From 8pm Tuesday through to 6am Wednesday, swathes of the city will be under a strict lockdown as officers fight to regain control and stamp out widespread violence and destruction.

Los Angeles' Mayor Karen Bass has been thrown into the hot seat yet again over her disturbing secret past as chaotic immigration riots rage on in the Democratic city.

Horrifying scenes of violence have stretched into a third day and sparked a political war of words between Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom.