Mayor Karen Bass today touted a roughly 20% drop in homicides in Los Angeles in the first half of the year, saying the city is on pace for its lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years. The Los Angeles Police Department reported 116 homicides through June 28,

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced Tuesday afternoon that the city has filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit to challenge what she says are unlawful immigration raids taking place in the region.