CALIFORNIA: "Wildfires are erupting across Los Angeles as a windstorm creates fire conditions the National Weather Service said are “as bad as it gets,” leading President Joe Biden to cancel a nearby speaking engagement. But as fires rage across the city, triggering mass evacuation orders, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is on a taxpayer-funded trip to Africa as part of a Biden administration presidential delegation to the close U.S. partner.

A major fire has already broken out in the Pacific Palisades, triggering mandatory evacuations for the town's entire population of tens of thousands of residents. Another blaze has broken out in West Hollywood within an arm’s throw of Sunset Boulevard, one of the region’s busiest commercial streets.

Mayor Karen Bass, meanwhile, is in the African country of Ghana as part of a Biden administration presidential delegation for today’s inauguration of Ghana's new president. It’s unclear if the mayor will be cutting her trip short to manage the escalating wildfire situation."

https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_37e8fb00-cd43-11ef-9250-4b279f82148d.html