After having been too busy with work over the past year or so, I finally got to attend my first ever No Kings rally on March 28, 2026. And while the focus was on major cities like Los Angeles, New York and Minneapolis among others, I decided to head over to Thousand Oaks as I was worried that getting in and out of Downtown Los Angeles would be too chaotic. But there was another reason; I lived in Thousand Oaks when I was young from 1982 to 1987, and it always holds a special place in my heart. I always try to visit there whenever I can as I have fond memories of this city, and moving away from there was very difficult.

Well, Thousand Oaks certainly did not let me down on this day. There was a sizable turnout just outside of The Oaks Mall with signs and costumes aplenty, and the honking of car horns was never ending as everyone made their voices heard loud and clear. While the turnout in major cities may have been enormous, and this is apparently the biggest No Kings day yet, this gathering proved to be more intimate as we protested Trump’s abysmal Presidency, bemoaned the ridiculously high gas prices (it is around $6 dollars a gallon in Southern California), expressed our anger at the abuses of ICE, and we all made sure to mention the name Epstein at least nine times.

While I typically film events like this with my digital camcorder, I decided to capture footage using my Google Pixel phone. The downside of this was that the image is a bit smaller than what my camcorder could have given us. As much as I tried to blow up the image so that it could fill up the entire screen, I was unable to do so. If anybody knows of a way to do that through Wondershare Filmora, please let me know. Nevertheless, I present you this video of what I observed as walked along the streets of Thousand Oaks. I hope you like what you see, and don’t give up the fight.

I also uploaded the video to my Instagram page if you want to check it out there instead of on You Tube.

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Oh, and by the way, this is the shirt I wore for this rally: