Rain doesn't deter protest

Pounding rain could not keep protesters from their make-shift tent city in front of City Hall on Wednesday, while city officials discussed how to make life easier for the Occupy L.A. participants. Daily News.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa provided 100 ponchos for the protesters, who are part of the nationwide movement that began several weeks ago with the Occupy Wall Street protests.

"We're going to be here as long as we have to," said Gia Trimble, a spokeswoman for the group that has been camped out on the North Lawn of City Hall this week as the protest has spread across the country. She estimated the group now had 300 members.