Top of the morning’s news
- The anti-Wall Street protests have extended to dozens of cities. AP; Activist Cindy Sheehan was among those arrested in Sacramento over the weekend. AP
- Fox Business News anchor Liz Claman moves into Silicon Valley starting today for interviews with tech leaders being billed as “Three Days in the Valley.” TV Newser
- Radio columnist Ben Fong-Torres says plenty of KFOG listeners are miffed after the station abandoned the ‘60s and ’70s rock it long blended with blues, reggae and newer artists. Chronicle
- Amazon has started cutting deals directly with authors, cutting publishers out. NYT
- Meet Ricky Gill, the 24-year-old UC Berkeley law student from Stockton who has already raised $725,000 to run for Congress—although he won’t be old enough to do so until next year. Chronicle
- The California Medical Association over the weekend called for the legalization of marijuana, even while pronouncing cannabis to be of questionable medical value. LA Times
Other news“That was on me a little, too hard a handshake there.”
-- 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, on his post-game handshake with Lions coach Jim Schwartz that angered Schwartz and led to an ugly shoving match after the 49ers’ victory.
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- Signed, sealed and delivered: the Metropolitan Transportation Commission plunked down $93 million in bridge toll money and closed out its deal to move from Oakland to a building in San Francisco within 24 hours. Chronicle
- The LA Times discovers the Mommy PI-Contra Costa County police corruption scandal.
- A man was shot and killed at the funeral of a slain Hell’s Angel member in San Jose Saturday and police said someone tampered with the crime scene. Chronicle
- The Grand National Rodeo opened at the Cow Palace over the weekend and runs through Oct. 22. Chronicle
- Prison officials say that a statewide hunger strike among inmates over gang-security measures and treatment in isolation cells has all but ended. Chronicle
- BANG sports columnist Monte Poole says the time has come to build a statue to Al Davis in Oakland. BANG
- After Jason Campbell broke his collar bone in the Raiders win over Cleveland, it’s now apparently Kyle Boller’s show at quarterback. Mercury News; Meanwhile, Scott Ostler looks at what’s out there as a Raider option. Chronicle
- Gay men and women in the military no longer need to conceal their identities but their partners are still denied benefits. LA Times
