LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Dodgers have done it again, and now it's time to celebrate! Thousands of fans started lining the streets of downtown Los Angeles Monday as early as 2 a.m. for the World Series victory parade.
After the parade winds down, the players will head to Dodger Stadium for even more festivities with a rally.
Eyewitness News will have all your bases covered with live team coverage from the parade route and Dodger Stadium. The parade officially kicks off at 11 a.m. but ABC7 will bring you live team coverage starting at 10 a.m.
The players will leave Dodger Stadium at 10:45 a.m. and make their way to downtown Los Angeles.
The parade route will be about 1.7 miles long and the event is supposed to take roughly 45 minutes.
The parade will start at North Broadway and West Temple Street. The buses will go west on Temple and then turn onto Grand and head south. At 7th Street, the players will head west to South Figueroa Street. The buses will then head north to West 5th Street, where the parade will end.
The Dodgers will then head back to the stadium.
Some Dodger fans showed up in early hours of the morning to secure a spot along the parade route in downtown Los Angeles.
Sporting their Dodger gear, many of them were already lined up outside of the The Broad museum before Eyewitness News crews arrived for morning newscasts.
They were all prepared with lawn chairs and Dodger blankets and sweaters.
Also there was fan-favorite public address announcer Todd Leitz, the man behind the microphone at Dodgers home games.
"There's just Dodger fans in the stadium today," he said. "There's no Toronto Blue Jays fans, there's no Giants fans… it's just Dodger fans and there's no stress. We're all just celebrating the championship and what the Dodgers were able to accomplish this year."
Although the Dodgers victory parade will take over a portion of downtown Los Angeles Monday, the Los Angeles Unified School District says all school will remain open.
Several schools are located near or along the parade route, and the district is reminding parents to allow for extra time for pick-up and drop-off. They're encouraged to use alternate routes when possible.
The LAUSD says to expect heavy traffic, street closures and large crowds in the area.
The champs are home!
The Dodgers are back in Los Angeles after a repeat World Series win. Their plane was welcomed with a water cannon salute on the tarmac.
AIR7 was live above LAX as the players touched down and started deplaning on Sunday evening, with the Commissioner's Trophy in tow.
Video shows World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto carrying the trophy over his head as he stepped off the plane. The red carpet was laid out for the champions to walk across.
Some people won't get their day in court Monday when downtown area Los Angeles County Superior Courts are closed to the public due to the large crowds and street closures expected for the Dodgers' victory parade.
The courthouses closed Monday are the Stanley Mosk Courthouse at 111 N. Hill St., the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center at 210 W. Temple St., Superior Court departments at the Spring Street Courthouse at 312 N. Spring St. and the Archives and Records Center at 222 N. Hill Street.
All court matters scheduled for Monday in the downtown Civic Center courthouses will be continued or rescheduled.