More Protests In LA County Saturday Despite Heat, Virus Surge

LOS ANGELES, CA — More than a dozen demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality are scheduled Saturday despite a National Weather Service forecast of triple-digit temperatures in some parts of the Southland and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The nationwide movement sparked by the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis continues more than six weeks after he was killed while in police custody and now embraces a wide range of issues.

Among the causes being protested Saturday is the death of Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old who was shot five times in the back in Gardena by a sheriff's deputy, according to an official autopsy released Friday against the sheriff's wishes.

Events scheduled Saturday in Los Angeles County include:

• 8 a.m. in Santa Monica, paddle out for Black Lives Matter, Bay Street at Ocean Front Walk
• 10 a.m. in Hollywood, at Hollywood Boulevard & Ivar Avenue
• 10 a.m. in Torrance, Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw Blvd.
• 10 a.m. in Marina del Rey, at Mindanao & Admiralty ways
• Noon in Sherman Oaks, at Libbit Park, 5101 Libbit Ave.
• Noon in Sherman Oaks, Sherman Oaks Galleria, Ventura & Sherman Oaks boulevards
• Noon in Compton, Justice for Andres Guardado, Compton Sheriff Station, 301 S. Willowbrook Ave.
• Noon in Woodland Hills, at Warner Center Park, 5800 Topanga Canyon Blvd.
• 1 p.m. in South Los Angeles, vigil for Breonna Taylor, 3864 Crenshaw Blvd
• 1 p.m. in Long Beach, car caravan, 5400 E. Ocean Blvd.
• 2 p.m. in Long Beach, Skate Against Hate, Bixby Skate Park, 130 Cherry Ave.
• 2 p.m. in DTLA, Los Angeles City Hall, 200 N. Spring St.
• 3 p.m. in Hollywood, rent strike, 6671 Sunset Blvd.
• 4 p.m. in Mid Wilshire, protest & town hall in support of Black women, 4625 W. Olympic Blvd.
• 5 p.m. in Pacoima, Justice for Vanessa Guillen, Laurel Canyon Boulevard & Osborne Street

City News Service contributed to this report.