The Bay Area is gearing up for a series of [unpermitted] political events this weekend that have law enforcement authorities on edge, including far-right gatherings in San Francisco and Berkeley and a number of counterdemonstrations.
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The leader of a right-wing group that had planned a Saturday rally at Crissy Field in San Francisco called off the event Friday just as local and federal officials put the finishing touches on a slate of security measures designed to head off the kind of violence seen this month in Charlottesville, Va.
But Joey Gibson of Patriot Prayer said the group will instead hold a “press conference” at 2 p.m. Saturday at Alamo Square Park i…