'No Kings' protests against Trump administration held in San Francisco, across Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- "No thrones, no crowns, no kings."

Organizers across the country, including the San Francisco Bay Area, mobilized No Kings marches Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's policies on domestic and foreign affairs.

Protesters from across the Bay Area took to San Francisco's Market Street Saturday.

"When you see everyone you've ever met in the Bay Area all here, all in unison, saying 'absolutely not', that means something," Sydney, from Oakland.

"Right now, it's just horrendous, never in my 76 years have I been quite so frightened," said Judy Rosenfeld of San Francisco.

Madds, a Sonoma County resident, added: "I live in a more rural part of the Bay Area, and immigrants are the backbone of the wine industry, and without them we would be toast."

"We are marching to tell the country and the world that America does not do kings," said Liliana Soroceanu, with Indivisible SF, the organization that planned the march.

"There are about 3,300 marches today around the country, big and small, and they are about building people power," said Soroceanu.

Organizers say tens of thousands of protesters marched in Saturday's No King's rally and called it the largest to date.

In San Jose, Senator Adam Schiff and Mayor Matt Mahan joined the crowds calling for change.

"It isn't abstract for people. People are in fear," Mayor Matt Mahan said.

They gathered at Saint James Park.. following a morning demonstration at Winchester Shopping Center.

In the East Bay, there was a big "No Kings Day" in Oakland.

Thousands gathered in front of city hall to protest the Trump Administration's ICE policies and the war in Iran.

They marched to the amphitheater for a rally.

Some even protested while in kayaks on Lake Merritt.

There was also a huge turnout in Lafayette, where crowds stretched across three city blocks on both sides.

An organizer says there were more than 1,200 people present creating a human chain of signs at Mount Diablo Boulevard and Moraga Road.

Bay City News contributed to this report