Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Wednesday touted a sharp decline in the city's homicide rate in the first half of 2025, saying that the 20% decrease has the city on pace for the lowest total in nearly six decades.

The city of Los Angeles and other Southern California municipalities are joining a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration aimed at halting immigration raids that have spread panic among immigrant communities and sparked widespread protests.

Los Angeles City Mayor Karen Bass visited the park pleading for the operations to end. At a conference later in the day, Bass said no one had been detained. She accused the Trump Administration of “ratcheting up chaos” and continuing an “all-out assault” on Los Angeles.