MAYOR-ELECT VILLARAIGOSA ADDRESSES VIOLENT SCHOOL ERUPTION

Los Angeles Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa (L) and LAUSD Superintendent Roy Romer arrive for a news conference to address an eruption of student fights at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California May 18, 2005. The violence erupted shortly before Villaraigosa was scheduled to appear at the school. (UPI Photo/Jim Ruymen)

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