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Protests against a besieged LA councillor highlights the hand-to-hand fighting occurring on every level of government as the US midterms loom.

A Telemundo debate resulted in this colloquy between the moderator and mayoral candidate Rick Caruso:"The next mayor of Los Angeles will be either an African American woman or a white man." Elvir said, referring to Bass and Caruso respectively. "I'm Italian," Caruso shot back in apparent objection. "Italian American," Elvir…

LOS ANGELES — On a clear afternoon recently, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti looked down at the Hollywood Reservoir from 1,200 feet in the air.

Los Angeles desperately needs, and will soon get, new leadership. No elected office is more important than mayor; this is the person Angelenos look to in a crisis, who can set the tone of the political discourse and should act as the moral compass for city policy.

LOS ANGELES — What a moment for the leader of the free world to show up in Southern California.

LOS ANGELES — For weeks, Rep. Karen Bass has faced intensifying questions over her free University of California master's degree in social work while in Congress.

LOS ANGELES — Three Los Angeles City Council members went to a squat office building near MacArthur Park last October to seek advice from an influential labor leader about solidifying their grip on power.

Billionaire Rick Caruso corrects debate moderator who referred to him as white by saying he is ‘Italian … thank you, that’s Latin’

Rick Caruso claims to have connection to Latinos, but says it’s his “job is to connect with every community”

White House calls recording of council members in a meeting last year ‘unacceptable’ and ‘appalling’

LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass wants to hire 500 new LAPD officers while Rick Caruso wants 1,800 more. Bass plans to house 17,000 homeless people in her first year as mayor; he promises 30,000. He excoriates her for accepting free tuition from USC, while she says he broke a promise…