LAPD said law enforcement arrested 38 people following the "No Kings" protests in downtown Saturday afternoon.

A week of demonstrations continues into the weekend in Los Angeles with events planned around the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests. ‘No Kings’ events and other gatherings are expected in downtown Los Angeles,

In Los Angeles, 38 people were arrested downtown on Saturday night, police said Sunday. In Huntington Beach, police arrested a convicted felon they said had a loaded handgun.

The organized opposition was timed for the day President Trump is hosting a rare U.S. military parade in Washington that's taking place on his 79th birthday.

Los Angeles police have issued a dispersal order at No Kings protests downtown. Officers shot tear gas and rubber bullets at what they called "outside agitators."

The LAPD said on social media that the people in the crowd were throwing "rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects" while they were near the federal building.

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

Police in Los Angeles, where protests over federal immigration enforcement raids erupted a week earlier and sparked demonstrations across the country, used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to clear out protesters on Saturday.

Thousands gathered in Los Angeles with handmade signs, Colonial costumes and riffs on drag queens, turning the anti-Trump demonstration into a creative spectacle of resistance.

The protests were timed to Flag Day and Trump's 79th birthday as he held a military-style parade to celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary in Washington, D.C., featuring tanks, so

The largely peaceful protests during the "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles took an intense turn in the afternoon. Police ordered the crowd to disperse at about 4:15 p.m. PDT near Alameda Street and Temple Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division.