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Tom Wait is CBS LA's Political Reporter but his assignments often go beyond politics. He frequently covers breaking news and other major events impacting communities across Southern California.
Tom earned an Emmy as part of a CBS California Special Investigation that focused on campaign donations in local school board races.
Since joining the station in 2013 Tom has reported on some of Southern California's biggest stories - including the pandemic, the Hollywood actor and writer's strikes and the devastating fires that ravaged the Pacific Palisades and Altadena.
Tom has deep roots in Southern California. He grew up in Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School. He earned is undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and then earned a Master's in Journalism at New York University.
Before joining CBS Los Angeles, Tom worked as a reporter at News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn, KCTV, Kansas City, MO and in Detroit, Michigan at WXYZ.
Eaton Fire survivors gathered at an Altadena City Council meeting on Tuesday night to voice their concerns over what many are calling an invasion of greedy developers who are looking to buy burned-out lots and turn them into multi-unit housing.
California political data expert Paul Mitchell breaks down the latest results in top races for governor and LA mayor.
A new poll shows that Mayor Karen Bass has a slim lead over her opponents — Councilmember Nithya Raman and political newcomer Spencer Pratt — in the upcoming June primary election.
Outrage filled the room at the Temecula City Council meeting on Tuesday night, when hundreds of community members and city leaders gathered to fight back against a proposed high-voltage system that would cut through the city.
Carlos Gauna, The Malibu Artist, said he's seen plenty of sharks, but last week was the first time he's ever had a shark make contact with his camera.
President Trump appeared to back Spencer Pratt's campaign for Los Angeles mayor, saying he'd like to see the political newcomer "do well" in the upcoming election.
Angered Arcadia residents flocked to the first city council meeting since their former mayor pleaded guilty to being a Chinese spy last week.
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt lashed out at his opponents in a new attack ad.
After polling around 3% last month, former state attorney general Xavier Becerra jumped to 10% after Eric Swalwell dropped out of the California governor's race.
After averting a strike, LAUSD is turning to state officials for help funding its new contracts with the unions representing 70,000 of its workers.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco previously described the investigation as a "fact-finding mission."
The LA Times report questioned whether Pratt lived in LA, a requirement for mayoral candidates. Pratt admitted that he moved to Santa Barbara after his house burned down in the Palisades Fire.
Six innocent people, including an unborn baby, died in three separate pursuits throughout Orange and Los Angeles counties this week.
UCLA filed a lawsuit to stop the Riverside County Sheriff's Office investigation into the Prop 50 special election.
Burbank Airport raised $8,000 to help TSA officers who are not getting paid during the partial government shutdown.
