Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass faced criticism over her response to anti-ICE riots, past praise of communist leaders and controversies including a deputy mayor's bomb threat and wildfire handling.

Newsom has emerged as the national face of Democratic opposition to the president in recent days — as California fights Trump’s unilateral deployment of the military and National Guard to quell civil ...

Though many of the demonstrations have been peaceful, clashes between law enforcement officers and demonstrators have led to hundreds of arrests in the Los Angeles area since Friday.