The Latest Breaking News from Karen Bass

For the first time, Black mayors run the four largest cities in the U.S. Here’s what they have to say.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has died at age 92

Ohio murder rates far higher than NYC as state’s GOP Rep. Jim Jordan slams city’s crime woes

LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, the Los Angeles Police Department celebrated a historic hiring milestone, announcing the city had reached a target sought by at least two mayors and multiple police chiefs: 10,000 officers.

LOS ANGELES — Vice President Kamala Harris urged a group of demonstrators gathered in downtown Los Angeles to “stand up and fight” for its ideals following recent court rulings over reproductive rights that have divided the country.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s weeks-long absence from Washington as she recuperates from shingles not only led to calls for her retirement, it refocused attention on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise to appoint a Black woman if either of California’s U.S. Senate seats opened up.

There have been reports that the affluent neighbourhood of Beverly Hills, home to Hollywood stars and A-list celebrities, is seeing more and more homeless people pitching up tents on the side of residential streets as LA faces a homelessness crisis

LOS ANGELES — In a move immediately denounced as legally meritless by First Amendment and media rights experts, the city of Los Angeles has sued a local journalist and an activist group over the online publication of undercover Los Angeles Police Department officers’ pictures — images the city had itself…

LOS ANGELES — Mark Ridley-Thomas, one of Los Angeles County’s most prominent politicians, was found guilty Thursday of federal corruption charges related to special benefits his son received at the University of Southern California.