Hundreds of abortion rights activists, protesters, and community members gathered for an

Abortion Rights Rally on the Venice Beach Boardwalk on July 4.

Crowds gathered outside of the 9th annual Summit of the Americas held at the Convention center in downtown Los Angeles, on Thursday June 9, to protest Abortion rights for Women and peoples of Latin America that are clearly excluded from the summit.

The Supreme Court of the United States heard 2 cases related to the recent controversial Texas abortion bill SB8.

Protests broke out on the evening before the election results as President Joe Biden and Gov. Gavin Newsom campaigned.

The weekend after Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict was announced, Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and the organization BLD PWR, organized a memorial for victims of police violence.

The Armenian community in Los Angeles organized a protest in response to sharp escalation in decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan over Artsakh, also known as Nagorno-Karabakh. Although Artsakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, it is governed independently as a presidential republic and operates de facto as part of Armenia.

It appears as though President Donald Trump’s May 29 proclamation that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” did not have its intended effect.

Protests originally forming in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin have quickly spread nationwide, as many organized protests continue to take place across Los Angeles county and neighboring cities. Los Angeles protests sparked as early as May 28 and public officials have since called for police and military intervention.

A protest sparked in Santa Monica, Calif. in response to police brutality and racial injustice on Sunday, following multiple demonstrations taking place throughout the country in the last few days. These protests started in Minneapolis on May 26, the day after the killing of George Floyd by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on May 25. Protests have occurred in Los Angeles since May 27, taking place in downtown Los Angeles (L.A.) and Beverly Hills and turning violent in some areas.