LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property, personnel, the commander in charge says. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said Friday that the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.

U.S. Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will take over protecting the Wilshire federal building in the coming hours, the head of the military's efforts in the city said on Friday.

A seaplane pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, made an emergency water landing Thursday at the Port of Los Angeles and was uninjured. The plane landed around 2:30 p.m., prompting a response from the U.S. Coast Guard, Los Angeles Port Police and Los Angeles Fire Department, according to LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey.

Hong says protests in LA can change very quickly — one moment peaceful, the next chaotic. But he always tries to stay safe while telling the story through his images.

New Jersey activist and advocates drew parallels to Newark mayor's recent arrest by ICE agents outside detention facility.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in Los Angeles Thursday morning providing an update on immigration operations and protests in the area, when she was interrupted by Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla,

Trump deployed 4,000 National Guardsmen and 700 Marines to LA against the wishes of Newsom and Bass. Newsom sued the Trump administration, saying they unlawfully "trampled over" California’s sovereignty when they federalized the California National Guard.

The Trump administration can maintain control of several thousand National Guard troops in California and continue to deploy them in Los Angeles, a federal appeals court ruled late Thursday, pausing a lower court ruling that determined President Donald Trump's federalization of the guardsmen was unlawful.