San Francisco police arrested 137 protesters for trespassing after a sit-in outside Senator Alex Padilla's office, part of a coordinated demonstration criticizing senators' votes opposing a resolution to stop sending weapons to Israel. Drug-Free Sidewalks held a roughly 100-person rally in SoMa urging more law-enforcement action against open-air drug use. A Los Angeles landmarks dispute centers on Marilyn Monroe's final home amid owner plans to demolish it. The SFPD will run DUI "saturation patrols" on August 30 with possible checkpoints. Oakland police are investigating a deadly West Oakland shooting. A design dispute arose over an RH store in Los Gatos, and Fed governor Lisa Cook filed suit over her firing.
San Francisco police arrested 137 protesters Wednesday for trespassing, after a sit-in outside Senator Alex Padilla's office on Bush Street. The protesters, who were part of a coordinated demonstration that also included a simultaneous sit-in at Senator Adam Schiff's office in Burbank, object to the senators' votes against a July resolution introduced by Bernie Sanders to stop sending weapons to Israel. [KTVU]
The group Drug-Free Sidewalks held a rally Wednesday in SoMa that was attended by around 100 people. The group, which previously rallied near 16th and Mission in May, seeks to encourage more law-enforcement action against open-air drug use. [NBC Bay Area] There's a landmarks battle happening in Los Angeles over the final home that Marilyn Monroe lived in, with new owners seeking to demolish it.
The city declared it a cultural landmark in June, but the owners say this should have been done years ago, before 14 different owners made changes to it. [Bloomberg] This holiday weekend, on Saturday, August 30, the SFPD will be conducting DUI "saturation patrols" between 7 pm and 3 am, which could include checkpoints. [SFPD] Oakland police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened around 5 pm Wednesday on 17th Street in West Oakland, near Marston Campbell Park. [KPIX]
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