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The Victims of the L.A. Fires Have Nowhere to Turn
In the age of social media, every politician who has to stand in front of a camera after a tragedy turns into just another ...
Debunking 5 claims about the California wildfires
As wildfires continue to spread in southern California, misinformation about the response to the fires have cropped up online ...
Is the Criticism of L.A.’s Mayor Unfair? Black Women Rise to Defend Her.
Many celebrities and politicians have criticized Karen Bass for her city’s response to the wildfires, but her defenders say ...
Timeline shows what we know about L.A. Mayor Karen Bass' trip to Ghana as fire crisis developed
Mayor Karen Bass has come under criticism for attending an inauguration in Ghana as mounting warnings signaled heightened ...
Fires likely to incinerate the career of Karen Bass
But what about Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass? Disasters offer unexpected leadership tests. Quite frankly, she’s failed it in a ...
Mayor Karen Bass was at embassy cocktail party in Ghana as Palisades fire exploded
Bass has faced widespread outrage over her whereabouts after returning to Los Angeles from Ghana on Wednesday, 24 hours after ...
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Despite What You May Have Heard, Los Angeles Has Not Become ‘The Purge’
Since the Los Angeles wildfires broke out on January 7, a strain of online panic has painted the city as functioning a lot ...
Stars helping LA fires victims: Beyoncé pledges $2.5M, Eva Longoria donates $1M and more
Fires in the Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Sylmar and Ventura areas remained active on Tuesday, with Southern California facing "critical fire weather" through Wednesday. High winds that ...