Amid a nationwide day of protest and following days of unrest in downtown Los Angeles, multiple simultaneous gatherings are expected to take place across Southern California on Saturday.

A new poll shows a partisan split on President Donald Trump's troop deployment to quell Los Angeles protests, with 86% of Republicans supporting while Democrats strongly oppose it.

The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.

The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.

The question of which side is justified, and which side is not, seems to have divided the country as much as the immigration issue. And Los Angeles has been transformed into a stage for a debate over the nature and meaning of American protest.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a brief victory in his lawsuit against President Trump, but an appeals court quickly blocked a federal judge's order.

A seaplane pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, made an emergency water landing Thursday at the Port of Los Angeles and was uninjured. The plane landed around 2:30 p.m., prompting a response from the U.S. Coast Guard, Los Angeles Port Police and Los Angeles Fire Department, according to LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles Thursday morning providing an update on immigration operations and protests in the area, when she was interrupted by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla,