During Escobar's tenure, L.A. firefighters have weathered some tough times: COVID. The Palisades inferno. Fewer fire stations ...

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso is not backing the recall effort against his former opponent, Democratic ...

Karen Read said she "doesn't like to use the phrase 'having an affair'" to explain her relationship with Brian Higgins ...

Brad Pitt is content after settling his protracted divorce fight with Angelina Jolie. The actor is concentrating on his ...

"Rebuilding SoCal" is KCAL News' commitment to holding leaders accountable, getting answers, and showcasing Southern California solidarity and strength in the wake of the Palisades and Eaton Fires.

Read more: Karen Bass left L.A. for Africa as wind, fire warnings increased. She returned to a burning city Nearly two months later, on Thursday, Bass' office said it had "no responsive records," ...

LOS ANGELES — When flames erupted in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was more than 7,000 ... and surrounding communities. She and her office have said she was in ...

“She firmly believes Angelenos have the right to hold Mayor Bass accountable for her failures.” Shanahan, a San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneur previously married to Google co-founder Sergey ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former Los Angeles fire chief who was ousted by Mayor Karen Bass after ... in the days before she left. The rift between the mayor and the chief created a sensitive political ...

Internal emails prove that the office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had been warned of “critical” fire conditions before the Palisades Fire — despite the mayor’s claims that she knew ...

Staffers with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s office learned from the city’s Emergency Management Department officials that they had “high confidence” wildfires could ravage the city but had decided ...