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LOS ANGELES On the morning after his landslide election victory, Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa faced his first tense challenge Wednesday when he arrived at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, where fights among several students prompted a massive police response and brought dozens of worried parents rushing to the campus.
The campus was locked down as about 30 Los Angeles and school police officers rushed to the scene and a police helicopter hovered overhead. Rumors of racially motivated fights spread through the school and by frantic cell-phone calls to parents.See the full content of this document
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Day After Big Victory Proves Tough One for Villaraigosa
Villaraigosa arrived in the midst of the uproar and was told by school officials that there were a few small skirmishes and several minor injuries, but race was not a factor in what happened.
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