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We are at lake marion where tonight people held the candlelight vigil for Trayvon Martin. This peaceful gathering capped protests in oakland in response to last saturdays verdict. None of them. About 50 people stood in a circle near lake mara tonight holding candles and reflecting on a week full of outrage. Peaceful protests and violence that at times spilled into the streets of oakland. People have been angry about it, and have every right to be angry about it, but whats going to get us through this and whats going to transform our nation to make sure theres no more trayvons . Thats love. About 200 people gathered in front of the Federal Building in oak labor day to demand that the Justice Department pursue a civil rights case against george zimmerman. That rally was organized by 17yearold justin jones, who just g ....
demolishing part of the old bay bridge structure to make the new approach. this is what we re talking about because the bay bridge is closed. crews spent last night grinding up the old road and major construction will start soon. caltran officials say they open to begin striping the new lanes sometime late tonight. one of the critical weather operations is just about wrapping up. we almost completed paving which is a very good milestone for us to be at today. paving is something that we were concerned about, having weather issues with, because the fact we had sun out here today means that we are just about through that part of it. caltran says if all goes as planned the westbound lanes will open in time for the morning commute on tuesday weather permitting of course. if crews continue to stay ahead of schedule, it could open earlier than that. in the meantime b.a.r.t. will run over night service at select stations and there will be extended ferry service. the three- ....
it was canceled in part because it overhappened with the art and soul festival. event organizers say oakland pride is compared more to families than those in san francisco and this year there s even more to celebrate. they say oakland has the third highest rate of same sex couples after seattle and san francisco. nearly 1,000 live in berkeley, attendees say they are not surprised that oakland is home to so many gay families. so many people in san francisco migrate to the east bay because of wanting to get a cheaper place to live and get more bang for their buck. you get to see people you haven t seen, whereas the one in the city which i love i used to go to, it s gotten too big, too crowded, too commercial. and here there s room to walk around. people are friendly. it feels more community. reporter: and with so many people from the community here, a lot of money is generated from this event. officials say pride will dump around $1.1 million back into the local eco ....