Texts obtained by Eyewitness News are providing a glimpse of how Mayor Karen Bass responded in the first hours of January’s wildfires in Los Angeles.
The messages paint a picture of a mayor anxious to get back from Africa and slightly frustrated with some technical troubles while leading from abroad.
What the texts reveal
On Jan. 7, it was 11:48 a.m. in Los Angeles and the Palisades Fire was spreading fast. Bass was in Ghana, seven hours ahead, when she received a message on her phone from Celine Cordero, her deputy chief of staff.
“On phone with Chief Crowley now. 2 significant fires in the city now. She will call you mayor,” the message read…