Rebuilding homes destroyed by wildfires in the Los Angeles area could take more than a year to even begin — and that’s if everything goes smoothly, according to Rick Caruso, a billionaire developer and former mayoral candidate who says city leaders failed to protect lives and property.

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.

The man who was almost Mayor of LA was sure talking like a candidate on HBO tonight in the ongoing fallout of the devastating LA wildfires

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

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.

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

Rick Caruso, who lost the mayoral race to Karen Bass in 2022, says he predicted the Palisades fire disaster six years ago, adding grimly: “I’m so sad that I was right.” Caruso appeared this ...

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.

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

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 ...

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.