Los Angeles
June 8, 2026 5:43 p.m.
City councilmember Nithya Raman and incumbent Karen Bass are pictured. Raman and Bass will advance to a November runoff for Los Angeles mayor. (Left to right: Courtesy of Los Angeles Council District 4 and Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated June 8 at 6:35 p.m.
Incumbent Karen Bass and city councilmember Nithya Raman will advance to a November runoff for Los Angeles mayor, the Associated Press announced Monday.
Fourteen candidates were on the ballot for the June 2 primary election.
By Savannah Cunningham
Academics
June 7, 2026 3:57 p.m.Immigrant community members shared fears of detention, deportation and family separation with UCLA School of Law students at a “Know Your Rights” presentation last fall.
But one interaction during the presentation – which students held in a South Central Los Angeles church – stood out to Katelyn Zou, who graduated from the School of Law this spring.
By Zachery Chagoya
Los Angeles
June 2, 2026 1:11 p.m.Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman meets with students in Westwood
Students gathered at Diddy Riese on May 26 for a meet and greet with Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Councilmember Nithya Raman.
Bruin Democrats, who endorsed Raman earlier in May, hosted the event.
By Mya Ward
Crime
June 2, 2026 10:07 a.m.LA County sheriff race features 8 candidates, differing visions for LASD
Eight candidates – including an incumbent and his predecessor – are running to lead the country’s largest sheriff department in the June 2 primary election.
The candidates, all current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, are running on differing approaches to homelessness, immigration enforcement and how to manage the department’s billion-dollar budget.
By Phoebe Huss
California
May 31, 2026 11:46 p.m.Los Angeles mayoral contenders offer competing visions for city’s future
Incumbent Karen Bass and 13 challengers are running for Los Angeles mayor.
Voters will choose the top two candidates in the June 2 primary election to advance to a November runoff, unless a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the primary and automatically wins the office.
By Julian Duaybis
California
May 27, 2026 10:58 p.m.LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales
This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m.
Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot.
The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies.
By Josephine Murphy and Gemma Gentin
A Closer Look
May 22, 2026 4:51 p.m.UCLA historians preserve documents, photos in ‘Power from the Past’ online archive
UCLA historians launched a revamped digital labor history archive in April, preserving materials from movements led by Southern California unions.
The Memory Work Research Initiative at UCLA – which the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment oversees – digitized documents, images and flyers on an online archive called Power from the Past.
By Julian Duaybis
Los Angeles
May 19, 2026 11:15 p.m.LA County sheriff candidate seeks to reinstate ICE cooperation program
State legislation has prohibited California police agencies from participating in federal immigration enforcement operations since 2018 – but a Los Angeles County sheriff candidate wants to change that.
By Phoebe Huss
Los Angeles
May 18, 2026 10:47 a.m.Typhus cases rise in LA, precautions recommended for students, community
This post was updated May 20 at 10:52 a.m.
Flea borne typhus cases in Los Angeles County have reached an all-time high, according to an April report by LA County public health officials.
By Zoya Alam
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