Broken glass, boarded-up windows and spray-painted graffiti dominated Broadway in downtown Oakland in the wake of weekend protests and riots that affected several Bay Area communities.

Thousands gathered in Oakland and across the country on Friday night to protest the death last Monday of George Floyd when he was in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bay Area protests that began peacefully Thursday degenerated over the weekend, with dozens of arrests, looting and vandalism reported in cities that included San Leandro, Hayward and Walnut Creek.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.