Several makeshift shelters built between the 110 parkway and the flood channel were demolished Monday morning by the city of Los Angeles. The shelters were dismantled by city workers and scraped off the flood channel floor with pitchforks, shovels and bulldozers as the residents watched.
Nathan Solis is a former staff writer who reported on breaking news with the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously reported on court cases in Southern California for Courthouse News Service and, prior to that, covered county government in Shasta County for the Record Searchlight in Redding, Calif. Solis grew up in northeast Los Angeles and his bylines can be found in L.A. Taco, the Eastsider L.A. and KCET’s Artbound.
Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.
