Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced criticism over her response to anti-ICE riots, past praise of communist leaders and controversies including a deputy mayor's bomb threat and wildfire handling.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced criticism over her response to anti-ICE riots, past praise of communist leaders and controversies including a deputy mayor's bomb threat and wildfire handling.

Karen Bass chuckled in disbelief at a DHS official saying her arrest could be "on the table" after the mayor confronted ...

With a blaze that's resulting in 130,000 residents having to evacuate their homes, L.A. mayor Karen Bass came under quick criticism for jetting off to Ghana, Africa on the eve of the fire breaking ...

Now — while Bass navigates a calamity that will redefine the city — her political future also hangs in the balance. In a moment of anguish where people desperately want heroes and villains to ...

To columnist Steve Lopez, the firing of the Los Angeles Fire Department chief looks like an act of political desperation as much as a take-charge moment by Bass.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, center, and Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, left, address the media at a press conference on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025.

L.A. Wildfires Turn Political: Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom Draw Heat Over Response. L.A.'s mayor and California's governor, respectively, are coming under fire as the out-of-control inferno rages ...