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Caltrans installed gates on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles ahead of \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests, which are taking place Saturday. The gates will be permanent, according to Eric Menjivar, media relations manager with the local Caltrans district.<\/p>\n
Where: Caltrans crews put the gates up at the Los Angeles Street on- and off-ramps.<\/p>\n
Why: The request for the gates came from the California Highway Patrol, Menjivar said in a statement. \u201cDuring previous protest activities, this location has seen pedestrians walk onto the highway using these ramps, creating unsafe conditions for pedestrians and motorists,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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How will they be used: The ramps won\u2019t be closed off unless California Highway Patrol officials decide to deploy them. Menjivar said the gates are meant to \u201censure people are out of harm\u2019s way of fast-moving vehicles and motorists can safely use the highway.\u201d LAist has reached out to California Highway Patrol.<\/p>\n
Protests: No Kings protests will take place across the country for the third time Saturday. There are more than 50 protests scheduled in the L.A. region. \u201cMany of the organizations that have coordinated with us are sending feeder marches or caravans to attend the rally in downtown L.A.,\u201d said Nick Miller, a press coordinator for 50501 SoCal, which is part of the No Kings coalition. You can see the full list of the planned local actions here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Topline: Caltrans installed gates on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles ahead of \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests, which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[108264,48,52,51,47,50,49,7152,7361],"class_list":["post-240748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-101-freeway","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-no-kings-day","tag-protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}