11:02 PM PST, November 30, 2011
Eviction pushes Occupy protesters in new directions
Within hours of the dismantling of the largest of the remaining Occupy Wall Street-inspired encampments outside Los Angeles City Hall, organizers were framing the eviction as a new beginning.
11:03 PM PST, November 30, 2011
Left behind: Occupiers' treasures become the city's trash
There were vinyl albums by Etta James and the punk band X. There were cosmetic kits, one with seven kinds of nail polish. There were sleeping bags, luggage, cutlery, a small red guitar with a broken neck and a collection of Ernest Hemingway stories.
December 1, 2011
To clear Occupy camp, LAPD uses new tactics
When the end came, it came swiftly and with the shock of an overwhelming force.
December 1, 2011
Editorial
Un-Occupying L.A.
After weeks of uncertainty about when and how the endgame would play out, the Occupy L.A. eviction was the best possible outcome, a tribute to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Chief Charlie Beck and a disciplined, creative Los Angeles Police Department. Clearly, the Monday morning dress rehearsal had provided police and protesters ample preparation for the real thing, and both sides showed admirable restraint in the unavoidable confrontation that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.
12:17 AM PST, November 30, 2011
LAPD and Occupy L.A. protesters face off
Occupy L.A. protesters, whose eight-week encampment on the City Hall lawn has become a political hot potato for city leaders, were locked in a tense standoff with police at one downtown intersection late Tuesday as demonstrators vowed to resist efforts to evict them.
November 30, 2011
Op-Ed
Three inconvenient truths for Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street supporters are claiming credit for at least one political accomplishment: elevating the issue of income inequality to the top of the national conversation.
November 30, 2011
Steve Lopez: Put Occupy L.A. on the road
I found several used buses for sale on Craigslist on Tuesday, at prices as low as $900, and here's my advice to Occupy L.A.:
November 29, 2011
In clearing Occupy site, time is on LAPD's side, chief says
After a flurry of eviction threats, street protests and court maneuvering, Occupy L.A. remained standing on the City Hall lawn Monday evening — prompting debate about the caution displayed by city leaders seeking to avoid violent clashes seen in other cities.
10:43 PM PST, November 27, 2011
Tensions grow at Occupy L.A. as deadline nears
Activists and L.A. officials faced difficult choices over the next phase of the Occupy L.A. movement as a 12:01 Monday deadline approached for the departure of nearly 700 protesters from an encampment on City Hall grounds.
November 29, 2011
As the rich-poor gap widens, so does debate about what it means
Fewer than 50 miles separate the poorest city of its size in the U.S. from the prosperous suburbs of Philadelphia, a corridor of wealth with few rivals. There's an $80,000 difference between the average household incomes. The poverty rates — Reading's is above 40% — don't even compare.
November 27, 2011
LAPD's approach to Occupy L.A. will be put to the test
When the tents started spreading out across the City Hall lawn seven weeks ago, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck quickly realized that the Occupy L.A. protest could become a defining moment for his department.
November 27, 2011
Occupy Long Beach hampered by city ordinance
The white neon clock at the park couldn't be missed. It was 10:03 p.m. At the northeast entrance to Lincoln Park in Long Beach, a handful of people were on the move. Some were dragging a blue tarp from the grass to the sidewalk along Pacific Avenue while others were folding chairs. Nearby, sleeping bags were laid out, side by side, on the concrete.
November 29, 2011
Out Here
Occupy L.A.: The eviction that wasn't
As Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's deadline for Occupy L.A. drew near, hundreds of people hurried toward the encampment on the grounds of City Hall, as if the tower were a signpost in the dark. Protesters carried their now-familiar signs, and revolutionary book sellers set out their wares. Sympathizers brought crates of food, Occupy tourists brought their dogs, and drummers supplied a continuous beat.
6:37 PM PST, November 26, 2011
Some vow civil disobedience at Occupy L.A.; others plan to leave
Inside his plywood "Temple of the Collective Consciousness," Victor Pantoja said the city's plan to evict Occupy L.A. was just the latest thing to create an ornery mood among some of the counterculture veterans, young leftists and down-and-out campers at City Hall.
8:32 PM PST, November 25, 2011
Occupy L.A. offers a hands-on civics lesson for students, teachers
Who says history has to be about dead men and a dreary assortment of dates and names?
November 24, 2011
Los Angeles officials want Occupy camp gone by next week
Los Angeles officials want Occupy L.A. protesters to ditch their City Hall encampment by next week so the city can begin restoring the 1.7-acre park where the group has been living for nearly two months.
November 26, 2011
Villaraigosa announces impending shutdown of Occupy L.A. camp
The City Hall park where Occupy Los Angeles protesters are camped will be closed at 12:01 a.m. Monday, according to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,triggering what officials hope will be an end to the nation's largest remaining Occupy camp.
November 23, 2011
Occupy L.A., city inching into endgame for City Hall camp
The first outlines of an endgame for Occupy Los Angeles began taking shape as protesters considered a controversial package of incentives to encourage the peaceful resolution of their seven-week demonstration and details emerged of a possible Monday deadline for protesters to leave their City Hall camp.
November 23, 2011
Editorial
Buying off Occupy L.A.
If the Occupy L.A. protesters will just leave their tent city at City Hall, officials promise to supply them with offices. And a farm. And a place to live, for the homeless demonstrators who have drifted over to the encampment from skid row. And, er, how about a pony? Would you guys leave if we gave you a pony?
November 25, 2011
Holiday reflection, and resolve, at Occupy L.A.
When Thanksgiving Day arrived at Occupy L.A. on Thursday, campers greeted the occasion in true revolutionary form: They boycotted the holiday's name.
November 22, 2011
Occupy L.A. receives offer to decamp
Los Angeles officials have offered Occupy L.A. protesters a package of incentives that includes downtown office space and farmland in an attempt to persuade them to abandon their camp outside of City Hall, according to several demonstrators who have been in negotiations with the city.
November 20, 2011
UC Davis chief launches probe into pepper-spraying of Occupy protesters
As some faculty members called for her ouster, the chancellor of UC Davis launched an inquiry Saturday into the pepper-spraying of apparently peaceful Occupy Davis protesters by campus police.
6:29 PM PST, November 20, 2011
UC president vows to review police procedures at campuses
Two UC Davis campus police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave over their controversial use of pepper spray on student protesters, university officials announced Sunday as the UC system president said he was "appalled" by the incident and promised a review of police procedures at all 10 UC campuses.
Portland pepper spray incident generates iconic Occupy photo
The dramatic photo of a young woman getting a blast of pepper spray on her face during a mostly peaceful Occupy protest in Portland is destined to become an enduring image of the national movement.
5:42 PM PST, November 19, 2011
Occupy Portland dispersal a tough call for mayor
Portland Mayor Sam Adams, the first openly gay man to lead a major American city, is no stranger to street protest — he's been in the middle of more than he can count. He's battled for bike lanes, railed against social services funding cuts and led the charge for green buildings.
November 19, 2011
Occupy L.A. is more hassle than boon to L.A. Mall merchants
With the Occupy L.A. tent community just steps from the L.A. Mall, one might expect the underground retail center to be reaping the benefits of the growing crowd.
November 18, 2011
Hundreds held in Occupy protests across nation
Reporting from Los Angeles and New York -- Hundreds of people were arrested across the country Thursday in a series of sometimes confrontational street demonstrations protesting efforts to break up Occupy Wall Street-inspired camps.
November 18, 2011
Editorial
How will Occupy L.A. end?
Occupy L.A. has occupied the grounds outside City Hall for nearly two months. City leaders, to their credit, did not pick a fight but welcomed the protesters and allowed them to camp out. But it's crunch time now. New York has dispersed its Occupy demonstrators, Oakland has battled with its activists, and it is becoming clear that Los Angeles is disinclined to allow its protesters to stay too much longer.
November 17, 2011
San Francisco police arrest 100 in Bank of America protest
Protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement seized a Bank of America branch in the city's financial district Wednesday, a demonstration that forced jittery customers and employees to flee and ended in nearly 100 arrests.
11:42 PM PST, November 15, 2011
City Hall occupation's days may be numbered
With Occupy protesters cleared out of camps in Oakland, Portland and New York in recent days, the encampment of tents surrounding Los Angeles City Hall is among the biggest and last such protests still standing. But on Tuesday, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said it cannot stand indefinitely.
11:41 PM PST, November 15, 2011
Students protest at several California universities
Reporting from Berkeley and Fullerton -- As Occupy Wall Street campers faced off with authorities around the nation, students on several California university campuses rallied in solidarity with the movement and to protest education cuts and rising tuition.
November 15, 2011
Oakland site cleared, but protest lives
Just 12 hours after police dismantled the Occupy Oakland tent city in a peaceful predawn raid, about 700 protesters returned to the civic center plaza Monday evening, vowing to keep their movement alive but undecided about whether to defy police and retake the site of their monthlong protest.
11:06 PM PST, November 15, 2011
Where to go from Zuccotti Park?
The ground had barely dried in New York's freshly scrubbed Zuccotti Park when hundreds of angry Occupy Wall Street protesters crowded around its perimeter, staring down grim-faced riot police and vowing to reclaim the space.
November 15, 2011
New York police clearing protesters from Occupy Wall Street site
Occupy Wall Street protesters were ordered early Tuesday to leave New York City's Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in Lower Manhattan, but were told they could return once it had been cleaned.
12:36 AM PDT, November 4, 2011
Occupy Oakland debated at public forum
Reporting from Oakland -- Several hundred residents crammed into Oakland City Hall on Thursday evening to debate this city's Occupy movement, decry the violence that has marred it and attempt to reach some consensus about what comes next.
November 3, 2011
Oakland engulfed by mostly peaceful protest
Thousands of demonstrators chanted, marched, danced and waved signs Wednesday during a general strike called by Occupy Oakland, a largely peaceful protest that snarled downtown streets, rerouted buses, closed the busy port and drew hundreds of teachers and city workers from classrooms and offices.
November 14, 2011
Occupy Portland protesters push back after camp closures
Several hundred protesters, some wearing goggles and gas masks, marched past authorities downtown Sunday, hours after riot police forced Occupy Portland demonstrators out of two encampments in parks.
11:28 AM PDT, November 3, 2011
Democrats to embrace 'Occupy' themes, if not movement itself
Occupy Wall Street is not likely to have the kind of effect on Democratic politics that the "tea party" movement has had in the GOP, a leading Democratic strategist said Thursday.
6:04 PM PST, November 10, 2011
Haskell Wexler aims his camera at Occupy L.A.
The encampment around City Hall known as Occupy L.A. has drawn the interest of photographers and journalists from around the world, but few arrive with quite the same resume as that of Haskell Wexler. The two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer has made several visits to the protest site, using a small hand-held digital video camera to document what he finds there.
November 6, 2011
Protesters march through downtown L.A.'s financial district
Trying to build on momentum generated by the Occupy movement, hundreds of protesters marched through downtown L.A.'s financial district Saturday to vent frustration with banks, income inequality and Wall Street.
November 5, 2011
The roots of Oakland's discontent run deep
Reporting from Oakland -- A year ago, lifelong progressive activist and Oakland Councilwoman Jean Quan linked arms with protesters and faced off against a phalanx of officers in riot gear near this city's graceful civic center.
November 5, 2011
Assaults raise concerns about crime at Occupy L.A.
Police were called to two violent incidents at Occupy Los Angeles on Friday, adding to questions about the protest and its future.
November 1, 2011
St. Paul's Cathedral dean quits in Occupy London standoff
A senior clergyman resigned Monday over St. Paul's Cathedral's handling of anticapitalist protesters camped outside the church, the second cleric lost to an increasingly tense standoff involving God, mammon and their earthly representatives.
November 2, 2011
Website lets wealthy 1% show support for the other 99%
While members of the so-called 99% take part in Occupy Wall Street protests, a new website lets some of the wealthy 1% declare their support for the movement.
November 2, 2011
Occupy L.A. gets new message boards
Since the first days of Occupy L.A., protesters have used posters, paintings and hand-printed T-shirts to call for major political and economic change.
12:46 PM PDT, November 2, 2011
Activists propose to 'occupy' Iowa caucuses
The Occupy Iowa general assembly voted Monday night to invite other Occupy movements from across the country to help in an effort to shut down the Iowa campaign headquarters of presidential candidates until the state’s caucus day, Jan. 3.
8:14 PM PDT, October 30, 2011
Targeting Wall Street but hurting small vendors instead
The Occupy movement came to Los Angeles aiming for Wall Street titans, but farmers market vendors are the first to take a real hit.
October 29, 2011
COLUMN ONE
At Occupy L.A., no lock step or group think
As cigarette smoke and the scent of burning sage drifted over the crowd at Occupy L.A., a young protester took to the people's microphone to give a rousing recitation of the group's "points of solidarity."
6:37 PM PDT, October 29, 2011
Steve Lopez: Occupy L.A.'s 99%: all talk, no action
Last week, on a sun-splashed day at the center of the revolution, I heard a speaker suggest that occupiers begin growing their own food. Another speaker, who once lived in a tree for 71 days to save it from a developer's bulldozer, called for solidarity.
5:40 PM PDT, October 28, 2011
Occupy Wall Street braces for winter
"Is it time to Occupy Miami Beach?" a shivering Max Richmond asked another New York protester as she waited to get Vitamin C near the makeshift medical tent.
October 29, 2011
Occupy movement is largely secular
On a bright and raucous afternoon outside Los Angeles City Hall, Cornel West was revving up a crowd at Occupy L.A. As he often does, the prominent philosopher and activist peppered his speech with religious phrases, at one point calling for recognition of "our prophetic Mormon brothers and sisters," as well as Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and "black Baptists like myself."
October 28, 2011
Talk radio hosts get an earful at Occupy L.A. encampment
Conservative talk radio hosts John and Ken showed up at Occupy L.A. for a live broadcast Thursday, setting off a chaotic scene of jostling and shouting. If their aim was to provoke, they succeeded.
October 27, 2011
Tensions simmer in Bay Area
Reporting from Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles -- Hundreds of supporters of the Occupy Oakland movement were gathered late Wednesday near the area where police and demonstrators clashed in a violent confrontation the night before that left several people injured and more than 100 others arrested.
October 28, 2011
Editorial
Occupy L.A.: Ending the occupation
Right about now, we suspect City Council President Eric Garcetti is regretting telling protesters with the Occupy Los Angeles movement camping outside City Hall that they were welcome to "stay as long as you need to." And Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa might be rethinking his decision to hand out ponchos when the weather turned wet. It's even possible (though unlikely) that Councilman Richard Alarcon is thinking twice about pandering to the movement by using it as an excuse to resurrect his misguided proposal to shift L.A. funds to community-oriented financial institutions, a move that could cost the city at least $58 million.
9:04 AM PDT, October 26, 2011
Occupy Oakland: Photos of violent night emerge on Twitter
As Oakland police defended their use of tear gas to disperse protesters Tuesday night, more Occupy Oakland images documenting the night's confrontations were emerging on social media.
8:53 AM PDT, October 26, 2011
Defiant Occupy Oakland protesters vow to return to plaza
Occupy Oakland protesters, dislodged from their encampment outside City Hall after a march Tuesday night, are organizing to return Wednesday.
8:11 PM PDT, October 25, 2011
Student loans add to angst at Occupy Wall Street
For almost a week, Nate Grant has sat cross-legged on a wall at the Occupy Wall Street encampment, holding a cardboard sign that bears his scrawled grievance: "Students Ought Not Be a Means of Profit."
5:08 AM PDT, October 26, 2011
Occupy Oakland: More than 100 arrested; police defend tactics
Police arrested more than 100 people during a night of clashes with Occupy Oakland protesters throughout the city's downtown area.
October 23, 2011
Occupational hazard: Where's the toilet?
Occupations such as those underway in cities across the country pose staggering logistical problems. Large numbers of people must be fed and kept reasonably warm and dry. Trash has to be removed; medical care and rudimentary security provided. But for the individual occupier, one problem often overshadows everything else: Where am I going to pee?
12:18 AM PDT, October 20, 2011
Chinese leaders grow nervous about Occupy Wall Street
On Oct. 6, Occupy Wall Street inspired some little-noticed sympathy in Zhengzhou, a city in central China's Henan province, when hundreds of pensioners and Communist Party members gathered to express their solidarity with the movement.
October 20, 2011
Doyle McManus: McManus: Obama in the Occupy Wall Street camp
With polls showing broad support for the movement, President Obama tries to turn the anger into an electoral advantage.
October 24, 2011
Jim Newton: Newton: City Hall's embrace of Occupy L.A.
What's a rebel to do? In New York, demonstrators have tussled with police, and in Rome, authorities used tear gas on them. Meanwhile, members of Occupy L.A. pitched their tents, erected their signs and girded for battle with the establishment, only to discover that City Hall has no interest in fighting back.
10:01 AM PDT, October 22, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters serenaded by Pete Seeger
Folk music legend Pete Seeger led Occupy Wall Street protesters in song late Friday in Manhattan.
8:25 PM PDT, October 19, 2011
Occupy L.A. protesters plan to expand their encampment
Occupy L.A. protesters camped outside City Hall plan to expand their demonstration to other downtown city property, perhaps as early as Wednesday evening.
6:52 PM PDT, October 21, 2011
Indigenous Peoples' Committee joins Occupy L.A.
As Occupy Los Angeles rounds out its third week, other groups that have set up camp on City Hall grounds have added to the movement's various voices.
October 20, 2011
Protesters plan to occupy other parts of downtown L.A.
The cost of repairing the increasing damage to the City Hall lawn where hundreds of Occupy L.A. protesters are camped out is becoming an issue for Los Angeles officials even as the protesters make plans to expand their demonstration to other downtown city property.
1:51 PM PDT, October 19, 2011
Repairing Occupy L.A. damage to City Hall lawn could cost $400,000
Los Angeles officials say repairing damage to the City Hall lawn where hundreds of Occupy L.A. protesters are camped out could cost the city up to $400,000.
12:43 PM PDT, October 18, 2011
Is Occupy Wall Street invading MTV's 'The Real World'?
Seven thousand strangers gathering in the streets under the banner of Occupy Wall Street get picked to live in a house and have their lives taped? Not quite. One, maybe.
7:58 AM PDT, October 18, 2011
Occupy L.A. to rally at school board meeting
Occupy Los Angeles protesters who have set up camp in front of City Hall for the last two weeks say they plan to join forces with the Los Angeles teachers union Tuesday to protest teacher layoffs and other education cuts.
11:12 AM PDT, October 20, 2011
Occupy L.A. forces farmer's market to move across street
Downtown workers who have become accustomed to lunching on the grass at the weekly Thursday farmer's market outside City Hall will have to walk across the street, at least while the Occupy L.A. encampment remains on the lawn.
7:23 PM PDT, October 19, 2011
Labor, immigrant groups join Occupy L.A. at rally
Since Occupy L.A. set up camp outside City Hall last month, the movement has given momentum to other groups.
3:50 PM PDT, October 18, 2011
Students visit Occupy L.A. for lesson in democracy
About 30 schoolchildren took a field trip Tuesday afternoon -- not to the aquarium -- but rather to City Hall, the epicenter of Occupy Los Angeles.
October 19, 2011
Officials' embrace of Occupy L.A. loosens a bit over fiscal issue
Los Angeles elected officials have been assiduously wooing the Occupy movement, which inspired protesters furious at Wall Street to take over the grassy area around City Hall downtown — and public spaces in cities across the nation.
8:44 AM PDT, October 18, 2011
Protesters disrupt John Boehner's golf game in Newport Beach
A weekend of worldwide protest spilled over into Orange County on Monday as about 40 left-leaning activists protested House Speaker John Boehner's visit to the Pelican Hill Golf Club in Newport Beach.
11:03 AM PDT, October 18, 2011
Gallup poll: Government more to blame than Wall Street for woes
Despite the growing effect of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Americans are far more likely to blame their economic woes on the federal government rather than major financial institutions, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll released Tuesday.
8:21 AM PDT, October 18, 2011
No arrests yet at 'respectful' Occupy L.A. protests, police say
Unlike its counterparts in other major cities, the 17-day Occupy Los Angeles movement that has taken over the lawn around L.A. City Hall hasn't led to any arrests, police said.
3:02 PM PDT, October 17, 2011
Occupy San Diego movement dwindling to dedicated few
The Occupy movement in some locales is growing in numbers and energy, but the Occupy San Diego movement seems to have dwindled.
12:20 PM PDT, October 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street, uptown edition: One man's vigil
Dressed in a nice wool sweater and jeans, Bob Heller turned up this chilly Monday morning at a subway stop in tony uptown Manhattan with a protest placard that read: "Make democracy a reality: Don't let 1% rule 99%. Join Subway Satellite of Occupy Wall Street!"
10:49 AM PDT, October 18, 2011
Obama: Occupy protests 'not that different' from tea party
President Obama is linking the tea party movement with the Occupy Wall Street protests, saying they both speak to the belief of some Americans that they are "separated from government."
12:26 PM PDT, October 17, 2011
Cornel West, others arrested at Supreme Court won't be prosecuted
Cornel West and other protesters arrested Sunday on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement will not be prosecuted.
11:24 AM PDT, October 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Most N.Y. voters back protests, poll finds
Two-thirds of New York City voters agree with the views of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who have taken over a Lower Manhattan park to protest corporate greed, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
7:51 PM PDT, October 15, 2011
'We are the 99%,' L.A. marchers chant at protest
As protesters around the world marked a "global day of action," crowds took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to vent frustration over dismal job prospects and the failure of government to get the economy back on track.
4:40 AM PDT, October 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street inspires the 'I'm getting arrested' app
A new Android app inspired by Occupy Wall Street and other protests sweeping the globe allows protesters to notify family, friends and even their legal team that they are being arrested.
3:31 PM PDT, October 16, 2011
Hundreds join Occupy O.C. protest while others scoff
Resting on his bicycle between two fellow riders, Newport Beach resident Jeff Yeargain waited and watched with apparent contempt as more than 500 people marched across his path toward a major Irvine intersection.
7:50 AM PDT, October 17, 2011
Occupy Long Beach ends with arrests, citations
Occupy Long Beach ended Sunday with arrests and citations after demonstrators clashed with police trying to usher them out of a public park.
October 16, 2011
Harry Belafonte talks Occupy Wall Street
'I expected it to spring up,' says Belafonte. 'What I did not really anticipate was the specific location where this would take place.'
4:25 PM PDT, October 15, 2011
'Occupy' protesters take to streets in San Diego and Encinitas
Hundreds of protesters from the Occupy San Diego and Occupy North County movements took to the streets Saturday in San Diego and suburban Encinitas.
11:02 PM PDT, October 16, 2011
Hundreds arrested in 'Occupy' protests
Several hundred protesters in at least seven U.S. cities supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement were arrested over the weekend after refusing to obey police orders to leave public areas, including 175 in Chicago.
5:10 PM PDT, October 15, 2011
Protests against corporate greed spread across the globe
The protests against corporate greed born last month on New York's Wall Street spread across the world Saturday, with fed-up demonstrators staging marches in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
7:29 PM PDT, October 14, 2011
Tom Petruno: Biggest threat to Wall St. is the enemy within
Memo to the Occupy Wall Street movement: Should it come up in a strategy session, don't bother with trying to destroy the financial markets as we know them.
1:21 PM PDT, October 15, 2011
Occupy movement raises voices in Washington
As protests against the financial system spread around the world Saturday, marchers in Washington, D.C., shouted slogans in front of the Treasury Department and held up signs reading "foreclosed" in front of downtown bank branches.
9:36 AM PDT, October 15, 2011
Occupy San Diego issues public appeal for bail money
After the arrest of two protesters Friday, the Occupy San Diego movement has added something to its list of requested donations: money for bail.
7:07 PM PDT, October 16, 2011
Cornel West one of 19 arrested at Supreme Court
Liberal professor Cornel West was one of 19 people arrested on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Sunday, according to the Associated Press, as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
3:02 PM PDT, October 15, 2011
'We are the 99%,' L.A. marchers chant at protest
Hundreds take to the streets of downtown to vent frustration over dismal job prospects and the failure of government to get the economy back on track.
October 15, 2011
Wall Street is occupied with worries too
As anti-Wall Street protests crop up around the nation, many of the bankers and traders at the center of the storm are focused on a more immediate concern: keeping their jobs.
11:24 AM PDT, October 15, 2011
Occupy L.A. marches through downtown; MoveOn to protest too
Hundreds of marchers set out from an encampment at City Hall and moved south along Spring Street shortly after 10 a.m., carrying signs such as "Get Money Out of Politics" and "Corporations are Not People."
8:53 AM PDT, October 15, 2011
Protesters in London support Occupy Wall Street
Thousands of protesters had flooded into London's financial area by midday Saturday, vowing support for their counterparts in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
2:56 AM PDT, October 15, 2011
Occupy Wall Street spirit spreads through Pacific Rim
The protests against corporate greed born last month on New York's Wall Street spread to the world's Asia-Pacific region Saturday, with similar marches staged in Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
5:30 PM PDT, October 14, 2011
Some Occupy San Diego protesters remain; two arrested, tents removed
Several dozen Occupy San Diego protesters remained Friday night in the plaza behind City Hall after a day in which police forcibly removed their tents and other structures and two protesters were arrested.
October 15, 2011
Hotel Bel-Air reopens to protest by activists, ex-union workers
After a two-year renovation, the iconic Hotel Bel-Air in West Los Angeles reopened to a spirited protest by about 300 activists and former union workers who were laid off when construction began in 2009 and were never rehired.
4:24 AM PDT, October 14, 2011
Cleanup of Occupy Wall Street protest site is postponed
The owners of the park where anti-greed protesters have gathered for almost a month told the mayor's office they will postpone cleaning the area Friday, heading off an anticipated clash between police and hundreds who were determined to hold their ground.
5:46 AM PDT, October 14, 2011
Occupy San Diego protesters get new deadline to move their stuff
San Diego police have set a new 7 a.m. deadline for Occupy San Diego protesters in the City Hall plaza to remove their tents and other property or risk arrest.
9:15 PM PDT, October 13, 2011
Occupy Wall Street braces for showdown
Wall Street protesters were preparing Thursday for a confrontation with authorities who are expected to enforce new rules in the Lower Manhattan park where the demonstrators have been camped out for almost a month.
4:26 PM PDT, October 14, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested during impromptu march
Police arrest about 10 people taking a victory lap in Lower Manhattan after the planned cleaning of Zuccotti Park is canceled. Those who have been camped out at the park for 28 days saw the cleaning as a ploy to evict them.
October 13, 2011
Occupy Wall Street activists cool to celebrities' visit
Most groups that count on donations might welcome nods of support from someone with the deep pockets of superstar Kanye West or the influence of activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton.
1:54 PM PDT, October 13, 2011
Opinion: How Occupy Wall Street can change its 'flea party' image
Occupy Wall Street has confused reporters, ruffled conservatives, turned off feminists and garnered comparisons to the tea party since its inception almost a month ago. While the grass-roots movement certainly has its heart in the right place, the so-called 99% has failed thus far to craft a clear mission.
9:05 AM PDT, October 14, 2011
Police remove Occupy San Diego tents, 1 protester arrested
Meeting only token resistance, police removed the Occupy San Diego tents and other property Friday morning from the plaza behind City Hall. One man was arrested.
3:47 PM PDT, October 12, 2011
Large swath of public unsure what to think about 'Occupy' protests
Many Americans haven't yet decided what to think about the Occupy Wall Street protests that have spread across the country, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
8:12 AM PDT, October 14, 2011
Police issue warning, begin arrests in Occupy San Diego protest
San Diego police began to arrest Occupy San Diego protesters Friday morning for refusing to remove their tents and other property from the plaza behind City Hall.
11:52 PM PDT, October 13, 2011
Some Occupy San Diego protesters move to Balboa Park, others stay put
Dozens of Occupy San Diego protesters began moving to an alternate site in Balboa Park on Thursday night after police warned that they could be arrested if they did not move their tents and other structures from the plaza behind City Hall.
5:10 AM PDT, October 14, 2011
Elated Occupy Wall Street protesters march on Broadway
Occupy Wall Street protesters, uplifted by the postponement of a cleanup of Zuccotti Park, where they had been gathering, marched early Friday morning on Broadway in lower Manhattan.
8:50 AM PDT, October 13, 2011
Bill Clinton: Occupy Wall Street is 'a positive thing'
Former president Bill Clinton paid a visit to "The Late Show" last night, where he expounded on subjects as wide-ranging as the benefits of a vegan diet and the Chinese appetite for American debt. But the majority of his appearance was devoted to a discussion of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement.
9:53 AM PDT, October 12, 2011
Occupy S.F. protesters arrested outside Wells Fargo Bank
San Francisco police have arrested at least 11 Occupy San Francisco protesters blocking the entrance to Wells Fargo's corporate headquarters.
October 12, 2011
James Rainey: On the Media: Tea party, Occupy Wall Street share a moment
You likely saw the quirky signs and heard some protesters talk about how they would just as soon disband the government. Then a reporter dutifully informed you that these people had gathered en masse but didn't really know what they wanted. Some in the crowd sure looked silly, even a little crazy.
October 13, 2011
Op-Ed
Wall Street protests: A long American tradition
The only thing really surprising about the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it didn't happen sooner. The United States has a long history of friction over policies that enable an elite to thrive at the expense of ordinary people.
October 12, 2011
Michael Hiltzik: Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase
How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment?
4:03 PM PDT, October 11, 2011
Anti-greed protesters march to Rupert Murdoch's place
Perhaps never have so many people walked past the Valentino and Emilio Pucci stores without stopping to gape at the expensive goodies in the windows, but the crowd marching through Manhattan's chic Upper East Side on Tuesday wasn't looking for shoes or handbags.
October 12, 2011
Steve Lopez: A festival, a rebellion, an awakening
I pitched a tent Monday night in a neighborhood of the angry, the disaffected and the disillusioned.
12:26 PM PDT, October 11, 2011
Wall Street, slammed by protests, may soon feel job-loss pain
When the Occupy Wall Street movement began last month, protesters excoriated the 1% who live at the top of the nation's economic pyramid -- saying they had prospered at the expense of the other 99% of Americans. And now, some lesser players on Wall Street may be joining Main Street in feeling the nation's economic pain, according to data released Tuesday.
9:33 AM PDT, October 11, 2011
Lopez: Is Occupy Los Angeles making a difference?
If Monday night was any indication, it's hard to get much sleep at the Occupy Los Angeles encampment outside City Hall.
6:33 PM PDT, October 7, 2011
Several hundred in 'Occupy San Diego' movement march downtown
Several hundred demonstrators under the banner "Occupy San Diego" took to downtown streets late Friday afternoon in support of their message that Wall Street is ripping off America.
4:19 PM PDT, October 11, 2011
Occupy San Diego calls out for supplies
The organizers of Occupy San Diego have put out a plea for items.
7:39 AM PDT, October 11, 2011
Tea party group slams Occupy Wall Street; arrests grow
As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to spread—with massive arrests Monday night in Boston—the tea party wants you to know that the progressive protests have nothing in common with its own grass-roots effort.
5:40 PM PDT, October 8, 2011
Occupy San Diego protesters vow to remain camped out at City Hall
Several hundred protesters in the Occupy San Diego movement remained camped out late Saturday on the downtown plaza behind City Hall -- vowing to remain there indefinitely.
5:15 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
Washington, D.C., has its turn in the anti-Wall Street spotlight
On Thursday, more than 500 chanting people kicked off what became Washington, D.C.'s biggest version to date of the Occupy Wall Street protests -- with many of the protesters seemingly willing to sleep overnight for days in sleeping bags, tents and cardboard boxes painted up as foreclosed homes.
6:41 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
Is Occupy Wall Street a tea party for Democrats?
As protests aimed at shaming Wall Street continued near New York's financial heart, they raised a tantalizing prospect for beleaguered liberals: Their side may, unexpectedly, be witnessing the redefinition of a coming election year that was supposed to be all about an "enthusiasm gap" for Democrats against charged-up Republicans.
12:00 PM PDT, October 11, 2011
Mitt Romney sympathizes with Wall Street protesters
Mitt Romney appeared to be softening to the Occupy Wall Street protests on Monday, taking a more sympathetic tone as he remarked on the movement, which he had called “dangerous” just a week before.
1:29 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
Hundreds of protesters take over downtown intersection
Police said Thursday that the number of protesters that had been picketing banks downtown has swelled to about 500 and that a march had taken over the intersection of 7th and Figueroa streets. Officers in riot gear were dispatched to the scene and arrests may be imminent if the protesters did not disperse, police said.
6:04 AM PDT, October 10, 2011
Iranian commander labels U.S. protests as 'American Spring'
An Iranian military commander has labeled the protests spreading from New York's Wall Street to other U.S. cities the beginning of an "American Spring," likening them to the uprisings that toppled Arab autocrats in the Middle East, Iran's official news agency reported.
1:53 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
Bank protesters arrested after trying to cash $673-billion check
Los Angeles police arrested 10 people Thursday afternoon at a downtown Bank of America branch after they marched in and tried to cash a check for $673 billion, officials said.
October 6, 2011
Op-Ed
Occupy Wall Street: The new Populists?
They call themselves the 99 Percenters. "We are occupying Wall Street," they say, encamped by the hundreds in a park dubbed Liberty Square in Lower Manhattan's financial district, and now seconded by satellite groups at L.A.'s City Hall, in San Francisco and in Chicago, Boston, St. Louis and dozens of other cities. "We will use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation," they avow, "to restore democracy in America." For the last two weeks, their numbers have ebbed and flowed. They are young, many of them college educated, most of them jobless — most of them feeling they've been robbed of a workable future. They're sleeping in tents, sharing food, communicating by social media and participating in what their website calls a nonviolent, "leaderless resistance movement" to denounce "the greed and corruption of the 1%." They hold signs that say, "People not profit" and "Populism not corporate fascism."
8:44 AM PDT, October 6, 2011
More arrests after Occupy Wall Street march
A protest against corporate greed that drew thousands of people to a Lower Manhattan square led to more than two dozen arrests Wednesday night when some supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement tried to actually occupy Wall Street.
12:13 PM PDT, October 6, 2011
Wall Street-style protests target downtown Los Angeles bank
Occupy L.A. has stepped up its protests by picketing the residence of a banking executive and staging a rally Thursday in front of a downtown Chase bank branch.
4:15 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
Occupy Wall Street has company in Washington, D.C.
Another fall day in Washington, D.C., another protest. First there was Occupy Wall Street. Beginning Thursday, there will also be Stop the Machine.
5:26 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
Occupy Wall Street? What about Occupy Sesame Street?
You've heard of Occupy Wall Street, but how about Occupy Sesame Street? That's a newish hash tag -- #occupysesamestreet -- that has emerged on Twitter over the last two weeks, with tweets that are less strident and more absurd than those associated with #occupywallstreet.
5:54 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
Occupy Seattle protests beset first by rain, now by loss of tents
There's been a special Pacific Northwest-style treat for the 100 or so protesters who have been occupying a downtown park for one of the West Coast assaults on Wall Street politics known as Occupy Seattle -- rain.
12:13 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
AFL-CIO Chief Richard Trumka backs Occupy Wall Street protests
The U.S. labor movement will support demonstrations around the country by anti-Wall Street protesters, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Wednesday.
10:07 AM PDT, October 5, 2011
Unions, civic groups to join Occupy Wall Street march
Unions and civic groups will join Wednesday with protesters from Occupy Wall Street to march in Manhattan, enlarging what started as an anti-establishment protest of perhaps a few hundred unemployed, mainly college-aged people.
8:32 AM PDT, October 3, 2011
Occupy L.A. keeps economic protest alive outside City Hall
Protesters fed up with Wall Street's practices and influence woke up Monday to their third morning of camping outside Los Angeles City Hall.
2:25 PM PDT, October 5, 2011
Thousands march in Occupy Wall Street protest
Thousands of people waving signs and chanting slogans marched Wednesday afternoon from Occupy Wall Street's encampment in Lower Manhattan's financial district to Foley Square in front of the courthouse to press their anti-greed message.
12:08 PM PDT, October 4, 2011
Lone protester launches Occupy USC vigil
As anti-greed protesters camped on the sidewalk outside Los Angeles City Hall for a third night, a lone student launched his own sleep-in at USC.
October 2, 2011
Hundreds of protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge
About 700 protesters were arrested Saturday in a demonstration against corporate greed and other social inequalities after they swarmed the Brooklyn Bridge and shut down a lane of traffic for several hours, New York City police said.
8:02 AM PDT, October 3, 2011
Another day, another march: Occupy Wall Street endures
Patrick M. Barth didn't plan on getting arrested when he set out on foot to protest corporate greed, but he was one of about 700 demonstrators who found themselves in jail cells over the weekend as tensions escalated between New York police and a movement now in its third week of a Manhattan sit-in.
9:36 PM PDT, October 1, 2011
Economic protesters remain camped out at L.A. City Hall
After a daylong protest against what they view as inequities in economic policies, more than 100 protesters remained on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday night, drumming, singing and discoursing on fiscal policy.
October 4, 2011
Editorial
Occupy Wall Street's message
The pundit class has largely ignored, dismissed or mocked the Occupy Wall Street protest (the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, for example, calls the protesters "a collection of ne'er-do-wells raging against Wall Street, or something"). We too find it hard to get especially worked up over a series of small demonstrations in a handful of cities, including Los Angeles, involving mostly disaffected people who have trouble expressing what it is they're against. But isn't that how the "tea party" started out?
10:07 PM PDT, October 2, 2011
Occupy Los Angeles protesters camp for second night at City Hall
Protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles City Hall since Saturday, inspired by on-going Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York, will spend a second night sleeping on the pavement this evening.
1:57 PM PDT, October 1, 2011
Economic protesters gather at Los Angeles City Hall
Several hundred people marched on Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday to protest the nation's economic climate and encourage political involvement.
9:11 PM PDT, October 2, 2011
Downtown L.A. becomes a stage for protest and performance art
Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a set for political theater over the weekend, with protesters pitching tents in front of City Hall and performance artists dancing on floats meandering through the streets.
4:00 PM PDT, October 2, 2011
Reader photos: Southern California Moments Day 275
Occupy LA protesters gather in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 1, in this photo captured by reader Bullet Salvador.
3:26 PM PDT, October 2, 2011
Protesters set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall
Inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York, several hundred protesters set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall this weekend, saying they are there to stay.
8:25 PM PDT, October 1, 2011
Economic protesters take to the streets in L.A.
Stephen Maranzano had a long list of concerns: the war in the Middle East, corporate tax breaks, rising unemployment and the fact that he's working three part-time jobs and still barely makes ends meet.
3:42 PM PDT, September 28, 2011
Anti-corruption activists plan on 'occupying' Los Angeles
The planned encampment, to be set up at L.A. City Hall, will protest the corruption of an economic and political system that has allowed a small fraction of Americans to grow rich "while the rest of us have gotten poorer," the group Occupy Los Angeles said in a statement to the media Wednesday.
5:48 PM PDT, September 29, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protesters driven by varying goals
Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon have dropped in. A seasoned diplomat dispenses free advice. Supporters send everything from boxes of food and clothes to Whole Foods gift cards. They even have their own app, for the legions of fans following them on iPhones and Androids.
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