Rep. Karen Bass has defeated businessman Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, according to an Associated Press projection Wednesday, making her the first woman and second Black Angeleno ...

Caruso, 63, is running for office for the first time and is arguing that it is career politicians like Bass who have gotten L.A. into its current mess. Bass agrees there’s a crisis.

Now — while Bass navigates a calamity that will redefine the city — her political future also hangs in the balance. In a moment of anguish where people desperately want heroes and villains to ...

Karen Bass traveled to and from Paris for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the Los Angeles mayor walked away from the experience feeling impressed. "I thought they did a beautiful job ...

Ms. Bass struggled amid criticism of her initial response to the Los Angeles fires in January. The opposition over President Trump’s immigration raids have offered her an opportunity.