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

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.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is at the center of controversy after social media photos showed her posing at a cocktail party in Ghana as the Palisades Fire exploded.

On Tuesday, CBS News’s Jonathan Vigliotti asked Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass ... The National Weather Service warned of dangerous fire conditions on Friday, January 3. Bass knew about ...

As the Palisades fire exploded in Los Angeles on Jan. 7, Mayor Karen Bass was posing for photos at an embassy cocktail party in Ghana, pictures posted on social media show. By the time she departed the gathering for her flight home,

It remains unclear how much the city and its mayor will ultimately be to blame for the explosive horror of the Palisades fire.

Photos of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass living it up in Ghana, Africa while the Palisades fire bre out are prompting outrage. While Californians evacuated, leaving […]

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 ...

Photos of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass smiling at a cocktail party ... that same day, the National Weather Service raised the alarm for an incoming windstorm. Bass eventually returned to Los ...

For the first 24 hours of Los Angeles’ wildfire disaster, Mayor Karen Bass was a constant presence ... just as the National Weather Service began ratcheting up its warnings about the coming ...

Critics also accuse Bass of slashing the Los Angeles Fire Department’s share of the city budget by $23 million, a cut that supposedly caused fire hydrants to run dry and starved brave firefighters of the resources they needed to battle the once-in-a-generation fire.