(LA Times) Braving heavy rain that drenched coats, hats and umbrellas, an estimated 2,000 protesters gathered outside an Irvine hotel Tuesday to express their opposition to a variety of proposals by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was attending a fundraiser inside.

"Shame on you!" chanted the crowd, outside the Hyatt Regency Irvine, while waving banners with such messages as "Teacher Terminator" and "Arnold, Go Back to Hollywood."

The demonstrators — mostly teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public employees — said they were upset by, among other things, the governor's attempts to privatize pension funds, increase patient-to-nurse ratios in hospitals and cut school funding.