Kings Day Protest live updates
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Dozens of protests and rallies against the Trump administration are set to take place in the Bay Area this weekend, as part of the nationwide "No Kings" movement.
In 1987, an estimated 800,000 people gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic San Francisco bridge.
Across the country, an estimated 5 million protesters took part in more than 2,000 protests, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, a co-sponsor of the nationwide protest. In the Bay Area, more than 50 protests were planned stretching south from Gilroy north to Santa Rosa.
Hundreds of people gathered at Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Saturday morning to protest the Trump administration by forming a massive human banner.
Motorists in two cities across the nation have struck “No Kings” protesters, according to multiple reports. Police detained two motorists whom they say intentionally drove into crowds of protesters in San Francisco, California and Culpeper, Virginia. There is no reason to believe the two incidents are connected.
Protests large and small were set for Saturday throughout the Bay Area, from banner-hangings on overpasses, to major gatherings in San Jose’s St. James Park, and in Oakland’s Wilma
Alphabet-owned robotaxi company Waymo is limiting service due to Saturday’s scheduled nationwide “No Kings” protests against President Donald Trump and his policies.
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KTVU FOX 2 on MSN'We are prepared': SF businesses boarded up as leaders call for peaceful 'No Kings' protestsPeter Hosey is the organizer of the San Francisco "No Kings" protest. He's gathering people to the grass at Mission Dolores Park on Saturday. "We want to give people a chance to show up in the streets, in mass and great numbers, and take our message to the people," he said.