What we now know with absolute clarity is that the LAFD cannot be trusted to honestly and thoroughly investigate itself.

Bass appointed a “recovery czar,” Steve Soboroff, without any public input, promising him $500,000 from private donors — then ...

Since the Palisades fire, Mayor Karen Bass has outlined recovery strategies that critics say have faltered in execution, affecting confidence in the rebuilding process.

Mayor Karen Bass is sounding the alarm on the reduction in uniformed officers being hired for the Los Angeles Police Department, which she says is at staffing levels not seen since 1995. The LAPD ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' persistent cowardice on housing. The Department of Justice's antitrust settlement with RealPage. The ROAD to Housing Act's frosty receptions in the House. My colleague ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is getting called out for prematurely taking a victory lap for touting the “first Palisades fire rebuild.” Locals are calling the latest announcement from Bass misleading, ...

Democratic socialist candidate Rae Huang launched her campaign for Los Angeles mayor against Democratic incumbent Karen Bass. "I am excited and very humbled to announce that I am running for Mayor of ...

A new documentary about the Palisades Fire of January shows California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass touring the Pacific Palisades as it burns behind them – with a contingent of ...

Mayor Karen Bass on Friday called for a full investigation into firefighters’ accounts that Los Angeles Fire Department crews were ordered to leave a smoldering canyon days before flames reignited ...

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