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

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.

Workers survey a mudslide Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in the Beverly Crest area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

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

Homeless people wait in line for dinner outside the Midnight Mission in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Billions of dollars have been spent on homelessness in the region, and an array of new programs are in place. But Mayor Karen Bass says it's possible that the number of homeless people will continue to increase, in part because of evictions and the end of pandemic aid that helped pay bills for lower-income households. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Homeless numbers in Los Angeles could surge again, even as thousands move to temporary shelter

A homeless woman ignites a fire using cardboard beneath the section of Interstate 10 that has been closed due to a recent fire in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. At least 16 homeless people, including a pregnant woman, were evacuated when flames ripped through storage yards beneath the Los Angeles freeway. The disaster has renewed attention on the city's inability to protect the thousands of unhoused residents living in such perilous locations across the city. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 unhoused people escape freeway fire

Los Angeles Fire Department personnel standby outside the White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. A succession of power outages at a Los Angeles hospital prompted the evacuation of 28 patients in critical condition to other hospitals early Tuesday, while 213 other patients were moved to another building in the medical center, authorities said. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Hundreds of patients evacuated from Los Angeles hospital building that lost power in storm’s wake

Crews cleaning up Los Angeles ‘trash house’

The massive clean-up continued on Thursday, around a Los Angeles home where mounds of garbage and debris had piled up several feet high across the entire property’s fenced-in yard and driveway.

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Cleanup begins at Los Angeles ‘trash house’

Los Angeles records more than 300 mudslides during storm that has drenched Southern California

Cars buried by mudslide from historic rain in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles city employees with SEIU Local 721 join a picket line at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices. The union said its members voted to authorize the walkout because the city has failed to bargain in good faith and also engaged in labor practices that restricted employee and union rights. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices

Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices.

FILE - Robert Mason, a 56-year-old homeless man, warms up a piece of doughnut over a bonfire he set to keep himself warm on Skid Row in Los Angeles, on Feb. 14, 2023. The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County spiked again, increasing by 9% since last year in the latest marker of how deep the crisis is of people sleeping in cars, encampments or shelters in California. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County jumps by 9% in annual count

The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has spiked again, increasing by 9% since last year.

FILE - People ride their bikes past a homeless encampment set up along the boardwalk in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 29, 2021. Democratic Mayor Karen Bass, who was elected in November 2023 after promising to take on the city’s out-of-control homeless crisis, announced Monday, April 17, she would recommend spending what she called a record $1.3 billion next year to get unhoused people into shelter and treatment programs. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

LA mayor wants $1.3B for homeless crisis, hotels for housing

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is recommending the city spend what she called a record $1.3 billion next year to get homeless people into housing.

Mayor Karen Bass, center in yellow, tours a tiny homes community for the homeless alongside city councilman Paul Krekorian, right, during the annual homeless count in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Thousands of clipboard-toting volunteers with the LA Homeless Services Authority fanned out across the county Tuesday night for the effort's main component, the unsheltered street tally. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to get tens of thousands of unhoused people off the streets.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Memorial service held for homeless who died on LA streets

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A memorial service for homeless people who died on the streets of Los Angeles County was held Wednesday on the first day of winter during the longest night of the year.

FILE - New Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks during her inaugural address, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. The new mayor of Los Angeles, Bass, said Sunday, Dec. 18, her administration will start moving homeless people in tent encampments into hotel and motel rooms through a new program that launches Tuesday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

LA taps hotel rooms as estimated 40,000 people live homeless

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that her administration will start moving homeless people off streets and into motel rooms through a new program that launches Tuesday.

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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Karen Bass, left, is sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles by Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime friend and former California attorney general, in Los Angeles, on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022. Bass' stepdaughter, Yvette Lechuga, center, holds the Bible used in the swearing in. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

New LA mayor Bass declares homeless emergency as term begins

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has taken office making good on a pledge to declare an immediate state of emergency to grapple with the city’s out-of-control homeless crisis.

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Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Bass defeated developer Rick Caruso to become the next mayor of Los Angeles on Wednesday, making her the first Black woman to hold the post as City Hall contends with an out-of-control homeless crisis, rising crime rates and multiple scandals that have shaken trust in government. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

In ailing LA, Mayor-elect Karen Bass promises unity, change

Los Angeles’ new mayor has outlined her vision to turn around a troubled City Hall and restrain an out-of-control homeless crisis in the nation’s second-largest city.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks at an election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

LA elects US Rep Karen Bass mayor, first Black woman in post

Los Angeles has elected its first Black woman as mayor. Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass defeated billionaire developer Rick Caruso in a contest amid multiple scandals at City Hall, an out-of-control homeless crisis and rising crime.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks at an election night party in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Congresswoman ahead of developer in seesaw LA mayor’s race

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass has pulled ahead of developer Rick Caruso in their back-and-forth contest to become mayor of Los Angeles.

FILE - Businessman Rick Caruso speaks during the Los Angeles mayoral debate with Congresswoman Karen Bass at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Republican-turned Democrat billionaire developer Caruso will face Democratic U.S. Rep Karen Bass in the race for Los Angeles mayor. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File)

Billionaire, congresswoman in close match in LA mayoral race

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Developer Rick Caruso and Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass were nearly tied in early returns Tuesday in their battle to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, as voters considered a stark choice between candidates with City Hall in turmoil.

Rick Caruso, a Democratic candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, waves to supporters attending a primary election campaign event in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. Republican-turned Democrat billionaire developer Caruso will face Democratic U.S. Rep Karen Bass in the race for Los Angeles mayor. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File)

Billionaire Caruso on spending binge to sway LA mayor’s race

The race for Los Angeles mayor has taken a nasty turn, with both candidates sharpening attacks. Longtime U.S. Rep.

FILE - Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks during her primary-night party June 7, 2022, in Los Angeles. Police arrested two men in connection with a burglary at the Los Angeles home of Bass last week, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 14. The men were arrested Tuesday after investigators saw them get into a vehicle that had been parked at the home during the burglary. (AP Photo/John McCoy, File)

2 arrested in burglary of California congresswoman’s home

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police arrested two men in connection with a burglary at the Los Angeles home of a California congresswoman last week where only two guns were stolen, authorities said Wednesday.

California congresswoman reports 2 firearms stolen from home

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FILE - Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass smiles after casting her vote in the contest to become Los Angeles' next mayor in the 2022 primary election at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Mall Community in Los Angeles on June 7, 2022. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris jointly endorsed Bass on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, providing a boost to her campaign against billionaire developer Rick Caruso. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Biden, Harris endorse Rep. Karen Bass in LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris jointly endorsed U.S. Rep. Karen Bass on Tuesday to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, providing a boost to her campaign against billionaire developer Rick Caruso and cementing her place as the favorite of the Democratic esta

FILE - U.S. Rep. Karen Bass smiles at a point made by businessman Rick Caruso during a mayoral debate, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles voters are picking a new mayor amid widespread frustration with homelessness and crime. Twelve names are on the primary ballot but the contest has narrowed to a mostly two-person fight between Bass and Caruso. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via AP, File)

Congresswoman, billionaire to face off in LA mayor’s race

Democratic U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire developer Rick Caruso breezed past a large field of rivals looking to be the next mayor of Los Angeles and advanced to a runoff election in November.

FILE - Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., Chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Sept. 16, 2020, in Washington. Federal prison employees say they're being bullied and threatened for raising concerns about serious misconduct and claim it's indicative of widespread problems in the Bureau of Prisons. It comes as the bureau faces increased scrutiny over its latest scandal: An Associated Press investigation uncovered a toxic culture that enabled sexual abuse at a federal women’s prison in California. Four employees, including a former warden, have been charged with federal crimes. Speier, who visited Dublin last week after reading AP's investigation, says she’s taking a larger congressional contingent to inspect the prison after the acting warden, Hinkle, prevented her from speaking one-on-one with inmates and staff. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

House Dems demand prison rape audit at Calif. federal lockup

Eight House Democrats are demanding the Bureau of Prisons make public an audit of sexual assault reports at a federal women’s prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant abuse.

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso enters LA mayor’s contest

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billionaire developer Rick Caruso announced Friday he is entering the crowded field of candidates hoping to become Los Angeles’ next mayor, reordering a contest that already includes several established Democrats hoping to succeed outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti.

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bass entered the 2022 race for Los Angeles mayor Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, shaking up an already crowded field hoping to replace outgoing Mayor Eric Garcetti. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Racial alliances, rivalries on display in LA mayor’s race

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The diversity of Los Angeles is on display in the emerging race to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti and the winning candidate who emerges from the growing field of hopefuls will need to navigate rivalries and forge alliances across the city’s racial and ethnic communities.

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo, Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bass, a prominent figure in national Democratic politics who was on President Joe Biden's shortlist of candidates when he was considering a vice presidential pick, is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, a person familiar with her plans said Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US Rep. Karen Bass planning to run for Los Angeles mayor

U.S. Rep. Karen Bass is planning to run for Los Angeles mayor, bringing a high-profile name in national Democratic politics into the 2022 contest to run the nation’s second-most-populous city.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus walk to make a make a statement on the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. From left are Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Talks narrow on a compromise to changes in US policing laws

Lawmakers from both parties say once-stalled legislation on Capitol Hill that would change the nation’s policing laws is now closer than ever to consensus.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus walk to make a make a statement on the verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. From left are Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., Rep. Andre Carson, D-Ind. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After Floyd, Congress ready to plunge into policing laws

Bolstered with new momentum, Congress is ready to try again to change the nation’s policing laws. Lawmakers are heeding President Joe Biden’s admonition that the guilty verdict in George Floyd’s death is “not enough” for a nation confronting a legacy of police violence.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Dr.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows:

ABC’s “This Week” — — Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Sens.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield smiles as she testifies during for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Senate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) — Linda Thomas-Greenfield was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday, a victory for the Biden administration as it seeks to reengage with the world body after four years of President Donald Trump’s “America First” posture left the U.S. isolated internationally.

This photo taken from video provided by the Office of the Governor shows California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, left, talking with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, during a virtual meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. Newsom appointed Padilla as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. (Office of the Governor via AP)

California gets Latino US senator, some Black leaders angry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is getting its first Latino U.S. senator. For Gov. Gavin Newsom, it’s a political gamble.