Keep your fingers crossed, folks. One way or another, one way or the other.

While President Obama was telling the small crowd at a $7500-a-plate fundraiser in San Francisco that “Change is possible,” Pooda Miller was across the bay trying to get her plate back from the Oakland Police Department. “They came, pulled out rifles, shot us up with tear gas and took all our stuff,” said Miller

A roundup of stories from occupations around the country, including late updates from Oakland, where police used tear gas to disperse those trying to retake the site, and Atlanta, where more arrests occurred.

In a pre-dawn raid, police in Bahrain have moved into Pearl Square where protesters have been gathering, with reports of at least one dead in a hail of bullets and tear gas.