TORRANCE, Calif.—Dozens of South Bay residents protested the state’s vaccine and mask mandates on Feb. 12 and collected donations for an upcoming Trucker Convoy in Southern California. The protest took place at the intersection of Hawthorne Boulevard and Sepulveda Boulevard in Torrance, about 30 minutes south of downtown Los Angeles. Jennifer Viggiano, a Torrance resident who helped organize the rally, said it was part of a monthly rally to not only demand the removal of both the vaccine and mask mandates but also to show their support for an upcoming Trucker convoy. “We do them once a month and our hope is just to restore freedom and put an end to all [mask and vaccine] mandates,” Viggiano said. “We view them as unconstitutional, and we especially want our kids to be unmasked in the public school system.” Viggiano said many drives have shown their support for the protest by honking …