She said in a news conference that she had declared a local emergency and that the curfew will run from 8 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday.

Mayor Karen Bass has imposed a curfew on parts of downtown Los Angeles after several days of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, some of which turned violent. Newsweek contacted Bass for comment on Wednesday via telephone and voicemail message outside regular office hours.

The curfew in LA will run from 8 pm on Tuesday until 6 am on Wednesday and does not apply to residents living within the designated area, individuals experiencing homelessness, credentialed media, or public safety and emergency personnel.

The curfew comes amid a public dispute between President Donald Trump and California's Democratic leadership over the handling of the Los Angeles riots.

After four nights of rioting and destruction, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass instituted a downtown curfew on Tuesday, leading to relative peace over the past three nights. With the curfew a demonstrated success,

In the Los Angeles protests following ICE raids, a curfew is in place, with hundreds arrested. President Trump deployed thousands of National Guard troops to California in response, a move condemned by the state’s governor,

Riots in Los Angeles resulted in 10 deputies being injured by rocks, Molotov cocktails and pyrotechnics as law enforcement prepares for planned nationwide protests Saturday.

Democratic Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles Tuesday evening announced a curfew of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time for parts of the city after five days of rioting.

In Los Angeles, a lockdown was imposed in the city center on Tuesday evening in response to days of protests and riots over President Donald Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. The Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday announced that more than 200 people had been arrested for failing to disperse and for violating the curfew.