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.

US President Trump had LA Mayor Karen Bass microphone cut off during a fiery exchange during his Los Angeles disaster tour. The tense moment, caught on camera, quickly went viral, sparking a wave of backlash against Bass on social media.

President Donald Trump and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass get into heated exchanges over wildfire cleanup and building permits amid briefing on wildfire damage in LA.

By Chris Kirkham, Judith Langowski and Peter Henderson LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Seven years before wildfires tore through opposite ends of the Los Angeles area, the Tubbs Fire in Northern California's Sonoma County jumped a six-lane freeway and decimated Santa Rosa's Coffey Park subdivision,

The Eaton and Palisades fires have consumed more than 37,000 acres of homes, businesses and landmarks in Altadena and Pacific Palisades.