The San Francisco Examiner had a special edition out on the streets in front of the courthouse moments after the sentence was announced. Outside the Courthouse in Redwood City, California, a crowd gathered to hear the outcome of the sentencing for Scott Peterson. The sentence was the death penalty.
A protester sports a tutu and an Arnold Schwarzenegger mask outside of the state capitol building in Sacramento. It was estimated that over 10,000 people showed up by the busloads from all over the state of California to protest Governor Schwarzenegger's various budget cuts and policies. School employees, teachers, nurses, firefighters, students, correctional officers, city county and state government employees, labor unions and various other groups were among the protesters.