The trend in Los Angeles’ mayoral primary race continues to lean Nithya Raman’s way as the two-term City Council member grew her lead over Spencer Pratt for a run-off against incumbent Karen Bass. There are more votes still to be counted, but it looks almost certain that Raman’s surge has swept the Donald Trump endorsed-Pratt […]

Karen Bass and Spencer Pratt led in early returns in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday night, with Councilwoman Nithya Raman running in third. The Associated Press projected that Bass — who was in first place — had secured a spot in the runoff. Though Pratt held a significant lead over Raman, the […]

Spencer Pratt’s near deafening silence over being shut out of the runoff race to be Los Angeles’ Mayor has come to an end, sorta. Three days after counted ballots in the bids between The Hills self-declared villain and Councilmember Nithya Raman to secure the second spot in the mayoral election this fall saw former Palisades […]

UPDATE, 7 a.m. Wednesday: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be on the ballot in November, a result that was not surprising based on recent polls, but comfort nonetheless given voter discontent in the city. The Associated Press declared that Bass would make the general election. Reality star Spencer Pratt was still in second place, […]

Editor’s note: In what could be one of the most consequential elections in Los Angeles’ history, the race this year for mayor sees two former allies in an increasingly sharp bid to take over City Hall. With many issues in the contest between incumbent Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and reality TV vet Spencer Pratt impacting the entertainment industry, Deadline […]

A week before the primary that could decide who the next mayor of Los Angeles is, incumbent Karen Bass and poll-rising challenger Spencer Pratt got legal and personal today in their war of campaign words. The white gloves have been off for a while as The Hills alum tries to use the loss of his […]

EXCLUSIVE: In a tough and rough election year for incumbents, Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has become a political football in California and across the nation. Just a few feet from Donald Trump, a smiling David Ellison was front and center last night for the UFC’s controversial and inflammatory Freedom250 cage matches […]

UPDATE: This article was updated to reflect the newest round of ballots, which were counted on the evening of June 7. Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman has overtaken Spencer Pratt in the race for L.A.’s next mayor. After trailing the Republican and former reality star in a distant third, Raman leapfrogged Pratt for […]

Spencer Pratt conceded defeat in the race for Los Angeles mayor on Friday, painting a bleak picture of the city’s future under either of his opponents and vowing to continue to “expose this corrupt machine.” Pratt, a Republican and former star of “The Hills,” finished third in the June 2 primary behind two Democrats, incumbent […]

With one week until the primary election, producer and podcaster Jamie Patricof and political strategist Mathew Littman plan to host what may be a final candidates’ forum for those seeking city, congressional and statewide office. The Zoom forum, to start at noon PT on Tuesday, will feature mayoral candidates Karen Bass, Nithya Raman and Adam […]

Among plenty in Hollywood, the race for Los Angeles mayor isn’t so much a question of who to support, but rather how did it come to this? “A continued mess,” laments one top industry donor. With less than two weeks to go before the city’s crowded primary, polls point to incumbent Karen Bass and reality […]

The election will test whether voters in the heavily Democratic city want to move further to the political left to address long-running problems of homelessness, buckled streets and sidewalks and climbing rent and home prices.