Veterans and others have concluded their Veterans Day march from Frank H. Ogawa Plaza to the police station and have returned to the Occupy Oakland camp. Earlier, police distributed eviction notices to campers at Occupy Oakland. The move comes one day after a man whose name has not been released by police was shot and killed after an apparent fight near the Occupy Oakland tent city . The mayor and other city leaders are stepping up calls for the camp to disband.
10:30 p.m. Camp beds down
Occupy Oakland is bedding down for the night. Small groups of occupiers are milling around, talking quietly, while a homeless man sleeps in the doorway of City Hall.
A slow drizzle has again started to fall over downtown Oakland.
9:45 p.m. Sockupy Oakland
A man named Michael Haley is handing out free socks at the Occupy encampment, saying he is running Sockupy Oakland. Dry feet, he says, are the key to getting people to defy Quan's request to leave.
CAN I do?' I said socks. Socks were the number one request of campers who a friend and I talked to on our various tours of OGP. Even Forrest Gump knows to take care of your feet."9:10 p.m. Calm night at the camp
Very little action at the tent city for now, although one camper is upset to find his tent missing. It's unclear at this point where it went.
8:30 p.m. Campers destroy eviction notices
Every last one of the 200 eviction notices handed out earlier have been destroyed by angry campers.
7:45 p.m. Shooting suspect had been living in camp, police say
One of the men being sought in connection with Thursday's shooting death near Frank Ogawa Plaza was a frequent resident of the camp, Oakland police said in a newly issued news release. Occupiers have said the shooting was unrelated to the camp. Here's the full text of the OPD release:
7:40 p.m. Tent city is upset over eviction notices
After marching from Frank H. Ogawa Plaza to the Oakland Police Department Friday night, many campers have returned to the plaza. Campers are upset about the earlier eviction notices handed out by police and are saying, "Read it and burn it."
6 p.m. Mayor: Occupy Oakland 'risks are too great'
Campers are wadding up and tossing out the eviction notices they were served earlier, while Mayor Jean Quan defended issuing the notices.
5:25 p.m. Occupy Oakland gets eviction notices
As rain continues to beat on the tents at Occupy Oakland, police are going tent to tent distributing eviction notices to campers directing them to leave or be arrested.
4:45 p.m. Friends say Scott Olsen discharged from hospital
Friends gathered at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza say Scott Olsen, the 24-year-old military vet who witnesses say was hit in the head with a tear-gas canister on the night of Oct. 25, is out of the hospital.
4:35 p.m. Veterans speaking
About 30 veterans are gathering at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza ready to lead a march, likely to the Oakland Police Department to denounce violence against vets. The group is giving condolences to families of vets who have committed suicide after returning from war.
3:55 p.m. Waiting for Veterans Day march to start
Men in green military jackets and military headgear have begun gathering on the plaza.
12:50 p.m. Richmond mayor skips veterans event for Occupy rally
About 100 protesters gathered in front of Richmond City Hall this morning for an Occupy "speak out" addressing wealth inequality.
11 a.m. Cal mostly unoccupied
The Occupy Cal protest has dwindled to two protesters, seated on the steps of Sproul Hall this morning.
9:05 a.m. Police union sends open letter to Occupy Oakland
On Friday, the Oakland Police Officers Association sent a letter to the Occupy Oakland camp, imploring them to leave peacefully. Monitoring the camp, especially its violent elements, has become a drain on city resources, according to the OPOA.
7:40 a.m. Tense scene after confrontation
Within the last 20 minutes, a fight broke out after two men apparently tried to set a tent on fire. A man who witnessed it confronted them and followed them with a video camera.
Friday, 6:30 a.m. Shrine erected to 'Alex'
A shrine has been erected near the spot where a man was shot and killed the previous night.
People are gathering at the Oakland plaza to remember the young shooting victim in a peaceful candlelight vigil.
9:55 p.m. Oakland: Shooting victim visited camp
In an interview, an Oakland woman said that when she lived in a tent at the Occupy Oakland camp, the man who was shot and killed Thursday night often visited her. Medea Wiliams said the victim was her cousin.
9:45 p.m. Oakland: No action expected at plaza
An Oakland police officer at the scene said no action at the plaza is expected tonight.
9:30 p.m. Oakland: Police tape removed
Police have cleared the shooting scene on 14th and Broadway, taking down the tape that cordoned the scene and hosing off the concrete.
8:45 p.m. Oakland: Mayor's statement
The full text of Mayor Jean Quan's statement on the shooting and Occupy Oakland:
8:35 p.m. UC Berkeley: Protesters say they'll spend the night, but no tents apparent
Several protesters say they will spend the night at Sproul Plaza, but no one appears to have any tents. One suggestion that received a large amount of laughter and applause was that protesters put up tents, then put sandbags in them so officers couldn't take them away so easily.
8:30 p.m. Oakland: Life goes on in tent city
Five police cars sit on 14th Street near Broadway as occupiers mill around the tent city. About two dozen people are huddled on a nearby corner, holding candlelight vigils. About 100 people are in the amphitheater, listening to someone play guitar while candles on the ground spell out the first name of the man who was killed tonight.
8:15 p.m. Oakland mayor calls on campers to leave
8 p.m. UC Berkeley: Quiet general assembly at Sproul
About 200 people remain at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, down from about 500 hours earlier. Three police officers are monitoring the crowd. Attorneys from the ACLU and the National Lawyers Guild said they were considering filing a lawsuit about police brutality, and students talked about raising money to help support a St. Mary's student who remains jailed after the protests. A candlelight vigil to raise money for the student's bail was to be held Thursday at the Moraga campus.
7:45 p.m. Oakland: Mayor arrives
Mayor Jean Quan has just arrived at the camp and is preparing to speak.
7:20 p.m. Oakland Council president says camp must go
7 p.m. Oakland: Organizers gather for meeting
Occupiers are trying to gather for a meeting even as police work the scene for evidence.
6:45 p.m. Oakland: Vigil on the plaza
Protesters are holding a silent vigil for the shooting victim on the plaza.
6:40 p.m. Oakland: 'Turn the lights on'
Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan has been shouted down by protesters, who want lights restored at the plaza.
4:57 p.m. Oakland: Man shot
At 4:57 p.m., Oakland Police found a victim suffering from a gun shot wound.
3:20 p.m. UC Berkeley: Protesters urge others to bring tents
Protesters at Sproul have put out a call for others to bring tents this evening, as the group is expected to hold a general assembly to vote on whether they should try to set up tents again Thursday.
Staff writers Robert Salonga, Angela Woodall, Kristin J. Bender, Thomas Peele and Scott Johnson contributed to this report.
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