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.

For the first 24 hours of Los Angeles' wildfire disaster, Mayor Karen Bass was a constant presence on social ... as part of a presidential delegation to Ghana, just as the National Weather Service began ratcheting up its warnings about the coming windstorm.

"We, the undersigned residents of Los Angeles and concerned citizens, urgently call for the immediate recall of Mayor Karen Bass due to her gross mismanagement and failure to effectively respond to the devastating 2025 fires in and around the city of Los Angeles," the petition states.

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 ...

L.A. is scared, seething and looking for a scapegoat — and who better than a mayor who jetted to another continent despite warnings that devastating winds were about to blast through a region that hasn’t seen substantial rainfall in months?

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

As the most destructive fire in Los Angeles area history rages, Mayor Karen Bass faces criticism over the timing of an overseas trip and budget cuts made months ago that affected the city’s fire department.

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 […]

Kevin O’Leary is doubling down on his calls for top California politicians Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass to resign ... threats remain as The National Weather Service said wind gusts topping ...

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 ...