By Lee Romney, Kim Murphy and Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
13 December 11
Demonstrators fail to shut down most shipping business. Rain in some areas hampered turnout.
Reporting from Oakland, Seattle and Long Beach- Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked access to several major West Coast ports Monday in synchronized demonstrations that slowed business but fell short of what some protesters hoped would be a complete shutdown of coastal shipping.
The protests stretched from San Diego to Anchorage, brought work to a standstill in Oakland and Longview, Wash., and led to the closure of a major marine terminal in Portland, Ore. Demonstrators caused smaller disruptions in Seattle and in Long Beach, where a driving rain and threats of arrest put a damper on an early morning picket line.READ MORE
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