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PoliticsLA lost more people than any American county last year and has to choose between the woman who let it burn and Spencer Pratt
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJune 2, 2026
North AmericaLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks reelection following term mired with wildfire and homelessness: ‘I haven’t always got it right’
By The Associated Press and MIchael R. BloodMay 29, 2026
PoliticsTom Steyer’s $195 million political advertising spend breaks record as the most expensive campaign this year
By The Associated Press and MIchael R. BloodMay 27, 2026
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressApril 13, 2026
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressFebruary 18, 2026
Politics‘You are really playing with fire with this one’: California billionaires tax ignites, pitting labor unions and voters against tech execs
By MIchael R. Blood, Michael Liedtke and The Associated PressJanuary 14, 2026
PoliticsLos Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed last week during nighttime protests against Trump’s immigration crackdown
By MIchael R. Blood, Jaimie Ding and The Associated PressJune 18, 2025
PoliticsFBI agents tackled Sen. Alex Padilla at an LA news conference with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
By Krysta Fauria, MIchael R. Blood, Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressJune 12, 2025
PoliticsTrump administration signals it will cut off funds for California high-speed rail line that has become ‘a 119-mile track to nowhere’
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressJune 5, 2025
PoliticsLos Angeles’s Democrat mayor wants to axe 1,600 employees as city flounders in slumping economy and wildfire damage
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressApril 22, 2025
PoliticsGavin Newsom is welcoming prominent conservatives on his new podcast, but critics say it’s risky to align himself ‘in a slightly unpredictable middle’
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressMarch 17, 2025
LeadershipLA fire chief ousted as mayor claims 1,000 firefighters were sent home the day wildfires began ravaging the city
By MIchael R. Blood and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2025
PoliticsCalifornia republicans push back after House speaker threatens to saddle wildfire aid with conditions
By MIchael R. Blood, Kevin Freking and The Associated PressJanuary 23, 2025
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