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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, Elon Musk, Grant Cardone, Robert Rivani and Rick Caruso (Getty)Flames from the Palisades Fire were still licking the real estate around Rick Caruso’s shopping center when the developer called into his local Fox station to lay blame on Mayor Karen Bass.

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

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,

The world’s richest man Elon Musk lauded the “extremely competent” Caruso, who unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat in 2022’s Los Angeles mayoral race, on Wednesday.

More than 4,000 acres have been burned by wildfires on the outskirts of LA and people are asking why the city's mayor was in Africa as the crisis unfurled.