Los Angeles police arrested multiple protesters after violent clashes erupted outside a federal detention center during Friday demonstrations.

By Helen Coster and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Lawyers for the family of a California man shot dead by an off-duty U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent outside his apartment on New Year’s Eve urged the state's attorney general on Tuesday to open an independent investigation of the killing.

Dozens of people were arrested during a second consecutive night of protests in downtown Los Angeles against federal immigration enforcement operations, police said Sunday morning. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Saturday near City Hall and Grand Park for an “ICE Out” rally,

A Los Angeles area church has accused federal immigration enforcement agents of causing “terror” and detaining a man volunteering at a church-run food bank.

Detectives are seeking possible additional victims after arresting a Pacoima-based pastor from Piñon Hills for alleged child sex abuse last week, authorities said Wednesday.