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Exclusive | Mayor Karen Bass ‘pulled a Ferris Bueller’ — sneaking out ahead of 2025 LA fires: book

Nypost · · 1516 words · By Jonathan Vigliotti
Political Negligence Government failure Career Ambition vs. Public Service
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Jonathan Vigliotti wrote a book titled “Torched: How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild LA,””
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the existence of this book or that Jonathan Vigliotti is the author.
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“the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades wildfires”
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Multiple sources confirm the occurrence of the Eaton and Palisades wildfires in January 2025. Wikipedia mentions 14 destructive wildfires in the LA area from Jan 7-31, 2025, and news reports specifically mention the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Today, Eaton Electrical manufactures electrical distribution and control products branded "Eaton" or "Cutler-Hammer", which can replace Westinghouse products in commercial and industrial applications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_Corporation
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, …
https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industr…
https://eaton.eightfold.ai/careers/search
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“It was 10:48 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Crowley did not know Bass was in Ghana”
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Multiple independent sources (Fox LA, National Review, and other news reports) confirm that Mayor Karen Bass was in Ghana on January 7, 2025, while the fires were occurring.
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web search NEUTRAL — Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Bass
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web search NEUTRAL — LA Mayor Karen Bass is in Ghana as the city is experiencing a wildfire. @_laglitzj/Instagram.According to Fox LA, Bass was heading back to Los Angeles. A house engulfed by flames at night during the E…
https://nypost.com/2025/01/08/us-news/la-residents-rip-mayor…
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web search NEUTRAL — January 17, 2025, 11:39 AM. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is coming under savage criticism for her handling of the fires that are afflicting her city. Some of this criticism may be sound, although it i…
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/17/los-angeles-mayor-karen…
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“to attend the Inauguration of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama”
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Multiple sources, including CNS and National Review, confirm that Mayor Bass traveled to Ghana as part of a presidential delegation to attend the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama.
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web search NEUTRAL — LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass will be part of the four-member presidential delegation attending Tuesday's inauguration of John Dramani Mahama as Ghana's president.
https://abc7.com/post/mayor-karen-bass-attend-inauguration-j…
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web search NEUTRAL — On Tuesday, Bass attended the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama. The Palisades Fire started burning around 10:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. The Eaton Fire broke out in Altadena near…
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/a-timeline-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — LA Mayor Karen Bass is on a foreign trip to Ghana.”pic.twitter.com/iOjXPkWcko.Bass was a member of a four-person U.S. presidential delegation that traveled to Ghana to attend the inauguration of John …
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/l-a-mayor-karen-bass-ripped-fo…
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“Bass had been briefed before her departure about the National Weather Service’s fire models predicting what could be the most severe wind event in years.”
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While sources confirm the trip and the fires, none of the provided evidence mentions a specific briefing regarding National Weather Service fire models prior to her departure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well as the means by which a mayor is elected or otherwise mandated.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor
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web search NEUTRAL — San Tan Valley is a town in northern Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 99,894 at the 2020 census. [4] Proposition 495, a measure to incorporate San Tan Valley as a municipality,…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Tan_Valley,_Arizona
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 7, 2025 · Daren Schnepf is the first mayor of the newly incorporated town of San Tan Valley.
https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2025-10-07/san-tan-valley-coun…
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“A fire had started in Pacific Palisades, burning for nearly twenty minutes.”
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Wikipedia and news reports confirm a brush fire in Pacific Palisades occurred on January 7, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — From January 7 to 31, 2025, 14 destructive wildfires affected the Los Angeles metropolitan area and San Diego County in California, United States.In October 2025, a 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2025_Southern_Californ…
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web search NEUTRAL — Firefighters say 30,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders. Over 100 vehicles were abandoned on the street as people attempted to evacuate on foot.Plumes of smoke are seen as a brush fire bu…
https://www.foxla.com/news/pacific-palisades-fire-january-7-…
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web search NEUTRAL — · 2d See Pacific Palisades before and after the devastating Los Angeles fires.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/see-pacific-palisades-befor…
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“Just after noon on January 8, 2025... Bass and California Governor Gavin Newsom stepped into the flaring crucible”
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Politico and other news reports confirm that Mayor Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom toured the Pacific Palisades fire-ravaged area on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the fire-ravaged business district of Pacific Palisades on Wednesday afternoon after Bass' return from an overseas trip. |
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/08/wildfire-threatens-…
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web search NEUTRAL — L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom walk the streets on January 8.Mayor Bass denies editing the report. Pacific Palisades residents would also like to see the text messages that magically …
https://www.circlingthenews.com/thousands-gathered-in-the-vi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, chats with California Governor Gavin Newsom while surveying damage during the Palisades Fire on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, in Pacific Palisades, CA.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/live-updates/califor…
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““The incompetent pols have no idea how to put them out,” he erupted online. “Gavin Newscum should resign. This is all his fault!!!””
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Multiple sources confirm that President-elect Donald Trump criticized Governor Gavin Newsom's policies in relation to the California wildfires, although the exact quote provided in the claim is not verbatim in the snippets, the sentiment and action are corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — donald trump california governor gavin newsom los angeles wildfires. Source: MEGA. Donald Trump claimed Governor Gavin Newsom's water management and environmental conservation policies led to the ongo…
https://okmagazine.com/p/donald-trump-california-governor-ga…
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web search NEUTRAL — Before President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania touched down in California, they first visited officials and survivors of the devastating September hurricane in North Carolina on Friday, criticiz…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/trump-visits-north-carolina-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — President-elect Donald Trump has been quite vocal when it comes to speaking out about the devastatin.This applies not merely to this week, as he's also been warning Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for ye…
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2025/01/10/desant…
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“quietly named Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson acting mayor”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the appointment of Marqueece Harris-Dawson as acting mayor.
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“Newsom, too, had been conspicuously absent before the fire, consumed by budget deadlines and preparations for President Biden’s visit to announce new national monuments.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding Governor Newsom's specific schedule or activities (budget deadlines/Biden visit) immediately preceding the fires.
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“more than one hundred thousand people were under evacuation orders”
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“the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Summer Olympics... July 14, 2028”
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“Pacific Palisades was the western gate to the Riviera Country Club, Olympic golf’s stage.”
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“Just beyond the fire zone sat UCLA, future home of the Olympic Village”
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“a two-story shopping plaza that housed a Chase Bank and several restaurants... The building later collapsed on their watch”
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