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7:20 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
Protesters involved in the march have largely dispersed, but small contingents continue to trek north on Market Street.
7:07 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
The crowd has shrunk to about 200-300 people, who after converging upon Union Square elected to continue eastward Powell Street.
7:04 p.m.
UC President Mark Yudof has released a statement outlining his reaction to the day's events:
"My heart and my support are with everybody and anybody who wants to stand up for public education. I salute those who are making themselves heard today in a peaceful manner on behalf of a great cause."
Read the rest of the statement here.
7:00 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
The crowd reportedly has sprinted up Pine Street. Though initially confused on where to go, crowd members apparently have decided upon Union Square.
And the mantra, "No cuts, no fees, education must be free," continues to be echoed across the Bay Area and California.
6:47 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
Interactions between police and protesters in the City have been peaceful, according to Jose Antonio, a junior history major from Canada College in Redwood City, Calif.
Marchers have turned northward on Kearny Street.
6:35 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
Amid chants of "save our schools," about 500 protesters are marching through the City and have blocked northbound traffic on Market Street near Powell Street, though southbound traffic appears to be unimpeded.
About twelve police officers on motorcycles are riding ahead of the march, while four motorcycles and a police SUV are bringing up the rear.
5:41 p.m. OAKLAND
Traffic appears to be moving slowly again near the 980-880 interchange in both directions. Roughly all of the 100 protesters that rushed onto the highway have been detained and are being transported away on a bus.
5:35 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO
Across the bay in San Francisco, the mood at the rally is reportedly upbeat as protesters have blocked off Polk Street near City Hall. Organizers have said about 25 different schools are being represented.
5:28 p.m. OAKLAND
Between 20-30 people have been detained by police in Oakland. Earlier, another group of protesters had broken off the highway crash barriers and pushed them toward police on the highway ramp.
5:20 p.m. OAKLAND
A protester reportedly attempted to leap from Highway 980 onto a nearby tree, but failed to complete the jump and fell to the ground. He is currently being treated by paramedics.
5:17 p.m.
While anarchists are being handcuffed in the East Bay, thousands of protesters are rallying at City Hall in San Francisco.
5:06 p.m.
Several protesters have been detained by police, which have amassed more than 50 officers to the scene on Highway 980 near 9th Street and Broadway.
5:02 p.m.
Police have halted traffic westbound on Highway 980 and nearby exits have been blocked as protesters continue to march.
4:55 p.m.
In defiance of police orders, the protesters are continuing to advance up the off-ramp against the flow of traffic.
4:53 p.m.
Police are telling protesters to freeze because they are attempting to walk against traffic onto the Highway 980 off-ramp.
4:41 p.m.
The group of 100 protesters has left UCOP, heading west on 11th Street. A contingent of about 30 police officers clad in riot gear are marching in formation behind the group.
4:39 p.m.
There are four UCPD officers guarding the entrance to UCOP as protesters hold signs reading "Occupy Everything" just feet away from them.
4:31 p.m.
A group of protesters including some of the anarchists appear to be headed toward the UC Office of the President located at 1111 Franklin St.
Alameda County Sheriffs are lined up along Franklin as motorcycle cops clear traffic ahead of the group, which is heading the wrong way down the one-way street.
Members of the crowd were heard saying "Two blocks from UCOP, you know what happens when we get there."
4:22 p.m.
About 75 anarchists clad in black are dancing in the middle of the intersection of 14th Street and Broadway. Meanwhile, 30 police officers have barricaded the west and south entrances of the intersection.
4:05 p.m.
The Oakland rally has concluded amid familiar chants of "No cuts, no fees, education must be free."
The protest now sets its course westward to San Francisco.
3:35 p.m.
"Our enemy is one and the same: university, authority and capitalism," said Tomoko Horaguchi, vice president of the Hosei University branch of the All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations, at the rally. "No violence can ever break solidarity of students."
While the Oakland rally continues in earnest, the buses departed from Sacramento have returned to the UC Berkeley campus.
3:09 p.m.
Marika Goodrich, who was also arraigned Monday for charges relating to last week's Southside riot, is now addressing the crowd.
"Repression is just a tactic to scare and silence, but we are not afraid," she said. "Today, March 4, we will not be silenced."
3:00 p.m.
The City Hall protest is now in full swing as 1,500 people fill Frank Ogawa Plaza. A speaker addressing the crowd, which had already been demonstrating in Oakland, invited them to "make some noise for Berkeley" upon the marchers' arrival.
2:56 p.m.
The marchers have arrived at the corner of 14th and Broadway, just one hundred yards from Oakland's City Hall.
Police officers with riot helmets and batons have blocked off 14th Street to the east and Broadway to the south, leaving marchers with a single pathway to their destination.
2:48 p.m.
Protesters are now approaching 19th Street. Leaders are attempting to get everyone behind protest banners as they near their destination while shouting, "The people united will never be divided!"
2:42 p.m.
About 20 Oakland Police officers sporting riot helmets have barricaded 14th Street and Broadway across from City Hall.
2:38 p.m.
The banner has been removed, and the march continues.
2:30 p.m.
The anarchists have draped a banner on the CVS billboard affixed to a building located at the intersection of 25th Street and Telegraph, which reads, "Fight back today, may day, everyday."
2:23 p.m.
Downtown Oakland is in clear sight as the crowd marches across 33rd Street on Telegraph.
2:09 p.m.
About 12 elementary school students have joined the protesters at the intersection of 42nd Street and Telegraph, chanting "Save our schools! SOS!"
The march has about 26 blocks left to go.
1:58 p.m.
About 100 self-described anarchists are marching 100 yards ahead of the larger thrust, led by a black van with the words "Occupy Everything" written on it.
Blanca Misse, who is leading the main march, said she is attempting to create distance from the anarchist faction.
"They have the right to come in and be separate from us, but people also have the right to disassociate from them," she said.
1:48 p.m.
While briefly stopped at the intersection of 55th Street and Telegraph Avenue, marchers chanted, "Strike! Take over! Occupy everything!" before proceeding.
1:44 p.m.
The march has just crossed into Oakland jurisdiction. Other than the front line, the marchers are reportedly proceeding quietly.
According to Miller, this is to "conserve energy."
1:37 p.m.
Police efforts to clear a lane for traffic have evidently failed, as protesters are occupying both lanes as they continue to march south.
"Now we are going good," said Zachary Miller, who has been negotiating with police. He was arraigned Monday for charges in relation to last week's Southside riot. "We got both lanes, we got three miles to go. We are in pretty good shape."
1:28 p.m.
Police are reportedly attempting to reclaim half of the street to allow for traffic flow, but protesters are rallying marchers to "hold the line."
1:22 p.m.
The crowd is now chanting "Whose streets? Our streets!" as they cross 66th Street, just shy of the Berkeley/Oakland border.
Oakland police now estimate between 500 and 1000 people are marching.
1:15 p.m.
With the traffic now cleared, the crowd is once again on the move.
1:12 p.m.
The march has again been halted as Berkeley police begin to clear traffic ahead of the intersection of Ashby and Telegraph avenues.
1:07 p.m.
The march, which spans seven city blocks, is now at the intersection of Russell Street and Telegraph Avenue.
12:57 p.m.
The march was momentarily halted at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Ward Street due to an AC Transit bus blocking the road way.
A camper with protest slogans painted on it named "St. Rita" has been leading the march down Telegraph, and driver Ramon Quintero, a UC Berkeley senior, has navigated around the bus.
"We cannot keep moving in a direction that privileges the few at the expense of the many," he said.
12:54 p.m.
About 4 police officers on bicycles and 4 police on motorcycles are escorting the marching crowd, which has just crossed Parker Street heading southbound on Telegraph Avenue.
12:42 p.m.
The crowd has just begun to march south on Telegraph Avenue to join other protesters at a rally being held in Downtown Oakland.
Currently, hundreds of high school students have gathered in front of the Oakland City Hall to speak on behalf of the protest.
12:31 p.m.
Other Southside businesses are not faring too well either.
Subway Manager Rigoberto Alonso said the sandwich shop is also taking a loss today.
12:15 p.m.
Ro Rabelo, owner of the Desi Dog hot dog truck that typically sets up shop near the intersection, said he's only made $2 today despite the huge crowd gathered around the truck.
"I'll take the loss to support the cause," he said.
12:19 p.m.
The number of protesters has swelled to about 800 as speakers address the crowd in preparation for the march to Oakland.
11:55 a.m.
Two individuals were throwing water balloons at the protesters. UCPD asked the individuals to stop.
The crowd at the intersection dispersed briefly to allow the buses to go through.
A group of 10 people from Tohoku University and Hosei University in Japan, among other locales, are protesting with students at UC Berkeley for international solidarity.
11:53 a.m.
About 400 people are demonstrating at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue singing "Don't Stop Believing" by the band Journey.
11:48 a.m.
About 200 people are currently protesting and dancing at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue, blocking seven cars and two buses.
Protesters have moved away from Sather Gate and are marching towards the intersection.
11:42 a.m.
About 35 people are marching west from Boalt Hall on Bancroft Way and impeding traffic. One individual is carrying a sign, "Berkeley Law - We Object." One police officer on a motorcycle is following the group and another police officer on a motorcycle is in front of the group.
11:40 a.m.
About 25 Boalt Hall School of Law students are rallying around Boalt Hall to gather people to go to Upper Sproul Plaza.
11:23 a.m.
About seven members from the Muslim Student Association are protesting at Sather Gate with other student groups including a Chicano group Mechxa de UCB.
11:16 a.m.
A group of individuals calling themselves SCAB (Strategic Counteractivism Brigade) are staging a mock protest in front of Sather Gate. The individuals are holding several signs, one of which reads, "Diversify Your Portfolio, Not Your Student Body," and saying "I am compliant, please privatize me university."
11:12 a.m.
An individual is waving a flag on top of Sather Gate.
11:09 a.m.
A midterm for L&S 140B was interrupted in Valley Life Sciences Building. Protesters are now heading toward Oxford Street.
11:05 a.m.
About 25 protesters have entered the main auditorium and smaller classrooms in the Valley Life Sciences Building.
11:03 a.m.
The fire alarm was activated in Wheeler Hall and people are exiting the building. At least five police officers are on scene.
The banner which reads, "Money For Jobs + Education, Not for War + Incarceration" has been hung up across Sather Gate.
10:59 a.m.
Protesters are hanging up a banner across Sather Gate.
10:52 a.m.
Both flying pickets, which were previously headed towards the Campanile and Le Conte Hall, have returned to Sather Gate.
10:47 a.m.
An individual has mounted Sather Gate in what appears to be an attempt to hang up a banner across the gate.
10:44 a.m.
Protesters that were part of the flying picket that entered Wheeler and Pimentel Halls are now heading toward Le Conte Hall. Protesters part of the other flying picket that entered Dwinelle Hall are now heading toward the Campanile.
10:42 a.m.
Protesters in Dwinelle Hall are opening doors on the second floor drumming on a trash can and chanting, "Teach your class on the picket line!"
10:40 a.m.
About 25 protesters walked on to the stage in Wheeler Auditorium and subsequently left.
10:34 a.m.
About 25 protesters from the group that are walking into Wheeler Auditorium interrupting an ongoing lecture, chanting "Today we strike, tomorrow we go to school." Nine police officers are standing outside Wheeler Hall.
As part of a second flying picket about 20 protesters led by Miller are also interrupting classes in Dwinelle Hall.
10:24 a.m.
Another group of protesters are circling in front of Sather Gate with banners that read "Occupy Everything." Students from Oakland High School have joined the protesters, and are holding a banner that reads "Oakland Youth Demand Equal Education."
10:21 a.m.
The marching crowd entered a lecture hall in Pimentel Hall and interrupted an ongoing lecture. Members of the crowd told students to leave the hall and fight for their right of education.
Professor Muller asked the protesters to leave.
"I think you made your point, it's time to leave," Muller said. "You're welcome to stay, sit down and improve your education."
Police officers followed the crowd into the lecture hall, but took no action.
10:17 a.m.
About 30 protesters left the Sather Gate picket and formed flying picket. The protesters walked past Barrows Hall toward the Campanile saying, "Whose university? Our university!" and "Fight back!" Two police officers are following the protesters.
10:14 a.m.
The number of people picketing at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way with signs indicating their affiliation with United Auto Workers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees increased to about 35 people. Some picketers are chanting, "they say furlough we say hell no." People are crossing the picket line unopposed.
9:55 a.m.
A dispute between 20 protesters and an individual carrying an "Impeach Barack Obama" sign was resolved as some of the protesters and the individual carrying the sign embraced each other and said they understood each other.
9:47 a.m.
About three individuals holding "Impeach Barack Obama" signs are being physically pushed by protesters at Sather Gate.
"You're not here for the same reason, we don't support you, get out," some protesters said to the individuals carrying "Impeach Barack Obama" signs.
9:12 a.m.
Students are crossing Strawberry Creek in lieu of being able to pass through Sather Gate.
9:05 a.m.
One individual appeared to get into a verbal confrontation with demonstrators as he attempted to pass through the gate.
8:48 a.m.
Additional police officers have arrived on scene. The two arrested at Friday's riots, Marika Goodrich and Zachary Miller, are at Sather Gate. Miller, a UC Berkeley alumnus and organizer for the "Rolling University" activist group, appears to be leading chants. Goodrich is a graduating UC Berkeley senior.
8:35 a.m.
The crowd at Sather Gate has grown to about 100 people. Some individuals are chanting, "ain't no power but the power of the people cause the power of the people don't stop."
UCPD officers have arrived on scene. One officer is at Golden Bear Cafe, as well as some more near Sather Gate itself.
8:03 a.m.
Sather Gate is currently blocked off by a sitting group of about 65 demonstrators who have linked arms and are chanting, "no cuts, no fees, education must be free."
7:35 a.m.
The March 4 day of statewide action launched at about 7:02 a.m. today, with picket lines forming at various entrances to campus.
One line of about 25 people with signs indicating affiliation with the United Auto Workers has formed at the intersection of Telegraph Avenue and Bancroft Way.
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