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LA Mayor Karen Bass Sued By L.A. Times Over Deleted Text Messages

March 31, 2025 4:40 pmMarch 31, 2025 4:40 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was sued over the weekend by the Los Angeles Times, with the paper claiming that Bass and other officials purposefully withheld and deleted texts and other records during the opening days of the Southern California...

Poll Finds Only 19% Of L.A. Residents Think Mayor Bass Did A Good Job Responding to Palisades Fire

March 13, 2025 2:45 amMarch 13, 2025 2:46 am

According to a new UC Berkeley poll released on Wednesday, only 19% of Los Angeles residents think that Mayor Karen Bass did a good job responding to the Palisades fire in January, while a much larger 41% think that she...

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Deletes Text Messages Over Palisades Fire While In Africa

March 10, 2025 1:00 pmMarch 10, 2025 1:00 pm

A public information request for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ text messages when the Palisades fire first started in January was denied over the weekend as Mayor Bass was found to have deleted the messages during her time there. According...

LA Mayor Karen Bass Fires LAFD Chief Kristen Crowley, Blaming Her For Mishandling Palisades Fire

February 21, 2025 6:05 pmFebruary 21, 2025 11:02 pm

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass fires Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristen Crowley on Friday over allegations that Crowley did not tell Bass of what the exact risk of wildfires were last month before Bass left on an African trip....

LA Fire Dept. Calls Out LA Mayor Karen Bass For Lying Again Over Wildfire Knowledge

February 20, 2025 6:32 pmFebruary 20, 2025 6:32 pm

The Los Angeles Fire Department refuted a recent statement by Bass on Wednesday, saying that she did indeed have prior knowledge of how bad the Santa Ana winds were going to be before leaving for Africa right before the January...

LA Mayor Bass Demonstrated that Wildfires Were Not High on her Priorities List

February 18, 2025 2:45 amFebruary 18, 2025 2:46 am

In an NBC interview over the weekend, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass admitted publicly for the first time that her trip to Ghana just before the Southern California wildfires last month was a mistake. Before the fires, Bass demonstrated that...