Photos of raucous protests around the state | Demonstrators demand stay-at-home order be lifted
Alicia Cruz, center, of Elk Grove, Calif., takes part in a protest at the state Capitol on Friday. She said she was there to protect civil liberties, her children’s future and future livelihoods.
Raucous protests erupted around California this week as demonstrators demanded that Gov. Gavin Newson’s stay-at-home order be lifted.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the closed state Capitol building in Sacramento on Friday. Scores more circled the block, protesting from their cars.
Horns blared. Cow bells rang. Nary a mask was in sight, though there was plenty of “Trump 2020” gear. Overhead a plane circled trailing a banner with Newsom’s photo and the words, “End His Tyranny.”
In Southern California, more than 500 people crowded an intersection in Huntington Beach to protest beach closures and demand that stay-at-home orders be lifted. Similar demonstrations were held in downtown Los Angeles and in Hermosa Beach.
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Sacramento
More than 1,500 people took part in a protest at the Capitol in Sacramento on Friday seeking a reopening of the California economy.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
California Highway Patrol officers take into custody a woman who refused to follow orders to move off the Capitol grounds during a protest Friday.
(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
CHP officers wearing riot gear form a line around the California Capitol grounds after removing protesters.
(Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Huntington Beach
Hundreds of protesters calling for beaches to be reopened rally Friday at the intersection of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, where they were met by a line of mounted police.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
A protester holds a U.S. flag outside his car during a rally in Huntington Beach calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to reopen beaches and lift stay-at-home orders.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Protesters at Huntington Beach on Friday demand stay-at-home rules be lifted.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Tim)
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A Huntington Beach police officer stands the the foreground while protesters at Huntington Beach demand stay-at-home rules be lifted.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles
A protester calling for the end of stay-at-home restrictions, left, argues with a counterprotester Friday outside L.A. City Hall.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
Protesters call for the end of coronavirus stay-at-home orders outside City Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
A supporter of President Trump protesting stay-at-home orders, right, argues with a counterprotester at L.A. City Hall.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Hundreds of people converged outside L.A. City Hall to call on Gov. Gavin Newsom to immediately lift stay-at-home orders,
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Hermosa Beach
A protester walks into the water in Hermosa Beach following a rally against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s beach closure order Friday.
(Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)
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Local resident Aaron Reed carries an American flag during protest in Hermosa Beach.
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