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20 hours ago
- Politics
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Cleanup of graffiti, damage begins in Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests continue
By Christian Martinez (Reuters) -Even as protests against raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stretched into a fourth day Monday in Los Angeles, city workers began a cleanup of graffiti and other weekend damage across the city. Maintenance workers could be seen removing anti-ICE graffiti spray painted on City Hall as other workers covered up messages in the city's Arts District. Burned out shells of Waymo autonomous vehicles remained on the city street where they had been engulfed in flames a day earlier. Spray painted messages with expletives aimed at ICE and anti-police, and pro-migrant statements could be seen across downtown Los Angeles, including at the Roybal Federal Building where protesters continued to gather on Monday afternoon. The cleanup efforts come after protesters clashed with the Los Angeles Police Department, other law enforcement personnel and ICE agents amid ongoing immigration sweeps in Southern California. The protests reached a boiling point on Sunday as multiple vehicles, including a California Highway Patrol cruiser, were set on fire. Police fired tear gas into the crowds. Los Angeles television station KTLA reported several businesses in the downtown area, including a cell phone retailer and a clothing store, were looted and vandalized overnight and in the early morning hours. Los Angeles Public Library said it would close its branches in downtown, Chinatown and Little Tokyo due to the protests. "We're closing to ensure the safety of patrons and staff in DTLA," the library said on Monday in a post on X.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- General
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Small plane crashes into San Diego neighborhood, killing at least 2
By Christian Martinez LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday when a small plane crashed in a San Diego neighborhood where military families lived, damaging houses and vehicles. The crash occurred around 3:45 a.m. local time (1045 GMT) in a military housing complex in the Tierrasanta neighborhood, local officials said. The crash site is a little more than 2 miles east of Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport. It was unclear how many people were onboard the plane when it crashed. Police said they believed no one on the ground was killed but could not immediately confirm that. 'We had a plane that had come through this neighborhood, taking out one home,' San Diego Fire-Rescue Assistant Chief Dan Eddy said at a news conference in front of a damaged home. When fire crews arrived on scene, they found one home and multiple vehicles on fire, Eddy said. The San Diego Police Department reported two people were confirmed dead and eight others were injured, as of 11 a.m. Thursday. Only one person with minor injuries was transported to a hospital as of Thursday morning, Eddy said. About 100 people were evacuated from homes in the neighborhood as of late Thursday morning. The plane was identified as a Cessna 550 by the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane, whose route originated in the Midwest, was bound for San Diego, Eddy said. The tract where the crash occurred is managed by Liberty Military Housing, officials said. 'We are actively working with all military families affected, specifically within this region, because they may be out of their homes for a while,' said Captain Bob Heely, commanding officer of Naval Base San Diego. Heely said he was working with Liberty Military Housing and the Red Cross to provide temporary housing to the affected families. 'As you can see, the damage behind us is incredibly significant, was life-threatening, and thank God nobody on the ground was killed,' Raul Campillo, a member of the San Diego City Council, said at a news conference near the crash site. The crash will be investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.
