Photos shared on social media show Bass at a U.S. Embassy reception in Accra shortly before Los Angeles evacuation orders.

Just a year before she took office, Bass pledged that if elected, “Not only would I of course live here [in Los Angeles], but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go

Many celebrities and politicians have criticized Karen Bass for her city’s response to the wildfires, but her defenders say she is being held to a double standard.

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

Karen Bass, a six-term congresswoman who became the first woman elected as mayor of Los Angeles in 2022 when she defeated billionaire developer Rick Caruso, was thousands ... Bass flew to Ghana on Saturday to celebrate the inauguration of its new president.

Bass has faced widespread outrage over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after fires ignited.

Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, called his paper's endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during the mayoral campaign "a mistake."

Los Angeles mayor set off for African nation on Saturday despite reports of possible fire weather the day prior

Even to a casual observer, the optics are not great. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is being criticized for attending

LA Mayor Karen Bass is criticized for her visit to Ghana during Southern California wildfires, leading to backlash from public figures, while Gov. Newsom defends her.

As multiple wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area for a second day, Mayor Karen Bass returned to the city Wednesday morning following a trip to Africa for the inauguration of Ghana’s president — but her absence in the early stages of the crisis drew criticism,

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso's Palisades Village Mall was directly ... When the fires erupted, Bass halfway around the globe, on a trip to Ghana as part of a presidential delegation.