The LAPD tactical alert required officers citywide to remain on duty:
#LAPD on TACTICAL ALERT as Team Mexico #WorldCup fans block roads, force closure of ramps on 5 Freeway in #Pacoima:
The crowds began forming in the streets shortly before 7 p.m. local time:
This guy is standing in the middle of Hope St... Taunting deputies as friends take pictures
The celebrating fans also brought out the fireworks:
Video: Fireworks explode as Mexico World Cup fans flood into streets in Pacoima http://t.co/TmXj6bxeD9
"Right now it doesn't seem like there's any major problem," Officer Drake Madison told the Los Angeles Times:
World Cup Crowds shut down Laurel canyon/van nuys intersection.
LAPD declared the crowd in Pacoima an unlawful assembly at 10:41 p.m. ET.
Lapd gives order for crowd @ laurel canyon/van nuys to disperse
LAPD declare “a peaceful end to the unlawful assembly," in Pacoima area at 2:36 a.m. ET:
We've brought a peaceful end to the unlawful assembly at Laurel Cyn Bl & Van Nuys Bl. We will monitor the area throughout the night #LAPD
Police arrested at least four people after hundreds of fans took the streets in Huntington Park in a different celebration earlier in the evening:
Pacific Blvd closed between Florence, Gage in Huntington Park due to #WorldCup fans http://t.co/YLkfVVS8B8
#breaking @LASDHQ making arrests in Huntington Park- Mexico Soccer Fans rowdy & won't disperse #photo:
All is quiet in #HuntingtonPark now. Just reporters and these guys.