a university student from a damaged building. the magnitude 7.2 quake hit the eastern part of the country sunday killing hundreds. >>> an injured san francisco giants fan is a key player in the bankruptcy case involving the los angeles dodgers. both the dodgers and major league baseball have mentioned bryan stow during court filings this past week. the "l.a. times" reports the league says security was inadequate when stow was attacked outside dodger stadium this past march. >>> the rupture of a pg&e pipeline near bakersfield is renewing concerns right here in the bay area. the 34" natural gas pipe ripped open in an alfalfa field on monday as crews were testing it by forcing high pressure water through the line there. it's slightly

have you been able to get a shot of frank ogawa plaza? is a lot of the debris to yesterday's raid and the afternoon activity still hanging out? >> reporter: it certainly is much clearer than the last time i was here. all the tents are cleared out. but there's stuff we can see like body lice and bedbugs and rats. they will need to sanitize it before anybody is allowed into the area. >> that's why they asked these folks to leave and why they raided because of the sanitation problems, public urination and that sort of thing, right? >> reporter: that's right. that's what police say. they said it was a public safety hazard, a health and safety hazard. they also cited several incidents of violence and that there had been some ambulance calls and emergency workers were not allowed into the area to respond to those calls. so those were all the reasons they broke it up. coming up in the next half hour we'll hear from one of the city council men who said they should have broken this up a long time before yesterday. >> the police presence there, how

so far the protesters are still allowed to occupy frank ogawa plaza. reggie kumar, kron 4 news. >> michael moore has taken notice of the events. he said, "occupy oakland" i am saddened and angry at your treatment by police. i will come tomorrow and tornado with you. we have an update on the iraq war veteran who was injured tuesday during the confrontation with police. tonight doctors say scott olsen is in fair condition. this is video from a vigil held earlier where supporters lit candles. the former marine suffered a fractured skull. a friend of scott olsen's visited him at the hospital today. >> i am happy the prognosis now that he is doing better. however, i was mad about the fact he went to iraq and didn't get injured and got injured here. >> scott olsen's parents arrived from wisconsin today. his status has been upgraded to fair. >>> some members of the o-o movement are seeking ref fuge of the occupy berkeley movement. this group that writes and sings protest songs was in oakland tuesday. protesters in san francisco. police say they were just prep

third >>mark: the oakland mayor was booed as she tried to address protesters in frank ogawa plaza. thank you for joining us. we are live in oakland. will tran has been watching the situation area will >> the mayor said that there would be amenable police presence. we walked around, but we have not seen any police officers. there are no police officers around here. it is almost as if the raid never took place. the mayor apologize for the raids that she says she is not backing down. take a look at your screen. here are some bullet points. she wants to make sure that there is open communication between her staff herself as well as representatives from occupy oakland. she wants to make sure that people here keep things sanitized and keep the place is very clean. they said they moved in on tuesday because they believe this was a health hazard. they also wanted to make sure there was public access for emergency workers. the biggest stipulation as she is making is that they can only be here between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.. that is the reason why the day after the camera was broken up, th

they started walking towards the encampment at frank ogawa plaza and at least 300 to 400 people have set up encampments for their two week long protest. now you can see the encampment is a lot of flattened tempts and a lot -- tents and a lot of people are being led away with their hands behind their backs. there are still arrests being made not so much in the encampment but our cameras were there while all of this was going on. you can see they started arresting people. we don't have a firm number of the number of arrests but officers said 30-to-40 people have been arrested and as we just showed you people are being arrested as we speak. police are breaking down the encampment and protesters are trying to talk with polic >> we are here too, we -- [inaudible] don't you see we care about you guys too. we care about you guys too. >> reporter: in the encampment, we did see three plumes of smoke and we don't know what kind of smoke it was whether it was tear gas or who set it off, i spoke to a spokesperson earlier trying to confirm whether she knew whether it was tear gas and she did not

now, there are new tents in frank ogawa plaza. will tran is joining us live with the latest details. >>will: there are no clashes or confrontations because it takes to. so far we do not see the mayor. we also do not see any police officers around at the plaza. the protesters are back although not as many. the mayor has apologized to protesters the she is still not giving in. she has a list of demands that she wants to be met. ticket look at your screen. she wants to make sure that there is an open dialogue between will ever is in charge and the city. she wants to make sure that the place remains safe, sanitized and free up some of the things the city claims was here including human waste, some things they said calls to them to look in on tuesday to clean up. she also wants to make sure that its emergency workers need to get through and they claim that they tried to before tuesday, that they were not allowed, but should the need to come through, that they should be able to do so without distractions or harassment. finally, the bigg

they are still blocking all of the frank ogawa plaza.re's no way to get in or get out and there's really not a big mess out here. there's some garbage on the ground and there was actually some graffiti out here on the buildings. as you can see, the city has since cleaned it up. now, we drove several blocks this moving. there were a few garbage trucks picking up the last remnants of trash. not too bad considering the hundred of people gathered out here last night. we also found some signs on the ground criticizing police. one guy who got caught in the scuffle says officers may have overreacted. >> i was just kind of following the crowd. i had never been to a protest. i was curious and then all of a sudden they started to throw cans of tear gas and my eyes to get all red. >> reporter: a city crusade there was vandalism behind the barricades inside the plaza. they've since cleaned that up. the city has done a rather good job keeping it clean out there. lorraine blanker ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:33. this afternoon, supporters

again, city leaders are clearing frank ogawa plaza in the distance. but "occupy oakland" proesters said they are planning another -- protesters said they are planning another demonstration for 4:00 today. that's supposed to happen at the main library branch in downtown oakland. ktvu will have all of the updates coming up in our later afternoon newscasts. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allie. >>> oakland city police and oakland police -- oakland police and city official the held a press conference to talk about the decision to carry out the raids on the encampment. at least 16 agencies were involved. mayor jean quan is in washington, d.c. on city business. but the city administrators said the parks had to be cleared. >> they have an obligation to uphold, and i made the decision with the team that was in place to put an end too what i see is a very -- a very critical situation that posed significant risk. >> reporter: santana says during the demonstration, deteriorations at frank ogawa plaza were unsanitary and at least twice mental me

frank ogawa plaza is open to the public. hundreds of protestors marched around city hall last night and things were relatively peaceful. it was a big contrast as you might imagine to tuesday, when police dismantled the 2-week- old encampment at the plaza. it got national news. protestors clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse the crowd. >> none of the oakland police officers used rubber bullets. we don't have that in our inventory. >> that's a lie and the police need to be indicted, investigated, and the police that did this need to go to jail. >> protestors say police were at fault. oakland protest organizers plan a general assembly at 6:00 this evening. >>> the oakland protestors are rallying around an iraqi war veteran. 24-year-old scott olsen of daly city among the protestors when he was hit in the head with some kind of projectile that happened on tuesday during one of the raids. friends contend it was a tear gas canister that was hurled by the police. now, olsen is in critical condition in an oakland hospit

she was down at frank ogawa plaza. her to convince people working or sitting at home why they should join the strike. >> [ inaudible ] >> so better be a little bit real about it. >> who? >> last night hundreds marched from the plaza to police headquarters to demonstrate against what they called excessive police violence. the occupiers want everyone to know that they did not support that march. they say all of their focus is on wednesday's general strike. they say there are some kind of fringe groups that kind of glom on to this movement but they say they want to remain peaceful, have nothing 20 do with -- to do with breaking any windows or violence. but they do want their point to be heard. noel walker, ktvu. >> thank you. >>> 8:02. well, occupy san francisco protesters at justin herman plaza may soon get official city approval for their encampment. the committee will hold a hearing today on a resolution proposed by supervisor john avilos allowing the encampment to stay in place. that meeting starts at 10:00 a.m. at sa

campers are now waking up at frank ogawa plaza where they slept overnight. it looks like they are not leaving any time soon. it looks like things are getting up and moving. what is going on? they say they are out here against wall street greed, corporate greed and union issues. one group says this is oscar grant plaza. they say that they're going to remain out here for the foreseeable future. there will be more protests. they say this is a discussion, not a protest. looks like they are out here for the long haul. i have not seen a police presence out here yet. it seems like everything is a relatively peaceful. >>mark: dow's strips-- everyone is waiting to see what is going on in europe. 16 of the 17 countries have approved a bailout fund. slovakia is the last country to approve the bailout. they are expecting a vote sometime today. >>justine: a celebration of the life of steve jobs will be held at an outdoor amphitheater at the apple headquarters in cupertino on wednesday october 19th. part of that memo, cook wrote, like many of you have experienced, the sad

you can see that hundreds of protesters showed up in front of city hall in frank ogawa plaza.hey say that they will stay here for the foreseeable future. scuffle is going on. it sounds like a little bit of commotion, we will check back with jackie in a little bit. in boston, police arrested about 50 protesters from the occupied boston movement because they did not move when they were told to. on the bottom right is downtown chicago. they had a number of arrests there. about two dozen people were cited for saving a sit-in. >>mark: everyone is talking about basketball as the first two weeks of the nba season is officially canceled. the commissioner has wiped out a total of 100 games following several hours of negotiations that failed to produce new labor talks. the two sides say that they will remain in contact but no formal talks are scheduled. the players dropped to wanting 53% of revenue. the owners want a 50/50 split. >>darya: we just want some basketball. 6:38 a.m., here is a look at the back up and approach to the bay bridge. we will be right back. m >>james: this afternoo

, we want them to see. >> there have been reports that the -- at the frank ogawa location of ratsand drugs. 8:30 last night protesters at snow park held a meeting to discuss what they would do if and when police come. some say they leave the park peacefully. others say they will peacefully resist and willing to be arrested. >>> hundreds are expected to be back out in walnut creek to protest corporate greed in one of the affluent areas. last week more than 250 held a rally downtown walnut creek in front of bank of america on north main. organizers plan to be back at 4 p.m. today at the same location. they expect 500 to turn out with labor union members as well as college and high school students saying they plan to take part. >>> republican presidential candidates are nursing bruises this morning after a brutal verb smack down of each other last night. the most bitter one so far. some of the sharpest exchanges featured romney vs. perry. katie marzullo is live with the details. >> reporter: maybe a few flesh wounds. i was a feisty debate. there were seven on -- it was a feisty debat

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they set up shop again at frank ogawa plaza in front of city hall.ents are back up where they were tuesday morning until police came through and took them down. one woman walking by a short time ago looked at me and said crazy this is just crazy. we look at something that is new. this is a tribute to scott olsen the former marine and iraq veterans against the war of he was hit in the head some say by a tear gas canister thrown by police tuesday during the confrontation. he's in fair condition. perhaps 30 tents right now in the place where occupy oakland held a meeting last night. mayor quan wanted to address the crowd. she showed up, witnesses say maybe half the people said let her speak, free speech. the other half said we don't want to hear from her. she ended up never speaking. one protester told me the police response to this process only fueled the fire. >> mayor quan only may it bigger. now more people want to come. more people are involved every time police action happens. i hope to see that it comes to where it was before. >> reporter: more t

this is video tells the story, the protestors are at at frank ogawa plaza. protesters were evicted from their encampment tuesday night, however reports indicate that few police have been seen in the area today. it is a waiting game to see how the police and the mayor plans to respond. charles clifford is joining us live. >>charles: right now we are live at 14th street and broadway, right in front of city hall that frank ogawa plaza. it has been very peaceful here which is a big difference from the last two nights. the first thing you'll notice is the sense that was put up has been removed and taken away from the city. there are about 1000 people in the plaza. most everyone is over at the amphitheater right now. they're talking about where the movement goes from here. we heard that the mayor could come out to speak with the group, but she never did come out and speak. we saw her leave about one hour ago. she did not speak to the media. we're waiting for the mayor's public response to what is happening. on my left, this is a vigil for an iraq war veteran who w

. >> no police in oakland where occupy oakland protesters have returned to occupy frank ogawa plaza. so far they've been left alone in small numbers. >>> good morning. live look from sutro tower notice how clear the air is, dry but the winds are diminishing. fire threat is almost over. >>> good morning. follow thursday morning commute. live look at san mateo bridge moving well. we'll update you on muni and ac transit service disrupted due protesters. >>> a busy thursday morning in the bay area. thank you for joining us i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. is the showdown imminent in san francisco? protesters and police seem poised for something this morning. hundreds of protesters at one point amassed at justin herman plaza and reports all night that hundreds of officers may be nearby and ready to raid. amy, i drove by nobody was getting any sleep. >> reporter: it has been very active here. lots of music, lots of energy. people with gas masks on. rumors flying that police were coming. now they just made an announcement to the crowd they believe police are not coming. that they'v

now this follows today's early- morning raid at frank ogawa plaza.e swept through their camp this morning. they arrested more than 00 people. mayor quan says sanitary and public safety concerns forced the city to clear out the camp. we'll keep an eye on this and bring out latest information as it warrants. >>> federal health advisors recommend a vaccine now given to girls should also be given to boys. the shots protects against hpv. dr. kim mulvihill reports. >> reporter: hpv stands for human papilloma virus. it's the most common cause of cervical cancer. boys can spread the virus to girls. if boys are vaccinated it may protect them against cancer later in life according to experts. suzie silver thought it was in her son's best interest to have him vaccinated against the human papilloma virus. >> making sure that he is safe, making sure that the women that he is with in the future are safe. >> reporter: now a government panel is recommending all 11- and 12-year-old boys receive the vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus. the shots are alre

they are back in frank ogawa plaza.y seem determined to keep their eyes on the police said tuesday. >>will: you can see that the tents are back, as many tents, is not more the what we saw before the police came in last tuesday. >> if we subtract ourselves from the equation, maybe they can get an understanding of what it is like without us. >>will: are you afraid of a backlash? c.r. are a small businesses that make up most of the small businesses in america. if he did not show up for work, these people will be hurt. >> they will be heard in the long run any way with all of these cuts. we're giving them a preview of what life would be like without us. >>will: the same woman said, what happened on tuesday could have been a blessing in disguise. protesters are not going anywhere. they are defined the mayor's orders. they say they are not going anywhere. >>mark: a 2.4 magnitude earthquake in berkeley. berkeley has been pretty active as of late. an incredible snow storm in the east coast. >>james: we're going to be doing pret

these are live pictures from chopper 5 over the frank ogawa plaza in oakland. it appears that the protestors have moved into the plaza, which was fenced off. they are gathering again after police forced them out of the area early yesterday morning. this rally got started around 6:00. we're told it is a protest against the violent police crackdown that happened last night. just a few minutes ago, some of the protestors pushed through that chain link barrier that had been set up. >>> now, police are promising a formal review of how they handled the situation with demonstrators from last night. christin ayers is in oakland with more on that and with more on what's happening right now. christin. >> reporter: and dana, as you said, a lot of action here at city hall which had been fenced off. authorities were really trying to protect the center grassy area at city hall where protestors had been camping out for about two weeks trying to protect it from another similar campout but those protestors have reconvened at city hall and moved beyond chain link barrier that wa

get out of frank ogawa plaza or else. that's what the city of oakland is telling hundreds of protestors who have been camping out there for more than a week. stephanie chuang reports. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: those concerns over health and safety but "occupy oakland" saves it's not going anywhere. one of the protestors took me inside the tent city and showed the setup, library, classroom, community garden, even a coffee setup. men in hoods with walkie- talkiies guarding the tent city so judging by the setup they plan to be here for months. they are not going anywhere even though the city told them to leave last night. protestors have to leave between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. but can protest during the daytime hours. "occupy oakland" refuses to leave and is prepared if police come in with riot gear like they did in san francisco earlier this woke. >> we have a plan. i can't uncover that. they will want to watch what they are he doing. >> reporter: police? >> yes. we are the people. we pay the taxes and your payche

. >>> almost one week has passed since they raided frank ogawa plaza and this morning, protesters are back and the focus is now turning to wednesday's general strike, here is more. >> reporter: they are calling for a general strike meaning if anybody feels akin to their cause, their goal is to shut down the city of oakland even the port of oakland, they say they will march on banks if they don't close and they are asking everybody to try to shut the city down. now the mayor says if everybody comes down, city services will still remain opened. last night they demonstrated against what they called excessive police force and the occupied movement was not behind that march. >> it was more of a police march and i felt as though it was incorrect. >> reporter: now there are also reports they are planning on marching on the mayor's office if the city did not return medical supplies taken from the camp which was closed down last week which led to a march with the city of oakland. now i spoke to one of the first aid responders and she said it was the first she heard of it and she hoped it was n

it's this one here at frank ogawa plaza that they seem to be most accepting about. a few issues that are going to be coming up over the next week, though, there's apparently three big events scheduled for the plaza, including a private wedding set for friday. so the city is asking the protestors to basically be civil when it comes to these plans that have already been laid out. that is going to be interesting. i can only imagine if i was planning to have a wedding here, i would be a little nervous right now, frank and grace. >> understandably so. thanks a lot, anne. >>> "occupy sf" protesters are still camping at justin herman plaza even though it's he will legal. some protestors went to city protestors to ask to allow their camp to stay. >> let me say to you now, we stand with you in expressing anger and frustration at the so- called too big to fail and the big financial institutions. >> then don't send the police in to destroy it! >> we are working -- >> excuse me again. you are out of order. [ applause ] >> twice since the "occupy" protests began, police have mov

rodents, alcohol and bad behavior may prompt city officials to kick out the campers at frank ogawa plaza. city leaders say they are getting a lot of complaints about graffiti, vandalism, public urination, and other issues. also rats are at the camp. >> i believe it's an excuse for the city of oakland to justify coming in here and breaking up our political protest. >> this is a plaza that has a long history of being used for people to express their concerns about various issues and we really facilitate that to the best of our ability. >> small group of protestors has set up another camp at a second location near frank ogawa plaza near lake merritt. according to the "oakland tribune" city hall asked the protestors to respect three events at the plaza including a wedding. >>> more protestors will meet at 4:00 this afternoon at mount diablo boulevard in walnut creek and north main street. the "occupy" movement in san jose will march to the federal building in the downtown area. that starts in less than an hour. >>> dangerous animals including bengal tigers, black bears and cheetahs all runni