Protesters at a packed June 2025 No Kings rally. Photo: Andrew Goff


Thousands are expected to show up Saturday at the third “No Kings” protest in Eureka. Demonstrations are planned in a handful of communities across Humboldt County as part of a massive nation-wide protest against President Donald Trump.

“We want people to just come and protest anything and everything that Trump is doing that makes him a king, that makes him a tyrant, that makes him a dictator, that makes him a fascist,” said AJ, a 50501 organizer who provided a nickname to avoid getting doxxed.

AJ expects two to four thousand people to show up beside the Humboldt County Courthouse.

“I think it’s just going to be absolutely huge,” she said.

The protest, scheduled for 12-2 p.m. outside the Humboldt County Superior Court, is part of a nationwide push.

National No Kings organizers, which include people from activist groups Indivisible and the 50501 Movement, say over 3,000 events are planned across the country. They predict the day will be the largest protest in U.S. history.

The first No Kings protest was in response to Donald Trump ordering a military parade on his birthday.

AJ said the movement is still pushing back against a spread of the Trump Administration’s actions — like the war in Iran and the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in airports.

Demonstrators can expect poetry, speakers and musical acts. Activists will be collecting food for Food Not Bombs and raising funds for Rick Toledo, who was arrested recently by Cal Poly Humboldt police.

Previous No Kings protests have drawn thousands in Eureka, including a June 2025 event where protesters walked past marshals and blocked U.S. 101.

AJ said Saturday’s protest doesn’t include plans to shut any streets, and organizers have trained safety marshals to smooth over interactions with possible counter protesters and to keep people off the road.

At Eureka protests in January, one man was arrested after allegedly brandishing a chemical agent at protesters and another was arrested after pulling his car onto the sidewalk.

Eureka police spokesperson Rachel Sollom said in an email that commanders and Chief Brian Stephens will be on scene Saturday.

In Humboldt County, similar protests are planned in Trinidad, Ferndale, Shelter Cove and Garberville, according to AJ and the No Kings map. 

Ted Pease, a spokesperson for Indivisible Trinidad, said he wouldn’t be surprised if 100 people showed up Saturday.

“Every day is a new atrocity in this administration,” he said, pointing to “disregard for constitutional liberties.”

Weekly protests are held along Main Street in Trinidad. Some of Indivisible Trinidad’s members were part of marches in the 1960s opposing the Vietnam war, Pease noted.

“They’re deeply, deeply concerned about the future of this country. There’s nothing happy about that. But these are optimists, and they don’t turn out to say what they think at a protest if they weren’t hopeful they could make a difference,” he said.

Trinidad protesters will meet at the whale sculpture on Main Street near the Chevron station, march a 0.5 mile loop through town at 12:15 p.m., down Main and Trinity streets to the harbor, and then back to the start using Ocean and View streets.

A rally will follow the march on both sides of Main Street. Organizers ask attendees to park in the field behind Murphy’s Market.

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