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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rhian Lubin

Text messages reveal communication between LA mayor in Ghana and staffers in US as deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California

Frantic text messages reveal the communication between U.S.-based staffers and Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass who was in Ghana as wildfires began to tear through Southern California.

The mayor, who was heavily criticized at the time from both sides of the political spectrum, was blighted by technical problems while trying to communicate with her team on the other side of the world, the messages obtained by ABC7 Eyewitness News show.

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