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A car is seen on Santa Monica Boulevard where at least 20 people are reported to have been struck.

Driver intentionally ploughs into Hollywood nightclub crowd, injuring at least 30

The driver was later found to have been shot, triggering a manhunt for a suspected gunman who fled the scene along Santa Monica Boulevard.

  • Rebecca Fairley Raney and Rick Rojas

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LA has been quietly rebuilding its rail network over the past 35 years.

America’s notoriously car-mad, clogged city can now be explored by train

 Few visitors realise there’s a revamped, cool alternative to Los Angeles’ infamous freeways and traffic.

  • Tim Richards
US marines detain Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old veteran, outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles.

US marines detain first civilian in LA before expected ‘unprecedented’ protests

It’s a rare domestic use of the military force ahead of expected nationwide demonstrations this weekend, in what may be the biggest backlash to US President Donald Trump since he returned to power.

  • Omar Younis, Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
Protesters outside LA City Hall share what brought them there and what they’re fighting for (Footage: Michael Koziol)
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Why people are protesting outside LA City Hall

Protesters outside LA City Hall share what brought them there and what they’re fighting for (Footage: Michael Koziol)

North America correspondent Michael Koziol reports from Los Angeles’ fashion district, where fear of further ICE raids has left many too afraid to return to work.
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Empty streets in LA fashion district after ICE raids

North America correspondent Michael Koziol reports from Los Angeles’ fashion district, where fear of further ICE raids has left many too afraid to return to work.

A Sheriff deputy takes aim at a photographer as deputies wrestle protesters to the ground after shooting them with less-than-lethal weapons at close range in Los Angeles.

‘Stealing our friends’: LA police break up protests as unrest moves across US

The protests against US President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown have spread to a string of cities including New York, Seattle, Denver, San Antonio and Chicago.

  • Michael Koziol
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California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an address on Tuesday.

Gavin Newsom began his speech as a state governor. He ended it as a potential president

As the National Guard took to the streets of Los Angeles and protesters clashed with police, the California governor spoke to the nation, in a moment that may well prove a turning point for the Democratic Party.

  • Adam Nagourney and Laurel Rosenhall
A protester is arrested by California Highway Patrol near the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Los Angeles is at war with Trump’s vision of America

The inner core of America’s second-largest city looked more like a war zone readying for an air raid as a new 8pm curfew aimed to curb rampant looting and vandalism.

  • Michael Koziol
Protestors carried photographer to safety after he was shot with a plastic bullet.

Fourth Australian media worker struck in LA riots; press groups say journalists ‘targeted’

TV camera operators, a newspaper photographer and reporters have been hit with rubber bullets, some apparently deliberately.

  • Angus Delaney
US President Donald Trump after his speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday.

‘Democracy is under assault’: Governor slams Trump as LA gets curfew

In a televised speech to Californians, Gavin Newsom accused the president of assaulting democracy and said there were no longer any checks and balances on the president’s power.

  • Michael Koziol and Catherine Naylor

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