Trump victory sets off protests in California, Oregon

Police block traffic for a rally against President-elect Donald Trump as people march down a street east of the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. AP

Police block traffic for a rally against President-elect Donald Trump as people march down a street east of the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. AP

LOS ANGELES  — Donald Trump’s presidential victory set off protests by hundreds of people on California college campuses and in Oregon.

Police says at least 500 people swarmed on streets in and around UCLA early Wednesday morning, some shouting anti-Trump expletives.

There were no immediate arrests.

Smaller demonstrators were held at University of California campuses and neighborhoods in Berkeley, Irvine and Davis and at San Jose State.

In Oakland, more than 100 protesters took to downtown streets. KNTV-TV reported that protesters burned Trump in effigy, smashed windows of the Oakland Tribune newsroom and set tires and trash on fire.

The California Highway Patrol says a woman was struck by a car during the protest and severely injured.

In Oregon, dozens of people blocked traffic in downtown Portland and forced a delay for trains on two light rail lines.

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