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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advances to November runoff as she seeks second term

Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former star of the reality television show “The Hills,” was second in early returns. Pratt accuses Bass of letting wildfires get out of control and failing to make enough progress on the homeless crisis.

Live Results: California midterm primaries

Two candidates for California governor will emerge from a massive field of 61 hopefuls in a state primary on Tuesday, when voters will also select U.S. House nominees using a new map they approved in a 2025 ballot measure.

Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

By Michael R. Blood, Associated Press

As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she isn't sidestepping the obvious: her tenure at city hall has been difficult. “I haven’t always got it right,” she says plainly.

How reality TV stars seeking office are changing politics

By Ali Rogin, Matt Loffman

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife and their children filmed a reality show that is set to be released in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary. It is a return to form for the Duffys, who first met filming…

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Los Angeles woman arrested on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan

By Associated Press

First U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said Sunday on social media that the woman will face charges that she brokered the sale of “drones, bombs, bomb fuses, and millions of rounds of ammunition” between Iran and the Sudanese Armed Forces.

Prosecutor says Rihanna, A$AP Rocky, 3 kids were home when woman charged with attempted murder fired

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Authorities say a Florida woman has been charged with attempted murder and other felonies over gunshots fired at Rihanna's Los Angeles home last weekend.

Superintendent of Los Angeles schools placed on paid leave amid federal investigation

By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson, Associated Press

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools in the nation’s second-largest district, was put on paid leave Friday, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters.

What to know about the LA school superintendent whose home was searched by the FBI

By Hallie Golden, Associated Press

Carvalho has regularly opposed the administration’s aggressive crackdown in and around Los Angeles, referencing his own history as an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally.

FBI searches Los Angeles school district headquarters and superintendent's home

By Eric Tucker, Christopher Weber, Julie Watson, Associated Press

The nature of the investigation and what allegations were being examined was not immediately clear.

Justice Department sues UCLA, alleging school failed to protect Jewish employees from hostility

By Collin Binkley, Jocelyn Gecker, Associated Press

The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to punish top universities that it says have been soft on antisemitism.