The 72-year-old former mayor (Pasadena), city manager (Ventura, Azusa, Santa Monica) and deputy mayor (Los Angeles) returned for a third stint at Los Angeles City Hall in 2022, bringing a depth of experience to political neophyte and then-newly elected City Controller Kenneth Mejia’s office as Mejia’s chief deputy.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday touted a sharp decline in the city's homicide rate in the first half of 2025, saying that the 20% decrease has the city on pace for the lowest total in nearly six decades.

There was one entry point to the 18-foot wastewater tunnel that some 31 people were working in late on Wednesday night, per the LA fire department.

The lead plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit were sitting at a bus stop in Pasadena when federal agents converged, and apprehended them. On Friday, their allegations gained traction with a federal

The directive calls for city departments to be better prepared for federal immigration activity on city property by bolstering protocols and training for such incidents.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have been conducting a plethora of raids in Southern California over the past six weeks that have resulted in the arrests of thousands of illegal immigrants.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) on Friday signed an executive order affirming the city’s support for immigrants amid an enforcement crackdown by the Trump administration. “Under my new Executive

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a new executive directive on Friday in an effort to help the city’s immigrant communities as raids continue across LA.

Federal immigration enforcement agents swept through MacArthur Park in the Westlake District of Los Angeles on Monday morning, prompting a surprise appearance by the mayor.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass doubled down on sanctuary policies just hours after a major immigration raid rescued child laborers at a nearby marijuana farm. Bass signed an executive directive on Friday that bolsters LA sanctuary laws prohibiting cooperation between local officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),