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She showed up on that bridge because she believed it was urgent. She showed up on that bridge because she believed that it would help save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=573\">Trump Announces $700 Million Investment in Coal, Including New Export Terminal in Oakland<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=577\">Proposed Trump Rule Targets \u2018Woke\u2019 Federal Grants for Public Lands, Health, Science<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The seven Bay Area residents who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge on Tax Day in 2024 could each face 14 or more years behind bars for their role in the protest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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