May Day Breaking News

[Robbie Michaels]

I got this from the sandiego.indymedia.org web site:

Nationwide - 5:20 PM PST - The Guardian UK reports: "police estimated 400,000 people marched through Chicago's business district and tens of thousands more rallied in New York and Los Angeles, where police stopped giving estimates at 60,000 as the crowd kept growing. An estimated 75,000 rallied in Denver, more than 15,000 in Houston and 30,000 more across Florida."
Tijuana - 5:07 PM PST - The SD Union Tribune is reporting that "about 20 U.S. immigration officers briefly faced off with 1,000 protesters standing just inside Mexican territory as the protesters tried to blockade northbound traffic around 11:20 a.m... On the Tijuana side, police arrested at least seven people during the daylong protest. One Tijuana officer was hit in the head when demonstrators started throwing bottles while police tried to arrest one protester; his condition wasn't known."
San Diego - 4:55 PM PST - An employee at PB Middle School reports that half of the students did not show up today.
San Diego - 4:45 PM PST - A phone report from a student organizer in Santa Cruz described how they set up a mock border crossing at both entrances of campus and later joined a march with over 500 people.
San Diego - 3:52 PM PST - The march in San Ysidro has over two thousand people. Estimates were up to 2,500. It has returned to Larsen Park and a large rally is underway. Protesters on the Tijuana side of the border successfully shut down the border for traffic coming into the US. After a while, police pushed demonstrators back and cleared 3 lanes of border traffic.
San Francisco - 11:42 AM PST - Protesters blocking cable car on California street.
San Diego - 11:31 AM PST - Large rally at Chicano Park wrapping up and moving on to San Ysidro rally.
San Francisco - 11:20 AM PST - Indybay is reporting that the mission district is full of marchers with white shirts and that most businesses are closed. There is a very large march starting at 3rd and market.
Tijuana - 11:18 AM PST - The Union Tribune is reporting that protesters in Tijuana are blocking traffic lanes near the border crossing.
San Ysidro/Tijuana - 10:18 AM PST - The local NBC affiliate is reporting that the border crossing is extremely slow. The McDonalds at the crossing, usually packed with people, is so empty that they are sending employees home. They also showed video of a protest taking place in Tijuana near the border crossing, with Mexican flags waving, encouraging people not to cross. It is apparently very successful as an employee of a shop near the crossing says that it's "dead".
San Francisco - 10:01 AM PST - Indybay is reporting that half of Balboa Park High School didn't show up today
Los Angeles - 8:40 AM PST - LA Indymedia is reporting that the truckers have successfully shut down 90% of Los Angeles Harbor. So far only 5 trucks have shown up.
New York - 6:43AM PST - Images of closed businesses in New York

http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/05/115485.shtml