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Occupy L.A.'s Global Day of Action

Marchers gathered at Pershing Square and walked to City Hall just after noon Saturday.

There's no formal crowd estimate available, but it looked like about over a thousand marchers wound their way from downtown's Pershing Square to Los Angeles City Hall Saturday.

They were participating it what was billed as a "Global Day of Action," timed to coincide with similar marches around the country and around the world.

Carrying signs and plenty of cameras, the marchers snaked north on Olive Street, then east on W. 4th Street. 

They continued north again on Broadway to First, where some staged a short rally in of the Bank of America.

Finally, many gathered on the Spring Street side of City Hall for a rally on the steps, around 12:45 p.m.

Others gathered in the tent city on the City Hall lawn waiting for the next activities.

Music and speeches filled out much of the day.

Dozens of LAPD traffic enforcement motorcycles and vehicles were evident, as well as harried traffic officers who directed cars away from the many roadblocks set up along the march route.

Marchers were friendly and spirited, and came from as far away as Australia and Long Beach.

Residents of the Occupy L.A tent city seemed surprised by the size of the crowd. 

Joked one young man from Boyle Heights who'd been camping since day one of Occupy L.A.'s residency, "I woke up and there were all these people. It was great."

Occupy L.A.'s now two-week-long residency has led to no arrests.

The "occupiers" have been complying with requests to sleep on the sidewalks at night.

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J, F, May 21, 2013 at 04:48 pm
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J, F, May 21, 2013 at 03:10 pm
yes, a video from the news, from the car wash,, day that appear that night on the news channel.
J, F, May 21, 2013 at 03:04 pm
@A.R. Yes can you help me I was going to down load the video from the news from CH,34 but I can'tRead More don't go thru,, I call them they just send me video, guy,
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@A.R. thanks!! no, i call ch,34 they came, and we don't know the total.. but I hope was a good dayRead More for the cause,,, A.R. didn't know of the new page,, looking good, J,F,
Anthea Raymond (Editor) May 18, 2013 at 08:45 pm
Thanks for these great photos from the car wash to help the family of David "Dizzy"Read More Martinez. Looks like a good turnout. Would Gina know how much money they made?