SCHEDULE FOR MANDELA VISIT

South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie, visit Los Angeles Friday as they end their U.S. tour. The public is invited to these events:

10:30 a.m.--Performances on the 1st Street side of City Hall will be given by entertainers who reflect the city’s cultural diversity. The 200-member Westmoreland Gospel Choir; Nzingha Kamara, an African folk dance group; Latino dance group Danza Floricanto, and a Japanese taiko drum band are few of the acts scheduled. Actor Gregory Peck will be master of ceremonies.

12 p.m.--Mandela speaks from City Hall’s 1st Street steps.

4:30 p.m.--A march to honor Mandela begins along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Rancho Cienega Park (also called Jackie Robinson Park) on Rodeo Road to the Coliseum.

7:30 p.m.--Los Angeles Coliseum rally begins.

9 p.m.--Mandela addresses the Coliseum rally.

Civic Center Street Closures

Traffic will be rerouted on the following streets:

Spring Street between Temple and 1st streets: Traffic will be reduced to two southbound lanes from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with all lanes closed periodically.

Main Street between Temple and 1st streets: Two northbound lanes will be closed from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. All lanes may be closed north of 2nd Street as needed.

First Street between Main and Spring streets: Subject to closure of all lanes as needed between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.

Civic Center Parking

Temple Street between Alameda and San Pedro streets: $6.

Spring Street between 3rd and 4th streets: $6 to $12.

Los Angeles Street between Temple and Aliso streets (L.A. Mall): $6.

Street Closures for March

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Rodeo Road and Vermont Avenue: All eastbound lanes will be closed during the march.

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Vermont and Hoover Street: All lanes in both directions will be closed while the marchers enter the Coliseum. Eastbound traffic will be diverted onto Vermont and westbound traffic will be diverted to southbound Hoover.

All streets crossing the boulevard will be closed as the march passes each intersection. Closures will vary in length, with most major streets closed for about 10 to 20 minutes. Minor cross streets will be closed for longer periods.

Parking at the Coliseum

USC event parking will cost $6 at all gates.

Gate 1--Exposition Boulevard and Hoover Street.

Gate 2--Figueroa Street between Exposition and Jefferson boulevards.

Gate 3--Figueroa and 35th streets.

Gate 4--Jefferson Boulevard and Royal Street.

Gate 5--Jefferson and McClintock Avenue.

Gate 6--Vermont Avenue and 36th Place.

Gate 8--Jefferson one block east of Vermont.

Allright Parking will cost $3 to $5 at these lots:

Jefferson Boulevard and Vermont Avenue.

Figueroa Street between 35th Street and Jefferson Boulevard.

Five Star parking will cost $5 at these lots:

Menlo Avenue between Exposition Boulevard and South Park Drive.

South Park Drive between Menlo Avenue and Figueroa Street.

RTD Schedule

Between 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., northbound buses on Spring Street will be diverted via Broadway to Temple Street, then back to Spring; northbound buses on Main Street will be diverted via Los Angeles Street to Temple and back to Main. Buses on 1st Street will detour onto Temple. Forty extra buses will be deployed Friday from 4 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. to take people to the Coliseum. Routes affected include:

Line 40--Hawthorne Boulevard to Union Station.

Line 81--Figueroa Street.

Line 102--East Jefferson Boulevard to Coliseum Street.

Line 200--Alvarado Street to Echo Park Avenue.

Line 204--Vermont Avenue.

Broadcast Coverage

Channels 4 and 35 will have live coverage from City Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Channels 5 and 11 will interrupt regular programming throughout the day, beginning at about 10:30 a.m. Some stations had not yet determined how much of the visit they will broadcast live.

KCRW (89.9 FM), KGFJ (1230 AM), KNX (1070 AM), KFWB (980 AM) will report continuously from the L.A. City Council Chambers beginning at 10:30 a.m.; KGFJ, KNX and KFWB will report from the Coliseum at 9 p.m.