PHOTOS: Day of ‘No Kings’ rallies, including closed-street gathering in The Junction

10:30 AM: That’s the traffic-camera view of the “No Kings” rally’s early going in The Junction, where California is blocked from SW Alaska to SW Oregon because of the protest, which hasn’t been done for previous rallies. The main local resistance group, West Seattle Indivisible, is NOT protesting here; it’s gathering its members to take buses to the all-city gathering at Cal Anderson Park, so we don’t know who took out the road-closure permit; we called the number on a notice received by local businesses and the contact person said they wouldn’t talk to us until after 2 pm (when the closure is scheduled to end). Ground pics to come.

10:37 AM: The traffic camera’s not providing consistent live video but we’re told some members of the group have started marching northward. Another camera view shows at least one marked SPD vehicle in the street too.

10:57 AM: That turned out not to be a large-scale march, “just a few,” we’re told by one person on the ground, and the main group remains at the California/Alaska intersection.

11:30 AM: Above is a photo from Colman Dock/Pier 50 on the downtown waterfront, where Water Taxi and state ferry passengers are gathering for the downtown side of today’s rallies.

Meantime, some of the Junction group is marching in Walk-All-Ways on the light, then returning to the north side of the intersection.

12:43 AM: We’re just back from a quick check of other points south of The Junction. Saw a handful of sign-wavers at California/Fauntleroy. Then returned to HQ and saw this group at California/Thistle:

Lots of honking at that 4-way intersection, but it’s not blocked. Elsewhere: We have crew members at The Junction for photos/info we’ll add when they report in; the traffic camera shows things about the same there as they’ve been since 10 am-ish. Meantime, one of West Seattle’s most-prominent residents is speaking at the Cal Anderson rally, a participant tells us – state Attorney General Nick Brown.

2 PM: After another trip off the desk, including some non-protest coverage, we’re back to check in. Traffic cam shows the crowd has dwindled in The Junction; at California/Thistle, a few sign-wavers remain. We have a crew now checking on the gathering that’s scheduled to start right about now at California/Admiral.

2:23 PM: Demonstrators are at the Admiral Junction as planned, on the corners. The next two photos for WSB are by Torin Record-Sand:

Meanwhile, the Alaska Junction crowd has dispersed, though the street-closed barriers aren’t down yet. Here are Dave Gershgorn‘s photos for WSB from there, earlier:

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Members of the Singing Resistance added their songs in The Junction:

3:20 PM: California SW between Alaska and Oregon is open to regular traffic again.

6:52 PM: As noted previously, the peninsula’s largest resistance group, West Seattle Indivisible, went to the citywide rally/march, which started at Cal Anderson Park and ended at Seattle Center. Here’s a photo of some of them with signage reflecting their theme for the day:

We’ve received some other reader photos from today that we’ll add in a bit.

10 PM: Two photos from Jonathan Rawle, who was at the rally in The Junction:

National “No Kings” organizers say eight million people participated in protest gatherings today.

brandon March 28, 2026 (10:46 am)

So the City authorized the closing of a public intersection in West Seattle for this? That had to take some doing…

WSB March 28, 2026 (2:46 pm)

Street-use ermits are granted for rallies, protests, marches, all the time, as well as for parades, street parties, open-air markets, etc. The issue here is advance notice – we should have heard about this days earlier so we could have published it in our traffic alerts – and which organization (hopefully we’ll find that out soon enough) as the notice distributed to businesses did not say, nor did it have logos of any kind. I also will be checking to see if the Junction Association had been notified; I just doublechecked their Tuesday newsletter and there was nothing about it – usually they’d provide ample advance notice of something like this, even if they weren’t the organizers.
- Brandon March 28, 2026 (7:03 pm)
  
  Thanks Tracy.
Keep the street open March 28, 2026 (7:09 pm)

Closing the street on a sunny Saturday hurt many struggling businesses who depend on a busy Saturday to stay alive it wasn’t necessary to close the street
- Churro Strength March 29, 2026 (8:23 am)
  
  Nonsense! If anything these protests brought more people into the junction shops. I went into Easy Street yesterday and it was packed.
- Alki Stu March 29, 2026 (9:47 am)
  
  As a business owner I want to see foot traffic not car traffic. This would be a shopkeepers dream.
My two cents March 29, 2026 (6:16 am)

1. permit applied for and approved. Would you prefer a spontaneous sit down protest on California Avenue? anyone caught in an I-5 protest over the years can provide additional insight into this.2. Do you have issues with the Sunday Market closing down part of the street – is this an example of a public space being leveraged by the artisans and producers for their own benefit?Demonstrations that are planned/coordinated with local government and are peaceful pose what type of threat to our society?

F. Ight Evil March 28, 2026 (11:13 am)

I was just there: hundreds of people, signs, gray hairs, smiles. Many vehicles passing through the intersection when it is their turn are honking their horns in patterns that indicate approval (not ire).

cageyk March 28, 2026 (12:16 pm)

Was much bigger than the photos show (at least 3x) when I was there 11:15 to 12:10

22blades March 28, 2026 (2:02 pm)

South Park Bridge!

Stokes March 28, 2026 (4:56 pm)

As I was passing SHAG Arrowhead location on Myers Way, there were about a dozen residents with their signs cheering as cars passed by and honked.

trent March 28, 2026 (6:44 pm)

nice! looked like most of them were at the junction

Gandy March 28, 2026 (5:54 pm)

Way to go, West Seattle! ❌👑✊

CJ March 28, 2026 (8:55 pm)

Thanks for representing West Seattle (wherever you were at)!

1994 March 28, 2026 (9:33 pm)

I love all the creative signs! T-Rump should read some of them.

West Marge March 29, 2026 (1:41 am)

Great photos! Great Americans, incredible patriots! 👑VOTE VOTEVOTE👑

Hammer in Hand March 29, 2026 (7:02 am)

And so, in the end what was accomplished?what change will come if this?

West Seattle Lite March 31, 2026 (8:37 pm)

Okay, I’ll bite. I wasn’t able to attend the larger rally at Cal Anderson so I was happy that West Seattle had representation of the “No Kings” rally. It’s too early to know what change, if any, will come of rallies such as this, but I rally because I want to be around like minded people who understand that our representatives in government are breaking Constitutional law, not to mention breaking other social and ethical “laws” and the majority of Americans, despite what the news may report, do not support our current government. It’s relieving to be surrounded by others who want to make a difference and to perhaps initiate change. Again, we don’t know what, if any, change will come from it, but I’d rather try then sit at home, go to Southcenter, do yard work, or whatever it may be and let our corrupt administration bulldoze the American people and ruin our democracy. I’d urge anyone to join in any protest and see what it’s all about. Talk to the protesters and see what it’s about if you’re really curious.

Admiral2009 March 29, 2026 (10:47 am)

West Marge yes vote but there are no Dan Evans or Booth Gardner type of people running for office! It’s so frustrating seeing the extreme polarized politics!

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