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Karen Bass drew more votes than any mayor candidate in L.A. history
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLos Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass has received more votes than any previous candidate for the...
Op-Ed: L.A.'s history of Latino-Black political conflict? It's a curiously short tale
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 1992 uprising among Black Angelenos was a significant chapter in L.A.'s history of racial...
Op-Ed: We need new rules of engagement for L.A.'s diverse ethnic groups
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLos Angeles City Hall. (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images) Politics is full of high-stakes...
Editorial: Ambassador Garcetti breaks the curse on L.A. mayors' political ambitions
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, the new U.S. ambassador to India, testifies during a Senate...
Karen Bass may soon be the first woman elected L.A. mayor. Here's who blazed the trail
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt's yet to be determined if Karen Bass will break the long string of men who have held L.A.'s...
Bass 'on track to win' L.A. mayor's race as lead grows to more than 29,000 votes
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoL.A. mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso. (Los Angeles Times) U.S. Rep. Karen Bass moved...
Roz Wyman, city's youngest council member who helped bring Dodgers to L.A., dies at 92
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRosalind Wyman, seen in 2016, was elected to the L.A. City Council at age 22 in 1953. (Los Angeles...
Trump dominated politics on L.A. TV news. A 'sobering' City Hall scandal changed that
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNury Martinez was visibly upbeat as she described how it felt to be making history as the first Latina president of the Los Angeles City Council. "It feels real good," Martinez said with a wide ...
Julian Nava, trailblazing L.A. politician and U.S. ambassador, dies at 95
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJulian Nava, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico under Presidents Carter and Reagan, works in his...
Arson fire destroyed a Black L.A. church. 'We shall rise from the ashes' — but how?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPastor Edward Jenkins, on the empty lot where Victory Baptist Church once stood. Founded in 1943,...