More hit streets in SF, Oakland to protest Trump

Approximately 50 protesters against president-elect Donald Trump march along Martin Luther King Jr. Way near the Ashby BART station on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Oakland. Approximately 50 protesters against president-elect Donald Trump march along Martin Luther King Jr. Way near the Ashby BART station on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016, in Oakland. Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close More hit streets in SF, Oakland to protest Trump 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

Protests against President-elect Donald Trump hit the Bay Area again Saturday as demonstrators marched in San Francisco and Oakland after a week full of similar actions.

The protests began after Trump’s stunning upset on election day and have continued night after night, throughout the region and in cities across the country. On Saturday, about 8,000 protesters gathered in Los Angeles, while hundreds of others marched in New York, Chicago and Portland, Ore.

In San Francisco, about 150 protesters congregated Saturday afternoon outside the Civic Center BART Station, chanting and holding anti-Trump signs as they marched through the city. Children drew chalk hearts on the sidewalk with the word “Love.”

David Knopf, a 67-year-old San Rafael resident, said he came to San Francisco to express frustration over Democrat Hillary Clinton’s loss in Tuesday’s presidential election even though she almost certainly won the popular vote. Knopf decried Trump for lacking principles and compassion.

“It doesn’t seem like he has a moral compass,” Knopf said.

But the protesters’ message did not resonate with everyone. As participants assembled to march, a man walked by and jeered.

“Trump rocks!” the man said. “Jealous haters!”

Police stood by and blocked traffic as the march headed peacefully along Market Street before moving into the Castro and Mission districts. Motorists honked in approval, and pedestrians applauded on neighborhood sidewalks.

“Not my president!” the crowd roared.

Later that evening, about 100 protesters convened at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland holding signs with such slogans as “Lock Him Up!,” “Not My President” and “Build Bridges, Not Walls.” At about 7:45 p.m., the group began marching along Broadway. Police in riot gear blocked them from walking onto Interstate 980.

Another group of roughly 100 protesters met near the UC Berkeley campus and peacefully marched through the city’s downtown corridor.

Friday night in Oakland, about 100 people marching through downtown were monitored by police in riot gear. No violence was reported. Demonstrators held signs saying, “Love is the law” and “Undocumented and unafraid.”

The two previous nights had seen small bands clash with authorities and vandalize businesses in the city.

On Wednesday, 30 arrests were made and a student journalist was attacked by masked men and hospitalized in Oakland.

More marches are scheduled Sunday in the Bay Area.

Hamed Aleaziz, Jenna Lyons, Michael Bodley and Rachel Swan are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. Email: haleaziz@sfchronicle.com, jlyons@sfchronicle.com, mbodley@sfchronicle.com, rswan@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @haleaziz, @JennaJourno, @Michael_Bodley, @rachelswan