Right-wing protests at U.S. Capitol find support in Bay Area, but no immediate local demonstrations erupt FacebookTwitterEmail Bill Fleck, 67, of Pleasanton, in downtown Walnut Creek. “America is now in a crisis unlike any it has seen since the Civil War,” he said. “There is such a polarization that the middle has evaporated.”Kevin Fagan / SF Chronicle / Kevin Fagan / SF Chronicle While scenes of mobs smashing into the U.S. Capitol cycled across cellphone and TV screens everywhere Wednesday, the usual high-profile spots where conservative protesters cluster in Lafayette and Walnut Creek were silent. None of the usual Trump signs appeared on the Highway 24 overpass in Lafayette. At the busy downtown corner in front of the tony Neiman Marcus store in Walnut Creek, the only people who showed up had shopping bags.