A customer argues with Robert Brown, right, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., while Hanita Horowitz, center, explains how she had waited in line more than 10 hours the day before. They are in front of Indymac Bank in Encino. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Lillian Krasn, left, tells a news crew how long she has been waiting in line at IndyMac Bank in Encino. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Pasadena police officer Chris Burchett is on crowd-control duty outside the IndyMac Bank in Pasadena. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
At least a hundred people wait in line in front of IndyMac Bank in Encino on Tuesday. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
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IndyMac Bank customer Joan Rubin stands in front the Encino branch. She said that the recent events should serve as a lesson for depositors to not have more than one account at any one bank. (Karen Tapia-Andersen / Los Angeles Times)
Police keep an eye on customers waiting outside of an IndyMac Bank branch in Encino. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Russell Arjoon from Santa Clarita said he had been waiting since 5 a.m. in a line to enter the IndyMac Bank branch in Encino on Tuesday. Tensions rose outside the branch when patrons accused others of cutting in line, and police were dispatched to calm the crowd. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Jerry Weiner sits in his walker waiting with wife Ann to enter the IndyMac Bank branch in Encino just after it opened at 8 a.m. Tuesday. They said Ann brought Jerry, a World War II veteran captured in the Battle of the Bulge, to wait in line after removing him from the hospital. Jerry said his intention was to pull his retirement and all funds out of the bank if he could get in Tuesday morning. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
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Kayli Blundell of Burbank said she had been waiting in line since 6 a.m. to enter the IndyMac Bank branch in Encino on Tuesday, the second business day after the federal government took over the failed financial institution. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)