Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ deputy mayor — whose purview included oversight of the city’s fire department — was placed on administrative leave last month after the FBI raided his home in ...

Los Angeles was forced to slash funding for the fire department after Mayor Karen Bass awarded gilded contracts ... was swiftly overwhelmed by the scale of the blazes this week.

When Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her budget plan for 2024-25 ... on track to exceed $950 million — the agency also has had to scale back some of its operations. Bass and other officials said ...