Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Then-fire Chief Kristin Crowley listens as L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks about the Palisades fire at a news conference Jan. 11.

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To the editor: Mayor Karen Bass traveled to Ghana to attend the inauguration of that nation’s new president on Jan. 4, a day after the National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for Los ...