AP Spotlight Los Angeles mayor imposes curfew on downtown following increased nighttime violence JAKE OFFENHARTZ, CHRISTOPHER WEBER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press Jun 10, 2025 Jun 10, 2025 Updated Dec 14, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting.”kAm$96 D2:5 :? 2 ?6HD 4@?76C6?46 E92E D96 925 564=2C65 2 =@42= 6>6C86?4J 2?5 E92E E96 4FC76H H:== CF? 7C@> g A]>] %F6D52J F?E:= e 2]>] (65?6D52J]k^AmkAm“(6 C624965 2 E:AA:?8 A@:?E” 27E6C ab 3FD:?6DD6D H6C6 =@@E65[ q2DD D2:5]k^AmkAm%96 4FC76H H:== 36 :? A=246 :? 2 ` DBF2C6 >:=6 D64E:@? @7 5@H?E@H? E92E :?4=F56D E96 2C62 H96C6 AC@E6DED 92G6 @44FCC65 D:?46 uC:52J] %96 4:EJ @7 {@D p?86=6D 6?4@>A2DD6D C@F89=J d__ DBF2C6 >:=6D]k^Am kAm%96 4FC76H 5@6D?’E 2AA=J E@ C6D:56?ED H9@ =:G6 :? 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