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It’s still all sinking in for LA Mayor-elect Karen Bass

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Karen Bass was still getting used to the title “mayor-elect” Thursday as she stood in the sun-drenched courtyard of the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and invoked the women’s club that first constructed the building in 1894.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 17, 2022

Nicholas Goldberg: Who are you calling a 'fascist' — and do you even know what it means?

Americans know little history and what little they know they forget. Ask college students who won the Civil War or ask adults when the U.S. Constitution was ratified or whom the U.S. fought in World War II and shocking numbers will have no idea.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 9, 2022

The next 5 months of LA mayoral hopefuls Caruso and Bass: What the strategies might look like

LOS ANGELES — An avalanche of celebratory confetti rained down on revelers at the Grove late Tuesday night, as the mall’s billionaire developer Rick Caruso maintained a small lead over Rep. Karen Bass in the Los Angeles mayoral race. But the path from early primary returns to a November victory…

Los Angeles Times · Jun 9, 2022