Strauss's connection to the cause stems from his family's survival during the Holocaust, underscoring the urgency of raising awareness during the APEC summit. "What happened today on the Bay Bridge is a demand for a cease-fire and an interruption of business as usual because, as far as I'm concerned, as long as we see genocide happening, we need to stop it," Strauss asserted passionately. That closure has not surprisingly led to westbound congestion on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the San Mateo Bridge. All lanes feeding into the Bay Bridge toll plaza from the MacArthur Maze were being detoured in other directions. However, while the cars that were stuck on the span by the protest were moving again, CHP kept the Bay Bridge closed to westbound traffic until the earlier incident was cleared. By 11 a.m., traffic was moving on the two right lanes. to Caltrans and official vehicles, while intermittent groups of regular vehicular traffic were creeping by on the right-hand shoulder. Two lanes were re-opened shortly after 10 a.m. The California Highway Patrol said the protesters blocked the westbound lanes on the bridge's eastern span just before Treasure Island shortly before 8 a.m. Photos: Demonstration demanding cease-fire in Gaza shuts down westbound Bay Bridge 8 photosĮighty people were arrested and over a dozen vehicles used to block the lanes were towed, authorities said. Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza blocked all westbound lanes of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for hours during the Thursday morning commute. Watch: Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after blocking Bay Bridge 08:05
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