Thousands of “No Kings” protests are taking place on Saturday across the United States, with dozens of demonstrations planned in Southern California. The “No Kings”

Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration on Saturday are planning to rally in nearly 2,000 locations across the country, including many in Northern California.

Organizers of the "No Kings" demonstrations and local officials urged demonstrators to stay home from planned protests in Minnesota on Saturday after a lawmaker and her husband were fatally shot and another lawmaker and his wife were injured at their homes. Gov. Tim Walz called the incident a “politically motivated assassination.”

U.S. Marines detain a person outside the Wilshire Federal Building after Marines were deployed to Los Angeles, as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Across the country, relatively few disruptions were reported during protests and marches where the mood ranged from joyful to defiant.

Coordinated "No Kings" protests are underway from coast-to-coast, part of a "national day of peaceful protest" against the Trump administration that is expected to draw millions. Protesters in some areas braved wet weather to raise signs and chant slogans supporting the rights of immigrants and criticizing what they see as Trump's power grab.

On the third night of an 8 p.m. curfew Thursday, Los Angeles police arrested several demonstrators who refused orders to leave a street downtown.

The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit blocks a federal judge’s earlier order to return control of the troops to California.