Candidates for L.A. mayor took aim at developer Rick Caruso, who was absent from Tuesday night's debate. The event was interrupted several times by protesters.
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New encampments have also formed at numerous parks like Pan Pacific within view of the playground for small kids and next to the Yucca Park Youth Soccer Field, where the I-Team captured on camera a homeless man yelling and threatening another man with a large switchblade.
Tthe I-Team obtained and reviewed data gathered by the Los Angeles Police Department, which shows the arrival of encampments near some schools in recent months has coincided with reports of rising crime in some of those areas.
In the neighborhood surrounding Westminster Elementary, the I-Team found crime reports are up 29% this year so far, compared to the same time last year. Reports of Assaults With A Deadly Weapon are up 190% in the neighborhood around the school.