Mayoral candidate Raman was once a firm 'no' on the Olympics. She remains a skeptic

As election season draws to a close, Los Angeles is stuck in a housing market where no one seems to be winning. Developers aren’t building new apartments. Many tenants can’t afford rent, even though prices have largely been frozen for the last four years and home values are dropping. L. A. is one of the most expensive cities in the country, so a key question in the race for mayor is which candidate can make living here a bit cheaper. Both Mayor Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman champion the cause of housing affordability. Bass signed a handful of directives during her first term that fast-tracked affordable housing projects and created incentives to build new apartments, while Raman has spearheaded strong tenant protections during her time on the City Council. The two have spent much of the last few years working in political parallel — Raman even endorsed Bass before joining the race herself. Now that they’re running against each other, the candidates are laying out similar visions for housing, but with subtle differences that could affect affordability.

In the race to become L. A.’s next mayor, the city’s top cop — LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell — has become a lightning rod for debate. The two candidates — incumbent Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman — have staked out differing positions about how the Los Angeles Police Department has performed under McDonnell. Raman has vowed to replace McDonnell, saying he has not “met the moment” given the department’s response to federal immigration raids. Bass has publicly backed the chief she hired two years ago, saying the LAPD could be thrown into disarray if McDonnell is removed before the 2028 Olympic Games. Raman’s potential ouster of McDonnell and desire to push reforms on the LAPD has pitted her against the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the powerful union for rank-and-file officers that campaigned against Bass during her first election but is now backing her. The union has poured millions of dollars into attack ads against Raman, who has said she declined contributions from the organization in the past.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has launched a new line of attack against City Councilmember Nithya Raman, accusing her opponent of romanticizing the era of former police chief Daryl F. Gates. Bass, surrounded by about two dozen Black community leaders at her campaign headquarters Thursday, said Raman’s mention of Gates during their televised debate this week showed a lack of knowledge about the city’s history of police abuse and the suffering of Black and Latino residents during the former chief’s tenure, including the 1991 videotaped police beating of Rodney King. Raman brought up Gates briefly while criticizing the mayor over the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of federal immigration enforcement during Tuesday night’s debate. She said the LAPD under Bass’ watch shared information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, undermining the trust of the city’s immigrant communities. “This city used to be the gold standard in terms of noncooperation with immigration enforcement years ago, under the era of Daryl Gates,” Raman said.

British Columbia·NewThe B. C. Conservatives say their platform will create $2.6 billion in new revenue over three years, while shrinking the deficit to $10.8 billion by 2030. Platform aims to find funds by freezing outside hiring and reviewing ministries' spendingWolfgang Depner · CBC News · Posted: Oct 18, 2026 9:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. B. C. Conservative Party Leader Lorne Doerkson did not make himself available after the platform was released Sunday. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)The British Columbia Conservatives say their platform will create $2.6 billion in new revenue over three years, while shrinking the deficit to $10.8 billion by 2030. The party says its platform amounts to restraint, not austerity.
The document says that if Gross Domestic Product grows by 2.5 per cent in 2027, 2.8 per cent in 2028, and 3.2 per cent in 2029, the province will collect an additional $2.62 billion over three years, compared with the NDP’s own forecast.

PETS & ANIMALS“This tragedy... was 100% preventable," one wildlife expert said. A 16-month-old child was injured by a coyote in Atwater Village, where neighbors say earlier concerns went unaddressed. Monday, October 19, 2026 1:38AMATWATER VILLAGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Neighbors are questioning whether more could have been done to prevent a coyote from attacking and injuring a 16-month-old child in Atwater Village. According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), the encounter happened on Friday off Glenhurst Avenue. The child was treated at a local hospital and released. The coyote was later captured by wildlife officials and euthanized, CDFW said. Neighbor Jason Rosen said he was saddened to learn about the attack. “That really makes me really sad,” Rosen said. Rosen said he has previously seen coyotes in the area. “I’ve seen them around. I actually feel bad for them because, you know, they have nowhere to go," he said. "Our neighborhood is their neighborhood too. "It is unclear whether the euthanized animal was the same coyote that residents said they had seen in the neighborhood for months.

The recent release of a serial rapist who drugged young women in college bars during the late 1990s is garnering outrage in the San Gabriel Valley community where the man, who is an heir to a cosmetics fortune, is reportedly residing. Andrew Stuart Luster, the great-grandson of Max Factor, was convicted in 2003 on 86 felony counts of poisoning, rape, sodomy and oral copulation of unconscious victims. A jury viewed videotapes he made of himself engaging in sexual acts with women rendered unconscious by GHB, the so-called “date-rape” drug. Glendora Mayor David Fredendall said in a Friday statement that his community was “outraged” at Luster’s release, which he attributed to California voter-approved laws making it easier for those convicted of nonviolent felonies to be released early. “The People of Glendora should not have to worry about their safety because of a decision by the State that allows an individual with a history of rape and violence to now live in close proximity to schools, parks, playgrounds, churches, and community centers. They deserve better than explanations that hide behind the mechanics of a deeply flawed system,” Fredenall said in the news release.