Piles of rotting fruits and vegetables dumped on a downtown Los Angeles street were cleared out by crews overnight for a second time this week.

The produce and other discarded items were left alongside the wall of a graffiti-covered building Wednesday near East 10th Street and Naomi Avenue, just southwest of Olympic Boulevard. Several produce businesses are located in the area on the southern edge of downtown Los Angeles.

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Video from NewsChopper4 Wednesday afternoon showed trash and produce stretching for about a block next to the building. Rats could be seen climbing in the piled up food, wooden pallets and debris.

Overnight, crews removed the waste, including parsley, onions, melons, tomatoes and other items, fr

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