LA Mayor Karen Bass gets approval for biggest housing project yet

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is betting big on her affordable housing agenda with a housing project that City Hall says is the largest development approved yet under its Rapid Build Initiative. The proposed Viva LA project at the Warner Center in Woodland Hills would add approximately 3,200 affordable assisted living units for seniors, making … Read more

Philippe Vergné Arrives at the Bass Museum Ready to Curate Again

Philippe Vergne. Photo: Joaquim Norte de Sousa 2019 The Bass Museum recently announced that Philippe Vergne — who has run museums from Marseille to Minneapolis to Los Angeles and, since 2019, Serralves Porto — will soon arrive in Miami Beach as the institution’s first artistic director and chief curator. He begins in October, sharing leadership … Read more

Mayor Karen Bass calls for investigation into LAFD’s handling of smoldering blaze that became Palisades Fire 

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass calls for an investigation into the Lakeman fire after a… Los Angeles Times report He noted that firefighters were ordered to abandon the underground fire that later became the Palisades Fire. According to text messages, firefighters told their battalion commander that “the ground was still burning and the rocks remained … Read more

Che Announces Rest in Bass Tour – Jimmy Star’s World

Che is bringing his new album, Rest in Bass, on the road. The Atlanta rapper’s Rest in Bass Tour begins in Houston, on September 3, and wraps up in the Georgia capital a month later. Along the way, Che will perform in Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. See Che’s tour dates below. … Read more

‘How dare you’: L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, Gov. Newsom condemn JD Vance’s remarks

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin New Desoury led a fierce wave of reaction from local officials on Friday, which led to the condemnation of Vice President JD Vance after he visited the city and made notes amid continuous immigration, customs and customs (ICE) in southern California. “Today, the Vice President of the … Read more

Fender Unveils Khruangbin Stratocaster and Jazz Bass – Jimmy Star’s World

Fender has unveiled the Khruangbin Collection, a limited edition run of guitars and basses modeled after the instruments used by the band’s Mark Speer and Laura Lee. The collaboration honors the sounds that color Khruangbin’s lush, psych fusion arrangements, and marks the first time in Fender’s history that they’ve released a signature instrument line for … Read more

Mayor Bass: 'No Kings' has been 'successful, peaceful day' despite dispersal issues

After a long day of “no kings” protests throughout the country on Saturday, including 15 separate demonstrations in Los Angeles alone, the city’s mayor hopes that although some troubles in obtaining crowds in dispersion, today he will remember that he is peaceful. “Sometimes people who are not part of the main protest are hanging out, … Read more

Overnight looting follows 4th day of anti-ICE protests in Downtown L.A.; Bass blames raids

Many high -end companies were among many companies that were looted and sabotaged overnight, after a fourth day of protests against immigration raids in the center of Los Angeles. Carlos Herrera of KTLA was outside the Apple Tower theater on West VIII Street and Broadway on Tuesday morning, where cleaning was underway over the Apple … Read more

'This is another agenda,' L.A. Mayor Bass says of National Guard involvement protests

With thousands of demonstrators and law enforcement in the center of Los Angeles during the weekend raids by migration and customs enforcement agents, Mayor Karen Bass held a press conference on Sunday on the ongoing turmoil. Citing statements made by the governor of the state, Gavin News, and other state officials, Bass, President of Trump … Read more

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks to KTLA on ICE raids, protests and federal response: 'This is just political'

Mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass spoke to KTLA on Sunday morning to discuss the protests on the ice raids taking place throughout the city and the Los Angeles Greater Region in addition to a response from federal officials, including President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of National Guard forces. “I am very disappointed … Read more