Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has offered a mind-boggling excuse for being 7,500 miles away in Ghana as her city was consumed by wildfires — blaming others for not telling her she ...

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Karen Bass removed the city’s fire chief Friday, culminating an escalating blame game that has festered since devastating wildfires swept the city last month.

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Tense exchanges between Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and reporters regarding the recent wildfires are missing from certain livestreams, as well as the city leader's social media. According to a ...

Bass is up for re-election next year and if she wants another term, she’ll be starting in a hole she dug herself.

And let’s not forget Deputy Mayor Brian Williams, hired by Bass in March 2023 to work closely with public safety departments, ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday ousted the chief of the city's Fire Department, weeks after blazing wildfires devastated the area. The mayor's office released a statement saying it was ...

Six weeks after the most destructive wildfire in city history, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ousted the city’s fire chief ...