Ms. Bass, a longtime state and federal lawmaker, was seen as a pragmatic leader before the fires. But many Los Angeles ...

It’s easy to blame California’s Democrats for the devastating fires that killed at least five people and destroyed more than ...

Southern California and Kantamanto Market in Accra, Ghana, are being drawn together because of shared tragedy and a similar ...

Bass will push the limits of partisanship in Los Angeles and let us know once and for all how much city residents are willing ...

During a crisis, the news media and voting public will judge the actions of those who hold or aspire to office.

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” Stanford economist Paul Romer said at a venture capital seminar 21 years ago, referring to the increasing levels of education in other countries that would ...

Crises — either real or merely perceived — can make or break political careers as news media and the voting public judge how ...

Some behaviors, like yawning and scratching, are socially contagious. If one person does it, others are likely to follow suit. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have ...

As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then ...

Karen Bass, the first Black woman to serve as mayor of the city of Los Angeles, has become a target of conservatives seeking ...