Category: Los Angeles

Karen Bass Unlikely to Save Los Angeles

Commentary Mayor-elect Karen Bass certainly seems to have the credentials to get help to improve Los Angeles, that fading City of the Angels. She is a former speaker of the California Assembly and recently has been a powerful member of the U.S. House of Representatives. It also helps outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep….


US Rep. Karen Bass Elected Los Angeles Mayor

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will become Los Angeles’ new mayor, defeating businessman Rick Caruso, according to projections by the Associated Press Nov. 16. As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, Bass, leading by 46,578 votes, held roughly 53.06 percent of the vote over Caruso’s 46.94 percent. Bass, a Democrat who represents California’s 37th district, will become LA’s…


Traci Park on Path to Victory in Los Angeles’ District 11

Municipal law attorney Traci Park is currently on track to defeat her opponent, civil rights attorney Erin Darling, in the bid to replace Councilman Mike Bonin, who decided not to run for reelection, in Los Angeles’ District 11. Park is leading with 53.34 percent over Darling’s 46.66 percent, a gap of more than 5,300 votes,…


LA Council District 5: Katy Young Yaroslavsky Set to Win as Sam Yebri Concedes

LOS ANGELES—Katy Young Yaroslavsky, a former political aide, is set to represent the Los Angeles City Council’s 5th District after her opponent, Sam Yebri, conceded Nov. 15. Yaroslavsky will replace termed-out Councilman Paul Koretz. As of Tuesday morning, Yaroslavsky led Yebri by more than 10,000 votes, garnering over 58 percent of the ballots counted so…


LA Council District 15: Tim McOsker Declares Victory

LOS ANGELES—Tim McOsker, an attorney and a veteran of City Hall as a former advisor to Mayor James Hahn, is set to return to Spring Street representing the Los Angeles City Council’s 15th District after declaring victory Nov. 15. McOsker will replace Councilman Joe Buscaino, who has represented the district since 2012 but did not…


LA Council District 13: Soto-Martinez Declares Victory, O’Farrell Concedes

LOS ANGELES—Labor organizer Hugo Soto-Martinez has defeated two-term Councilman Mitch O’Farrell in the race for the Los Angeles City Council’s 13th District seat, with O’Farrell conceding Nov. 15. Soto-Martinez led O’Farrell by nearly 5,000 votes after Tuesday’s vote-counting update, holding more than 55 percent of the vote. He has been ahead since Election Day after…


Karen Bass Widens Lead Over Rick Caruso in Los Angeles Mayor’s Race

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass widened her lead over businessman Rick Caruso in the seesaw race for Los Angeles’ mayor, according to the latest results from the Los Angeles County Registrar as of 5 p.m., Nov. 14. Bass gained 52.15 percent of the vote, while Caruso held 47.85 percent. The gap expanded to about 29,000 votes,…


California First Lady Begins Testimony in Harvey Weinstein Trial

LOS ANGELES—Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife broke into tears Nov. 14 after being asked in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom to identify former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who is charged with raping and sexually assaulting her in 2005. Jennifer Siebel Newsom—who was referred to in court only as “Jane Doe #4” but has been publicly identified…


1970s Sandals Worn by Steve Jobs Auctioned for $218,000

LOS ANGELES—The California house where Steve Jobs co-founded Apple is a historical site, and now the sandals he wore while pacing its floors have been sold for nearly $220,000, according to an auction house. The “well used” brown suede Birkenstocks dating to the mid-1970s set a record for the highest price ever paid for a…


6 Adults Injured in Hit-and-Run Crash at South Los Angeles Carnival

LOS ANGELES—Six adults were injured Nov. 12 evening when a Porche SUV drove through a South LA street carnival and fled the scene. The hit-and-run crash occurred at 8:20 p.m. in the 3800 block of Trinity Street in Historic South-Central Los Angeles, according to Firefighter Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Six patients…