Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass exchanged text messages during the early hours of the Palisades Fire that showed she struggled to communicate with her staff as she returned from a trip to Ghana.

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and city hall have been radio silent since Bass called for an investigation into the ...

Bass is facing criticism over two issues in particular: a funding cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department in the fire-prone region and the timing of a diplomatic trip to Ghana as dangerous fire ...

While Bass was boarding a plane in Ghana heading back to LA ... Alex Padilla and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Janisse Quiñones.

Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, Bass released a budget after her speech that calls for the elimination of ...

You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. As virtually every Angeleno now knows, Mayor Karen Bass was on a diplomatic trip to Ghana when the Palisades fire exploded.

Frantic text messages reveal the communication between U.S.-based staffers and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass who was in Ghana as wildfires began to tear through Southern California. The mayor ...