Eric Garcetti

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has been selected by the Biden Administration to become the U.S. ambassador to India, the Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti asked his chief of staff Ana Guerrero to “step away” from duties after reports of disparaging Facebook comments made towards city employees and about Dolores Huerta.

President Joe Biden has decided on his picks for key ambassadors to China, Japan and India and expects to announce them in the coming weeks as he prepares for his first overseas trip next month, three administration officials tell NBC News. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been offered the role of U.S. ambassador to Japan. Los Angeles Mayor...

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti is in talks with the Biden administration about becoming U.S. ambassador to India or another high-profile ambassadorship, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell NBC News.

Los Angeles’ newest tiny home village, which is in North Hollywood’s Alexandria Park, opened for public tours Thursday and will begin housing up to 200 homeless Angelenos on Monday.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said his 9-year-old daughter, who recently tested positive for the coronavirus, received a negative COVID-19 test result Wednesday.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Thursday that his 9-year-old daughter, Maya, tested positive for COVID-19, and although he and his wife have tested negative, he will quarantine for 10 days.

Members of Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles demonstrated outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence Friday for the fourth consecutive day in an attempt to persuade President-elect Joe Biden not to appoint him to his cabinet.

Mayor Eric Garcetti on Wednesday introduced LA Optimized, an initiative to help local small businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by expanding their e-commerce capabilities and increasing their online presence.

The second protest in three days outside Mayor Eric Garcetti’s official residence against coronavirus-related restrictions is planned for Sunday by the conservative group SaveCalifornia.com.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he will not authorize an increase of the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year and is temporarily prohibiting officers from entering names into a statewide gang database. “To the men and women of our Los Angeles Police Department, we ask so much of you, and never more than in these...

In response to the growing protests, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced on Saturday that the entire city will be under curfew from 8pm Saturday to 5:30am Sunday morning in order to “increase safety for demonstrators, law enforcement and all citizens of Los Angeles.” Protesters shut down streets near The Grove shopping center, lighting several police cars on fire and...

The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the mayor of Los Angeles warning that an extension of the coronavirus stay-at-home orders may be unlawful

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that LA will become the first city in the United States to offer free COVID-19 testing for all residents, regardless of whether they have symptoms.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Tuesday mandated that workers in essential businesses such as grocery stores and restaurants wear face coverings due to the coronavirus outbreak, while also authorizing businesses to refuse service to customers who aren’t wearing them.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told Angelenos Wednesday to wear masks and face coverings and also said he would allow restaurants to add grocery items to their menus, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to change how the city looks and operates.

In the shadow of Los Angeles’ world-famous Hollywood sign sits the newest LA landmark: piles of uncollected, rat-infested garbage, much of it piling up near homeless encampments. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged an additional $6 million per year last June to improve trash pick-up around encampments in Hollywood and across the entire city, the problem in some areas appears…

Firefighters are battling the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California. The blaze began early Wednesday morning.

An outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of structures, narrowly bypassing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, while Northern California also continues battling resource-straining blazes. With California tinder dry and fires burning in both the north and south, the state was at the mercy of gusty winds, on high alert for any new flames that could run...

Power lines strung alongside Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center sparked the Getty Fire that’s burned through 656 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains west of the 405 freeway and has destroyed a dozen homes, city officials confirmed Tuesday.