  We present local structural evidence for the existence of charge
inhomogeneities at low temperature in underdoped and optimally doped
La_2-xSr_xCuO_4. The inhomogeneities disappear for x > 0.2. The evidence for
the charge inhomogeneities comes from an anomalous increase in the in-plane
Cu-O bond length distribution in the underdoped samples as well as evidence for
CuO_6 octahedral tilt inhomogeneities in the intermediate range structure.
Preliminary analysis of the temperature dependence of this phenomenon indicates
that the inhomogeneities set in at temperatures in the range 60 K < Tco < 130 K
which depends on doping.
