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WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 16: Karaoke jockey Sophie St. John, 27, of Los Angeles, gets the guests involved at a family and friends preview event at the new glamorous karaoke bar Mic Drop on Thursday, April 16, 2026 in West Hollywood, California. Mic Drop opens to the public on April 23, 2026. (Gary Coronado / For The Times)
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Koreatown karaoke out of control? L.A. considers ban on new bars amid complaints

In the coming months, Los Angeles city officials will weigh a proposal to halt new permits for karaoke bars in Koreatown, amid complaints from residents and businesses that some establishments selling alcohol are operating out of bounds.

LOS ANGELES , CA - APRIL 22, 2026: The iconic City Hall building catches the last ray of sunlight downtown on April 22, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

L.A.’s next mayor faces high expectations, little room for error

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra at a news conference in December 2020.

Democrats dominate California but face challenges after election

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 31, 2026 - People leave the Hammer Museum that is hosting a vote center in Westwood on October 31, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Majority of California voters fear federal government may try to stop vote count, poll finds

LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 31, 2026 - People leave the Hammer Museum that is hosting a vote center in Westwood on October 31, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - September 28, 2026: Tracey Ellis, 70, who is disabled and uses a cane/walker to get around, is concerned about the loss of her parking garage to an ADU her landlords plan to build in Los Angeles, CA on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
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L.A. landlords are taking parking spaces from renters to build ADUs: ‘It’s my freedom’

Police tape from the San Mateo Country Sheriffs office mark the perimeter of the scene of a shooting, after a gunman killed several people at two agricultural businesses in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Officers arrested a suspect in Monday's shootings, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff's substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said.(AP Photo/ Aaron Kehoe)

Fatal shooting sent panic through Spirit Halloween store. Teen under arrest

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 10, 2026: Nithya Raman leaves a campaign event where she laid out her vision as she runs against Mayor Karen Bass in the Nov. 3 mayoral runoff election at Vista Hermosa Park on June 10, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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SILVER LAKE, CA - OCTOBER 16, 2026 - Television screenwriter and producer Vali Chandrasekaran, the husband of Los Angeles City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, smiles while having his portrait taken in Silver Lake on October 16, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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MCFARLAND, CA SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 --- Stacks of trees ready for processing set next to mounds of wood chips and finer wood particles at Lignum Support in McFarland, CA. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times).
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Volunteers paint the four crosswalks, which faded of an intersection near USC, in Los Angeles.
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DANA POINT, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 23, 2026: Sylvia Caliendo, 61, center, of Lake Forest, gets assistance from Eric Munoz, left, deck hand, and Lee Hamm, 39, right, of Poway, while reeling in a dorado aboard the Dana Pride, out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing & Whale Watching, on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026, in Dana Point, California. Sportfishing is doing well this season due to the warm waters off the coast. A lot of species not normally seen this far north, or not normally seen in such numbers, are getting caught regularly, and sportfishing outfits are happy. (Gary Coronado / For The Times)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 - - Los Angeles mayoral candidate and city council member Nithya Raman, center, enjoys a light moment with The Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) Action members at a "Latinos Con Raman" rally at La Cita Bar in downtown Los Angeles on September 18, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
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Left: City Councilwoman and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman. Right, Mayor Karen Bass.

Mayoral candidates Bass and Raman crisscross L.A. on final weekend before the election

The onetime-allies-turned-competitors took veiled shots at each other as they each hit multiple campaign stops Sunday morning, with both attending church and other events throughout the city.

left: California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra. Right; GOP gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton.

From an LGBTQ+ rally to Trunk or Treat, Becerra and Hilton barnstorm California hoping to be next governor

Los Angeles, CA. - October 25, 2026: Mayor Karen Bass greets phone banking volunteers at her South LA campaign headquarters on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 in Los Angeles, CA.. Incumbent Mayor Karen Bass running against councilwoman Nithya Raman. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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SAN PEDRO, CA - MAY 09: The City of Los Angeles Fire Department boat Warner L. Lawrence also known as Fire Boat 2 in its dock at Fire Station 112 in San Pedro, CA on Saturday, May 9, 2026. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA - October 20, 2026: LA City Attorney candidate Marissa Roy at City Hall, Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles, CA - September 10, 2026: L.A. County Deputy D.A. John McKinney is one of the two candidates running for L.A. City Attorney is photographed at Grand Park in Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

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Los Angeles, CA., November 5, 1942: Peggy Satterlee, left, actor Errol Flynn, center, with his attorney Robert E. Ford, right, at a preliminary hearing in a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Nov. 5, 1942. 16-year-old Peggy Satterlee, charged that Flynn raped her on two consecutive nights on his yacht. (George R. Watson / Los Angeles Times)
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Comedian Lenny Bruce poses for a photograph
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20030209 (LA/B5,SF/B5) –– DEVASTATION: The St. Francis Dam after it collapsed and sent a 10–story wall of water through San Francisquito Canyon. 20030209 (VN/B3) –– AFTER: The dam after it collapsed in 1928, sending a 10–foot wall of water roaring through San Francisquito Canyon. 00–10–14(Valley) –– (2 Photos) The St. Francis Dam, above left, was completed in 1926 and held water brought south in the L.A. Aqueduct. Above right, the dam shortly after it collapsed in 1928, killing more than 450 people. 98–03–08 (Ventura) –– Little was left after the St. Francis Damcollapsed, sendingbillions of gallons of water down San Francisquito Canyon. FILE PHOTO This is all that was left of the St. Francis dam in San Francisquito canyon after it collapsed in 1928.
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FILE - Escorted by sheriff's deputies, Robert Blake is surrounded by a crowd of photographers and reporters as he gets into his attorney's car after his release from jail to await his murder trial, in downtown Los Angeles, March 14, 2003. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
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Iva Toguri D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose of the Japanese propaganda "Zero Hour" broadcasts which were beamed to American troops in the Pacific during the war, seems in a pensive mood as she looks through the bars of her cell in Yokohama, Japan, Oct. 28, 1945. Born in Los Angeles, 29 years ago to Japanese parents, she is awaiting trial for treason against the United States. (AP Photo)

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Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson starts a Bible-reading marathon at Angelus Temple in Los Angeles, June 28, 1931. The contest will continue through July 1, with what is said to be the largest Bible in the world being used by contestants. (AP Photo)
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MONTEREY PARK-CA-DECEMBER 9, 2013: Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca faces the media during a news conference in response to an announcement of the F.B.I. arrests of 17 sworn members of the Sheriff's Department in connetion with a federal probe into activities at county jails at the Department Headquarters in Monterey Park on Monday, December 9, 2013. (Christina House / For The Times)

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Marvin Gaye, American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and musician photographed in Los Angeles.

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FILE - In this June 5, 1968, file photo, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy addresses campaign workers moments before being shot in Los Angeles. At his side are his wife, Ethel, and his California campaign manager, Jesse Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly. Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan. The 77-year-old prisoner on Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, faces his 16th parole hearing for fatally shooting Kennedy in 1968. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel, File)
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Los Angeles, California, July 13, 1981 - HILLSIDE STRANGLER - Angelo Buono, "Hillside Strangler" suspect, smiles as he listens to motion by the deputy district attorney to dismiss murder charges against him. With him is one of his attorneys, Kathy Mader. Photo Credit: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times

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