Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order as a student immigration protest turned violent in downtown LA Wednesday. At least five people were detained, police say.

Crowds of people gathered at demonstrations Friday in Los Angeles, including at Gloria Molina Grand Park in the city’s downtown area. Rallies started there and at locations around Southern California in a nationwide day of action seeking to stop funding for U.

Several protests are expected in L.A. and around the country in response to the Trump administration’s immigration actions.

For the second straight night, a small group of demonstrators clashed with LAPD officers in downtown Los Angeles following a peaceful day of anti-ICE protests on Saturday.

After years of harboring safety hazards and being an eye sore in downtown Los Angeles, the “graffiti towers,” vandalized skyscrapers, are now one step closer to a sale. The developer of Oceanwide Plaza has signed a bankruptcy exit agreement,

Videos circulating online show anti-ICE protesters clashing with federal agents outside the downtown LA federal detention center.

The shooting was reported in the area of 3rd Street and Lucas Avenue around 11:39 a.m.

According to NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard, the real heat shows up Tuesday, when highs climb into the 80s, then make a run at 90F on Wednesday as offshore Santa Ana winds strengthen. Gusts are expected to reach 25 to 40 mph in the usual wind-prone valleys and up to 50 mph in the mountains.

The national day of action calls for "no work, no school, no shopping."