Karen Bass’ Office Had Fire Warnings Before She Flew to Ghana [WATCH]

Newly uncovered internal emails expose that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ office had been warned of “critical” fire conditions just days before the devastating Palisades Fire—contrary to her claims of being in the dark when she skipped town for Africa, as reported by The New York Post.

According to emails obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the city’s Emergency Management Department (EMD) sent a warning to Bass’ team on January 3, alerting them about “damaging winds and elevated fire conditions occurring next week.”

That email landed in the inboxes of over 100 officials across various departments, including two of Bass’ top aides.

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One of the emails included an attachment from the National Weather Service featuring a glaring red flame graphic, alongside a dire warning of “critical fire conditions.”

Forecasts predicted wind gusts of up to 80 mph for January 7—just days after Bass had jetted off to Ghana for a presidential inauguration.

Despite these clear warnings, the information never made its way to Bass—or so she claims. Instead, while Los Angeles faced a fiery disaster that destroyed thousands of homes and claimed 12 lives, the mayor was living it up 7,500 miles away, reportedly enjoying cocktails at a U.S. Embassy event.

When the smoke cleared, Bass didn’t take responsibility for her absence. Instead, she promptly fired Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley, accusing her of failing to predict the severity of the blaze.

In a Fox 11 interview, she blamed the fire chief for failing to foresee the severity of the situation and insisted she wouldn’t have left if the fire department had warned her of the threat.

Karen Bass claims she wasn’t aware of any danger before leaving for her vacation in Ghana. This is A BLATANT LIE.

There were fire weather warnings the day before she left.

Her own X page SHARED THE ALERTS on the day they were aired.

Karen Bass needs to resign. IMMEDIATELY pic.twitter.com/fm0TeItlZn

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) February 19, 2025

However, Deputy Mayor Zach Seidl, who had access to the EMD’s warnings, admitted to the Times that he never passed the information to Bass before she left.

His excuse? The word “tentative” was used in scheduling a coordination meeting, leading him to believe the situation wasn’t dire.

The EMD, however, refuted this weak justification, clarifying that “tentative” referred to the meeting time, not the urgency of the crisis.

When pressed about why Bass’ staff failed to inform her before she left, Seidl conveniently shifted blame onto the now-fired Crowley.

“Before other major weather emergencies, the Mayor — or at minimum, the Mayor’s Chief of Staff — has received a direct call from the Fire Chief, flagging the severity of the situation. This time, that call never came.”

But let’s be clear: whether or not Crowley personally called Bass, the EMD made sure the mayor’s office had the warning in writing. One particularly damning email from the EMD, summarizing a January 6 meeting, stated:

“This windstorm event has the potential to produce life-threatening and destructive wind gusts of 80 to 100 mph.”

Bass can deflect all she wants, but the emails don’t lie. Her office knew about the impending disaster. She just chose to ignore it—and Los Angeles paid the price.