Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said arrests and confrontations with the police had declined since the initial weekend of demonstrations. She said the seven-day curfew was a success in helping ease

She says the curfew protected stores, restaurants, businesses and residents from people engaging in vandalism and looting.

Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted the downtown Los Angeles curfew that has been in place for one week, as protests, violence and vandalism in the neighborhood have ebbed following a wave of high-profile federal immigration raids.