Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso is stoking speculation about his political future as he becomes one of the most vocal Democratic critics of the handling of the wildfires that have ravaged parts of the region.

At this point, it remains to be seen just how vulnerable Bass is due to her perceived failure to prepare and then respond to the fires.

Caruso, a candidate who lost the 2022 election to Mayor Karen Bass, owns shopping centers across the region, including the Grove in Fairfax, the Americana at Brand in Glendale and Palisades Village, a retail-residential complex in the Palisades that was damaged in the blaze.

Caruso said poor preparation led to the Palisades Fire's devastation and said he believes the damage could have been mitigated, but officials are making excuses.

The former Republican and mayoral candidate is riling up California's moderates amid the destruction, but will it work?

Developer Rick Caruso, who built and owns the Rosewood Miramar Beach in Montecito, is speaking out about his Palisades property.

Real estate tycoons Rick Caruso, Grant Cardone and Robert Rivani claim corruption and mismanagement is behind SoCal inferno.

More than 30,000 Californians have evacuated and more than 28,000 are without power as multiple wildfires spread across Southern California.

“We’ve got a real leadership issue here,” Caruso said Wednesday on Fox News’s Hannity. “They clearly were not prepared for the kind of fire that was gonna be coming. But in Los ...

Amid the devastation of the fires, private firefighters have sparked anger, a sign of inequality between the city's wealthiest residents and those struggling to rebuild.

A firetruck, non-potable-water trucks and about a dozen private firefighters were stationed outside Rick Caruso’s home ... outfits and were hired by the Los Angeles real estate developer to ...

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate, Rick Caruso, said he was 'so sad' to be right in his 'prediction' of the deadly wildfires that torched the California city. The 66-year-old billionaire ...