Los Angeles' leaders got plenty of warnings they've been overspending. Now they're using the January fires to ask the state for a bailout.

Messages originally obtained by the Los Angeles Times show conversations between Mayor Karen Bass and various government ...

The messages paint a picture of a mayor anxious to get back to L.A. and slightly frustrated with some technical troubles while leading from abroad.

The LA mayor's office released a series of deleted text messages that were sent between Karen Bass and city and county ...

The LAFD has not answered questions about exactly which engines were unusable and what was wrong with them. And city ...

LA Times reporter Julia Wick discusses the series of text messages between Mayor Karen Bass and members of the city council ...

The messages, released by the Mayor's office in response to a California Public Records Act request, help to illustrate how ...

After facing widespread criticism over her handling of the wildfires that ravaged southern California in January, Democratic ...

The city of Los Angeles has issued just four rebuilding permits in the Pacific Palisades 75 days after a fire devastated most ...

Privately, the mayor has made statements about no longer looking for ways to pause the voter-approved ballot measure.

Mayor Karen Bass has said that homeowners who fail to clean up lots will have the burned-up remains of their homes declared a ...

Mayor Karen Bass' texts illustrate how she communicated remotely with her staff and across levels of government, trying to ...