'Everybody is on high alert' at California state Capitol
Advertisement Outside the statehouse Monday, the presence of law enforcement was already noticeably greater than in previous days. Around noon, when an anti-vaccine group was scheduled to protest, dozens of California Highway Patrol officers were scattered in clusters around the grounds. Near the main entrance, walkways that would normally be crowded with legislators, staffers and visitors were blocked with barricades and closely watched by officers in plainclothes, in uniform and mounted on horses. Only four women turned out for the protest — and were kept on the far side of the barricade...