LOS ANGELES - As emergency personnel gain increasing control of the Palisades and Eaton blazes, a new firestorm has erupted. This one is micro-focused: It swirls around, and threatens to engulf, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

As local voters say they have lost confidence in the mayor, a presidential visit gave her a platform to plead her case. Then the president intervened.

Communities in wildfire burn scars are threatened with possible mudslides as the chance of rain enters the forecast for Southern California this weekend.

Embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has revealed that her brother ... On Jan. 2, days before Bass left for Ghana, the National Weather Service warned of the potential for "extreme fire weather ...

The rain that is expected to hit the scorched Los Angeles landscape this weekend may bring relief to the fire fights, but it could also bring flash floods and mudslides. Although forecasts show that the risk is relatively low, local officials are taking the warnings seriously.

Rain in the forecast for Southern California this weekend could bring relief to firefighters battling wildfires. But it also brings risks of mudslides and toxic runoff.

Rain and cooler temperatures will bring relief to Southern California this weekend, after a prolonged stretch of dry, breezy weather that allowed wildfires to thrive.

It followed Friday night assurances from Los Angeles Mayor Karen ... out at Bass for being away in Ghana when the fires broke out, despite having ample warning about 'critical' weather ...

After weeks of windy and dry weather, rain has fallen in parched Southern California and is expected to aid firefighters who are mopping up multiple wildfires. But potentially heavy downpours on charred hillsides could bring new troubles such as toxic ash runoff.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass warned that winds could carry ash and advised Angelenos to visit the city's website to learn how to protect themselves from toxic air during the latest Santa Ana wind event.

LOS ANGELES - As emergency personnel gain increasing control of the Palisades and Eaton blazes, a new firestorm has erupted. This one is micro-focused: It swirls around, and threatens to engulf, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.

A reader says there is a big difference between how Los Angles Mayor Karen Bass and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz responded to disasters.