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.

Bass said this is due to comprehensive safety strategies implemented with law enforcement and community organizations.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is speaking out against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who took over MacArthur Park where children were playing, calling the takeover attempt “absolutely outrageous,” USA Today reported. Video footage shows armored vehicles, officers ,and armed troops swarming a soccer field on a sunny July 7 day.

Immigration agents swarm MacArthur Park in Los Angeles in show of force drawing ire of Mayor Karen Bass - A Border Patrol official said such tactics are going to be ‘normal very soon’