Tri-Valley residents rally for ‘No Kings’ during demonstration day

From San Francisco’s Pacific shore to the Bay Area hills and valleys, thousands upon thousands marched and rallied to protest President Donald Trump and his policies in the third national “No Kings” Day.

Organizers said tens of thousands were drawn to the nonviolent events on Saturday in San Francisco, Oakland, Mendocino, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, San Mateo, Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Pleasanton and Livermore, among others. 

Progressives were joined by trade unionists, civil rights and church groups, the League of Women Voters and immigrant activists. Some called for an end to the war in Iran, mass detentions and masked immigration agents; others focused on fair elections.

“Our No Kings event represented the power of the people, with thousands of residents coming together in joyous determination to uphold our nation’s essential founding principle that we don’t have kings,” said Marla Kirby, member of the steering committee that put on the event in Livermore.

Organized by Livermore Indivisible, the “No Kings” demonstration featured a rally, protest, live music and human services resources plaza at Portola Park and the adjacent streets from midmorning into the afternoon, according to Kirby. 

“The community organizations that tabled at our event show us the way forward: by getting involved and working together, we can make our lives better and our community stronger,” she added in a post-event press release. “We are grateful to everyone who participated with us in No Kings 3.”

Another crowd of area residents gathered at Amador Valley Community Park in Pleasanton on Saturday for the “No Kings” demonstration organized by Indivisible Tri-Valley. The event includes speeches, live music, informational booths, chalk art, banner-making and rallying along the streets at the park not far from downtown. 

“It was a family friendly event. Yet the attendees sent strong messages on their signs of protest,” an Indivisible Tri-Valley spokesperson told the Pleasanton Weekly.

More than 7,000 people were estimated in attendance between the two Tri-Valley demonstrations, according to organizers.

Elsewhere in the Bay Area, on the sand at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, hundreds of protestors formed a human banner spelling out in letters 80 feet high, “TRUMP MUST GO NOW!”

Arrayed beneath the main message, tarps two feet wide read: “NO ICE,” “NO WARS,” “NO LIES” and “NO KINGS,” flanking an American flag.

Along Market Street, the main march in San Francisco drew an array of demonstrators. A skateboarder sped down the street waving a large pink, blue and white transgender pride flag.

Some of the messages were simple – “Impeach Trump” – while others required a second glance.

“They want 1939 Germany, they got 1776,” said a sign carried by Bella Parks, a 17-year-old junior at Maybeck High School in Berkeley.

She came to the protest because “young people need to actually stand up”. Parks said she was cheered by seeing “everybody together, excited to make a change as a community”.

Her father, Dale Rose, carried a sign that said, “With fear for our democracy, I dissent.” Bella’s mother, Michaela Parks, said the crowd seemed joyful and expressive. “Everybody was pretty chill,” she said.

Down the street, Elizabeth Zieser, 36, a registered nurse from San Francisco, carried a sign recalling a German minister’s postwar confessional over not speaking out against the Nazis. “First they came for the immigrants, and I said, like hell you are,” said the sign displayed by Zieser.

Editor’s note: Coverage of Tri-Valley demonstrations by Jeremy Walsh, editorial director of Pleasanton Weekly, Livermore Vine and DanvilleSanRamon.com. Bay Area event coverage and context by Pete Young, Bay City News Service.

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