May Day Protests Marked By Takeovers And Tear Gas

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 WATCH: May Day Protests Marked By City Takeovers, Tear Gas, Flash Bang Grenades SAN FRANCISCO -- Thousands of protesters flooded the streets of San Francisco and Oakland on Tuesday as part of the nationwide May Day general strike organized largely by Occupy Wall Street. In Oakland, a crowd marched down Broadway at noon, closing the thoroughfare to downtown traffic. But protesters quickly clashed with police. Sutter Brown To The Rescue! WATCH: BART Agent Fired For Helping Teenager In Need Berkeley Dispensary's Closure Marks 'Biggest Casualty' Of Pot Crackdown East Bay Transgender Woman Killed In Alleged Hate Crime PHOTOS: The Golden Gate Bridge Like You've Never Seen It Before BLOG POSTS Gary Hirshberg: Turn the Lights All the Way Up Our food system has been adept at keeping the lights out or at least dimmed. But that is changing. The FDA should start by following the practices of more than 40 other nations and label genetically engineered foods. Martin J. Blank: All Hands on Deck for Community Schools At a time when some education reformers argue that only high test scores matter, the rise of the community school movement offers a crucial counterpoint. George Heymont: Searching for a Balance With Nature and Self Jiro Dreams of Sushi is balanced between the story of a remote and complex father and capturing the fine art of making sushi and photographing it in the immediacy of its freshness. It is also filled with surprises -- like watching how someone gets a live octopus into a plastic bag! Judy Patrick: Making Policies that Pave the Way Title IX legislation has been one of the most significant pieces of policy for women in the past 40 years because it has impacted millions of individual girls and women, every education system in the country and the sports industry. Sean Martinfield: 'Don Quixote' Is Spanking New at San Francisco Ballet San Francisco Ballet's Don Quixote is an impossible dream come true. As the last program of the 2012 season, this newly designed production is a glorious quest for the ultimately beautiful.

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