Fire chief says the city of L.A. let her agency down
As firefighters continued to battle massive wildfires Friday, Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley stunned many observers with an extraordinary television interview.Crowley, pressed by a…
Did L.A.’s mayor cut the fire department budget? The answer gets tricky
When Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her budget plan for 2024-25, she called for a 2.7% reduction in spending at the Los Angeles Fire Department.Her proposal,…
Judge Karen Bass on what she does now, not where she was when the fires started
The video is damning. A stone-faced Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass stood silently as a British reporter asked whether she had anything to tell Angelenos…
As fires ripped through L.A., Mayor Karen Bass was en route back from Africa
For the first 24 hours of L.A.’s wildfire disaster, Mayor Karen Bass was a constant presence on social media, urging Angelenos to flee evacuation zones…
Nathan Hochman swept L.A.’s Westside and Valley in the Nov. 5 election
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s David Zahniser, with a big lift from Koko Nakajima and…
LAPD reviews scores of bomb threats a year. Did deputy mayor send one?
At Los Angeles International Airport last spring, a dispatcher received an anonymous call suggesting that a Spirit Airlines flight to Las Vegas was “going to…
FBI agents search home of L.A. deputy mayor over City Hall bomb threat
FBI agents searched the home of a Los Angeles deputy mayor as part of an investigation into a bomb threat made against City Hall, officials…
Mayor Karen Bass’ next pick for Metro’s board is being closely watched
Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. It’s Dakota Smith, Rachel Uranga and David Zahniser at the helm.The…
Venice homeless housing development continues its limbo
The fate of a large proposed affordable-housing development along Venice’s famed canals remains murky this week after one regulatory decision cleared the way for final…
Councilmember Paul Krekorian will be liaison for Olympics
Paul Krekorian, who is leaving the Los Angeles City Council due to term limits, will oversee the city’s handling of the 2026 World Cup, the…
Head of L.A. Animal Services steps down amid shelter troubles
The head of the L.A. city agency overseeing animal shelters is stepping down, according to an city email sent Monday to shelter volunteers and animal…
What’s the importance of a supergroup these days? The Hard Quartet really aren’t worried about it
Sitting around a North Hollywood rehearsal studio on a recent Wednesday evening, the members of the Hard Quartet are taking a break from prepping for…
L.A. mayor vowed to save shelter animals. More dogs and cats are dying
Jake, a tawny 2-year-old mutt in L.A.’s West Valley shelter, wasn’t doing well.After six months at the shelter, he was running back and forth and…
Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has promised to arrest thousands of homeless people sleeping in American streets and move them to large tent cities on “inexpensive…
Column: Langer’s closing? Mayor Bass comes for lunch and vows to “respond urgently” to neighborhood problems
Norm Langer, owner of the iconic MacArthur Park deli with his name on the sign, got a phone call just after 8 a.m. Tuesday.L.A. Mayor…
Karen Bass talks about her commitment to kids with Harris
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was met with chants of “Karen! Karen!” after she described Vice President Kamala Harris as a role model who would…
Bass vows not to bus homeless people out of L.A. for 2028 Olympics
In Paris, the French government packed homeless people and migrants onto buses and sent them out of the city as the Summer Olympics approached. In…
Olympic flags are headed to L.A. City Hall. Not everyone is happy
The model ship from South Korea and the shrine from Japan stood on the third floor of Los Angeles City Hall for decades.Ordinary residents and…
Olympic flag arrives in L.A. and LA28 focuses on prep for Games
The charter flight left Paris on Monday morning, carrying Mayor Karen Bass, local Olympic organizers and a few dozen athletes home from the 2024 Summer…
Karen Bass touts ‘car-free’ L.A. Olympics, but there’s a catch
PARIS — Rush hour all but disappeared. There was less traffic on the freeways and not as much stop-and-go on surface streets.Longtime residents of Southern California…