Joining forces for the Irvine event are Women for American Ethics and Values (WAVE), HB Huddle, Imagine Action OC, Indivisible OC 48, Indivisible CA 45, OC Rapid Response, Orange County Justice Fund, Resist Here and Together We Will Orange County. “The #FamiliesBelongTogether protests will coalesce the energy and emotion of millions of compassionate Americans who, regardless of political party affiliation, vehemently oppose this attack on the vulnerable and oppressed,” said Joanna Weiss, WAVE president, in a press statement. “This does not represent our values and vision of America.”

Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.

Chelsea Handler and Congress members to be at Costa Mesa event. The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. April 28 at the Westside Museum, 729 Farad St. The fundraiser is facilitated by Women for American Values and Ethics, or WAVE, a political action committee. Tickets are $125 for general admission and $250 to meet Handler at 5:30 p.m. For more information, visit wave4all.org.

Residents of Newport Beach have a right to know how their elected representatives conduct official business. I attended Tuesday's Newport Beach City Council meeting, where Senate Bill 54 was on the agenda. The council announced they had already voted in closed session to join President Trump's lawsuit against the state of California to invalidate SB 54, a "sanctuary state" law that doesn't require law enforcement to report arrestees of certain crimes to immigration authorities.

SACRAMENTO — Impassioned speeches from oil-drilling foes on the steps of the state Capitol on Thursday sounded like echo from earliest days of the environmental movement in California — and a crowd of about 700 people opposing the Trump administration’s expansive offshore extraction plan relished every word. Kathleen Treseder, an ecology professor from UC Irvine, won applause for her opening comment: “I am a scientist.”

“We saw from a Santa Barbara oil spill four years ago, we found 48 dead sea lions and 12 dead dolphins,” said UC Irvine Ecology and Biology Professor Kathleen Treseder. #protectourcoast CBS News - Sacramento