Bass is facing criticism over two issues in particular: a funding cut to the Los Angeles Fire Department in the fire-prone region and the timing of a diplomatic trip to Ghana as dangerous fire ...

(Accra, Ghana, is eight hours ahead of Los Angeles ... writing on X that the Los Angeles Fire Department was “currently addressing a fast-moving brush fire situation in the Palisades Hills ...

Los Angeles Fire Department officials have said they followed ... over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after fires ignited. Jan. 15, 2025 The ...

On the weekend before the fires, as red-flag warnings intensified, the mayor flew to Ghana, where President ... retired after serving in the Los Angeles Fire Department for more than 40 years ...

In this Dec. 5, 2024, file photo, Los Angeles City Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley ... not know the weather forecast before leaving for Ghana for a planned diplomatic trip before the fires ...

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been ... Bass, who received widespread criticism for traveling to Ghana on an ambassadorial trip prior to the outbreak of the deadly January ...

Budget documents previously obtained by USA TODAY show that the Los Angeles Fire Department's budget was ... trip to attend the inauguration of Ghana's president. "She knew that we had a major ...

Around 2:04 p.m., the incident reached "major emergency" status as smoke continued to billow from the rooftop, with visible flames.

Why cut the fire department’s budget ... the FBI should take a look at the books. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was in Ghana when her city’s fires began, despite ample warnings that a disaster ...