Trump signaled support for Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, telling reporters he'd "like to see him do well" in the June 2 election. “I heard he’s a big MAGA person,” Trump said. More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Los Angeles is seeing its first major infusion of “dark money” during this year’s election, with a mystery group pumping out ads praising moderates and attacking candidates backed by Democratic Socialists of America www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A.'s long-awaited subway under Wilshire Boulevard opens, linking Beverly Hills to downtown

The top three candidates in the L.A. mayor's race -- Mayor Karen Bass, Councilwoman Nithya Raman and reality TV star Spencer Pratt -- faced off on live television last night. Here's the rundown from me & @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

A jury has ruled that an LAPD officer was not liable for the death of a 14-year-old girl who was killed when a bullet fired by the officer went through the wall of the department store changing room where she was hiding. @liborjany.bsky.social has the latest www.latimes.com/california/s...

LA Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman went at each other for 90 minutes last night, trading jabs on homelessness, police spending and other big issues in their first head-to-head matchup of the mayoral campaign. www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. County D.A. Nathan Hochman and the union that represents rank-and-file LAPD officers dealt a stinging setback to City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto on Tuesday, endorsing prosecutor John McKinney, one of her opponents. @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social has the details www.latimes.com/california/s...

Woo hoo!

Looks like the canvassers hit Echo Park pretty hard this weekend — door hangers and flyers for candidates are all over the place

Leaked LAPD records reveal officers in fireworks blast received only brief suspensions. Good get from @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

BREAKING: D4vd charged with murder, sex abuse, corpse mutilation in slaying of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez www.latimes.com/california/s...

Video killed the State of the City speech -- at least this time around. Instead of an in-person address, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass will be releasing a State of the City video later this morning More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social on the situation www.latimes.com/california/n...

L.A. County officials are on track to blow a voter-imposed deadline to create a new Ethics Commission – unless they succeed in coming up with yet another ballot measure to make it work. @robertlgreene.bsky.social has the details

If you mean Chinatown’s College Station project, that was approved in 2019. www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass has been portraying herself as a champion of change, saying recently that she pushed out a dozen high-level bureaucrats during her time in office — including those responsible for trash pickup and police hiring. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Mayor Karen Bass' Inside Safe program faces a troubling trajectory. The longer it exists, the greater the share of program participants who have returned to “unsheltered” homelessness, according to monthly dashboards posted by the L.A. Homeless Services Authority. www.latimes.com/california/s...

"Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office": Federal prosecutors in L.A. continue their unprecedented string of trial losses in protest cases. Latest from @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Fernando Guerra said the Center for the Study of Los Angeles did not include an 'undecided' option in the poll because he wanted to 'force' respondents to give an answer, similar to when they vote. @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social on a controversial new L.A. mayor poll www.latimes.com/california/s...

ICYMI: Taix French Restaurant closed Mar 29. "What Norman Klein got right in his seminal work about the city & its nebulous relationship to stasis...is the way places and locations that 'used to be' leave impressions on 'what is.'" @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social: lareviewofbooks.org/article/taix...

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican candidate for California governor, has paused his investigation into unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, weeks after seizing more than 650,000 ballots. @grace2e.bsky.social has the details www.latimes.com/california/s...

Fun fact: Adam Miller, the tech entrepreneur looking to unseat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, voted for real estate developer Rick Caruso in 2022. With two months left until the election, @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has the details on Miller's new campaign strategy www.latimes.com/california/n...

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, accused Trump of seeking to sway the June 2 state election. "They believe they will get a servant in Sacramento," he told the LA Times. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Most money in politics flows to people who already agrees with the donor.

Estuardo Mazariegos was 22 when police found a gun in his car that wasn't his. He said he was holding it for a friend. Now, he's running for L.A. City Council — and says his gun conviction in 2009 makes him a better candidate. @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social has more www.latimes.com/california/s...

An anti-ICE protester claims LAPD blinded him during a January demonstration. Latest w/ @liborjany.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

So, should we bring back Brooklyn Avenue in L.A. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

Four of the five civilians who oversee the LAFD step down

On a panel today at Society for Professional Journalists - LA Press Freedom Summit at the ASU building in LA, which is the renovated Herald Examiner building. The lobby is restored to its 1910s Mission Revival style and amazing. I am semi-restored by coffee and strive to be adequate.

As L.A. feds find new ways to prosecute alleged 'doxxing' in court, anti-ICE protesters fear chilling effect on rapid response networks. My latest: www.latimes.com/california/s...

She’s blunt. She’s combative. She doesn’t go along to get along. And now, Los Angeles City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez is almost certainly getting 4 more years in office, since no is running against her. A look at one of the most outspoken voices at City Hall: www.latimes.com/california/n...

Here's a lil' update on L.A.'s election: no one decided to run against City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez in the San Fernando Valley. Unless she gets an extraordinarily feisty write-in challenger, she's in the clear for the June 2 election -- and a third term. cityclerk.lacity.org/election/202...

The top executive at L.A.'s Department of Water and Power is stepping down after nearly two years. She's heading to Puerto Rico to become CEO of the electrical company LUMA. w/ @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Worried that two Republicans could wind up in the runoff for California governor in November, the head of the state's Democratic Party urged gubernatorial candidates who are lagging way behind in the polls to drop out The LAT's Seema Mehta lays out the situation www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. voters could be asked this year to redesign their government in dramatic ways, by switching to ranked-choice voting, adding 10 members to the City Council and reworking the duties of other city elected officials @melissagomez.bsky.social has the latest www.latimes.com/california/s...

Even before Nithya Raman decided to run against Karen Bass, Bass dropped Raman from the regional air quality board. And she won't say why: www.latimes.com/california/n... via @davidzahniser.bsky.social

About $100 million in state funding for transportation projects in Boyle Heights, Skid Row and other parts of L.A. is in jeopardy -- largely because the city doesn't have enough staff to carry out the projects. More from the LAT's @melissagomez.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Hearing that Metro legitimately cannot take any more orders — they reportedly sold over 2500 shirts in less than 24 hours and have to resolve their purchasing situation before they can reopen sales... stay tuned... THE D WILL RIDE AGAIN

A woman who was bit by a dog at a Los Angeles city animal shelter has been awarded $5.4 million by a jury. It is the third case involving an attack by a shelter dog in the past three years. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley sued the city of L.A. on Monday, accusing Mayor Karen Bass of "shifting blame and lying" about the city's handling of the devastating Palisades fire www.latimes.com/california/s...

This guy co-wrote Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors,” the Bangles’ “Eternal Flame” and a bunch of other classics

Two years ago, Mayor Karen Bass threw down for Councilmember Nithya Raman, offering various types of assistance during a tough reelection campaign. Now, with Raman running against Bass, some of the mayor's allies say they feel betrayed -- and regret helping Raman www.latimes.com/california/s...

As a council candidate in 2020, Nithya Raman declared ‘Defund the police.’ Now, Raman says L.A. shouldn’t lose more cops. “We need to maintain the size of our police force," she told NBC4, two days after launching her mayoral bid. w/@noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

A Redondo Beach developer plans to turn Papa Cristo’s longtime home in Pico Union into a storage facility — but says that he still wants to honor the restaurant’s more than 70 year legacy in some way. @bymarinagiselle.bsky.social @thelalocalorg.bsky.social

Read one of my latest stories: The Federal Public Defender's Office in L.A. has handled every protest and immigration enforcement related case that's gone to trial since June. They're 6 and 0 against the U.S. attorney’s office. Here's their story www.latimes.com/california/s...

L.A. County labor coalition backs Mayor Karen Bass, slams her opponent, Councilmember Nithya Raman, as a ‘political opportunist’ www.latimes.com/california/s...

Such sad news. She was the best.

Yet another curveball in the L.A. mayor's race -- and the biggest yet: Councilmember Nithya Raman will challenge longtime ally Karen Bass w/ @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

One candidate dropped out. Another candidate jumped in. A third, County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, is still deciding. With Saturday's deadline looming, the lineup of candidates looking to run for L.A. mayor is very much in play. w/ @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Real estate developer Rick Caruso ruled out a run for mayor last month. Then he changed course Wednesday, saying he was taking another look at the idea. Now, a Caruso spokesperson says he's really and truly not running More from @noahmgoldberg.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

Former schools superintendent Austin Beutner has ended his bid for L.A. mayor, one month after the death of his 22-year-old daughter www.latimes.com/california/s...