L.A. Mayoral Candidates Receive Endorsements
As the race for the new mayor of Los Angeles heats up, both candidates received big endorsements from local groups on Tuesday.
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As the race for the new mayor of Los Angeles heats up, both candidates received big endorsements from local groups on Tuesday.
Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel will go head-to-head in May in a runoff to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, according to final returns issued early Wednesday morning from the City Clerk's Office.
Early returns released by the City Clerk's Office show City Controller Wendy Greuel and former councilman Eric Garcetti neck-and-neck in the race for mayor, while a half-cent Los Angeles sales tax to fund public safety and other city services appears to be falling short.
Councilman Eric Garcetti and City Controller Wendy Greuel were leading in the race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles Tuesday night, according to early returns from the City Clerk's Office.
LA's mayoral hopefuls are out in force this election day, encouraging voters to cast their ballots.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for voters to choose Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's successor.
The five major Los Angeles mayoral candidates were out campaigning across Los Angeles Monday in a final push for votes before the primary election.
The five leading candidates to replace Antonio Villaraigosa as LA mayor have spent a ton of money on TV advertising and despite this -- or maybe because of this -- a new poll suggests there is widespread apathy going into Tuesday's runoff election.
Tempers flared Friday night among the five major Los Angeles mayoral candidates during the final debate before next week's primary election.
Los Angeles mayoral candidates Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti traded jabs Thursday over Garcetti's connection to a controversial oil drilling operation at Beverly Hills High School.
Watch KCAL9 News' mayoral roundtable event with the five leading candidates on Friday night at 8 p.m.
A familiar name to Angelenos is already preparing for what he sees as a two-candidate race for Mayor of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles voters are picking a new mayor, but the race is far different from the landmark election of Antonio Villaraigosa eight years ago.
One of Hollywood's leading comedy stars is hoping to turn laughter into votes in the race for the next mayor of Los Angeles.
Four Los Angeles mayoral candidates Monday questioned whether City Controller Wendy Greuel would be able to reform the LA Department of Water and Power in the wake of an endorsement in support of Greuel made by the union representing its workers.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Controller Wendy Greuel claims she identified tens of millions of dollars in waste, fraud and abuse at City Hall—but City Councilman Eric Garcetti, a fellow mayoral candidate, said that's just flat-out untrue.
All but one of the four major candidates for Los Angeles' new mayor said the sale of AEG will not affect plans to bring an NFL stadium to the city.
Four major candidates for the mayor of Los Angeles gathered in Hollywood Wednesday for the first debate of the campaign season.
Two dozen police officers stood at attention as bagpipers played "Amazing Grace" on a Hollywood street Friday in memory of a slain colleague they never knew.
Community members packed City Hall on Wednesday to demand city leaders reconsider a new redistricting proposal.
City Councilman Eric Garcetti and his wife have been granted a temporary stay-away order against a man who allegedly went to their home three times and twice entered without permission.
A unanimous Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to extend for a year protections afforded renters facing evictions because of foreclosures.
Eric Garcetti is resigning as president of the Los Angeles City Council. Garcetti, who wants to concentrate on his 2013 mayoral campaign, says he will introduce a motion at Friday's council meeting to start the process.
Councilman Eric Garcetti is running for mayor of Los Angeles.
Congresswoman-elect Janice Hahn said goodbye to the City Council Friday and they did the same.
