Bass is not the only person to be widely criticized for their response to the California wildfires, with Governor Gavin Newsom also in the spotlight.

With Mayor Karen Bass far from L.A., Rick Caruso, her opponent in the 2022 election, swept in to fill the gap, blasting the city’s handling of the wildfires.

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

LOS ANGELES - As emergency personnel gain increasing control of the Palisades and Eaton blazes, a new firestorm has erupted.

Mayor Karen Bass has come under criticism for attending an inauguration in Ghana as mounting warnings signaled heightened fire risks in Los Angeles.

As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then ...

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is once again at the center ... On Jan. 2, days before Bass left for Ghana, the National Weather Service warned of the potential for "extreme fire weather ...

For Mayor Karen Bass, the horror show was compounded ... The mayor left for Africa on Jan. 4, a day after the National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for Los Angeles, flagging ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is facing more backlash ... She traveled abroad on Jan. 4 as the National Weather Service intensified warnings about a coming windstorm and arrived back in Los ...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and California Governor Gavin ... leaving the country on Saturday despite the National Weather Service warning of "extreme fire weather conditions." ...

Communities in wildfire burn scars are threatened with possible mudslides as the chance of rain enters the forecast for Southern California this weekend.