More than 100 medical students participated in a "die-in" at UCSF Medical Center, lying down as if dead just outside the doors to the hospital. They joined the wave of protests following the grand jury decisions in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York not to indict white police officers involved in killing unarmed black men. These students were emphasizing how racism affects health care. (Jeremy Raff/KQED)
Protesters against police brutality march down Center Street, toward the police station in Berkeley on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Tuesday was the fourth night in a row that demonstrators took to the streets in Berkeley to protest the recent decisions by grand juries in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City to not indict white police officers in the deaths of two unarmed black men. (David Yee/Berkeleyside)
Working with less than 12 hours to prepare, the RYSE Youth center in Richmond organized a solidarity action to stand with Ferguson, Missouri. The action lasted 4½ hours, the amount of time Michael Brown’s body was left in the street after the unarmed teen was shot and killed by a police officer. Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus, left, and Mayor-elect Tom Butt, right, showed their support at the peaceful protest on Tuesday, Dec. 9. (Bonnie Chan/Richmond Confidential)
Menlo Park residents gathered Friday in Fremont Park for the town's tree-lighting ceremony. (Sabrina Elfarra/Peninsula Press)
Santa reads “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to a crowd of attentive children at the Menlo Park tree-lighting ceremony. (Phoebe Barghouty/Peninsula Press)
