California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass have faced sharp criticism from their opponents and some residents over their preparations for and handling of the devastating wildfires gripping the state.

Photos shared on social media show Bass at a U.S. Embassy reception in Accra shortly before Los Angeles evacuation orders.

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

Shiong, the owner of the Los Angeles Times, called his paper's endorsement of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during the mayoral campaign "a mistake."

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and real estate developer Rick Caruso rips the Pacific Palisades' decimated water supply as "complete mismanagement."

Billionaire developer Rick Caruso's Palisades Village Mall was ... But the quick thinking businessman, who ran against embattled mayor Karen Bass for the job in 2022 and is worth an estimated ...

Rick Caruso, the billionaire real-estate developer who lost the mayoral race to Bass, now leads the charge against her.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) is facing mounting backlash over her response to the wildfires that have torn through her city, raising questions about her own political future as the region continues to struggle to contain the fires.

Flames from the Palisades Fire were still licking the real estate around Rick Caruso’s shopping center when the developer called into his local Fox station to lay blame on Mayor Karen Bass.

Just a year before she took office, Bass pledged that if elected, “Not only would I of course live here [in Los Angeles], but I also would not travel internationally — the only places I would go