Nation Feb 21 Los Angeles mayor dismisses city’s fire chief over response to devastating Palisades Fire Six weeks after the start of the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the fire chief Friday amid a public rift over preparations for a potential blaze and finger-pointing between the chief and City…
Politics Jan 23 California Republicans push back after Speaker Johnson’s threat to saddle wildfire aid with conditions Some U.S. House Republicans in California are breaking with Speaker Mike Johnson over his suggestion that federal disaster aid be coupled with as-yet unspecified conditions on the wildfire-ravaged state.
Nation Jan 16 As wildfires still burn, focus turns to rebuilding Los Angeles’ leveled neighborhoods Heartbroken families, burned-out business owners and beleaguered Los Angeles leaders are beginning to ponder a monumental task: rebuilding what was lost in the fires.
Nation Jan 11 Crews race to contain Los Angeles wildfires as menacing winds are forecast to return Firefighters raced Saturday to cut off spreading wildfires before potentially strong winds return that could push the flames toward the world famous J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles, while new evacuation warnings left more homeowners…
Politics Nov 14 Republicans keep control of the House Republicans and Democrats were still waiting for the outcome of vote-counting for crucial U.S. House districts in California, as the GOP clinched majority control of the chamber next year with a race call in neighboring Arizona.
Politics Oct 12 WATCH: Trump campaigns in Coachella in rare visit to solidly Democratic California With the presidency on the line in battlegrounds like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, Donald Trump spent Saturday night in solidly liberal California, seeking to link Vice President Kamala Harris to what he described as the failures of her home state.
Politics Aug 16 The evolution of Harris’ stances on key issues, from the death penalty to marijuana As a presidential candidate, Kamala Harris’ litany of policy reversals is opening her to attacks by Republicans and testing the strength of her pitch to voters as a truth-teller who is far more credible than former President Donald Trump.
Politics Aug 13 WATCH: Walz tells union members in Los Angeles that Trump and Vance have ‘waged war on working people’ Speaking in a cavernous, dimly lit ballroom to thousands of members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he and Vice President Kamala Harris want to spread collective bargaining and other worker…
Politics May 22 California lawmaker Vince Fong will finish ousted Speaker McCarthy’s term With the district once held by Kevin McCarthy remaining in GOP hands, it will give Republicans 12 seats in the state delegation and boost the party's fragile edge in Congress by a single vote.
Nation Feb 01 6 killings in likely cannabis dispute spotlight violence in California’s illegal pot market Illegal growing and sales have thrived in California despite years of legal operations that were expected to stamp it out. The killings discovered Jan. 23 provided a reminder of the violence that can come with illicit cannabis activity.