Los Angeles mayor sacks fire chief over handling of deadly blazes

LA Mayor Karen Bass has frequently been the target of residents' ire in recent weeks after a flat-footed response to the fires, which broke out while she was in Ghana. Local and national media extensively carried warnings of the elevated danger ahead of the fires. But on Friday, Bass framed her decision to press ahead with her foreign trip as the result of Crowley's failure to warn her of the risk.