Organizers said more than 275,000 participants completed training to help ensure the events remained safe and nonviolent. Across the country, crowds gathered in parks, public squares, and civic centers, uniting in a show of solidarity against what they described as authoritarian policies.
In Alhambra, an estimated 500 demonstrators assembled at Alhambra Park, while nearby Sierra Madre saw its largest-ever public gathering, with about 1,000 people filling Kersting Court and surrounding sidewalks. Both Rep. Judy Chu and State Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez addressed attendees before heading to Pasadena City Hall, where more than 3,000 people converged in Centennial Square and along Colorado Boulevard. They joined Pasadena Mayor, Victor Gordo, in greeting the crowd and underscoring the event’s civic purpose
Reports from all three cities described energetic yet peaceful crowds committed to lawful civic engagement…