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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
National
Nathan Solis

'Fast & Furious' has turned these LA streets into a hot spot for racers. Residents are fed up

LOS ANGELES — Nearly every night, drivers speed down the street outside Rene Favela's home in Angelino Heights.

"People drive through at 2 in the morning, 2 in the afternoon," said Favela, who moved into the neighborhood just north of downtown Los Angeles 17 years ago with his wife, Bella.

Now with a child, the couple have grown concerned about the dangerous street races and stunts outside their front door — turmoil that neighbors say has been stirred up by the "Fast & Furious" movie franchise, whose fans flock to the Angelino Heights streets that star Vin Diesel's character calls home.

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