san mateo county district attorney steve wagstaff. >> that makes it more serious there has been harm. there's restitution ought to be paid. so you look to what the harm is. >> reporter: the group, many stanford students made their way onto highway 92 to protest injustices against african-americans and palestinians. they had been dropped off by cars on the westbound lanes near the high rise around 4:50 p.m. demonstrators then blocked both sides of the freeway. the chp was able to reopen eastbound lanes shortly after 5:00, but traffic heading west was still blocked by protesters. the chp was finally able to clear those lanes after making arrests. but many drivers were stuck for more than an hour because of residual delays caused by the large number of arrests and transporting them off the bridge. people we spoke to today had pretty much the same reaction to the protesters' actions answer and frustration. >> do you think that this turns people off? >> yes. they have the right to protest but they affect other people. >> if there were stricter penalties, i don't think they would want to do