A peaceful protest drew several hundred people to Chevron’s Richmond refinery Saturday, including Mayor Eduardo Martinez and former city council member Melvin Willis.
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Environmental groups organize to protest Chevron, military action in VenezuelaÂ
Saturday’s protest at Chevron’s Richmond refinery is spurred by the Trump Administration’s capture of the Venezuelan president and the fatal shooting of a woman by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
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Update: About 900 attend No Kings protests in San Pablo, El Sobrante, opposing Trump’s power grab
No Kings protests took place across west Contra Costa County Saturday.
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The East Bay ‘resistance’: A guide to local activism
From No Kings Day to defending day laborers, a broad range of Bay Area groups are pushing back on creeping authoritarianism.
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ICE detains East Bay grandmother, 73, with health issues, no criminal history
Indivisible West Contra Costa held a rally Sept. 12 in El Sobrante to demand the release of Harjit Kaur, a longtime Hercules resident facing deportation despite health issues and a record of complying with immigration rules.
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How to stay safe at an immigration protest or political rally
On Saturday Richmond residents plan to join a series of national Trump protests. Experts give advice on how to attend political rally.
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Richmonders attend local protests denouncing Trump, Musk’s power grab
Thousands of East Bay residents protested the president’s purge of the federal government and his attacks on immigrants, LGBTQ communities and the rule of law.
