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.
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.