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Protesters with Occupy Wall Street have begun erecting all-weather tents at their encampment in Zuccotti Park to get ready for winter.

An estimated 10,000 protesters marched to the Port of Oakland last night as a general strike was called in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Demonstrators shut down maritime operations at the port as officials asked that protesters allow the workers to return home safely. The march was generally peaceful, police said, as some vandalism was reported. The strike was the first of its kind since 1946. Meanwhile at Wall Street, protesters have battled the snow and prepare to face the winter.

Having raised approximately half a million dollars, Occupy Wall Street now sits atop more wealth than most protesters ever expected — presenting some opportunities for organizers, as well as some challenges.

In a bid to remain transparent as it amasses hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, Occupy Wall Street released its first financial report Monday. The report, compiled by the OWS Finance working group, covers revenues and expenses from September 16 through October 18, during which time the protest raised $454,437.47 in donations.

Zurana Horton, a 34-year-old mother of 12 who was shot dead in the Brownsville, Brooklyn, last week was remembered as a kind and generous friend and neighbor on Monday. Reverend Al Sharpton and other community leaders said Horton's death was a reminder that more needed to be done to end gun violence.

In recent days a number of Wall Street protesters have erected tents at Zuccotti Park, despite a ban against erected structures, giving hope to some demonstrators that their protest will continue through the winter.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rep. Nydia Velazquez were among the officials who announced the 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, that dated back to 1916, would be renovated into a center for light manufacturing — a venture they said would also add 1,300 permanent jobs.

Within a month the anti-Wall Street protests have gone from novelty status to the subject of serious debate — with even President Barack Obama weighing in and Mayor Michael Bloomberg expressing sympathy for their cause.

Organizers of the anti-Wall Street protest acknowledged that after a month of demonstrations there is an increased willingness by members to confront the police during marches — even if it means getting arrested.

Occupy Wall Street protesters celebrated Friday when a plan for the park owners to clean the park was temporarily shelved. Organizers are planning marches and other events on Saturday, including an "Occupation Party" in Times Square at 5 p.m.

Arun Venugopal, WNYC reporter, takes your questions about Occupy Wall Street, particularly the logistics of the encampment at Zucotti Park.

Police made 14 arrests when a few hundred Wall Street protesters left Zuccotti Park and marched near the Stock Exchange after owners of the Lower Manhattan park that has become the demonstrators' makeshift headquarters made a last-minute decision to postpone the planned cleanup.

The new process seems simple enough: allow city officials and real estate developers to review blueprints for new projects in a virtual conference room, online, rather than in person. The city claims this simple step of going digital will drastically reduce the time it takes for construction projects to be approved.

The Occupy Wall Street demonstration has been going on for almost a month - and the number of musicians dropping by its Zuccotti Park headquarters is growing. From local troubadours and marching bands to Talib Kweli and Peter Yarrow, we learn more about the sounds of Occupy Wall Street from WNYC news reporter Arun Venugopal.

Following the lead of labor unions, some religious organizations joined the Wall Street protests this weekend.

Civil liberties lawyers sought to impose a restraining order on the NYPD in federal court Monday to stop the destruction of any evidence related to the alleged surveillance of Muslim communities since the September 11 attacks.

Labor activists and members of the Occupy Wall Street protests will converge at One Police Plaza Friday evening to protest police tactics, namely the use of pepper-spray against some of the protesters during a march last weekend.

The Census Bureau announced that the number of same-sex couples in the country was 28 percent lower than what it had earlier reported.

Following 80 arrests over the weekend, organizers of an anti-Wall Street demonstration are now facing possible eviction from the Lower Manhattan park that has been their unofficial base of operations for the past 10 days.

Jonathan Tasini, labor activist and president of Economic Future Group, and Arun Venugopal, WNYC reporter, discuss the protests on Wall Street.