Volunteers clean up graffiti in Little Tokyo.

On Thursday, dozens of volunteers scrubbed graffiti from the sandstone walls of the Japanese American National Museum. Tom Carroll stopped by to better understand how the folks are feeling.

June 12, 2025 5:23 PM PT

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Tom Carroll is a content creator for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2022, he created, produced and hosted the web series “Tom Explores Los Angeles.” He has produced stories for NPR and Gimlet. A fourth-generation Southern Californian, he is a graduate of Occidental College and the University of Southern California.