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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside Israel Philharmonic performance in San Francisco
More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on Sunday evening, protesting a performance by the Israel Philharmonic. The protest, which had dispersed by the concert’s conclusion, called for a cultural and academic boycott of Israel.
SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco police made another round of arrests after a second round of anti-ICE protests on Monday night, where several buildings were defaced with graffiti.
Overall, police said they had no problem with the large demonstration that started about 7 p.m. at the 24th Street BART station.
But a small, splinter group split off and started vandalizing and damaging businesses up and down streets in the Mission and along Market Street near Civil Center.
Police said thousands of people took part in the broader demonstration and at one point, two smaller groups went in different directions and started causing trouble.
Police were seen late Monday night detaining several people on Market Street, holding them on the sidewalks or processing them inside a San Francisco sheriff’s van.
Several of the protesters explained why they were out on the streets.
“It is clear that immigrants are a foundational part of this country,” Justine Levan said. “My parents were immigrants. I think every day we have people who are immigrants that work, who provide services for us that we need and more than that. These people are humans.”
The unknown number of Monday night arrests follows nearly 150 arrests that San Francisco police made on Sunday night, including six kids, for vandalizing businesses and damaging cars and property.
Early Tuesday morning, more vandalism was spotted, including anti-police, anti-ICE and pro-Palestine spray paint on a McDonald’s near the 24th Street BART station. Similar grafitti was found at 22nd and Valencia, at a Wells Fargo bank and Skechers outlet store.
Mayor Daniel Lurie made clear on Monday that, as a sanctuary city, local law enforcement in San Francisco does not engage in federal ICE enforcement.
And while people have the right to protest and free speech, anyone caught breaking the law will face consequences.
A women’s sports bar is coming to San Francisco.
Rikki’s on Market Street will officially open its doors on Wednesday.
The restaurant and bar owners said they decided to open the first-of-its-kind bar in San Francisco out of frustration. They said they couldn’t find any bars that would play professional women’s soccer or basketball games.
The bar’s name honors the late Rikki Streicher. She was a community activist and leader in San Francisco’s LGBTQ movement in the 1960s. She also co-founded the Federation of Gay Games in 1982.
A pair of San Francisco tourists were rescued Saturday after getting stuck on a cliffside, the San Francisco Fire Department said.
Crews were sent to the area between Deadman’s and Mile Rock Beach around 3:30 p.m. for a cliffside rescue.
The Fire Department said one of them dropped their cellphone, and both of them got stuck on the cliffside trying to get it back.
Crews from the Cliff Rescue 14 and Heavy Rescue 1 helped with a rope-rescue operation. The pair were rescued around an hour later.
Neither was injured, and they were issued a ticket by the US Park Police.
The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office’s Henry 1 helicopter was on standby for the rescue, but was not needed.
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