LA Mayor Karen Bass issued an overnight curfew for about 1 square mile in downtown LA, which has been the site of clashes between police and protesters over the last five days. Tr

There will be “limited exceptions” to the curfew — residents of the area, “people traveling to and from work and credentialed media representatives,” according to Mayor

The curfew was ordered as Mayor Bass declared that nights of protests that had sometimes dissolved into vandalism and looting had reached a “tipping point.”

Protesters gathered in the area outside of the curfew zone, but there were still some confrontations when police moved to break up a crowd of several hundred people. An unlawful assembly was declared around 6:30 p.m. and according to the Los Angeles Police Department, 71 people were arrested on suspicion of failure to disperse.

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,

Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan reports on the extended curfew in Los Angeles and Mayor Karen Bass’ response to the city being labeled a ‘war zone’ on 'Special Report.'

With a curfew again imposed on downtown L.A. on Wednesday, several local businesses are closing earlier, canceling events — or not changing plans at all.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that an overnight curfew for downtown neighborhoods will remain in effect indefinitely.

Over the past week, 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines have been deployed to Downtown LA in response to protests of sweeping immigration raids enacted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. And despite a judge’s ruling this week that the deployment was illegal, an appeals court has allowed the troops to stay put for the time being.