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Suspect arrested in break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass's home, police say

Apr. 22, 2024 20:46 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass early Sunday, officials said. The suspect was arrested shortly after smashing a window to get inside of Getty House while it was occupied, the Los Angeles Police...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into official residence, police say

Apr. 21, 2024 23:28 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said. Bass and her family were not harmed when a suspect gained access to Getty House, the LA mayor's official residence on Irving...

Cleanup begins at Los Angeles 'trash house' where entire property is filled with garbage and junk

Apr. 04, 2024 05:46 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed that cleanup would happen at a home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several feet high across the entire property's fenced-in yard and driveway. The mayor said Wednesday she only learned this week about the...

Los Angeles records 475 mudslides during historic storm that has drenched Southern California

Feb. 06, 2024 21:43 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed at least 475 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a season in just two days, and officials warned Tuesday that the threat was not over...

Record-setting storm that killed 3 dumps rain on Los Angeles; flash flood alerts still in effect

Feb. 05, 2024 22:43 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm of historic proportions dumped a record amount of rain over parts of Los Angeles on Monday, sending mud and boulders down hillsides dotted with multimillion-dollar homes while people living in homeless encampments in many parts of the city scrambled for safety. ...

Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials worry the city is perceived as unsafe

Jan. 24, 2024 15:53 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Violent crime overall in Los Angeles decreased more than 3% in 2023, officials said Wednesday, despite a perception that the nation's second-largest city is unsafe. Blaring headlines and shocking video footage of smash-and-grab robberies, where dozens of...

Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles, where tens of thousands live on streets

Jan. 24, 2024 04:14 AM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to confront the crisis of tens of thousands of people living on the streets. Up to 6,000 volunteers with the Los Angeles Homeless Services...