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Tue Apr 18 2006
Bush Visits Northern California
Protests as Bush Comes to California to Observe Earth Day
On Friday, April 21st, President Bush was in San Jose (1 | 2 | 3). A protest was held outside of Cisco Systems when Bush was scheduled to appear. Toward the end of the rally, a half dozen Muslim youth gathered to pray a block from the protest zone. As the street was blocked off to traffic, the youth laid out make-shirt prayer mats in the bike lane and began their prayer ritual. Within moments, San Jose Police had them surrounded, and those that were not passive enough during questioning found themselves hand cuffed. Most were finally released at the scene of the crime after being issued tickets for jay-walking and obstructing traffic.
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Bush was then scheduled to meet with fellows at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, but thousands of protestors blocked the main entrance forcing him to change his plans.
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He spent Friday night in the Napa County town of St. Helena, where protesters lined the street.

On Saturday, Bush made a stop at the California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento to pay lip service to alternative energy.
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There will be protests against Bush in the Los Angeles area Sunday and Monday: Read LA Indymedia For More
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