Trump win sparks student walkouts and angry protests across California
Protests of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election took place across California on Wednesday, with students at several Bay Area high schools walking out in the middle of class and a throng of young demonstrators taking to the steps of Los Angeles’ City Hall. The demonstrations — which mirrored protests from Seattle to Pittsburgh — followed protests in the pre-dawn hours in which crowds openly disavowed the president-elect, with a few resorting to vandalism. At Berkeley High School, about 1,500 students — half the entire student body — walked out of class after first period began at 8 a.m.,…