More than 4,000 acres have been burned by wildfires on the outskirts of LA and people are asking why the city's mayor was in Africa as the crisis unfurled.

In response to the loss of thousands of homes and businesses lost to wildfires, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has issued an ... are exempt from discretionary hearings under zoning rules.

We have over 100 fire apparatus out of service,” Los Angeles fire chief Kristin Crowley admitted when the wildfires were ...

On Tuesday, CBS News’s Jonathan Vigliotti asked Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, “Looking back ... you must frame your hearing questions in the way most likely to persuade four members of ...

We've just received new satellite imagery of the Palisades Fire taken on Saturday - the largest of four wildfires burning around Los Angeles. The fire is currently 11% contained and covers 23,707 ...

An important factor that has been cited in the spread of the blazes is the seasonally strong Santa Ana winds. These blow from inland towards the coast and with speeds of more than 60mph (97 km/h) ...

Advertisement "My top priority, and the priority of everyone else, is to do everything we can to protect lives," Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said at Monday's news conference as she went over the ...

Recriminations are flying, and Crowley is in a public spat with Mayor Karen Bass over a lack of resources ... But in public city budget hearings last year, Crowley asked the city for an increase ...